Correspondence, 1924-1937 (bulk, 1924-1926); financial records, 1903-1946 (which include membership ledgers and records); and minutes, 1918-1951.
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The papers in Box 1 are in reverse chronological order, as they were received. The ledgers are in chronological order. There is some overlapping of dates.
Gift of Sam Poag,
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Cherry Blossom Lodge No. 671 Records, AR140, Box Number, Folder Number, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library.
AR410: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Cherry Blossom Lodge No. 671 Financial Records, 1923-1952
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correspondence on grievance case of Paul Worley, some photostat copies
resolution; correspondence; service report; drafts; payment; grievance committee minutes; telegrams
correspondence; memo on agreement; draft; minutes; check; receipts; telegram
correspondence; service report; telegrams; grievance committee minutes
correspondence; service report; drafts; dues assessment; grievance committee meeting notice; grievance committee minutes
service report; correspondence
correspondence; service report; resolution; list of grievance cases; postcard; menus; dues assessment; telegram
mortuary card; service report; agreement; claim for conductor and brakeman; grievance committee minutes; minutes of Board of Managers of Texas and Pacific Railway Employees Hospital Association quarterly meeting, 9-8-25; telegram; pension department circular
correspondence; dues assessment; drafts; claim for wage adjustment
correspondence; draft; memo on union contract revision, 7-21-25; telegram; grievance committee minutes
mortuary notice; correspondence; grievance committee minutes; pension department circular; draft; proceedings of 22nd day of Fourth Triennial Convention of B. of R.T., Cleveland, Ohio, May 12 - June 5, 1925; convention report; beneficiary fund budget
correspondence; claims adjustment cases; draft
correspondence; claims correspondence; meeting announcement; pension department memo; decisions of U.S. Railroad Labor Board; draft; grievance claim decisions
correspondence; decisions of U.S. Railroad Labor Board, correspondence on; Statement on Supreme Court decision; transfer card; draft; minutes of quarterly meeting of the Board of Managers of the Texas and Pacific Railway Employees Hospital Association, 3-10-25
correspondence; House Resolution #453, on incompetence of some members of U.S. Railroad Labor Board
letter of grievance of S. O. Kirkham
membership ledger, 1903 - 1908 records, records of admission to #671, dues paid; cash book, records of lodge's expenses and receipts - 1903 - 1907, pension credits, miscellaneous records, stamps and dues records; warrants for - 1908-1909; memos - 1904; quarterly reports - 1908, December - March, 1909
Membership and System Register, Cherry Blossom Lodge, May 24, 1903 - September 18, 1904; addresses, names, lodge names and railway system membership of men
Membership and System Register, October 9, 1904 - November 5, 1905; addresses, names, lodge names and railway system membership of men
Membership and Certificate Register, January, 1908 - December, 1909; name, age, status, married or single, occupation, beneficiary certificate of members of #671, March 1, 1908; records of dues paid, transfers of members, correspondence, membership records, 1910; cashbook, records of payments and receipts, February, 1908, dues records, 1911 - 1910; records, quarterly reports, December, 1908 - 1912; copy of quarterly report, January, 1912; miscellaneous records, 1911
Membership and Certificate Register, records of admission, etc.; ledger of members, names and dues, 1917; cash book, January, 1917; financial records of expenses and receipts, February, 1920; memos, 1917; quarterly report, April, 1918
roll call, 1918-1921; minutes, May, 1918 - November, 1921, stapled to pages: miscellaneous correspondence, resolutions; election records, 1918-1920; constitutional oath signatures
ledger, March, 1920 - December, 1922; cash book, March, 1920 - December, 1922; dues loaned or donated to members, 1920-1922; salary of officers, one page
applications and membership records of Lodge #671; pay roster of pension funds with ages, etc., 1923-1931, 23 pages
January, 1923 - December, 1927, membership ledger; cash book, January, 1923 - December, 1924; records of cash received and disbursed, dues loaned or donated, 1923-1924
January, 1925 - December, 1927, membership ledger; cash book January, 1925 - December, 1927; records of cash received and disbursed, dues loaned or donated to members, 1925 - 1927, records of loans and repayments
roll call of #671, 1927 - 1933; minutes, April, 1927 - December, 1933, stapled to pages: special meeting minutes, request for leave of absence, lists of names, 1932-1934; election records, November, 1927 - November, 1929; records of members, signatures of constitutional oath, 1927 - 1933; election records, November, 1930 - 1933 (this ledger in very bad condition)
January, 1928 - December, 1930, membership ledger cash received and disbursed; January, 1928 - December, 1930, dues loaned or donated to members; 1928-1930
roll call of #671 members, 1934 - 1938; minutes of meetings, January, 1934 - December, 1939, minutes of special meetings stapled to pages, also motions, new business, members attending meetings (one, December, 1933 minutes in back of minutes); election records, November 1934 - 1939, miscellaneous election records stapled to pages; records of members signing constitutional oaths, January, 1934 - January, 1940 with address and railway system they worked on (ledger in very bad condition)
membership register; cash book, 1935, record of members with dues paid
roll call, 1946-1951; minutes of lodge meetings from January 11, 1946 - May 11, 1951, material stapled to pages: minutes of special meetings, notices, rosters for special meetings, election results, resolutions, resignation, new business; back of book; election tallies; election results; lists and addresses of members
list of 81 names and members' records of individual members' dues and payment of debts; R.N. Allen, W. C. Young, Jr., receipts for payments of late dues stapled to pages; correspondence on dues; page 139, local grievance committee records H. & T. C.; local grievance committee, page 179; page 249, M.K.T. members local grievance committee, miscellaneous records; page 422, T. & P. local grievance committee