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Subgroup 01: Labor Relations Department Records, 1900-1970, bulk: 1918 - 1970

 Series
Identifier: Case Pullman 06/01

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

On Jan. 1, 1920, the Pullman Company created a Bureau of Labor Relations to handle questions of wages, working conditions, and other matters affecting the welfare of employees. Later termed the Industrial Relations Department and Labor Relations Department, the formerly independent department became a part of the new Employee Relations Department in 1951.

Records of Pullman Company relations with its employees, their labor unions (including the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters), and federal mediating bodies, dating from the World War I period of Federal control of the railroads to shortly after the company’s discontinuance of operations in 1969.

Dates

  • Creation: 1900-1970
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1918 - 1970

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 eleven series: F. L. Simmons administrative files, 1918-1935 (06/01/01); Director of Employee and Labor Relations administrative files, 1935-1970, bulk 1942-1970 (06/01/02); General labor files, 1900-1970, bulk 1918-1970 (06/01/03); Labor union negotiation and agreement files, 1920-1969 (06/01/04); Federal labor mediation and court records, 1919-1969 (06/01/05); Union contract agreement books, 1919-1958 (06/01/06); Employee claim and grievance files, 1920-1970 (06/01/07); Seniority rosters, 1938-1969 (06/01/08); Union shop compliance files, 1952-1969 (06/01/09); Representation dispute files, 1946 (06/01/10); Mexican labor files, 1920-1970, bulk 1930-1940 (06/01/11).

General Physical Description note

165.8 linear feet (8 boxes, 131 record cartons, and 3 oversize boxes)

Repository Details

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

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