Collection of documents from the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company (CEI) and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (BRT). Materials shed light on the role of the CEI with the continued representation by President William Parker Kennedy of the BRT in negotiations, arbitration, awards, denials, and submission in support of the workers. Business letters, correspondence, reports, and union agreements detail the internal workings of the CEI and connected railroad companies of the Midwestern United States. Materials also cover a specific claim between CEI and the Pennsylvania Railway West at Terre Haute, Indiana.