Modern Manuscripts & Archives at the Newberry

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,...

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Miscellaneous collection of Pullman Company artifacts and isolated pieces of ephemera, 1859-1969. Includes printed envelopes, wax impressions of Pullman Company corporate seals, sleeping car tickets, 1936-1948, embossers, a step stool (possibly a porter's), and corporate service pins.

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: Vice President and General Manager's central file, including records on cars, car service, commissary, employee information, railroads, sanitation, shops, etc. Among the files on all aspects of cars, car equipment, car service, car storage, etc., are numerous car sale records, 1945-1969, frequently listing heavyweight cars by name. Employee files include union demand, negotiation and agreement records, 1945-1969, Mexican employee relations records, 1931-1956, and files on benefits,...

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: The Vice President, Operating, was responsible for Pullman Company operations in Mexico, which after 1934 were conducted in the country by Mexican nationals under the supervision of a resident manager who was a United States citizen. The company performed all its accounting in Mexico; it negotiated operating contracts with Mexican railroads; it set tariffs for Mexican travel; and it concluded agreements with Mexican labor unions. By 1966, Pullman employed a work force of 788 and operated a...

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: Pullman Car Lines Assistant Federal Auditor during the World War I government control of the railroads, and the Pullman Company’s first, 1920-1935, Supervisor of Industrial Relations. Simmons directed the company’s labor relations activities in the newly created Bureau of Industrial Relations and initiated company unions under the Plan of Employee Representation.Records concern Pullman Company working conditions and employee union activities from World War I to the Depression....

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: After F. L. Simmons’ departure in 1935, H. R. Lary assumed responsibility for the company’s labor relations functions, serving as Supervisor of Industrial Relations (later Labor Relations). In 1951, F. J. Boeckelman was appointed to a new position, Manager of Employee Relations (later Employee and Labor Relations), supervising the labor relations, personnel, pensions and group insurance, safety and compensation, medicine and sanitation, and special agent departments.Primarily...

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: After F. L. Simmons’ departure in 1935, H. R. Lary assumed responsibility for the company’s labor relations functions, serving as Supervisor of Industrial Relations (later Labor Relations). In 1951, F. J. Boeckelman was appointed to a new position, Manager of Employee Relations (later Employee and Labor Relations), supervising the labor relations, personnel, pensions and group insurance, safety and compensation, medicine and sanitation, and special agent departments.Primarily...

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: After F. L. Simmons’ departure in 1935, H. R. Lary assumed responsibility for the company’s labor relations functions, serving as Supervisor of Industrial Relations (later Labor Relations). In 1951, F. J. Boeckelman was appointed to a new position, Manager of Employee Relations (later Employee and Labor Relations), supervising the labor relations, personnel, pensions and group insurance, safety and compensation, medicine and sanitation, and special agent departments.Primarily...

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: After F. L. Simmons’ departure in 1935, H. R. Lary assumed responsibility for the company’s labor relations functions, serving as Supervisor of Industrial Relations (later Labor Relations). In 1951, F. J. Boeckelman was appointed to a new position, Manager of Employee Relations (later Employee and Labor Relations), supervising the labor relations, personnel, pensions and group insurance, safety and compensation, medicine and sanitation, and special agent departments.Primarily...

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: After F. L. Simmons’ departure in 1935, H. R. Lary assumed responsibility for the company’s labor relations functions, serving as Supervisor of Industrial Relations (later Labor Relations). In 1951, F. J. Boeckelman was appointed to a new position, Manager of Employee Relations (later Employee and Labor Relations), supervising the labor relations, personnel, pensions and group insurance, safety and compensation, medicine and sanitation, and special agent departments.Primarily...

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: Pullman Car Lines Assistant Federal Auditor during the World War I government control of the railroads, and the Pullman Company’s first, 1920-1935, Supervisor of Industrial Relations. Simmons directed the company’s labor relations activities in the newly created Bureau of Industrial Relations and initiated company unions under the Plan of Employee Representation.Records concern Pullman Company working conditions and employee union activities from World War I to the Depression....

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: Pullman Car Lines Assistant Federal Auditor during the World War I government control of the railroads, and the Pullman Company’s first, 1920-1935, Supervisor of Industrial Relations. Simmons directed the company’s labor relations activities in the newly created Bureau of Industrial Relations and initiated company unions under the Plan of Employee Representation.Records concern Pullman Company working conditions and employee union activities from World War I to the Depression....

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: Administrative files of the General Storekeeper, 1911-1952, and Chief Purchases and Stores Officer (later Manager), 1952-1970. Included are articles about the department; copies of photographs showing staff and facilities throughout the country; sale of cars files, 1962-1971, containing correspondence with buyers of Pullman cars (primarily heavyweights); materials and supplies monthly statements, 1952-1969; stock control and materials ordering manuals, 1952-1957; and terminal surveys,...

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: Administrative files of the General Storekeeper, 1911-1952, and Chief Purchases and Stores Officer (later Manager), 1952-1970. Included are articles about the department; copies of photographs showing staff and facilities throughout the country; sale of cars files, 1962-1971, containing correspondence with buyers of Pullman cars (primarily heavyweights); materials and supplies monthly statements, 1952-1969; stock control and materials ordering manuals, 1952-1957; and terminal 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 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 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 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 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...

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Employee benefits booklets of Pullman employee voluntary associations, and of the Pullman Company, Pullman Inc., and Pullman Standard Car Co., covering group insurance, and retirement and pension plans. Employee association booklets include those of the Pullman Porters Benefit Association, 1921-1923, and the Voluntary Employee benefits booklets of Pullman employee voluntary associations, and of the Subscription Fund of Conductors and Office Men, 1922-1930.

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Employee benefits booklets of Pullman employee voluntary associations, and of the Pullman Company, Pullman Inc., and Pullman Standard Car Co., covering group insurance, and retirement and pension plans. Employee association booklets include those of the Pullman Porters Benefit Association, 1921-1923, and the Voluntary Employee benefits booklets of Pullman employee voluntary associations, and of the Subscription Fund of Conductors and Office Men, 1922-1930.

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: Files of the Calumet Shops Superintendent of Safety and the Director of Safety and Compensation regarding matters relating to the safety of employees and the compensation of employees injured on the job. Included are accident records, 1927-1941 and 1961-1967, district and shop inspection reports, 1954-1968, and circulars and annual safety letters, 1944-1968. There are also files regarding injury expenses, protective clothing and equipment, occupational hazards and disease, and the promotion...

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: 16 mm. microfilm reels containing copies of payrolls for the Pullman’s Palace Car Company, the Pullman Company, and its subsidiaries and affiliates. Parent company payrolls include the general office, 1888-1950 (reels 1-35), regional repair shops, 1887-1950 (reels 36-216), Pullman Car Works, 1887-1924 (reels 216-332), town of Pullman and laundry, 1887-1908 (reels 333-338), operating districts, 1893-1950 (reels 360-1079), and all employees, 1951-1969 (reels 1081-1442, P2-P14, and 2.2 series)....