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Series 06: Pullman Company, Public Relations Department. Scrapbooks, 1940-1947

 Series
Identifier: Case Pullman 12/00/06

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Newspaper clippings and advertisements regarding new Pullman coach sleepers, 1940-1942, and articles concerning the antitrust suit brought by the government against Pullman in 1940 (U. S. vs. Pullman, Civil Action No. 994) and the resulting sale of the operating arm of Pullman, Inc., the Pullman Company, to the railroads.

Scrapbooks have been digitized and are also available on 35 mm. microfilm in the General Reading Room of the library.

Dates

  • Creation: 1940-1947

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

5 Volumes (in 5 boxes)

Arrangement note

Series organized by subject of scrapbook, and then arranged chronologically.

Repository Details

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

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