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 Series: Historical and subject reference files containing a variety of Pullman Company records gathered from various sources within the firm, together with newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and other writings about the company. Includes documents and information about George M. Pullman and his businesses, properties and endowments (town of Pullman, Pullman Building, Pullman Car Works, Pullman Company Limited, Pullman Free School of Manual Training, Union Foundry and Pullman Car Wheel Works,...

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: Incomplete alphabetical (L-Q) administrative files of Pullman Company medical directors, Dr. T. R. Crowder, 1915-1942, and Dr. R. M. Graham, 1942-1967. Includes correspondence, internal memoranda, and reports covering such topics as employee medical examinations and examiners, contagious and occupational diseases, hazardous materials, and Pullman Company visiting nurses. There are also files regarding local and state public health requirements and sanitary codes.Personnel records...

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: Central Labor Relations Department office files probably started in the late 1930s or early 1940s by F. L. Simmons' successor as supervisor of Industrial Relations, H. R. Lary.Numerical subject file concerning all types of Pullman Company labor and personnel matters from the early 1900s to 1970, with greatest emphasis on the years from 1940-1960. Topics covered include labor agreements, federal railroad acts and state laws, wages, hours, employees in military service (World Wars...

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: Central Labor Relations Department office files probably started in the late 1930s or early 1940s by F. L. Simmons' successor as supervisor of Industrial Relations, H. R. Lary.Numerical subject file concerning all types of Pullman Company labor and personnel matters from the early 1900s to 1970, with greatest emphasis on the years from 1940-1960. Topics covered include labor agreements, federal railroad acts and state laws, wages, hours, employees in military service (World Wars...

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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 Sub-Series: Sleeping car innovator, and founder and President of the Pullman’s Palace Car Company, 1867-1897. Under George M. Pullman’s guidance the company expanded to hold a virtual monopoly on the construction and operation of railroad sleeping cars in the United States. In 1880 Pullman also constructed an entire town, Pullman, on Lake Calumet, south of Chicago, to accommodate workers in his newly built Pullman Car Works. Pullman died in 1897, three years after a disastrous strike convulsed the...

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: 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 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: Central Labor Relations Department office files probably started in the late 1930s or early 1940s by F. L. Simmons' successor as supervisor of Industrial Relations, H. R. Lary.Numerical subject file concerning all types of Pullman Company labor and personnel matters from the early 1900s to 1970, with greatest emphasis on the years from 1940-1960. Topics covered include labor agreements, federal railroad acts and state laws, wages, hours, employees in military service (World Wars...

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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.

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Correspondence with clients, original art work, and printed specimens.

Scope and Contents note From the Series: This series includes all documentation of the publishing process of the Kerr Co. literature, as well as the promotion and selling of the literature. Layouts, artwork, and photographs used to illustrate the publications are included, as well as information on printers and binders employed to do the physical production of the books. The series contains price lists, catalogs, promotional brochures, fliers, event posters, and reviews of certain publications (arranged alphabetically by title of...

Scope and Contents note From the Series: Letters to Judge Lambert Tree, together with drafts of outgoing replies, concerning national, local, and international politics and diplomacy, as well as affairs in Chicago. Also includes routine correspondence regarding invitations, introductions, and appointments. National. political, and diplomatic correspondents include Adlai Stevenson, Grover Cleveland, and William Howard Taft, and also Thomas F. Bayard, Isaac Bell Jr., Walter Q Gresham, Robert McLane, William Ralls Morrison, Robert B....

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 Series: Letters to Edward Price Bell from American and foreign political figures, journalists, and other public individuals he encountered during his writing career, as well as colleagues from the Chicago Daily News. Many letters include notes and comments in Bell's handwriting addressed to his wife Mary, or their children. Responses from publishers are frequent in the latter period of Bell's life, when he attempted to publish articles and stories under his own name...

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Reports, correspondence, drawings, and other items related to CB&Q equipment and property, including cars and steel rails as well as bridges, elevators, and stockyards. Also includes contracts and correspondence with the Pullman Company, and materials related to coal lands in Colorado and the Midwest.

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Reports, correspondence, drawings, and other items related to CB&Q equipment and property, including cars and steel rails as well as bridges, elevators, and stockyards. Also includes contracts and correspondence with the Pullman Company, and materials related to coal lands in Colorado and the Midwest.