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Arrival and Departure of Prominent Men, 1958-1966

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Case Pullman 05/01/03

Scope and Contents note

From the Sub-Series:

Numbered annual subject file maintained by the Vice President, operating, regarding cars and equipment, car maintenance, passengers, employees, departmental business, etc., for the years 1958-1966. Included are files regarding passenger and railroad complaints, passenger and employee illness, injury and death, car damage, sale of cars, car assignments by road, employee claims and grievances, labor troubles, etc. There are also newspaper clippings files and two significant early files, regarding the death (possible lynching) of porter J. H. Wilkins in 1930, and the murder of passenger Martha Virginia James in 1943.

Dates

  • Creation: 1958-1966

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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