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Cars and Equipment - Sale of - 19 Cars, 1948

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Identifier: Case Pullman 05/01/02

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, appraisals, hours, grievances, awards, and other matters. There are also voluminous lease records, a summary of passengers and employees killed in wrecks, 1921-1962, and files regarding the closing of shops and laundries.

Dates

  • Creation: 1948

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.

Repository Details

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

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