Series 05: Pullman Company, General Superintendent. Scrapbooks, 1882-1908
Scope and Contents note
The Pullman's Palace Car Company (and later Pullman Company) General Superintendent’s office in Chicago received Pullman-related newspaper clippings and magazine articles from divisional superintendents, passenger agents, and other interested parties throughout the United States and Europe. The clippings were arranged, marked with source, and pasted into scrapbooks at the Chicago office.
Scrapbooks containing clippings from United States and foreign publications relating to all aspects of company operations. Included are articles about George Pullman and his family, the town of Pullman, employees, labor relations and strikes (including 1894), competitors and corporate acquisitions, lawsuits, new routes, fares, car improvements and innovations, railway accidents and crimes, passengers and excursions, and other railroad companies There is also scattered correspondence and a few printed handbills.
Scrapbooks have been digitized and are also available on 35 mm. microfilm in the General Reading Room of the library.
Dates
- Creation: 1882-1908
Creator
- From the Collection: Pullman Company (Organization)
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 chronologically.
General Physical Description note
12 volumes in 12 boxes and 1 oversize box
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org