Position Cards - West Virginia -Charleston and Huntington - Agents, 1930's-1940's
Scope and Contents note
Includes key distribution cards, position cards, rate cards, and non-Pullman Company issued selective service cards. Little Rock, Arkansas, key distribution cards, 1900s-1910s, are signed by employees issued keys. Position cards, covering all districts and shops, and excluding porters and conductors, record employee names and pay rates for specific positions. The cards date primarily from the 1910s, but Calumet Shops cards date from the 1870s. Pay rate cards, 1910s-1950s, for car suppliers, car cleaners, laundry works, and shops employees, designate rates of pay for specific positions on the basis of seniority. Non-Pullman Company service records for Little Rock, Denver, and El Paso employees were probably produced to record selective service or draft status during World War II.
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: 1930's-1940's
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.
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
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Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
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