Audit Department -Property Accounts, 1883
Scope and Contents note
Printed instructions issued to employees of the Pullman’s Palace Car Company and Pullman Company mainly by the Operating Department and its constituent departments, 1872-1956. Included are general instructions to employees, 1872 - 1921, and to car service employees, 1888-1899, commissary circulars and instructions, 1922-1957, specific instructions for conductors, porters, maids, attendants, and barbers, 1884-1952, instructions in Spanish for Mexican porters and conductors, 1925-1933, and instructions for Superintendents and Agents, 1874. In addition to pamphlets containing specialized regulations and instructions for private cars, 1927, sanitation, 1918, heating and ventilation, 1931, linen and blankets, 1923, and laws, notices and warnings to be posted in cars, 1897-1915, there are also a few instructions issued by the Manufacturing (1921), Financial (1883-1927), and Passenger Traffic (1964) departments.
Dates
- Creation: 1883
Creator
- From the Collection: Pullman Company (Organization)
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.
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Repository Details
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