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Series 03: Financial Records and Property Documents, 1893-1907

 Series
Identifier: Case Pullman 15/00/03

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Financial records and documentation of the property of the estate of George M. Pullman, 1893-1907. Financial records include statements, cashbooks, journals, ledgers, trial balances, check stubs, receipts, and vouchers. Property documentation includes real estate appraisals, appraisals of the furnishings of Pullman residences (Castle Rest, Fairlawn, and the Chicago Prairie Avenue home), securities lists, and other records.

Dates

  • Creation: 1893-1907

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.

Extent

2 boxes (and 19 volumes)

Arrangement note

Series organized alphabetically by type of document.

Repository Details

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

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