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Letterpress Copybooks Aug. 1898 - May 1900

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 32
Identifier: Case Pullman 15/00/01

Scope and Contents note

From the Series:

Incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding the administration of George M. Pullman’s estate, dating primarily from 1897-1902. Letters concern stocks, stock dividends, taxes, loans, and other estate matters. Correspondents include executors Robert T. Lincoln and Norman B. Ream, Pullman's Palace Car Company Eastern Secretary S. W. Bretzfield and General Counsel John S. Runnells, Pullman son-in-law Frank Orren Lowden, Mrs. George M. Pullman, and other bankers, lawyers, and stockholders.

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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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