Series 06: Retired With Pension Files, 1916-1980
Scope and Contents note
Document Pullman Company employees receiving pensions upon retirement. Included are individual pensioner files (record of service with the company), 1936-1980, which though arranged by file number, are accessible through alphabetical individual pensioner record cards, 1916-1980, listing name, retirement or deceased employee file number, birthdate, employment date, retirement date, effective date, type of annuity, job title, and address. There are also chronological pension registers, 1937-1980, which also list file numbers and retirement and annuity data. Until 1976, upon Railroad Retirement Board notification of death, retired with pension files were assigned a " DPSF " number and transferred to Record Group 06/03/07, Deceased Employees Prior Service Files. After 1976, death notifications were placed in the retired with pensions files.
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: 1916-1980
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.
Arrangement note
Series organized by type of record: individual pensioner files, individual pensioner record cards, and pensioner registers. Individual pensioner files arranged by file number. Individual pensioner record cards grouped by death date, 1916-1955 and 1956-1980, and then arranged alphabetically. Individual pensioner record cards include file number for individual pensioner files, and for individual deceased pensioner files. Pensioner registers arranged chronologically.
General Physical Description note
12 boxes and 40 record cartons
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
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