Historic Pullman Collection

Dates: 1872-2008, undated
Size: 19 linear feet in 18 boxes, includes 97 photographs, 1 scrapbook, 11 oversize folders
Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL 60605
Collection Number: spe-nhrc-hpc
Immediate Source of Acquisition: The initial collection was gathered by the members of the Calumet Pioneer Historical Society and transferred from Chicago Public Library, Pullman Branch in the 1980s as part of a Dr. Scholl Foundation grant. Material continues to be added through transfer and donation.
Conditions Governing Access: Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use: Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection.
Preferred Citation: When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Historic Pullman Collection [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library.
Finding Aid Author: Original author unknown, 1982. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Michelle McCoy, 2022

Abstract

The collection contains annual reports, brochures, bulletins, news clippings and photographs on the Pullman Company, the Pullman Free School of Manual Training, Pullman Town, and the 1894 strike.

Biographical/Historical

The town of Pullman, Illinois was founded in 1880 by George M. Pullman as a site for his car-building operations (Pullman Palace Car Company) and to house his employees. The area originally purchased by Pullman covered nearly 4,000 acres and ran from 87th Street to 130th Street. The developed area was much smaller and was bounded by South Langley Street to the east, Cottage Grove to the west, 115th Street to the south, and continuing a few blocks north of 111th Street. Pullman saw many advantages in the Calumet site, including the topography and fertility of the soil along with the site’s proximity to Chicago, the transportation center of the Midwest. He also believed the area was far enough removed from what he called the “evil influences” of the City of Chicago and this separation along with other activities would prove to make better and more content workers.

The master builder of Pullman was Solon Spencer Beman, a young architect from New York. He was commissioned by George Pullman to begin designing the town in 1879. Together with landscape architect Nathan F. Barrett, complete plans for the buildings and grounds of the town were laid out, and construction began in the spring of 1880. By the following year, the first residents began to move in and the town gradually began to take shape as residences, public buildings, paved streets and parks were built. The initial town was completed in 1884. The town was annexed to the City of Chicago in 1889 along with the Village of Hyde Park.

Production at the Pullman Palace Car Company remained high until 1893 when the railroad industry’s needs changed. As a result of changes in demand, George Pullman laid off many employees and cut the wages of others. Combined with the high cost of living in Pullman’s town, the workers formed a grievance committee, but Pullman was unwilling to compromise. The Pullman Strike of 1894 was the result.

In 1898, three years after the death of George Pullman, the Illinois Supreme Court decision required the company to relinquish its non-industrial property. Following this time, the town began to into private ownership.

In 1969, the Pullman district was designated an Illinois Historic Landmark, a National Landmark, in 1970, and a Chicago Landmark in 1972. In 2015, the National Park Service named Pullman a National Monument.

Scope and Contents

The collection contains annual reports, brochures, bulletins, news clippings and photographs on the Pullman Company, the Pullman Free School of Manual Training, Pullman Town, and the 1894 strike. Of note are the publications created by the Pullman Company including annual reports and newsletters, the Pullman Free School of Manual Training annuals and the photographs that depict Assembly Plant operations, the Pullman band and several Pullman athletic teams.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The initial collection was gathered by the members of the Calumet Pioneer Historical Society and transferred from Chicago Public Library, Pullman Branch in the 1980s as part of a Dr. Scholl Foundation grant. Material continues to be added through transfer and donation.
Box 9, Folders 13-20 and Box 10, Folders 4-6 were added in January 2019.
Box 18, Folders 1-18 and Photographs 4.1-4.5 were added in 2022.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into five series:

  • Series 1: The Pullman Company, 1883-1979, undated
  • Series 2: The Pullman Family, 1897-1974, undated
  • Series 3: The Pullman Free School of Manual Training, 1916-1977
  • Series 4: The Pullman Strike, 1894, 1939, 1946
  • Series 5: Pullman Town, 1872-2008, undated

Separated Materials

The following titles were cataloged as part of the Special Collections book collection:

  • Beebe, Lucius, Pullman’s Elegant Palace Car, 1961, Call no. TF457.B4
  • Doty, Mrs. Duane, The Town of Pullman: Its Growth with Brief Accounts of Its Industries, 1893, Call no. F549.P97 D6
  • Husband, Joseph, The Story of the Pullman Car, 1917, Call no. TF457.H8
  • Lindsey, Almont, The Pullman Strike: The Story of a Unique Experiment and of a Great Labor Upheaval, 1942, Call no. HD5325.R12 1894 C54
  • Myers, Elisabeth P. George Pullman, Young Sleeper Car Builder, 1963, Call no. TF140.P8 M93
  • United States Strike Commission, Report on the Chicago Strike of June-July, 1894, 1895, Call no. HD5325.R1 1894 C582
  • Warne, Colston E., ed., The Pullman Boycott of 1894: The Problem of Federation Intervention, 1955 Call no. HD5325.R12 1894 C6

Subject Headings

  • Company towns -- Illinois -- Chicago
  • Pullman (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Pullman, George, 1831-1897
  • Pullman Car Company
  • Pullman Company
  • Pullman Palace Car Company
  • Pullman Strike, 1894
  • Railroad equipment industry -- Illinois -- Chicago
  • Railroad passenger cars
  • Societies and clubs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History

Related Materials

  • George A. Brennan Papers
  • Calumet-Pioneer Historical Society Records
  • Calumet Region Community Collection
  • Fenger High School Records
  • Ton Family Papers

Collection Inventory

Series 1: The Pullman Company, 1883-1979, undated

Scope and Contents

The material in this series includes such items as annual reports, brochures, bulletins, news clippings, newsletters and photographs on the Pullman Company.

Arrangement

Series 1 is arranged into three subseries: Subseries A: Articles on the Pullman Company, 1893-1957; Subseries B: Publications of the Pullman Company, 1892-1979 and Subseries C: Photographs, 1883-1959, undated

Subseries A: Articles on the Pullman Company, 1893-1957

Scope and Contents

Subseries A contains information on Pullman Company buildings, employees and company operations. The items include articles, brochures, news clippings and a typed manuscript.

Arrangement

Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by title or topic.

Box 1 Folder 1 Building, razing of, news clippings, 1955-1957
Box 1 Folder 2 Employees, news clippings, circa 1940s
Box 1 Folder 3 News clippings, general, circa 1940s and 1950s
Box 1 Folder 6 “The Pullman Exhibit at the Cotton States and International Exposition, 1895,” The Atlanta Quarterly reprint, 1895 December 22
Box 1 Folder 7 “Pullman, Inc.,” Fortune magazine, 1938 January
Oversize Folder 1   “Pullman, Inc.,” Fortune magazine, 1938 January
Box 1 Folder 8 “Pullman, Inc.,” Fortune magazine, 1938 February
Oversize Folder 2   “Pullman, Inc.,” Fortune magazine, 1938 February
Box 1 Folder 4 Pullman Journal and Pullman Review, excerpts, 1890s and circa 1940
Box 1 Folder 9 “The Pullman Monopoly Case,” typescript by D. Maw, 1954
Box 1 Folder 5 Pullman, pamphlet, circa 1900
Box 1 Folder 10 The Story of Pullman, World Columbian Exposition exhibit publications, 1893
Box 1 Folder 11 War industry and the Pullman Company, news clippings, circa 1940s

Series 1: The Pullman Company, 1883-1979, undated

Subseries B: Publications of the Pullman Company, 1892-1979

Scope and Contents

Subseries B contains publications produced by the company such as annual reports, informational brochures, newsletters and weekly bulletins.

Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by title or topic.

Box 9 Folder 13 Advertisement, 1937
Box 1 Folder 12 Annual reports and statements, 1892
Box 1 Folder 13 Annual reports and statements, 1914-1921
Box 1 Folder 14 Annual reports and statements, 1922-1925
Box 1 Folder 15 Annual reports and statements, 1929-1931
Box 1 Folder 16 Annual reports and statements, 1936-1939
Box 1 Folder 17 Annual reports and statements, 1944, 1946-1949
Box 1 Folder 18 Annual reports and statements, 1950, 1952-1953
Box 1 Folder 19 Brochures - employee benefits, 1924
Box 1 Folder 19 Brochures - general, 1939, undated
Box 1 Folder 20 The Carbuilder, 1955 March, August-September; 1961 July-August
Box 1 Folder 21 The Carbuilder, nos. 1 and 3, 1972
Box 1 Folder 22 The Carbuilder, 1978-1979
Box 18 Folder 1 Go Pullman by Day…by Night, brochure, circa 1950s
Box 18 Folder 2 Johnsen, Arthur Matthew, certificate of service, 1956
Box 18 Folder 3 Johnsen, Arthur Matthew, “Protective and Decorative Coatings for Railway Passenger Car Equipment,” printed speech, 1935 July
Box 18 Folder 4 Pullman Accommodations, catalog, 1935
Box 2 Folder 1 Pullman Air Conditioning System, instruction and service manual, 1934 May 1
Box 2 Folder 2 Pullman Air Conditioning System, instruction and service manual, 1935 May 1
Box 2 Folder 3 Pullman Aircraft Manual, 1942
Box 18 Folder 5 The Pullman Car Works Standard, 1916 September
Box 2 Folder 4 The Pullman Car Works Standard (bound), 1917 May-1918 April
Box 2 Folder 5 The Pullman Car Works Standard (bound), 1918 May-1919 April 1919
Box 2 Folder 6 The Pullman Car Works Standard (bound), 1919 May-August
Oversize Folder 5   Pullman Loaf, bread label (?) or advertisement illustration (?) (orange/blue) on waxed paper, undated
Box 10 Folder 2 The Pullman Company: Manufacturing Dept., English and Spanish text (2 copies with variations), company publication, circa 1915
Box 2 Folder 7 The Pullman News (bound), 1922 May-1923 April
Box 3 Folder 1 The Pullman News (bound), 1923 May-1924 April
Box 3 Folder 2 The Pullman News (bound), 1924 May-1925 April
Box 3 Folder 3 The Pullman News, 1931 March
Box 3 Folder 4 The Pullman News (partial), 1932 January
Box 3 Folder 4 The Pullman News (partial), 1939 August
Box 3 Folder 5 The Pullman News, 1946 January, April, July, October
Box 3 Folder 6 The Pullman News, 1947 April, June
Box 3 Folder 7 The Pullman News, 1948 January
Box 3 Folder 8 Pullman Productions Methods, vol. I, Team Leadership, 1926
Box 3 Folder 9 Pullman Productions Methods, vol. III, Handling Equipment, 1926
Box 3 Folder 10 Pullman Productions Methods, vol. V, Planning and Organizing, 1927
Box 3 Folder 11 Pullman Productions Methods, vol. VI, Management, 1927
Box 3 Folder 12 Pullman Progress, brochure, 1929
Oversize Folder 4   The Pullman Standard Carworker, 1944 July 28, 1945 December 14, 1946 December 30, 1947 July 25, 1948 February 6, 1949 June 17, 1950 June 30
Box 3 Folder 14 “Remarks of Mr. Champ Carry before the New York Society of Security Analysts,” 1953 November 19
Box 3 Folder 15 “Report to Employees,” 1979
Box 3 Folder 16 “The Story of Pullman Incorporated,” circa 1950s

Series 1: The Pullman Company, 1883-1979, undated

Subseries C: Photographs, 1883-1959, undated

Arrangement

Subseries C is arranged alphabetically by topic. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses.

Box 14 Photographs 1.6a-b Administrative Building and Clock Tower (2 copies), circa 1890
Box 14 Photographs 1.11a-b Administrative Building and Clock Tower, front view, “the sheer beauty” (2), undated
Box 14 Photograph 1.12 Administration Building and Clock Tower, front view, Lake Vista, undated
Box 14 Photograph 1.4 Administration Building and Clock Tower, Lake Vista, 1894
Box 14 Photograph 1.5 Administration Building and Clock Tower, Lake Vista, circa 1894
Box 14 Photograph 1.8 Administration Building and Clock Tower, looking south towards Hotel Florence, circa 1887
Box 14 Photographs 1.7a-b Administrative Building and Clock Tower, Pullman Car Works (2 copies), 1892
Box 14 Photograph 1.10 Administrative Building and Clock Tower, winter, “front of car shops”, undated
Box 14 Photographs 1.9a-b Administrative Building and Clock Tower, winter scene (2 copies), circa 1893
Box 14 Photograph 1.1 Aerial view looking south, from smokestack, 1905
Box 14 Photographs 1.2-1.3 Aerial view looking southwest, Administrative Building and Clock Tower (2), 1905
Box 16 Photograph 3.1 Arcade Building, exterior, undated
Box 14 Photograph 1.13 Assembly Plant, employees outside gates, circa 1890
Box 14 Photograph 1.14 Assembly Plant, employees, circa 1890
Box 14 Photograph 1.15 Assembly Plant, Judson Pneumatic Motor Car, circa 1891
Box 14 Photograph 1.16 Assembly Plant, Old Chair Car, built at Pullman, no. 536, 1891
Box 14 Photograph 1.17 Assembly Plant, steel car (?), circa 1890
Box 14 Photograph 1.18 Assembly Plant, freight car no. 7137 built at 103rd Street Shop, 1897
Box 14 Photograph 1.19 Assembly Plant, sleeping car, circa 1889-1893
Box 14 Photograph 1.20 Assembly Plant, railroad car interiors, with stove, undated
Box 14 Photograph 1.21-1.23 Assembly Plant, railroad car interiors (3), 1889-1893
Box 14 Photograph 1.24 Assembly Plant, railroad car interiors, sleeping car, 1889-1893
Box 14 Photograph 1.25 Assembly Plant, street (cable) car, circa 1891
Box 14 Photograph 1.27 Assembly Plant, Pullman Electric Street Railway car, circa 1890
Box 17 Photograph 1.28 Axel Department, employees, 1883
Box 16 Photograph 4.3-4.5 Chemical and Physical Testing Laboratories, exterior and interior (3), circa 1930s , undated
Box 14 Photograph 1.29 Corliss Engine (1910), miniature replica, 1949
Box 14 Photograph 1.30 Engineering Department, interior and employees, circa 1917
Box 15 Photograph 1.31 Gardner, Mr. [George Pullman’s first partner], undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.37 George M. Pullman’s private railroad car, undated
Box 16 Photograph 2.1 Hotel Florence, undated
Box 15 Photographs 1.53-1.54 Hotel Florence, exterior (2), undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.56 Hotel Florence, exterior, undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.57 Hotel Florence, exterior, 1957
Box 15 Photograph 1.55 Hotel Florence and Arcade from Lake Vista, undated
Box 16 Photographs 4.1-4.2 Johnsen, Arthur Matthew, Chief Engineer for Tests (2), circa 1930s
Box 16 Photograph 2.2 Pullman double decker trolley car, undated
Box 16 Photograph 3.3 Pullman factory [?], interior, undated
Box 16 Photograph 3.5 Pullman Railroad, montage of 3 images, circa 1900
Box 15 Photograph 1.32 Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing, exterior, 1959
Box 16 Photograph 1.82 Pullman Trust and Savings Bank, bank vault, circa 1908
Box 16 Photograph 1.83 Pullman Trust and Savings Bank, President, Edward F. Bryant, circa 1924
Box 16 Photograph 3.4 Pullman Works, freight plant, 1915
Box 15 Photograph 1.34 Sewing Room, employees, 1916
Box 16 Photograph 3.2 Sleeping car, interior, undated
Box 14 Photograph 1.26 Streetcar no. 41, circa 1891
Box 16 Photograph 3.7 Svensson, Nils (1867-1914), carpenter at Pullman Works, circa 1903

Series 2: The Pullman Family, 1897-1974, undated

Scope and Contents

Series 2 is comprised of biographical data on George Pullman and various members of his family. The series includes a reprint of his 1897 will.

Arrangement

Series 2 is arranged alphabetically by name after the family files.

Box 4 Folder 1 Pullman Family, biographical data, articles and typescripts, 1929, 1931, 1948, undated
Box 4 Folder 2 Pullman Family, biographical data, news clippings, 1897, 1930s, 1950s, 1974
Box 15 Photograph 1.35 Pullman, George Mortimer, undated
Box 4 Folder 3 Pullman, George Mortimer, will, reprint, circa 1897
Oversize Folder 6 Photograph 1.36 Pullman, Mrs. George Mortimer (Harriett Amelia Sanger, 1842–1921), circa 1890s

Series 3: The Pullman Free School of Manual Training, 1916-1977

Scope and Contents

Series 3 contains announcements, news clippings, programs and publications for the Pullman Free School of Manual Training that operated from 1915 to 1950 and provided educational opportunities for Pullman’s employees and families. The series also includes a couple of files on the Pullman Educational Foundation that began awarding scholarships with Pullman’s bequest in 1950 after the school closed.

Arrangement

Series 3 is arranged alphabetically by material type or publication title.

Box 4 Folder 4 Announcements, 1916, 1929, 1936, 1942, 1946
Box 4 Folder 5 News clippings, circa 1940s, 1950
Box 4 Folder 6 Programs, graduation exercises, 1949-1950
Box 4 Folder 7 Pullman Annual, 1921 June
Box 4 Folder 8 Pullman Annual, 1922 June
Box 4 Folder 9 Pullman Annual, 1923 June
Box 4 Folder 10 Pullman Annual, 1924 January
Box 4 Folder 11 Pullman Annual, 1924 June
Box 4 Folder 12 Pullman Annual, 1925 February
Box 4 Folder 13 Pullman Annual, 1925 June
Box 4 Folder 14 Pullman Annual, 1926
Box 4 Folder 15 Pullman Annual, 1927
Box 5 Folder 1 Pullman Annual, 1928
Box 5 Folder 2 Pullman Annual, 1929
Box 5 Folder 3 Pullman Annual, 1930
Box 5 Folder 4 Pullman Annual, 1931
Box 5 Folder 5 Pullman Annual, 1932
Box 5 Folder 6 Pullman Annual, 1933
Box 5 Folder 7 Pullman Annual, 1934
Box 5 Folder 8 Pullman Annual, 1935
Box 5 Folder 9 Pullman Annual, 1936
Box 5 Folder 10 Pullman Annual, 1937
Box 5 Folder 11 Pullman Annual, 1938
Box 6 Folder 1 Pullman Annual, 1939
Box 6 Folder 2 Pullman Annual, 1940
Box 6 Folder 3 Pullman Annual, 1941
Box 6 Folder 4 Pullman Annual, 1942
Box 6 Folder 5 Pullman Annual, 1943
Box 6 Folder 6 Pullman Annual, 1944
Box 6 Folder 7 Pullman Annual, 1945
Box 7 Folder 1 Pullman Annual, 1946
Box 7 Folder 2 Pullman Annual, 1947
Box 7 Folder 3 Pullman Annual, 1948
Box 7 Folder 4 Pullman Annual, 1949
Box 7 Folder 5 Pullman Annual, 1950
Box 7 Folder 6 Pullman Educational Foundation, news clippings, 1958
Box 7 Folder 7 Pullman Educational Foundation, report, 1977
Box 9 Folder 14 Pullman Manual, newspapers, 1947 March 3, 1948 January-December
Box 9 Folder 15 Pullman Manual, newspaper, 1949 January-December
Box 9 Folder 16 Pullman Manual, newspaper, 1950 February-March

Series 4: The Pullman Strike, 1894, 1939, 1946

Scope and Contents

Series 4 contains articles, reports and statements on the Pullman strike and boycott that disrupted rail traffic in the Midwest from May 11, 1894-July 20, 1894. The series includes a booklet written by the Rev. William Carwardine who was an active participant in events and published statements made by the Pullman Company.

Arrangement

Series 4 is arranged alphabetically by title.

Box 18 Folder 6 Index to the Census of Hungry Families, compiled by Janice Helge, [2019]
Box 7 Folder 8 The Pullman Strike, by Rev. William H. Carwardine, 1894
Box 7 Folder 9 The Pullman Strike of 1894, by Donald Ennis, 1946
Box 7 Folder 10 “Organized Labor Demands,” 1894 July 20
Box 7 Folder 11 “Paternalism and the Pullman Strike,” American Historical Review, 1939 January
Box 15 Photograph 1.33 Pullman Strike, Arcade Building with troops, 1894
Box 7 Folder 12 “The Report on the Chicago Strike,” The Nation, 1894 November 22
Box 7 Folder 12 “Revolutionary Statesmanship,” Harper’s Weekly, 1894 November 24
Box 7 Folder 13 “The Strike at Pullman. Published Statements of the Company Made During Its Continuance,” 1894
Box 7 Folder 14 “The Strike at Pullman: Statements of President Geo. M. Pullman and Vice President T. H. Wickes, before the U. S. Strike Commission,” 1894

Series 5: Pullman Town, 1872-2008, undated

Scope and Contents

Series 5 contains articles, brochures, historical sketches, news clippings, programs and related material on the business establishments, organizations, people and schools of Pullman, Illinois.

Arrangement

Series 5 is arranged into three series: Subseries A: Community History, 1882-2008, undated; Subseries B: Community Publications, 1872-2007, undated and Subseries C: Photographs, 1882-1957, undated.

Subseries A: Community History, 1882-2008, undated

Scope and Contents

Subseries A contains articles, brochures, historical sketches, news clippings, newspapers, photographs and programs related to the company town of Pullman. In the 1880s, construction began on the 4,000-acres community that George M. Pullman envisioned as a place for his workers to live that included activities and organizations designed to promote their betterment. The Pullman Athletic Association, the Pullman Band, the Pullman Land Association and the Women’s Society of Pullman were among these groups. Included in this subseries is a demographic questionnaire from the 1880s that contains details about the original inhabitants.

Arrangement

Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by topic or organization.

Box 7 Folder 15 Arcade Building and Theatre, articles, undated
Box 7 Folder 15 Arcade Building and Theatre, historical sketch, undated
Box 7 Folder 15 Arcade Building and Theatre, news clippings, 1946, 1959
Box 7 Folder 15 Arcade Building and Theatre, pamphlet, 1951
Box 7 Folder 15 Arcade Building and Theatre, programs, 1883, 1901
Box 8 Folder 1 Athletic Clubs, news clippings, circa 1940s-1950s
Box 8 Folder 2 Biographical data - B-W, news clippings, 1939-circa 1940s
Box 8 Folder 2a Biographical data - Randolph, Asa Phillip (1889-1979), obituary, 1979
Box 8 Folder 3 Business Establishments - general news clippings, circa 1880s, 1940s-1950s
Box 8 Folder 6 Clock Tower, news clippings, circa 1940s-1950s
Box 8 Folder 7 Demographic questionnaire, circa 1885
Box 8 Folder 8 Greenstone (Pullman Methodist) Church, anniversary brochure, 1957
Box 8 Folder 8 Greenstone (Pullman Methodist) Church, news clippings, circa 1950s-1960s
Box 8 Folder 9 Hotel Florence, historical sketch, undated
Box 8 Folder 9 Hotel Florence, news clippings, 1948-2001
Box 8 Folder 10 Landmark Preservation (The Beman Committee), news clippings and report, 1968-1969
Box 8 Folder 11 Men’s Society of Pullman, articles of association and by-laws, 1895
Box 8 Folder 11 Men’s Society of Pullman, news clippings, 1895
Box 8 Folder 12 News clippings, general, circa 1880s, circa 1930s-2008
Box 9 Folder 17 Postcards and note cards, undated
Box 8 Folder 13 Pullman Athletic Association, ribbon, 1895 May 30
Box 10 Folder 3 Pullman Athletic Club, Annual Spring Games program, 1904
Box 8 Folder 14 Pullman Athletic Club, certificates of incorporation, 1882
Box 10 Folder 3 Pullman Athletic Club, certificate of incorporation, 1882
Box 8 Folder 14 Pullman Athletic Club, programs and stock subscription list, 1880s, 1904
Oversize Folder 3   Pullman Land Association, sketch plat of land leased to Wm. D. Hastings, The Pullman Company, 1904
Box 8 Folder 16 Pullman Military Band, programs, circa 1900
Box 8 Folder 17 Pullman Township School, The Pullman Press, newspaper, 1949 September/October
Box 8 Folder 4 Pullman Trust & Savings Bank, annual report, 1949, 1960
Box 8 Folder 4 Pullman Trust & Savings Bank, brochures and publications, 1983, undated
Box 8 Folder 4 Pullman Trust & Savings Bank, news clippings, 1940s, 1950s
Box 8 Folder 5 R. C. Hardy, Real Estate, receipt, 1883
Box 10 Folder 1 Scrapbook, includes the Pullman Free School of Manual Training, Pullman Palace Car Company, Pullman Public Library and Pullman Trust and Savings Bank through news clippings from various local papers such as the Calumet Index, The Christian Leader, The Sunday Herald and the Pullman Journal; excerpts of articles from journals such as The Nation and Railway Review; and programs and pamphlets with historical sketches, circa 1880s-1927
Box 9 Folder 12 Tax receipt book, A. Overton, 1882-1896
Box 8 Folder 18 Women’s Society of Pullman, news clipping, 1893

Series 5: Pullman Town, 1872-2008, undated

Subseries B: Community Publications, 1872-2007, undated

Scope and Contents

Subseries B includes publications created for, by or about the residents of the town of Pullman. Among these are Bertha Chadwick Medsker’s series of articles on early Pullman residents that appeared in the Calumet Index between 1954 and 1955, or “Our Community,” a monthly bulletin published by the Pullman Trust & Savings Bank. Other publications include student dissertations reprints of articles from professional journals and photographic narrative, Pullman-The City of Brick, by H.R. Koopman.

Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged in alphabetically by title or organization.

Boxes 11-13 vols. 1-3 Arcade Journal, vol. 1- 3 [continues as Pullman Journal, vol. IV, no. 2, 1893 January 14 and vol. V, no. 26, 1894 June 30 (both laid in volume 3)], 1889 November 30-1894 June 30
Box 18 Folder 7 Arcade Journal, article extracts from 1889-1892 by Janice Helge, 2019
Box 9 Folder 18 “Final Report to Governor George H. Ryan and Mayor Richard M. Daley,” by the Pullman Factory Task Force, A Joint Task Force of the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago, 2000 June 28
Box 18 Folder 8 Fourth of July celebrations, article extracts compiled by Janice Helge, [2019]
Box 9 Folder 11 “Fra Chicago til Omaha” by M.C.S. Topsoe (photocopy); Kopenhagen [includes description of Pullman], 1872
Box 9 Folder 19 Historic Pullman Foundation, brochures and guided tours, circa 1970s-1990s
Box 10 Folder 4 Historic Pullman Foundation, Historic Pullman House Tour posters and brochures, 1981-1982, 2005-2007
Box 10 Folder 5 Historic Pullman Foundation, Pullman Journal, 1978-1983
Box 18 Folder 9 Index to Chicago’s Historic Pullman District, compiled by Janice Helge, [2019]
Box 18 Folder 10 Index to “Greater Pullman’s War Years,” 1945 Calumet Index article, created by Janice Helge, 2019
Box 8 Folder 19 “Our Community,” published by the Pullman Trust & Savings Bank (various issues), 1958-1962
Box 8 Folder 20 “Our Pullman Pioneers,” by Bertha Chadwick Medsker, newspaper series [includes index created in 1993], 1954
Box 8 Folder 25 “The Pride of Pullman,” article reprinted from the Inter-Ocean, 1893 January
Box 8 Folder 21 “Pullman-America’s First Planned Industrial Town,” by Irving K. Pond, (a collaborator and eyewitness), circa 1933
Box 18 Folder 11 Pullman Bandstand Dedication, program, 1994 September 5
Box 8 Folder 22 Pullman: The City of Brick, by H. R. Koopman, 1893
Box 10 Folder 6 Pullman Flyer, newspaper, 1989, 1999
Box 10 Folder 7 Pullman Flyer, newspaper, 2008 September, 2009 February
Box 10 Folder 8 Pullman Journal, newspaper, 1893 January 14
Box 10 Folder 9 Pullman Journal, newspaper, 1979 Spring, circa 1980
Box 8 Folder 23 “Pullman: A Social Experiment,” To-Day, by Charles H. Eaton, D.D., 1895 January
Box 8 Folder 24 “Pullman: A Social Study,” Harper’s Weekly reprint, by Richard L. Ely, 1885
Box 18 Folder 12 Pullman School history, article extracts and index by Janice Helge, 2021
Box 9 Folder 1-6 “Pullman: A Social Study,” doctoral dissertation by Almont Lindsey, undated
Box 18 Folder 13 Pullman State Historic Site, information sheets and map, undated
Box 18 Folder 14 “Pullman Tech Efforts During the War Years,” 1917 Calumet Index extracts by Janice Helge, 2019
Box 9 Folder 7 “Report of Commissioners of the State Bureaus of Labor Statistics on the Industrial, Social and Economic Conditions of Pullman, Illinois,” 1884 September
Box 9 Folder 20 South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society, brochure, undated
Box 9 Folder 8 “A Summary of Information on the South Pullman District,” Commission on Chicago Historic and Architectural Landmarks, 1972 June
Box 9 Folder 9 Touring Pullman, by William Adelman, 1977
Box 9 Folder 10 “A Town of Pullman: America’s First Model Town,” W.P.A. Adult Education Program, Chicago Board of Education, 1936

Series 5: Pullman Town, 1872-2008, undated

Subseries C: Photographs, 1882-1957, undated

Arrangement

Subseries C is arranged alphabetically by topic. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses.

Box 17 Photograph 1.38 Arcade Building, exterior, circa 1900
Box 15 Photographs 1.39a-b Arcade Building, exterior (2 copies), circa 1890
Box 15 Photograph 1.40 Arcade Building, interior furnace room, circa 1890
Box 15 Photographs 1.41a-b Arcade Building, exterior, 112th St. looking west (2 copies), circa 1895
Box 15 Photographs 1.42-1.43 Arcade Building, interior of theater (2), circa 1890
Box 15 Photograph 1.44 Cottage Grove Avenue, Lake Vista being filled in to let Cottage Grove Avenue through and Illinois Central Railroad tracks become elevated, circa 1900
Box 15 Photograph 1.45 Fire Department, exterior, men with equipment, circa 1890
Box 15 Photograph 1.46 Fire Department, employees, circa 1902
Box 15 Photograph 1.47 Fire Department, volunteer fire department testing new type of net, 1902
Box 15 Photograph 1.48 Florence Boulevard, circa 1890s
Box 15 Photograph 1.49 Fulton Street, looking north, undated
Box 15 Photographs 1.50-1.51 Greenstone (Pullman Methodist) Church (2), circa 1880s
Box 15 Photograph 1.52 Greenstone (Pullman Methodist) Church, 1957
Box 15 Photograph 1.58 Illinois Central Railroad Station, 111th Street and Michigan Avenue, Pullman, undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.59 Illinois Central Railroad Station, 111th Street and Michigan Avenue, Pullman, 1890
Box 15 Photograph 1.60 Labor Day Parade, tinsmiths parade, 111th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue, 1901
Box 15 Photographs 1.61-1.62 Labor Day Parade (2), 1901
Oversize Folder 9 Photograph 1.85 Pullman Associated Football Team, 1907
Box 15 Photograph 1.63 Pullman Associated Football Club, 1912
Oversize Folder 7 Photograph 1.78 Pullman Athletic Club, 1882-1883
Box 15 Photograph 1.64 Pullman Athletic Club, 1912
Box 15 Photograph 1.65 Pullman Band, undated
Box 16 Photograph 1.66-1.72 Pullman Band (7), undated
Box 16 Photograph 1.74 Pullman Band, collage of 19 photos, undated
Box 16 Photograph 1.73 Pullman Band, Springfield, Illinois encampment, undated
Oversize Folder 8 Photograph 1.84 Pullman Car Works Baseball League,
Box 16 Photograph 1.75 Pullman Cricket Club, undated
Box 17 Photograph 1.76 Pullman Cricket Club, team photo, 1900
Box 16 Photograph 1.77 Pullman Cricket Club, team photo, 1902
Box 16 Photograph 3.6 Pullman Cricket Club, [?] 1895
Oversize Folder 10 Photograph 1.86 Pullman Foreman’s Club of the Pullman Car Works, dinner, 1910 February 26
Oversize Folder 10 Photograph 1.87 Pullman Foreman’s Club of the Pullman Car Works, dinner, 1917 February 24
Box 16 Photograph 1.79 Pullman Park, 1892
Box 16 Photograph 1.80 Pullman School, 113th and Cottage Grove, exterior, 1894
Box 16 Photograph 1.81 Pullman School, 113th and Cottage Grove, exterior, circa 1894
Oversize Folder 11 Photograph 1.88 Pullman Soccer Team, 1916
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