Claim File Nos. 108,800 -109,096
Scope and Contents note
"File record of disability payments” for each employee receiving disability during 1954-1955 only, and claim file registers, 1929-1961. Each individual file includes the employee’s name, occupation, employment date, birthdate, place of employment, weekly payment rate, cause of disability, and a record of payments and previous claims made. There are also subsequent report and recommendation forms summarizing the worker’s condition. Claims file registers include a record of accidental dismemberment claims, 1931-1961, and paid and rejected claims for disability, 1929-1936.
Disability payment records, 1954-1955, closed for fifty years from date of creation. Other 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.
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
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org