Pullman Company records - President's Office
Collection
Identifier: Case-Pullman-01
Scope and Content of the Collection
Records created in the offices of Pullman’s Palace Car Company and Pullman Company presidents and vice presidents, together with personal papers.
Forms part of the Pullman Company Records
This finding aid supersedes the Guide to the Pullman Company Archives (Chicago: Newberry Library, 1995)
Forms part of the Pullman Company Records
This finding aid supersedes the Guide to the Pullman Company Archives (Chicago: Newberry Library, 1995)
Dates
- 1867-1982
Creator
- Pullman Company (Organization)
Language
Materials are in English.
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.
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.
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Pullman Company records - President's Office, 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 at reference@newberry.org.
History of the Pullman Company President's Office
Chief executive officer of the Pullman’s Palace Car Company, 1867-1899, and Pullman Company, 1900-1969. For the first thirty years, Pullman’s Palace Car Company founder and President George M. Pullman exercised complete control of the firm’s business affairs. When Pullman died in 1897, governance broadened to include an Executive Committee consisting of the President and several members of the Board of Directors. With the creation of Pullman, Inc. in 1927, the President of the new holding company also served as President of the Pullman Company. In 1947, when Pullman, Inc. sold its operating arm, the Pullman Company, to the railroads, the Pullman Company President directed the business in conjunction with the Executive Committee and a new Advisory Council composed of executives of owner railroad companies.
Extent
73.5 Linear Feet (21 boxes, 43 record cartons, and 26 volumes)
Abstract
Papers of the Chief executive officer of the Pullman’s Palace Car Company, 1867-1899, and Pullman Company, 1900-1969. Includes records created in the offices of Pullman’s Palace Car Company and Pullman Company presidents and vice presidents, together with personal papers. Forms part of the Pullman Company Records.
Organization
Papers are organized in the following subgroups:
- Subgroup 01: Office of the President, 1867-1982
- Undetermined
- Subgroup 02: Office of the Vice President, 1915-1944
- Undetermined
- Subgroup 03: Personal Papers, 1881-1905
- Undetermined
Collection Stack Location
1 82 1-3, 1 81
Provenance
Gift of Pullman Family and Pullman Company, 1948-1981
Processed by
Martha T. Briggs and Cynthia H. Peters, 1995.
- Executives -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources
- Lincoln, Robert Todd
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Pullman Company
- Pullman cars -- United States -- Design and construction -- History -- Sources
- Pullman family
- Pullman, George Mortimer
- Railroads -- United States -- Management -- History -- Sources
- Runnells, John S.
Creator
- Pullman Company (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the Pullman Company records - President's Office, 1867-1982
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Martha T. Briggs and Cynthia H. Peters
- Date
- ©2015.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org