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Filmstrips - The Friends We Make

 File — Box: 2
Identifier: Case Pullman 13/02/01

Scope and Contents note

From the Sub-Series:

Black and white or color 16 mm. films produced for the Pullman Company or featuring Pullman Company officials on regularly scheduled shows, and black and white filmstrips, ca. 1940-1956. Films include Herbert Johnson 2256, The Lady Said Thanks, Backing up the Guns, Slumbercoaches, a railroad worker recruiting film, and episodes of the Arlene Francis NBC Home Show and This is the Midwest. Filmstrips include The Friends We Make, Clear Track Ahead, and A Summons to Service. Among the topics covered are Pullman service, new equipment, military support, and employee recruitment and training. The films (except for "Backing up the Guns" and "Railroad Workers Recruitment Film") have been digitized and are available for viewing at the Newberry, in the Special Collections Reading Room.

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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.

Repository Details

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

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