Subgroup 05: Purchases and Stores Department Records, 1911-1971, bulk: 1920 - 1971
Scope and Contents note
Department responsible for stocking cars with linens and supplies, maintaining a stock of parts for car maintenance and repair, and operating the Pullman Company-owned laundries. Prior to 1919, the Stores Department was combined with the Yard Department, and in 1951, its name was changed to the Purchases and Stores Department. It operated numerous storerooms throughout the United States, a General Storeroom adjacent to the Calumet Shops, and beginning in 1923, ten company laundries. The department also maintained a standard catalog of over 75,000 items and controlled the requisition and ordering of all materials and supplies.
Dates
- Creation: 1911-1971
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1920 - 1971
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, 1911-1971, bulk 1947-1971 (05/05/01); Equipment and materials supplier requisition records, 1920-1968 (05/05/02).
General Physical Description note
20 linear feet (1 box and 16 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