After F. L. Simmons’ departure in 1935, H. R. Lary assumed responsibility for the company’s labor relations functions, serving as Supervisor of Industrial Relations (later Labor Relations). In 1951, F. J. Boeckelman was appointed to a new position, Manager of Employee Relations (later Employee and Labor Relations), supervising the labor relations, personnel, pensions and group insurance, safety and compensation, medicine and sanitation, and special agent departments.

Primarily files of F. J. Boeckelman, but also of H. R. Lary, regarding union negotiations, arbitrations, agreements, and personnel administration. Included are records regarding the closing of the Atlanta Shops, annual reports about the Pullman Company labor situation, 1951-1967, correspondence about the Washington Job Agreement, 1947-1953, and files concerning other federal bodies involved in settling employee disputes and handling claims: National Railroad Adjustment Board, various Public Law Boards, Railroad Retirement Board, etc.

Personnel records less than fifty years old 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.