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Subgroup 02: Chief Engineer's Records, 1870-1969, bulk: 1889 - 1969

 Series
Identifier: Case Pullman 05/02

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Office handling Pullman Company engineering work, including creating designs, drawings and specifications for the manufacture and remodelling of Pullman cars; setting standards and preparing specifications for products and equipment used in Pullman cars; testing products for compliance to standards; and evaluating employee suggestions for improvements to cars and equipment. Departmental supervisors included the Chief Engineer, the Car Equipment Engineer, and the Engineer of Tests.

Administrative files, car drawings and specifications, minutes of the Committee on Standards and the Equipment Committee, testing records, suggestion files, and equipment and supply specifications.

Dates

  • Creation: 1870-1969
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1889 - 1969

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 four series: Administrative files, 1914-1955 (05/02/01); Equipment standards and testing records, 1889-1956 (05/02/02); Car drawings, specifications, etc., 1870-1969, bulk 1919-1969 (05/02/03); Equipment and supply specifications, etc., 1912-1968 (05/02/04).

General Physical Description note

187.4 linear feet (23 boxes, 63 record cartons, 65 oversize folders, and 103 oversize rolls)

Repository Details

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

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