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Series 04: Pullman Free School of Manual Training: Attendance Books, 1924-1932

 Series
Identifier: Case Pullman 15/00/04

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Industrial and technical school for Pullman, Illinois, residents and Pullman Company employees, opened in 1915. In his 1897 will, George M. Pullman provided $1,200,000 to establish a " free manual training school " and named as directors Robert T. Lincoln, Frank O. Lowden, and Norman B. Ream, and four others. After consultation with experts, the trustees turned over much of the work of establishing the institution to Duane Doty, who advocated not just manual training, but a comprehensive general and technical curriculum. Construction of the school finally began in 1914, when the endowment had grown enough to provide adequate support for the institution.

Attendance books for the day school, 1924 - 1932, and evening school, 1927 - 1929. Books contain class rosters listing student names and some test grades.

Dates

  • Creation: 1924-1932

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

15 Volumes

Arrangement note

Series organized with day school books preceding evening school books, each arranged chronologically.

Repository Details

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

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