Amalgamated Transit Union, Division 618


University Archives and Special Collections
15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632

email: archives@etal.uri.edu

Published in 2013

Collection Overview

Title: Amalgamated Transit Union, Division 618 (Providence, R.I.)
Date range: 1913-1996
Creator: Amalgamated Transit Union. Division 618 (Providence, R.I.)
Extent: 5 box(es)
(3.5 linear feet)
Abstract: The collection consists of the records of the Amalgamated Transit Union, Division 618 (Providence, R.I). ATU Division 618, formerly known as the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees, represents transit workers of Providence, Rhode Island. The majority of the collection consists of business agent files, proceedings, programs, and reports.
Language of materials: English
Repository: University Archives and Special Collections
Collection number: Mss. Gr. 233

Scope & content

The Amalgamated Transit Union, Division 618 (Providence, R.I) collection includes some of Division 618's earliest materials when it was founded in 1913. A bulk of the collection deals with the time period when Scott Molloy, professor of labor history at the University of Rhode Island, worked for the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in one series as follows:

  • 1. Subject Files

Historical note

The Amalgamated Transit Union was founded in 1892 as the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees. The Providence, Rhode Island Division 618 was founded in 1913. The ATU represents transit workers across the United States and Canada, including bus drivers and railway employees. Both Scott Molloy and his grandfather, Henry W. Molloy, were active members of the union.

Access & Use

Access to the collection: Any qualified person doing scholarly research is permitted to use material housed in the Special Collections Unit.
Use of the materials: Terms governing use and reproduction: Photocopying and scanning of materials is a fee based service available in the repository and is allowed at the discretion of the Archivist when in compliance to the Unit's policy on copyright and publication.
Preferred citation: Amalgamated Transit Union. Division 618 (Providence, R.I.) , Mss. Gr. 233, University of Rhode Island.
Contact information: University Archives and Special Collections
15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632

email: archives@etal.uri.edu

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: The collection was given to Special Collections in July of 2009 in an unrestricted deed of gift by Scott Molloy. Scott received some of the material from his grandfather, Henry W. Molloy, who had also been a member of Division 618. Scott Molloy also collected Division 618 documents and ephemera over time as both a member of the union and as a collector.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Finding aid prepared by Abigail Casavant.
Encoding: Finding aid encoded by Abigail Casavant, 2013 May 30, updated by Mark Dionne on 2023 April 25.
Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Additional Information

Inventory


Inventory

Series 1. Subject Files
The Subject Files series contains a variety of materials related to the activities of the ATU. The materials include reports, business records, newsletters and fliers, meeting minutes, correspondence, receipts, and voting ballots.

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 50th Anniversary Division 618
1963
Box 1, Folder 2 75th Anniversary Celebration, Div 618
1988 Sep 10
Box 1, Folder 3 "618 Express" Newsletters
1982 Jan, 1985 Sep
Box 1, Folder 4 Accident Report
1953, 1955
Box 1, Folder 5 Division 618 Advertisement Agreement
1917 Mar 29
Box 1, Folder 6 ATU Division 618 Election Ballots
1974 Oct-1977 Sep
Box 1, Folder 6a Amalgamated Transit Union: A Brief History
1985
Box 1, Folder 7 Amalagated Transit Union, Research Bulletin Wage Manual Convention Issue
1986
Box 1, Folder 8 American Arbitration Association, Arbitration between RIPTA and Division 618, ATU
1984
Box 1, Folder 9 American Federation of Labor
1934 Oct 08
Box 1, Folder 10 Arbitration between United Electric Railways Company and providence division #618 of the Amalglamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
1925 Feb 05
Box 1, Folder 11 Articles of Agreement between RI Company and Providence Division No. 618
1913 Jul 21
Box 1, Folder 12 Division 618, Banquets and Fundraisers
1988, 1991, 1992, 2001
Box 1, Folder 13 Burns, John T. (photocopy)
1928 Jun 15
Box 1, Folder 13a The Busdriver's Gazette
1988
Box 1, Folder 14 Business Agent Files
1925-1934
Box 1, Folder 15 Business Agent Files
1935-1949
Box 1, Folder 16 Business Agent Files
1950-1969
Box 2, Folder 17 Business Agent Files
1970-1981
Box 1, Folder 18 Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America, Division 618 By-Laws
1916 Nov 17
Box 2, Folder 19 Certificate of Affiliation Division 618 (copy)
1913 Mar 20
Box 2, Folder 20 "Clauses Agreed Upon Between Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees…"
1913 Jun 11
Box 2, Folder 21 Committee on Political Action, AFL-CIO Contribution Books
1959
Box 2, Folder 22 Contract Demands
1969
Box 2, Folder 23 Daniels, Christopher
1976
Box 2, Folder 24 Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America, Division 618, Certificates of Membership
undated
Box 2, Folder 25 Election for Business Agent
1918 Jun
Box 2, Folder 26 Executive Member Correspondence
1934-1956
Box 2, Folder 27 Financial Statement
1968
Box 2, Folder 28 General Resolution Submitted to the 46th ATU Convention
1981 Sep 28-Oct 2
Box 2, Folder 29 Golden Jubilee of the Amalagated Assn. of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America
1942 Sep
Box 2, Folder 30 "In Transit" Journal of the ATU
1967 Sep, 1990 Jul-Aug, 1992 Sep-Oct
Box 2, Folder 31 Legislature Letters
1971, 1978
Box 2, Folder 32 List of Members
1913-1918
Box 2, Folder 33 Meeting Minutes
1951, 1979 May 07
Box 2, Folder 34 Molloy, Henry W.
1958-1991
Box 3, Folder 35 Molloy Jr., David Scott
1979-1996
Box 3, Folder 36 New England Joint Conference and Legislative Committee of the ATU
1977
Box 3, Folder 37 Nineteenth Convention Souvenir Book
1925
Box 3, Folder 38 Obituaries and Retirements
1968
Box 3, Folder 39 Obligation Agreements
undated
Box 3, Folder 39a Outings and Events
1963-1983
Box 3, Folder 40 Oversize Photographs and Posters (See Box 2 of RIPTA Oversize)
1911-1975
Box 3, Folder 41 Div. 618 Pamphlet Draft, D. Scott Molloy
undated
Box 4, Folder 42 Photographs
1913-1917
Box 4, Folder 43 Photographs
1910-1982
Box 4, Folder 44 Photographs
1915-1984
Box 5, Folder 45 Procedings of the First Annual Convention of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees of America
1892 Sep 12-15
Box 5, Folder 46 Procedings of the 36th Convention of the Amalgamated Assn. of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America
1961 Sep 11-15
Box 5, Folder 47 Proceedings of the 37th Convention of the Amaglamated Assn. of Street, Electric Railway, and Motor Coach Employees of America
1963 Sep 09-12
Box 5, Folder 48 Proceedings of the 43rd Convention Amalgamated Transit Union
1975 Sep 29-Oct 03
Box 5, Folder 49 Receipts and Vouchers
undated
Box 5, Folder 50 Reports of the 44th Convention, Amalgamated Transit Union
1977 Sep 26-30
Box 5, Folder 51 Report of the 45th Convention, ATU
1979 Sep 10-14
Box 5, Folder 52 Report of the 47th Convention and ATU-Cope Program
1983 Sep 26-30
Box 5, Folder 53 Retired Members
1940, 1958, 1989
Box 5, Folder 54 Resolutions, Salt Lake City, Utah
1913
Box 5, Folder 55 RIPTA Labor Agreement Between RIPTA and ATU Division #618A
2000 Jan 1-2002 Dec 31
Box 5, Folder 56 Secretary-Treasurer Election
1979
Box 6, Folder 57 Souvenir of the 15th Bi-ennial Convention of the Amalgamated Assn. of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
1917
Box 6, Folder 58 Souvenir Program of the 29th Convention of Amalgamated Assn. of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America
1947 Sep 08-13
Box 6, Folder 59 Convention and Dedication Souvenir Journal, 34th Convention of the Amalgamated Assn. of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America
1957 Sep 09-13
Box 6, Folder 60 "Union Plus" Magazine, William Merandi of ATU, Div. 618 Article
1996 Fall
Box 6, Folder 61 Voter's Attention: Man's Inhumanity to Man: Recent Street Railway Arbitration as Viewed by Those Who were not Made Gains by it
undated
Box 6, Folder 62 Wildcat Strike
1978
Box 6, Folder 63 "Streetcars and Strikers: A Musical Labor Play about the Founding of the ATU Div. 618" Bob Hinckley
1985
Box 6, Folder 64 Wages of the Motormen and Conductors who are Members of the A.A. of A.E.R.E.A.
1925 Jan 1
Box 6, Folder 65 Wonson, Richard L. -Notes and Drafts, History of Railroads in Rhode Island
1954
Box 6, Folder 66 Worker Welfare
1934, 1943, 1953
Box 6, Folder 67 Division 618, Working Cards, Withdrawal Card, and Application for Membership
1918-1920, 1978
Box 7, Folder Constitution and By-Laws of the Providence Trainmen's Association
1924 Mar 19
Box 7, Folder Articles of Agreement between RI Company and Division 618 Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
1917 Jun 01, 1919 May 31
Box 7, Folder Rhode Island Public Transit Authority Labor Agreement between Rhode Island Public Transit Authority and Amalgamated Transit Union Division #618
1994 Jan 01, 1996 Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Agreement between Rhode Island Public Transit Authority and Providence Division No. 618 of the Amalagated Transit Union ATU
1978 Jan 01, 1981 Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Agreement between Rhode Island Public Transit Authority and Providence Division No. 618 of the Amalagated Transit Union ATU
1969 Jan 01, 1971 Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Agreement between Rhode Island Public Transit Authority and Providence Division No. 618 of the Amalagated Transit Union ATU
1978 Jan 01, 1979 Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Rhode Island Public Transit Authority Labor Agreement between Rhode Island Public Transit Authority and Division #618, ATU
1982 Jan 01, 1984 Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Rhode Island Public Transit Authority Labor Agreement between Rhode Island Public Transit Authority and Division #618, ATU
1988 Jan 01, 1990 Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Agreement between Rhode Island Public Transit Authority and Providence Division No. 618 of the Amalagated Transit Union ATU
1974 Jan 01, 1975 Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America: By Laws of Division No. 618, Providence R.I
1913 Apr 24
Box 7, Folder Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
1917 Sep 10-18
Box 7, Folder Official Agreement Book of Motormen, Conductors and other Employees of Miscellaneous Departments and United Electric Railways Company
1921 Nov 01, 1922 Oct 31
Box 7, Folder Official Agreement Book of Motormen, Conductors and other Employees of Miscellaneous Departments and United Electric Railways Company
1922 Nov 01, 1923 Oct 31
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws Amalagated Transit Union
1981 Sep 28-Oct 02
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws Amalagated Transit Union
1975 Sep 29-Oct 03
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws Amalagated Transit Union
1977 Sep 26-30
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws of the Amalagated Association of the Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America
1935 Sep 09-14
Box 7, Folder Amalagated Transit Union Financial Statement
1983 Jun 30
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws Amalagated Transit Union
1971 Sep 27-30
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws of the Amalagated Association of the Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America
1953 Sep 14-18
Box 7, Folder Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
1911 Sep 11-19
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws of the Amalagated Association of the Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America
1947 Sep 08-13
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws of the Amalagated Association of the Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America
1946 Jun 10-16
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws of the Amalagated Association of the Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America
1951 Sep 10-14
Box 7, Folder Agreement between United Electric Railways Company and Division No. 618 Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
1927 Jun 1-1929 May 31
Box 7, Folder Agreement between United Electric Railways Company and Division No. 618 Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
1934-1936
Box 7, Folder Agreement between United Electric Railways Company and Division No. 618 Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
1943 Jan 01-1943 Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Agreement between United Electric Railways Company and Division No. 618 Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
1958 Jan 01- 1959 Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Agreement between United Electric Railways Company and Division No. 618 Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
1946 Jan 02-Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Agreement between United Electric Railways Company and Division No. 618 Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
1938 Jan 01-Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Agreement between United Electric Railways Company and Division No. 618 Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
1931 Jun 01- 1933 May 31
Box 7, Folder Agreement between United Electric Railways Company and Division No. 618 Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
1929 Jun 01- 1931 May 31
Box 7, Folder Agreement between United Transit Company and Providence Division No. 618 of the Amalagated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America
1954 Jan 01- 1955 Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Agreement between United Electric Railways Company and Division No. 618 Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
1951 Jul 01- 1953 Jun 30
Box 7, Folder Agreement between United Electric Railways Company and Division No. 618 Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
1950 Jan 01- 1951 Jun 30
Box 7, Folder Agreement between United Electric Railways Company and Division No. 618 Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
1925 Jul 01- 1926 May 31
Box 7, Folder Agreement between United Electric Railways Company and Division No. 618 Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
1940 Jan 01- 1941 Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Agreement between United Electric Railways Company and Division No. 618 Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
1947 Jan 01- Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Agreement between United Electric Railways Company and Division No. 618 Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
1948 Jan 01- Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Agreement between Rhode Island Public Transit Authority and Amalagated Transit Union Division 618
1986 Aug 06- 1987 Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws Amalgamated Transit Union
1967 Oct 09-13
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws Amalgamated Transit Union
1969 Sep 08-11
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws Amalagated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America
1957 Sep 09-13
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws Amalagated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America
1959 Sep 14-18
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws Amalagated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America
1961 Sep 11-15
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws Amalagated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America
1957 Sep 09-13
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws of the Amalagated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America
1949 Sep 12-17
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws Amalagated Transit Union
1965 Sep 13-16
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws Amalagated Transit Union
1963 Sep 09-13
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws Amalagated Transit Union
1986 Sep 08-12
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws of the Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America
1933 Sep 11-16
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws Amalagated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America
1941 Sep 08-13
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws Amalgamated Transit Union
1979 Sep 10-13
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws Amalgamated Transit Union
1973 Sep 24-27
Box 7, Folder Agreement between Bonanza Bus Lines, INC. and Amalagated Transit Union
1975-1978
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws of the Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America
1913 Sep 08-17
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws of the Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America
1927 Sep 12-19
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws Amalgamated Transit Union
1992 Sep 19-27
Box 7, Folder Constitution and General Laws Amalgamated Transit Union
1983 Sep 26-29
Box 7, Folder Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America By-Laws of Division No. 618 Providence R.I.
1931 Oct 01
Box 7, Folder Agreement between United Electric Railways Company and Division No. 618 Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
1923 Nov 01-1924 Nov 01
Box 7, Folder Agreement between United Electric Railways Company and Providence Division No. 618 of the Amalagated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America
1941 Jul 01-1942 Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Agreement between United Electric Railways Company and Division No. 618 Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
1926 Jun 01-1927 May 31
Box 7, Folder Agreement between United Electric Railways Company and Providence Division No. 618 of the Amalagated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America
1944 Jan 01-Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Agreement between Rhode Island Public Transit Company and Providence Division No. 618 of the Amalagated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America
1962 Jan 01-Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Agreement between United Electric Railways Company and Division No. 618 Amalagated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
1936-1937
Box 7, Folder Agreement between United Electric Railways Company and Providence Division No. 618 of the Amalagated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America
1960 Jan 01-1961 Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Agreement between United Electric Railways Company and Providence Division No. 618 of the Amalagated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America
1945 Jan 01-Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Agreement between United Electric Railways Company and Providence Division No. 618 of the Amalagated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America
1956 Jan 01-1957 Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Supplement to Agreement between United Transit Company and Providence Division No. 618 of the Amalagated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America
1972 Jan 01-1973 Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Supplement to Agreement between United Transit Company and Providence Division No. 618 of the Amalagated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America
1964 Jan 01-Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Supplement to Agreement between Rhode Island Public Transit Authority and Division No. 618 of the Amalagated Transit Union
1976 Jan 01-1977 Dec 31
Box 7, Folder By Laws of Division #618 ot the Amalagated Transit Union (ATU)
1992 June
Box 7, Folder Rhode Island Public Transit Authority Labor Agreement between Rhode Island Public Transit Authority and Amalgamated Transit Union Division #618
1997 Jan 01-1999 Dec 31
Box 7, Folder Rhode Island Motor Vehicle Operator's Manual Digest of Operating Regulations
1939-1940