Series 03: Employee Service Records, approximately 1890-1969, bulk: 1920-1950
Scope and Contents note
Service record cards, primarily for the twentieth century non-manufacturing Pullman Company employees, including conductors, porters, attendants, maids, yard force, repair shop, storeroom, commissary, and clerical workers. Cards list employee name, birth date, race, address, next of kin, service commendations and warnings, and furlough, resignation and retirement dates. Photo identification cards, applications, rating cards, correspondence, and absentee records are sometimes enclosed with the cards. Central office service records are for all types of employees from all locations, sometimes duplicating cards found in district and agency files. There are also a few service records for Pullman Car Works employees who quit between 1918-1929, and management employees. The employee service card for Malcolm Little (Malcolm X) is shelved in the Vault.
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.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1890-1969
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1920-1950
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.
Extent
370 boxes
Arrangement note
Series organized with central office service records preceding service records arranged by state, district, agency or shop; and type of employee.
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