Title: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. Lodge No. 259: Records
Inclusive Dates: 1888-1942

Creator:

• Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. Lodge No. 259 (Ashland, Wis.)

Call Number: Northland Mss G

Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box)

Repository:

Housed at the Area Research Center, History Center and Archives, Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center / Ashland Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Records of Lodge 259, Ashland, Wisconsin, including registers of beneficiaries, traveling cards issued, and members present at meetings; a roll book listing officers and board members; a report on grievances and claims; and a checkbook.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-nort000g

Lodge 259 was organized in Ashland, Wisconsin on May 7, 1888, and affiliated with the national Brotherhood, which was founded in 1873. (After 1907 the name of the national union was changed to Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen.) The union had as its goals the protection of railroad workers and their families, and improvement of wages and working conditions.

The collection includes the secretary's roll book, listing officers and board members; a register of traveling cards issued; and the secretary's beneficiary register, which lists names, addresses and beneficiaries, and the record of membership. Also included in this latter book is a list of union members who served in World War I. Other records in the collection are two registers of members present at meetings; a union checkbook; and a printed report, dated 1925, which gives examples of claims, grievances, and cases brought to the attention of the national Brotherhood.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Thomas Ortman, Ashland, Wisconsin, 1978. Accession Number: M78-279

Processing Information

Processed by Menzi Behrnd Klodt, June 29, 1979.

Box   1 Folder   1	Secretary's Roll Book, 1888-1912, 1922, 1925
Box   1 Folder   2	Register of Traveling Cards, 1888-1900, 1906
Box   1 Folder   3	Secretary's Beneficiary Register, 1888-1933
Box   1 Folder   4	Register of Members Present, 1910-1942
Box   1 Folder   5	Checkbook, 1888-1898, 1906
Box   1 Folder   6	Report of Cases and Claims, 1925