Series 07: Deceased Employees Prior Service Files, 1924-1976
Scope and Contents note
Deceased employee files, 1926-1976, and deceased employee registers, 1950-1977. Individual deceased employees prior service (DPSF) files are the Pullman Company’s record of deceased workers’ service with the company. Until 1976, the files also contain retired with pension files moved to the DPSF sequence when former employees died. Files of retired employees deceased after 1976 remain in Record Group 06/03/06, Retired with pension files. DPSF files are accessible by name through the individual pensioner record cards, also located in Record Group 06/03/06. The deceased employee registers, 1975-1976, list DPSF number, name, occupation, location, and date of death.
Dates
- Creation: 1924-1976
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 deceased employee prior service files, unnumbered individual death files, and individual deceased employee register. Individual deceased employee prior service files arranged by DPSF file number (chronologically). See individual pensioner record cards, Record Group 06/03/06 for name access to these files. Unnumbered individual death files arranged alphabetically by surname. Individual deceased employee register arranged chronologically.
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.
General Physical Description note
1 box and 47 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
reference@newberry.org