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Series 06: Union Contract Agreement Books, 1919-1958

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Case Pullman 06/01/06

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Printed pamphlets containing agreements between the Pullman Company and unions representing its employees. Unions include the Pullman Clerks’ Association, Order of Sleeping Car Conductors, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, United Transport Service Employees of America, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Pullman Car Employees Association, Independent Pullman Workers Federation, System Federation No. 122, and the American Railway Supervisors Association. Also includes the 1919 United States Railroad Administration agreement with the A.F. of L., negotiated during the period of Federal control of the railroads and agreement booklets, some with annotations, kept by Pullman Company President G. W. Bohannon, and Supervisor of Industrial Relations H. R. Lary.

Dates

  • Creation: 1919-1958

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

Series organized by occupation: barbers, clerks, conductors, electricians, laundry, porters and maids, shops and yards, and supervisors, and by union thereunder; followed by general agreements and agreement books kept by company officials. Each section is arranged chronologically.

General Physical Description note

2 boxes and 1 record carton

Repository Details

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

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