Under contract with Mexican railroads the Pullman Company operated its cars in Mexico from 1884 through the 1960’s. Until 1934, when legislation forbade the practice, Mexican and United States employees were used interchangeably on lines operating in both nations. After 1934, Mexican and American citizens were required to work exclusively in their own countries.

Chiefly 1930’s files of F. L. Simmons, Supervisor of Industrial Relations, regarding Pullman Company relations with Mexican employees, their unions, and the Mexican government. Includes union contracts and papers regarding negotiations with the Alianza de Ferrocarrileros Mexicanos, the Mexican Order of Sleeping Car Conductors, and the Syndicate of Railroad Workers of the Republic of Mexico; Simmons’ correspondence and memoranda files concerning all Mexican labor matters; copies of Mexican labor laws; decisions and regulations of the Federal Board of Conciliation and Arbitration; and files on such labor issues as health and sanitation, rest days, profit sharing, wage and salary, 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.