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Series 08: Life Insurance Claim Files, 1929-1970

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Case Pullman 06/03/08

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Records of life insurance claims and payments dating from the inauguration of the Pullman Company Plan of Group Insurance in 1929. Individual claims files, 1960-1970, include participation cards, death notices, proof of death forms, and payment certifications. Group insurance death registers, 1930-1970, list file number, and personnel and beneficiary information. From 1943-1970, they also record the cause of death. The alphabetical index to the claims files, 1929-1970, includes name, file number, occupation, location, death date, amount of insurance, and beneficiary.

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: 1929-1970

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.

Arrangement note

Series organized by type of record: individual claims files, group insurance death registers, and claims files index. Claims files arranged by file number. Group insurance death registers arranged chronologically. Claims files index arranged by letter of the alphabet and chronologically thereunder.

General Physical Description note

1 box, 3 record cartons, and 2 volumes

Repository Details

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

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