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Strike circulars, 1887

 File — Box: + 3, Folder: 17
Identifier: CB&Q 33 1880 9

Scope and Contents note

From the Sub-Series:

Correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, and other items related to the 1888 strike. Materials are quite comprehensive, with Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers materials, correspondence from CB&Q executives, reports from Pinkerton agents who infiltrated union meetings, and multiple scrapbooks and written histories.

Dates

  • Creation: 1887

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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