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Series 04: Time and Absentee Records, 1887-1969, bulk: 1887-1949

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Case Pullman 06/02/04

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Timebooks and absentee records, listing daily work records for employees of the Secretary’s Department, 1887-1930, the Financial Department and Treasurer’s Office, 1908-1947, and the Mechanical Superintendent’s Office, 1903-1949. Volumes contain employee indexes summarizing Pullman Company work histories. There are also absentee records for Office, Services employees, 1958-1969.

Dates

  • Creation: 1887-1969
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1887-1949

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.

Extent

25 Volumes

Arrangement note

Series organized by department: Secretary’s Department, Financial Department and Treasurer’s Office, Mechanical Superintendent, and Manager of Office Services. The records of each department are arranged chronologically.

Repository Details

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

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