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Series 02: Advertising Brochures, 1925-1964

 Series
Identifier: Case Pullman 09/00/02

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Mainly Pullman Company advertising brochures and pamphlets and a few car cards and broadsides, dating primarily from 1930 to 1957. Many brochures publicize new Pullman accommodations, such as the single-occupancy section, roomette, duplex room, and coach sleeper. Others advocate Pullman travel for sightseeing, business, and conventions and explain special war-time restrictions. Notable items include a 1925 brochure promoting Pullman travel through Cuba, a 1934 Pullman Diamond Jubilee pamphlet prepared for the Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago, and an early 1930's pamphlet series entitled Pullman Facts.

Dates

  • Creation: 1925-1964

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

Arranged by type of material, with printed advertising brochures preceding advertising mock-ups (art work and mounted photographs). Advertising brochures organized by decade, and arranged alphabetically by title thereunder.

General Physical Description note

2 boxes, 5 oversize boxes, and 1 oversize folder

Repository Details

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

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