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Subgroup 04: Auditor of Receipts Records, 1872-1969

 Series
Identifier: Case Pullman 03/04

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

The Auditor of Receipts supervised ticket and revenue accounts, allocated earnings to railroads for contract settlement purposes, and compiled and assigned revenue from special car movements. Auditors of Receipts include F. L. Simmons, 1910, L. M. Bradish, 1918, J. W. Whowell, 1941-1949, and J. J. Gavin and H. E. Hlavaty, 1950s-1960s.

Contains railroad lines records, contract settlement and revenue records, Pullman car rental and lease records, and administrative files of the Auditor of Receipts.

Dates

  • Creation: 1872-1969

Creator

Conditions Governing 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.

Subgroup 02: General Auditor’s records, Series 03: Ledgers, Journals, and Registers are stored offsite. Contact reference@newberry.org for access.

Arrangement note

Arranged in four series: Administrative files, ca. 1940-ca. 1969 (03/04/01); Car rental and lease records, 1902-ca. 1959 (03/04/02); Contract settlement and revenue records, 1900-1969 (03/04/03); History of lines, 1872-1968, bulk 1872-1949 (03/04/04).

General Physical Description note

75 linear feet (6 boxes, 43 record cartons, and 79 volumes)

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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