Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, District 356 (Black Eagle, Mont.) records, 1896-1967

Records of the Order of Railway Conductors and its successor the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen consist primarily of interoffice correspondence and minutes. The interoffice correspondence is divided into correspondence (1915-1955) of the local with its members and with other locals; correspondence (1919-1945) of the Legislative Board, grievance correspondence (1914-1922), correspondence (1918-1961) with the ORC's General Chairman for the Great Northern Railway, located in St. Paul, Minnesota; and circular letters (1915-1959) from the national Order in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. There is general correspondence (1913-1960) with the Great Northern Railway and with others.

There are minute books for Division #356 from its founding in 1896 through 1938. In addition, there are minutes of the Railroad Brotherhoods Legislative Board, and of several committees of which ORC was a part. Other organizational records consist of members petitions for membership arranged alphabetically, members' dues ledgers (1896-1940), national lists of dismissed and reinstated members, and seniority lists.

There are annual (1920-1951) and quarterly (1918-1922) reports of the ORC's General Chairman for the Great Northern Railway, reports (1905-1949) of the Railroad Brotherhoods Joint Legislative Board, subject files on a variety of political and government organizations, and miscellany.