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Series 04: Social Security Account Application and Railroad Retirement Board Registration Files, 1937-1960

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Case Pullman 06/03/04

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Series arranged alphabetically by employee surname.

Dates

  • Creation: 1937-1960

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

46 boxes

Arrangement note

Employee applications for social security accounts and registrations with the Railroad Retirement Board, beginning in 1937, as provided in the Social Security Act of 1935 and for use in administering federal Railroad Retirement contributions. Applications and registrations record the employee’s name, address, age, birthdate, birthplace, mother’s and father’s names, sex, nationality, and race.

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.

Repository Details

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

Contact:
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512