Modern Manuscripts & Archives at the Newberry

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, agreements, etc., of Pullman Company General Counsels from John S. Runnells to Martin J. Rock regarding the legal aspects of company business. Included are records relating to contracts, retirement, life insurance and pension plans, Interstate Commerce Commission matters, laundry and shop properties, and other affairs. There is also considerable documentation of the 1940's anti-trust suit (U.S. vs. Pullman, Civil Action No. 994) and the resulting sale of...

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: From 1867 until 1927 the Pullman’s Palace Car Company and Pullman Company issued securities. For the following twenty years securities were issued by the Pullman Company’s corporate parent, Pullman, Inc. After the anti-trust suit forced break-up of Pullman, Inc., the Pullman Company was sold to the railroads in 1947. This new Pullman Company again issued securities. With a capitalization of around 40 million dollars, the firm transferred 731,350 shares of stock to fifty-seven cooperating...

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: Pullman Company Presidents from the antitrust-induced buyout of the company in 1947 included Carroll Rede Harding, 1947-1958, George W. Bohannon, 1958-1971, Fred J. Boeckelman, 1971-1976, and Martin J. Rock, 1976-1982. The company ceased operations in 1969, but maintained a skeleton central office staff until 1982, when pending legal matters were finally settled.President’s administrative files, 1947-1971, outgoing correspondence, 1960-1978, and proposals, reports, and surveys...

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: Pullman Company Presidents from the antitrust-induced buyout of the company in 1947 included Carroll Rede Harding, 1947-1958, George W. Bohannon, 1958-1971, Fred J. Boeckelman, 1971-1976, and Martin J. Rock, 1976-1982. The company ceased operations in 1969, but maintained a skeleton central office staff until 1982, when pending legal matters were finally settled.President’s administrative files, 1947-1971, outgoing correspondence, 1960-1978, and proposals, reports, and surveys...

Scope and Contents note From the Series: Rate books issued by the Pullman’s palace Car Company, 1871-1899, and the Pullman Company, 1901-1968. Also rate and instruction books containing Pullman rates issued by other railroad companies dating primarily from 1880-1920. Pullman’s palace Car Company volumes include general fares and fares for berths, drawing rooms, second class accommodation, and divisions. From 1901 to 1908 there are similar Pullman Company rate books, but the majority of Pullman Company rates are listed in numbered...

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, agreements, etc., of Pullman Company General Counsels from John S. Runnells to Martin J. Rock regarding the legal aspects of company business. Included are records relating to contracts, retirement, life insurance and pension plans, Interstate Commerce Commission matters, laundry and shop properties, and other affairs. There is also considerable documentation of the 1940's anti-trust suit (U.S. vs. Pullman, Civil Action No. 994) and the resulting sale of...

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Patent register, policies, and individual patent files dating primarily from 1910-1950. Files contain licensing agreements and correspondence, patent assignments by inventors, and United States and Canadian patents. In addition to railroad sleeping cars, parts, and equipment, there are also patents for sheet cars, all-steel automobile bodies (manufactured during the 1920’s) airplane propeller blades, and shop equipment.

Scope and Contents note From the Series: This series consists of correspondence sent to Carter H. Harrison III (1825-1893), Harrison's father. The subjects of the letters arranged in this series are varied. A number concern political matters, ranging from an explanation by Horace Boies, Governor of Iowa, of his positions on free coinage and trade, to requests by other Democratic politicians for promotions or jobs for their friends or constituents. Other letters are personal, such as thanks for his hospitality following visits,...

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection:

Three volumes (disbound and foldered) containing typewritten indexes to articles in the Pullman News, the Pullman Company’s employee magazine, together with article transcripts, 1922-1947. Also index to conductors and porters who were mainly listed in the Pullman News monthly honor roll, 1922-1924.

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection:

Three volumes (disbound and foldered) containing typewritten indexes to articles in the Pullman News, the Pullman Company’s employee magazine, together with article transcripts, 1922-1947. Also index to conductors and porters who were mainly listed in the Pullman News monthly honor roll, 1922-1924.

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection:

Three volumes (disbound and foldered) containing typewritten indexes to articles in the Pullman News, the Pullman Company’s employee magazine, together with article transcripts, 1922-1947. Also index to conductors and porters who were mainly listed in the Pullman News monthly honor roll, 1922-1924.

Scope and Contents note From the Series: Publications, bulletins, pamphlets, fliers, petitions, form letters, articles, newsclippings, awards, arbitrations, legal documents, meeting minutes, some correspondence, and reports on a variety of topics kept by both Graham Taylor and his daughter, Lea D. Taylor. Includes documents on broad topics (e.g. China, Communism), and about people (e.g. Jane Addams, Raymond Robins). Also collected were publications and reports from individuals and organizations such as unions, social welfare...

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection:

Collection includes Martin J. Rock's correspondence regarding several legal cases regarding the Pullman Company, including insurance cases and the dissolution of the company. Collection contains data used to represent Pullman in these cases, including official company documents, board of director information, and financial records from 1947 to 1995.

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection:

Collection includes Martin J. Rock's correspondence regarding several legal cases regarding the Pullman Company, including insurance cases and the dissolution of the company. Collection contains data used to represent Pullman in these cases, including official company documents, board of director information, and financial records from 1947 to 1995.

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection:

Collection includes Martin J. Rock's correspondence regarding several legal cases regarding the Pullman Company, including insurance cases and the dissolution of the company. Collection contains data used to represent Pullman in these cases, including official company documents, board of director information, and financial records from 1947 to 1995.

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection:

Collection includes Martin J. Rock's correspondence regarding several legal cases regarding the Pullman Company, including insurance cases and the dissolution of the company. Collection contains data used to represent Pullman in these cases, including official company documents, board of director information, and financial records from 1947 to 1995.

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Miscellaneous materials primarily concerning the historic Town of Pullman and Pullman Manufacturing Company, 1881-2001. Includes photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera concerning the town of Pullman and the Pullman manufacturing company. Car related materials consist primarily of Pullman advertisements, a small collection of drawings and postcards. Included among the car related materials is a roster of Amtrak Passenger cars. There are drawings and articles concerning the Corliss...

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Miscellaneous materials primarily concerning the historic Town of Pullman and Pullman Manufacturing Company, 1881-2001. Includes photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera concerning the town of Pullman and the Pullman manufacturing company. Car related materials consist primarily of Pullman advertisements, a small collection of drawings and postcards. Included among the car related materials is a roster of Amtrak Passenger cars. There are drawings and articles concerning the Corliss...

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Miscellaneous materials primarily concerning the historic Town of Pullman and Pullman Manufacturing Company, 1881-2001. Includes photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera concerning the town of Pullman and the Pullman manufacturing company. Car related materials consist primarily of Pullman advertisements, a small collection of drawings and postcards. Included among the car related materials is a roster of Amtrak Passenger cars. There are drawings and articles concerning the Corliss...

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Miscellaneous materials primarily concerning the historic Town of Pullman and Pullman Manufacturing Company, 1881-2001. Includes photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera concerning the town of Pullman and the Pullman manufacturing company. Car related materials consist primarily of Pullman advertisements, a small collection of drawings and postcards. Included among the car related materials is a roster of Amtrak Passenger cars. There are drawings and articles concerning the Corliss...

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Miscellaneous materials primarily concerning the historic Town of Pullman and Pullman Manufacturing Company, 1881-2001. Includes photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera concerning the town of Pullman and the Pullman manufacturing company. Car related materials consist primarily of Pullman advertisements, a small collection of drawings and postcards. Included among the car related materials is a roster of Amtrak Passenger cars. There are drawings and articles concerning the Corliss...

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: Correspondence in the President’s File has been assigned “record file” numbers, each number representing a different exchange of letters on a given topic. Topics include all aspects of the railroad business such as: operations, personnel, unions, budgets, changes in the regulation of railroad commerce, and relations with other lines. The era covered in this correspondence was a time of major expansion of the Burlington system, and there is a great deal of material on the leasing and...

Scope and Contents note Pullman’s Palace Car Company model town conceived by George M. Pullman to house employees of his new car works on Lake Calumet, south of Chicago. With buildings designed by Solon Spenser Beman and grounds by Nathan F. Barrett, the much-acclaimed town received its first residents in 1881. The company’s ownership of the town, which had been the object of national scrutiny during the 1894 Pullman strike, was short-lived. Ordered in 1898 by the Illinois Supreme Court to sell all its...

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Ledgers, journals, cash books and other miscellaneous accounting records documenting the manufacture of Pullman cars and cars for railroad companies and other firms, 1873-1924. Separate car construction accounting volumes were kept first by the Pullman’s Palace Car Company and Pullman Company and after 1906 for the Pullman Company Manufacturing Dept. Records cease in 1924 with the creation of a separate manufacturing subsidiary, the Pullman Car and Manufacturing Corporation.

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Ledgers, journals, cash books and other miscellaneous accounting records documenting the manufacture of Pullman cars and cars for railroad companies and other firms, 1873-1924. Separate car construction accounting volumes were kept first by the Pullman’s Palace Car Company and Pullman Company and after 1906 for the Pullman Company Manufacturing Dept. Records cease in 1924 with the creation of a separate manufacturing subsidiary, the Pullman Car and Manufacturing Corporation.