Series 03: Accident and Injury Claims Records, 1901-1979
Scope and Contents note
Pullman Company record of employee claims and compensation resulting from on-the-job injuries, dating primarily from 1930 to 1970. Included are individual claim files, 1932 and 1940-1970 containing records of compensation and medical expense, physician and hospitalization records, and sometimes trial transcripts; individual claims files summaries 1930-1953; injury claims indexes, 1930-1958; and various injury and claims registers including one listing hernia cases, 1946-1968, two reporting accidents and injuries at the Calumet Shops, 1901-1906 and 1933-1955, and one recording compensation payments, 1954-1967.
Individual injury claim files, 1946-1970, 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.
Dates
- Creation: 1901-1979
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 injury claims files, injury claim files - regional, injury claims summary sheets, injury claim card index, and injury claims registers. Injury claims files and summary sheets arranged chronologically. Injury claims card index arranged alphabetically within each year. Injury claims registers organized by format (box or volume); each section is arranged alphabetically. See Lost Time Claim Registers, Railroad Retirement Board Injury Claim Index, and Injury Claims Card Indexes for Name Access to Files and Case Summaries.
General Physical Description note
2 boxes, 26 record cartons, and 5 volumes
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