Subgroup 03: Chief Mechanical Officer's Records, 1893-1970
Scope and Contents note
Office responsible for Pullman Company repair shops and for the repair and rehabilitation of cars and equipment. Repair operations were supervised by the Mechanical Superintendent, ca. 1900-1953, and the Chief Mechanical Officer, 1953-1970. Chief Mechanical Officers include H. B. Reed, 1953-1957, J. E. Flannery, 1957-1967, T. G. Isel, 1967-1968, and William Sahrman, 1968-ca.1970. Post-1918 Mechanical Superintendents include C. W. Pflager, 1918-1944, and L. F. Munson, 1948-1953.
Chief Mechanical Officer’s administrative files, Calumet and Denver Shops administrative files, building and property blueprints, car repair records, parts catalogs, maintenance manuals, car accident records, and World War I-era hospital train refitting files.
Dates
- Creation: 1893-1970
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.
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 seven series: Administrative files, 1918-1970, bulk 1945-1970 (05/03/01); Shops administrative files, 1898-1936 (05/03/02); Shops and laundries building and property blueprints, 1893-1953 (05/03/03); Shop reports, 1900-1961 (05/03/04); Parts catalogs and maintenance manuals, 1923-1961 (05/03/05); Car accident and wreck records, 1923-1959 (05/03/06); Hospital train refitting files, 1916-1918 (05/03/07).
General Physical Description note
53.3 linear feet (23 boxes, 17 record cartons, and 94 volumes)
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org