Wilma,
Are you familiar with Jim McKee's book: ' Havelock, A photo history
walking tour'. It was published in 1993 and might still be available at
bookstores in Lincoln. It has a short chapter on the history of the
Burlington Shops. If you can locate him to talk to him or correspond,
Mr. McKee is probably your best resource on Havelock history. Also the
State Historical Society has a giftshop in their museum in downtown
Lincoln that might have this book .....and other resources.
Good Luck! Don Zinnecker, Omaha
On Thu, 19 Oct 2000 23:42:34 -0500 "David Lotz" <Dave_Lotz@m...>
writes:
> Greetings Wilma,
>
> While the BRHS archives doesn't have anything that would assist your
> search,
> I will post this to the BRHSlist to see if any of our list members
> may be
> able to help you. I know some are in the Lincoln area, so we'll
> keep our
> fingers crossed.
>
> Your email interested me, because my maternal grandfather also hired
> out as
> a scab during the 1922 strike, only he hired out in West Burlington.
>
> Good luck in your search.
>
> Dave Lotz
> BRHS Archives
>
> (BRHSlisters please remember to reply to all with your replies!)
>
> ----Original Message-----
> From: Wilma Shull [mailto:wshull@c...]
> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 12:33 AM
> To: brhs@n...
> Subject: query
>
>
> Can you tell me where I might find information on the Burlington
> Railroad
> Shops in Havelock, a suburb of Lincoln, NE? My father, Samuel
> Sadler, went
> to work as a scab during the National Railroad strike in 1922. He
> died
> suddenly at the age of 21 in 1932 when I was 9 years old. I would
> like to
> know his occupational title and perhaps his salary at that time. I
> remember
> seeing him in the grease pit where the big locamotives were worked
> on when
> Mother and I took him his lunch. I have a photo of him with many
> other men
> on a huge steam engine. I also have a 1932 letter to his mother
> telling
> about a layoff and working on some extra cars so I don't know what
> his work
> really was. I'm writing a book about my childhood in Havelock
> called, "The
> Burlington Brat Grows Up". I'm in my late 70's and can no longer
> travel to
> do research. Wilma Sadler Shull
>
>
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