Inventory of the CSRM Railroad Membership Card Collection MS 876

CSRM Library & Archives
California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives
2020


Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives
Title: CSRM Railroad Membership Card collection
source: California State Railroad Museum
Identifier/Call Number: MS 876
Physical Description: .667 Linear Feet 3 shoeboxes
Date (inclusive): 1883-2005
Date (inclusive): 1981-2010
Abstract: This collection includes membership cards issued between 1883 and 2005 by railroad unions, historical societies, and clubs. It was collected by the California State Railroad Museum between 1981 and 2010.
Physical Location: Statewide Museum Collections Center: H2.101.F10

Conditions Governing Access

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

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by membership.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], CSRM Railroad Membership Card Collection, MS 876, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Scope and Contents

This collection includes membership cards issued between 1883 and 2005 by railroad unions, historical societies, and clubs. It was collected by the California State Railroad Museum between 1981 and 2010. Some of the cards were issued by railroad employee unions for locomotive engineers, firemen, maintenance of way employees, conductors, trainmen, clerks, yardmasters, postal employees, switchmen and retired employees. There were a few employee cards issued by railroads for employee travel. Also includes cards issued by railroad clubs devoted to electric railways, narrow gauge, model railroading, and railroad photography. There is an extensive collection of membership cards for the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society and the California-Nevaada Railroad Historical Society. One of the miscellaneous cards is a 1903 clergy certificate which provides reduced clergy rates for railroad travel. Cardholders include railroad enthusiasts Isaac W. Brokaw, Warren K. Miller, Paul Darrell, Francis Guido, and Frederic J. Shaw.
Between 1981 and 2010, any membership cards donated to the California State Railroad Museum were separated from the rest of the donation to create this collection. After 2010, it has been our policy to retain membership cards with the rest of the donation.

Conditions Governing Use

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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Railroad--Brotherhood
Railroad -- Historical Societies
California State Railroad Museum

 

Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America, 1909-1926

 

American Association of Passenger Rate Men, 1951

 

American Association of Railroad Superintendents, 1923-1952

 

American Association of Railroad Ticket Agents, 1926-1946

 

American National Red Cross, 1942

 

American Railroadiana Historical Society, 1989-1990

 

American Railway Bridge and Building Association, 1927-1947

 

American Railway Supervisors Association, 1955-1957

 

American Railway Union, Apr. 30, 1895

 

American Topical Assocation, Jun. 30, 1976

 

American Train Dispatchers Association, 1918-1954

 

American Vecturist Association, 1965-1966

 

Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, 1926-1951

 

Associated Railroads of America, 1950-1951

 

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, 1936

 

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Safety Committee, 1941-1950

 

Baltimore & Ohio Masonic Club, 1927

 

Bay Area Electric Railroad Association, 1952-1980

 

Bay Area Railroad Camera Club, undated

 

Brotherhood of Live Steamers, undated

 

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, 1892-1945

 

Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, 1883-1904

 

Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, 1920-1938

 

Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes, 1956-1962

 

Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen of America, 1942

 

Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, 1898-1963

 

Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks, 1972-1980

 

Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes, 1920-1965

 

Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America, 1962-1972

 

Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, 1919

 

California and Fairfield Railroad, undated

 

California-Nevada Railroad Historical Society, 1938-1974

 

Canadian Railroad Historical Association, 1966-1976

 

Central Coast Railway Club, 1952-1974

 

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, 1947-1949

 

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Co. Watch Inspections, May 1, 1948

 

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway, 1929-1946

 

Citizens' Cable Car Committee, 1954

 

The Cunard and Anchor Lines, undated

 

Cunard Travel Club, 1930

 

Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, 1954

 

Duluth & Iron Range Railroad Young Men's Christian Association, May 1930

 

Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railway Employes Association, 1933

 

Electric Railroaders' Association, 1937-2004

 

Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California, 1976

 

Featherbed Club of California Railroads, undated

 

Federation For Railway Progress, Mar. 1948 - Jul. 1959

 

Friends of the Roundhouse Museum, undated

 

Golden Gate Model Engineers Club, undated

 

Goleta Valley Railroad Club, 1985-1994

 

Illinois Central, 1950

 

Illinois Electric Railway Museum, 1955-1957

 

Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Jun. 1951

 

Independent Order of Railway Conductors, 1891

 

Indiana (?) Harbor Belt Railroad Company, 1960

 

International Association of Ticket Agents, Feb. 1890

 

International Railway Fuel Association, 1914-1915

 

Interurban Division, Jun. 1919

 

Kansas City Terminal Railway, Sep. 1911

 

Key System, Feb. 1947

 

Light Rail Transit Association, 1969-2004

 

Locomotive Engineers' Mutual Life and Accident Insurance Association, Jan. 1925

 

Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Coma, Jul. 1949 - Mar. 1951

 

Market Street Railway, Feb. 2002 - Feb. 2005

 

Michigan Railroad Club, 1957-1988

 

Mid-Continent Railway Museum, undated

 

Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault St. Marie Railway Co., 1936-1942

 

Morse Telegraph Club of America, Dec. 1948

 

Narrow Gauge Railway Society, 1971-1976

 

National Association of Railroad Passengers, 1970 - Mar. 1995

 

National Association of Timetable Collectors, Dec. 1971

 

National Model Railroad Association, 1945-1975

 

National Model Railroad Association Pacific Coast Region, 1925-1992

 

National Railroad Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc., undated

 

National Railroad Museum, Dec.1940 - Dec. 1960

 

National Railway Appliances Association, Mar. 1922 - Mar. 1942

 

National Railway Historical Society, 1952-1974

 

National Railway Historical Society Los Angeles Chapter, 1956-1958

 

National Safety Council, Dec. 1964

 

North Dakota Railroad Employee's Association, 1941

 

Northern California Railroad Club, 1938-2004

 

Northern Pacific Railway Company, 1939-1958

 

Northwestern Pacific Railroad Historical Society, 1990-1993

 

Orange Empire Railway Museum, Jun. 1990

 

Orange Empire Trolley Museum, 1974

 

Oregon Short Line Young Men's Christian Association, 1909

 

Order of Railroad Telegraphers, 1892-1953

 

Order of Railroad Telegraphers: Ladies Auxiliary, 1919-1936

 

Order of Railway Conductors of America, 1887-1968

 

Order of Railway Employees, 1914-1923

 

Order of Sleeping Car Conductors, undated

 

Pacific Electric Club, undated

 

Pacific Electric Railway, 1919

 

Pacific Electric Railway Co. Employes Mortuary Fund Membership, Aug. 1943

 

Pacific Electric Road and Gun Club, 1928-1944

 

Pacific Great Eastern and Rail Travel Boosters, 1954-1955

 

Pacific Locomotive Association [name changed to Castro Point Railway], 1974-1980

 

Pacific Railroad Society, 1954-2005

 

Pacific Railroad Club, 1922-1962

 

Pacific Traffic Association, 1940

 

Pennsylvania Railroad Women's Aid, 1946

 

Pere Marquette Railroad Co., 1916

 

Point Pedro & Coast Railroad Co. Fog Belt Route, 1958

 

Pullman Conductors and Office Men, 1908-1926

 

Railroad Camera Club, undated

 

Railroadiana Collectors Assocation Inc., 1989-1996

 

Railroadians of America, 1941-1976

 

Railroad Public Relations Association, 1957

 

Railroad Young Men's Christian Association, 1922-1923

 

Railroad Yardmasters of America, 1948

 

Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 1936-1992

 

Railway and Locomotive Historical Society New York Chapter, 1935-1974

 

Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Pacific Coast Chapter, 1938-1987

 

Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Southern California Chapter, 1954-1966

 

Railway Clerks Political League, 1973

 

Railway Express Agency, 1948-1949

 

Railway Fuel and Traveling Engineers' Association, 1940

 

Railway Labors Political League, 1949-1952

 

Railway Mail Association, 1907

 

Rio Grande, 1967

 

Rock Island Lines, 1925-1951

 

Rock Island Railway Service Club, 1937-1940

 

Rock Island Twenty-Five Year Club, 1928

 

Rock Mountain Railroad Club, 1956-1991

 

The Roundhouse, undated

 

Royal Arch Masons of Iowa, 1919-1954

 

St. Louis - San Francisco Railroad Time Inspection Service, 1911

 

San Diego and Arizona Eastern, undated

 

San Diego Railroad Museum, 1991

 

Seaboard Coast Line Retire Railroad Employees Club, undated

 

Sierra Mountain Railroad Club, 1994

 

60th Railway Engineers Ladies' Auxiliary, 1941

 

Society for Preservation of Railroad Passenger Business, undated

 

South Coast Railroad Museum, 1994

 

Southern California Passenger Association, 1929-1944

 

The Southern California Railfan & Photo, 1942

 

Southern Pacific, 1911-1977

 

Southern Pacific Employees Hospital Association, 1966-1970

 

Southern Railway System, undated

 

Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association of North America, 1892

 

Switchmen's Union of North America, 1913

 

Transportation Club of San Francisco, 1921-1941

 

Transportation-Communication Employees Union, 1968

 

Travelers' Accident Association, 1892

 

Union Electric Railway, Bayshore Route, 1958

 

Union Pacific Historical Society, 1985-1986

 

Union Pacific Old Timers Clubs, undated

 

Union Pacific Railroad Employees Hospital Association, 1953

 

United States Railroad Retirement Board, undated

 

United Transportation Union, Jan. 1962

 

Veronia, South Park & Sunset, 1965

 

Veteran's Association of the Great Northern Railway, 1934-1944

 

Veteran Employes' Association of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, 1927

 

The Western Pacific Club, 1944-1949

 

Western Pacific Railroad, 1937

 

Western Railway Museum, 1998-2004

 

Western Steam Fiends Association, 1966

 

Miscellaneous non-railroad