Malcolm H. Nelsen Collection of Railroad Labor Union Materials
name: label: Donor
content: Briers, Kenneth A.
label: Creator
content: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
label: Collector
content: Nelsen, Malcolm H.
label: Creator
content: United Transportation Union
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.).  Division of Transportation
topic: label: Topic
content: Labor unions
label: Topic
content: Railroads -- Employees
label: Topic
content: Railroads -- 20th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Kenneth A. Briers in 1990.
creator: label: Donor
content: Briers, Kenneth A.
label: Creator
content: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
label: Collector
content: Nelsen, Malcolm H.
label: Creator
content: United Transportation Union
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content: Malcolm H. Nelsen Collection of Railroad Labor Union Materials
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Railroad employee and officer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and the United Transportation Union.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.6 Cubic feet (14 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1950s-1960s
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred from the Department of the History of Science and Technology, Division of Transportation (now Division of Work and Industry), in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1173
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Bylaws
label: Type
content: Memoranda
label: Type
content: Minutes
label: Type
content: Newsletters
label: Type
content: Reports
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 1 series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Bylaws
label: Genre/Form
content: Memoranda
label: Genre/Form
content: Minutes
label: Genre/Form
content: Newsletters -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Reports
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection relates to Nelson's work with railroad labor unions, including the United Transportation Union and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. The collection includes grievance files, bylaws of committees of the unions, meeting minutes and reports of those committees, company newsletters, and internal memoranda.