Scope and Contents note From the Series: Compartment sleeping car company incorporated in 1883 by William D’Alton Mann. The firm was purchased in 1888 by the newly formed Union Palace Car Company, which was itself acquired three months after its founding in January, 1889, by the Pullman’s Palace Car Company. Mann’s corporate identity was retained until 1909 and the company was operated through Pullman’s Chicago office.Primarily financial and securities records, 1883-1909. Included are a financial ledger, 1885-1909,...

Scope and Contents note From the Series: Compartment sleeping car company incorporated in 1883 by William D’Alton Mann. The firm was purchased in 1888 by the newly formed Union Palace Car Company, which was itself acquired three months after its founding in January, 1889, by the Pullman’s Palace Car Company. Mann’s corporate identity was retained until 1909 and the company was operated through Pullman’s Chicago office.Primarily financial and securities records, 1883-1909. Included are a financial ledger, 1885-1909,...

Scope and Contents note From the Series: Compartment sleeping car company incorporated in 1883 by William D’Alton Mann. The firm was purchased in 1888 by the newly formed Union Palace Car Company, which was itself acquired three months after its founding in January, 1889, by the Pullman’s Palace Car Company. Mann’s corporate identity was retained until 1909 and the company was operated through Pullman’s Chicago office.Primarily financial and securities records, 1883-1909. Included are a financial ledger, 1885-1909,...