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Subgroup 01: Office of the Vice President and General Wager Records, 1872-1971

 Series
Identifier: Case Pullman 05/01

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

By 1901, growth of the Pullman Company necessitated further administrative demarcation of its operating and manufacturing functions and the first Operating Department General Manager, C. A. Garcelon, was appointed. In 1915, Vice Presidents were designated for both the Manufacturing and Operating Departments, with Richmond Dean becoming the first Vice President, Operating. Later Vice Presidents and General Managers include L. S. Hungerford, 1920-1936, Champ Carry, 1936-1941, James M. Curry, 1944-1947, M. B. Osburn, 1947-1953, George W. Bohannon, 1954-1958, A. H. Lobeck, 1959-1968, and J. E. Flannery, 1968-?

Departmental administrative files, operations reports, descriptive lists of cars, employee instruction books, Mexican operations records, and regional administrative files.

Dates

  • Creation: 1872-1971

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

Arranged in eight series: Miscellaneous administrative files, 1943-1971 (05/01/01); Special files, 1902-1969, bulk 1940-1969 (05/01/02); Subject files, 1930-1966, bulk 1958-1966 (05/01/03); Operations reports, 1950-1968, bulk 1950-1962 (05/01/04); Descriptive lists of cars, 1881-1969 (05/01/05); Employee instruction books, 1872-1956 (05/01/06); Mexican operations files, 1917-1971 (05/01/07); Regional files, 1944-1965 (05/01/08).

General Physical Description note

70.3 linear feet (6 boxes and 57 record cartons)

Repository Details

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

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