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Series 06: Car Accident and Wreck Records, 1923-1959

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Case Pullman 05/03/06

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Memoranda, correspondence, accident reports, repair authorizations, etc., for Pullman cars involved in accidents and train wrecks, 1923-1959. Includes accident record books, 1923-1948, containing correspondence and memoranda addressed mainly to Mechanical Superintendent C. W. Pflager, and accident business (1947-1950) and damaged car files (1949-1959) containing accident descriptions, correspondence with railroads regarding the investigation of responsibility for damages, repair authorizations, and settlements. For additional records regarding accidents and damaged cars, see Miscellaneous Administrative files, Record Group 05/01/01, Subject files, Record Group 05/01/03, and Car Interior and Exterior Photographs - Accidents, Record Group 13/01/01, Pullman Company Archives.

Dates

  • Creation: 1923-1959

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.

Extent

10 boxes

Arrangement note

Series organized by type of record: accident record books, accident business - repairs to car files, and damaged car files. Accident record books arranged chronologically. Accident business files and damaged car files organized by year, and arranged alphabetically by car name.

Repository Details

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

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