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Subgroup 02: Vice President's Records, 1915-1944

 Series
Identifier: Case Pullman 01/02

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Since 1871 Pullman’s Palace Car Company and Pullman Company officers have included vice presidents. In 1915, the number of vice presidents was increased to two, one to superintend operations and the other manufacturing and mechanical activities. By 1920, vice presidents numbered five. Since 1924, when a separate manufacturing corporation was formed, there have consistently been executive vice presidents and vice presidents responsible for the operating, financial, and legal departments.

Administrative and correspondence files of Louis S. Taylor, 1919-1944, and correspondence of LeRoy Kramer, 1915- 1918.

Dates

  • Creation: 1915-1944

Creator

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 in two series: Administrative files, 1919-1944 (01/02/01); and Correspondence, 1915-1940 (01/02/02).

General Physical Description note

7.5 linear feet (6 record cartons)

Repository Details

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

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