Hoadley (Charles E.) Collection, 1908 - 1976

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Summary

Title:
Charles E. Hoadley collection
Dates:
1908 - 1976
Creators:
Hoadley, Charles E., 1917-1985
Abstract:
Records of Charles E. Hoadley, Chairman of the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, Division No. 597, Mount Diablo Lodge.
Extent:
4 Linear Feet 10 manuscript boxes + 2 oversize boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Charles E. Hoadley Collection, MS 57, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains material from the Order of Railway Conductors & Brakemen (1955-1969) Local Division No. 597, Mount Diablo Lodge, and the Order of Railway Conductors & Brakemen General Committee of Adjustment, Southern Pacific Railroad (Pacific Lines), and the Order of Railway Conductors & Brakemen predecessor, the Order of Railway Conductors (1955 and earlier). Most of this material is from the local chairman's office files located in Tracy, California. These records were saved by Charles E. Hoadley, who was chairman of Division No. 597 when it closed.

Biographical / historical:

The Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen was founded by T.J. "Tommie" Wright in 1868 in Amboy, Illinois as the Conductors Union. The name was changed to Order of Railway Conductors of America in 1878. In 1942, the Order of Sleeping Car Conductors merged with the Order of Railway Conductors. The union's name was changed effective August 3, 1954, to the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen and in 1969 it merged with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and Switchmen's Union of North America to form the United Transportation Union.

The Order of Railway Conductors & Brakemen International Headquarters, Grand Division, was in Cedar Rapids, Iowa with subordinate lodges in the United States, Canada, and the Panama Canal Zone grouped together by the various railroad carriers. The principal officers included the president, senior vice-president, general secretary-treasurer, executive vice-president, vice-president/Washington legislative representative, vice-president/National Railroad Adjustment Board, four regional vice-presidents, Board of Trustees (3 members), and the Board of Directors (comprised of the above 13 officers.).

There were at least twenty-three lodges representing Southern Pacific conductors (and after 1954, brakemen), including eleven in California. The Local Division No. 597, Mount Diablo Lodge, Southern Pacific Lines (Order of Railway Conductors / Order of Railway Conductors & Brakemen Division No. 597), was headquartered in Tracy, California. The principal officers included the Local Chairman, and Secretary / Treasurer. The local chairmen of Order of Railway Conductors Division No. 597 included: H.M. Philbrick (1911-1913), S.J. Frerichs (1913-1918), F.H. Nemitz (1918), Joseph William Patten (1918-1928), Harry F. Sipe (1929-1932), J.W. Patten (1933-1935), Harry F. Sipe (1936-1938), J.W. Patten (1939-1941), and G.D. Nicholson (1942-1955). In 1955, after Order of Railway Conductors Division No. 597 became Order of Railway Conductors & Brakemen Division No. 597, local chairmen were: G.D. Nicholson (1955), W.F. Carter (1956-1963), and Charles E. Hoadley (1965-1969).

Order of Railway Conductors & Brakemen Division No. 597 ceased to exist in 1969 when it merged with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and Switchmen's Union of North American to form the United Transportation Union.

Charles E. Hoadley (1917-1985) worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad as a conductor and brakeman in Modesto, Tracy and Roseville, circa 1951-1981. He was the Local Chairman of Order of Railway Conductors & Brakemen Division No. 597 from 1965 until 1969, when the Division was dissolved, which is where he obtained the papers in this collection. Mrs. Hoadley (Constance Z.) was active in Southern Pacific's Ladies Auxiliary. The Hoadley's daughter, Cynthia E. Hoadley Larsen, donated the collection to the California State Railroad Museum.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Cynthia E. Hoadley Larsen, 1993
Arrangement:

This collection has been arranged into the following series:

Series 1. Correspondence, arranged chronologically

Series 2. Decisions, arranged chronologically

Subseries 1. Order of Railway Conductors Grand Lodge

Subseries 2. Order of Railway Conductors & Brakemen Grand Lodge

Subseries 3. Local Division No. 597

Subseries 4. General Committee of Adjustment

Series 3. Governance, arranged chronologically

Series 4. Agreements and Resolutions, arranged chronologically

Series 5. Southern Pacific Company, arranged alphabetically

Series 6. Miscellaneous Organizations, arranged alphabetically by organization.

Physical location:
Statewide Museum Collection Center
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Library Archives staff
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-03-18 15:00:30 +0000 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Library & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Charles E. Hoadley Collection, MS 57, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Location of this collection:
111 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814, US
Contact:
(916) 323-8073
Library.CSRM@parks.ca.gov
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