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Series 01: Passenger Injury Claims Files, 1944-1968

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Case Pullman 04/03/01

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Indexed claim registers, 1944-1968, and individual passenger claims files, 1946-1966. Records regarding injuries to Pullman car passengers, including minors, and loss of property. Files contain correspondence with attorneys and railroad claim departments, accident-injury reports, unusual incident statements by Pullman service personnel, and doctors’ reports.

Dates

  • Creation: 1944-1968

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.

Arrangement note

Series organized with claims registers (2 volumes) preceding claims files, each arranged chronologically by claim number.

Individual passenger injury claims files closed for fifty years from date of creation. Indexed claim books 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.

General Physical Description note

7 record cartons and 2 volumes

Repository Details

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

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