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Pullman News Indexes and Article Transcripts

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Pullman News

Scope and Content of the Collection

Three volumes (disbound and foldered) containing typewritten indexes to articles in the Pullman News, the Pullman Company’s employee magazine, together with article transcripts, 1922-1947. Also index to conductors and porters who were mainly listed in the Pullman News monthly honor roll, 1922-1924.

Dates

  • Creation: 1922-1947

Creator

Language

Materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

The Pullman News Indexes and Article Transcripts are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Ownership and Literary Rights

The Pullman News Indexes and Article Transcripts are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.

Biography of the Pullman News

Employee magazine published in Chicago by the Pullman Company.

Started in 1922, after F.L. Simmons was hired as the first supervisor of industrial relations in 1920, the magazine featured articles about all company departments and employees, and included stories of the comings and goings of workers, including news of promotions, retirements, deaths, and meritorious service. There were articles on the company’s history and current innovations, operations in its shops, departments, and other facilities across the company, and company sports teams, music ensembles, and picnics and other communal activities. Correspondents from each of the companies departments and divisions contributed content.

James Keeley, appointed vice president in 1930, was the magazine’s first editor. In 1934, the company’s new Public Relations Department assumed responsibility for the journal.

Extent

0.4 Linear Feet (1 box)

Abstract

Three volumes containing typewritten indexes to articles in the Pullman News, the Pullman Company’s employee magazine, together with article transcripts, 1922-1947. Also index to conductors and porters who were mainly listed in the Pullman News monthly honor roll, 1922-1924.

Arrangement

Collection organized with the conductor and porter index preceding the three general Pullman News indexes and articles transcripts volumes, which overlap in date.

Collection Stack Location

1 45 2

Provenance

Gift, Los Angeles Railroad Heritage Foundation, 2017.

Processed by

Martha Briggs, 2017.

Subject

Title
Inventory of the Pullman News Indexes and Article Transcripts, 1922-1947
Status
Completed
Author
Martha Briggs
Date
©2017.
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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

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