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Pullman Company records - Record Group 12: Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: Case-Pullman-12

Scope and Content of the Collection

Scrapbooks containing newspaper and magazine clippings assembled by various Pullman’s Palace car company and Pullman Company departments, dating primarily from two years prior to the company’s incorporation in 1867 through the 1927 creation of Pullman Inc. There are also several 1940’s Public Relations Dept. volumes. Forms part of the Pullman Company records. This finding aid supersedes the Guide to the Pullman Company Archives (Chicago: Newberry Library, 1995).

Dates

  • Creation: 1865-1947

Creator

Language

Materials are in English.

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.

Ownership and Literary Rights

The Pullman Company records - Record Group 12: Scrapbooks 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.

Extent

35.8 Linear Feet (84 volumes in 86 boxes, oversize boxes and folders)

Abstract

Scrapbooks containing newspaper and magazine clippings assembled by various Pullman’s Palace car company and Pullman Company departments, dating primarily from two years prior to the company’s incorporation in 1867 through the 1927 creation of Pullman Inc. There are also several 1940’s Public Relations Dept. volumes. Forms part of the Pullman Company records.

Organization

Papers are organized in the following series:

Series 01: Pullman Company. Secretary. Series A, miscellaneous scrapbooks, 1865-1925
Boxes 1-36; Volumes 1-34
Series 02: Pullman’s Palace Car Company. Secretary. Town of Pullman scrapbooks, 1883-1890
Boxes 1-2; Volumes 1-2
Series 03: Pullman’s Palace Car Company. Secretary. Strike scrapbooks, 1894-1897
Boxes 1-12; Volumes 1-11
Series 04: Pullman Company. Second Vice President. Series B, Miscellaneous scrapbooks, 1883-1924
Boxes 1-10; Volumes 1-9
Series 05: Pullman Company. General Superintendent. Scrapbooks, 1882-1908
Boxes 1-13; Volumes 1-12
Series 06: Pullman Company. Public Relations Dept. Scrapbooks, 1940-1947
Boxes 1-5; Volumes 1-5
Series 07: Miscellaneous scrapbooks, 1873-1927
Boxes 1-12; Volumes 1-11

Collection Stack Location

1 60 2-4, 4a 45 4 [oversize folders]

Provenance

Gift of Pullman Family and Pullman Company, 1948-1981.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on 35 mm. microfilm available in the General Reading Room of the Library. Call Number: Microfilm 1213.

Processed by

Martha T. Briggs and Cynthia H. Peters, 1995.

Subject

Title
Inventory of the Pullman Company records - Record Group 12: Scrapbooks, 1865-1947
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid prepared by 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 and Archives Repository

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