Series 02: Board of Director’s Records, 1867-1 980
Scope and Contents note
Minutes, agendas, correspondence, notices, and information files of the Board of Directors and related governing bodies of the Pullman’s Palace Car Company and the Pullman Company. Included are minutes and agendas of the Board of Directors, 1867-1980; of the Executive Committee, 1897-1972 (formed upon the death of company founder George M. Pullman); of the Pullman Advisory Committee (executives of owner railroads after the 1947 buy-out); and of annual stockholder meetings, 1867-1980. There are also files on individual directors, 1947-1971, and information about the board in general.
Volumes of Board of Directors and Executive Committee minutes and agendas contain indexes.
Minutes of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee also available on microfilm.
Dates
- Creation: 1867-1 980
Creator
- From the Collection: Pullman Company (Organization)
Access
The Pullman Company records are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Medical records and records of disciplinary action are closed for a period of fifty years after the creation of the record. Such records may be disclosed only to the named individual or his legal representative. Application and service files that may contain medical and disciplinary information will be reviewed and records removed before the files are supplied to a researcher.
Personnel records less than fifty years old and not specified in (1) above are open for research with the user's written assurance that information from the records will be used for statistical or summary purposes only and that no specific names or individually identifiable information will be disclosed. Such information may be revealed only if the individual or his legal representative agrees to its release, or if the individual is deceased.
Photocopies of open personnel records less than fifty years old are supplied only for the researcher's personal use and may not be reproduced. All copies must be destroyed or returned upon completion of work.
Arrangement note
Series organized with meeting minutes and agendas preceding correspondence, individual director’s files, and information files. Where possible, meeting minutes and agendas are arranged alphabetically by group, e.g., Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Pullman Advisory Committee, although in volumes minutes of several bodies are often bound together.
General Physical Description note
8 record cartons and 17 volumes
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
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