Subgroup 04: Commissary Records, 1925-1968, bulk: 1930 - 1968
Scope and Contents note
Department responsible for Pullman car food and beverage service and for the handling of all foodstuffs served by the company on its cars. Pullman Company Commissary department heads include John F. Trout, 1883-1892, George Goldsmith, 1892-1903, 0. P. Powell, 1903-1918?, R. F. Butler, 1918?-1922, C. F. Coursey, 1922-1926, L. C. Armfield, 1926-1948, and J. B. Drake, 1948-1959.
Administrative files of L. C. Armfield and J. B. Drake and personnel records primarily of Chicago District attendants.
Dates
- Creation: 1925-1968
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1930 - 1968
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 two series: Administrative files, 1925-1968, bulk 1938-1968 (05/04/01); Personnel records, 1930-1968 (05/04/02).
General Physical Description note
18 linear feet (3 boxes and 13 record cartons)
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