Links
and Resources
The following is
a partial listing of Internet resources available about Pullman and its
related topics.
Pullman Reference Books Online (NEW)
Pullman
Related Websites
| Articles | Strike & Labor
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Neighborhood Sites | Planned Communities |
Pullman Family | Genealogical Resources
Click
to link to a short bibliography of Pullman resources.
Click to link to a timeline of Pullman
related points in history.
Pullman Reference Books Online (NEW)
Doty, Mrs. Duane. The Town of Pullman Illustrated. Chicago: T.P. Struhsacker,
Publisher, 1893, reprint 1974.
Online version available on Google books
Husband, Joseph. The Story of the Pullman Car. A.C. McClurg & Co.,
Publisher, 1917.
Online version available on Google books
Lindsay, Almont. The Pullman Strike: The Story of a Unique Experiment and of a
Great Labor Upheaval. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1942.
Online version available on Google books
Swan, David and Terry Tatum, Editors. The Autobiography of Irving K Pond. Oak Park: Hyoogen Press,
Publisher, 2009.
Excerpt available on Hyoogen Press - pp81-91 on construction of town on Pullman
US Strike Commission. Report on the Chicago Strike of June-July, 1894. G.P.O.,
Publisher, 1895.
Online version available on Google books
General
Pullman Related Websites
Historical | Landmark
| Locations
Historical
References
Richard T. Ely article from Harper's Magazine (Feb 1885)
Written from a labor standpoint, but provides images and descriptions
of the town and the life in Pullman. http://www.library.cornell.edu/Reps/DOCS/pullman.htm
Pullman's
First Car - excerpt from The London Times
Article on the start of the Pullman Company.
http://www.adena.com/adena/usa/hs/hs13.htm
At
Home in the Heartland - an exhibit on family life in Illinois
from 1700 to the present.
A wonderful teaching aid from the Illinois State Museum site, takes the
visitor through decisions that Alexander Curtis, a new employee to the
Pullman Company, makes in moving to Pullman with lots of historical background
information and a teaching guide.
Click on the "Alexander Curtis" link on the page referenced
below.
http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/athome/1850/index.html
The Pullman Era - The History Files Online
Chicago Historical Society website - 12 page overview of Pullman and the
Pullman Era 1800s to present, with Photo Gallery and Bibliography.
http://www.chicagohs.org/history/pullman.html
Landmark Status
National Historic Landmark Program - National Park Service website
Nationally significant historic places are designated by the Secretary
of the Interior because they possess exceptional value or quality in illustrating
or interpreting the heritage of the United States.
The Pullman Historic District was granted this designation in 1970, through
the work of its residents.
Learn more about the program and the Pullman designation.
http://www.nr.nps.gov/nhl/
(links to Pullman District listing)
Chicago
Landmarks - City of Chicago website
This site provides information on the City of Chicago designated historic
landmarks, including the Historic Pullman District. View and architectural
style guide, themed tours of Chicago landmarks, learn about the architects
of these buildings and more.
http://www.cityofchicago.org/Landmarks/
Illinois
Historic Preservation Agency
Administers all state and federal historic preservation and incentive
programs in Illinois, including the National Register of Historic Places.
http://www.illinoishistory.gov
National
Trust for Historic Preservation's 1999
11 Most Endangered Sites Listing
In 1999, the National Trust for Historic Preservation named the Pullman
Administration and Factory complex to its Most Endangered listing for
the damage that was sustained to the buildings after a December 1998 fire.
http://www.nthp.org/news/docs/19990614_11most.html
Related Locations
Pullman State Historic Site
The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency owns and preserves the surving
portions of the original Pullman factory complex as well as the Hotel
Florence as the Pullman State Historic Site.
http://www.illinoishistory.gov/hs/pullman_site.htm
George Pullman - Graceland Cemetery web site
Brief overview of George Pullman and views of his gravesite at Graceland
Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.
http://www.graveyards.com/graceland/pullman.html
A.
Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum
A museum to promote, honor and celebrate the legacy of A. Philip Randolph
and contributions made by African-Americans to America's labor history,
through the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, their legacy and contributions.
http://www.aphiliprandolphmuseum.com
Illinois
Railway Museum - Union, Illinois
"The Largest Railway Museum in America," this museum is dedicated
to the preservation and operation of railroad and mass transit rolling
stock and the display of related artifacts in a realistic setting.
The museum also features many Pullman passenger, dining and other cars
in their holdings. They also maintain the Pullman Library that houses
an extensive collection of construction drawings, photographs and technical
data from the Pullman Company.
http://www.irm.org
The
Pullman House - Golden, Colorado
The Golden Landmarks Association is rebuilding and restoring the historic
log house of George M. Pullman, owned by Pullman when he lived in Colorado
during the 1860s. Pullman used this ranch and other businesses to raise
the money he needed to realize his dream of creating the famed Pullman
Palace Car Company.
http://www.pullman.org
Pullman
Articles
Pullman
Series - Chicago Sun-Times
A series of 1999 articles by Sun-Times architecture critic, Lee Bey, highlight
the importance of Pullman in history and amplify the need for attention
to this southside community.
Pullman at History's Hub - April 11, 1999
http://www.suntimes.com/pullman/pull1.html
Before History Vanishes - April 12, 1999
http://www.suntimes.com/pullman/pull2.html
Pullman Plans Steam Ahead - May 10, 1999
http://www.suntimes.com/pullman/pull6.html
Pullman
Strike and Labor History Sites
1894:
The Pullman Strike - Chicago Public Library web site
Provides a brief synopsis of the strike and some bibliography information
as well as links to other historical Chicago events.
http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/disasters/pullman_strike.html
The Origins of Labor Day - PBS Newshour Online
From the 100 year anniversary of Labor Day in 1996, this piece looks back
on the impact of the Pullman Strike on the labor movement and the start
of the Labor Day holiday in the US.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/september96/labor_day_9-2.html
The
Pullman Strike - Illinois Labor History web site
Provides an overview of the formation of the American Railway Union, the
place of Pullman in that history and Jennie Curtiss's speech to the American
Railway Union.
http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/pullman.htm
The Homestead and Pullman Strikes
A Vassar College student's work on the election of 1896, this piece covers
the Pullman Strike and paralls it with the Homestead Strike of 1892. Provides
historical quotes and images.
http://iberia.vassar.edu/1896/strikes.html
Pullman
Neighborhood Sites
Pullman
Civic Organization - This strong civic organization, which represents the approximately 800 families who live in the district, was founded in 1960, when the entire historic section of Pullman from 111th Street to 115th Street (also originally known as the Original Town of Pullman) was threatened with total demolition to create an industrial park. The Organization defeated the proposal and has begun a lengthy process of improving the community. The Organization continues to preserve the historic nature and quiet atmosphere of this landmark community. Today, volunteers and working committees strive to continue to make Pullman one of Chicago's most interesting, nice, and safe places to live. The Pullman Civic Organization holds monthly "Town Hall" meetings for residents to discuss issues in the Pullman community.
http://pullmancivic.org/
Historic Pullman Garden Club - a neighborhood site
Pullman benefits from a group of very talented residents who not only
take care and pride in their private garden spaces, but also a number
of public gardens in the neighborhood. The Garden Club maintains a series
of public garden spaces in Pullman, such as the Arcade Park beds and the
Gateway Gardens, but also host regular programs and an annual Garden Walk
of private gardens in the district.
http://www.hpgc.org
Pullman State Historic Site
The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency owns this site that preserves the Hotel Florence and the surviving portions of the industrial complex, including the Clock Tower, developed in the early 1880s by George M. Pullman (1831-1897) to build luxury railroad passenger cars.
http://www.illinoishistory.gov/hs/pullman_site.htm
The
Pullman Branch of the Chicago Public Library
This site provides information about the Pullman branch of the Chicago
Public Library system. The library was part of the campus of the Pullman
School of Manual Training (now the Gwendolyn Brooks Academy of the Chicago
Public Schools), just to the west of the Pullman factory.
http://www.chipublib.org/002branches/pullman/pullman.html
Other
Planned Community Sites
Walkerville,
Ontario
This company town for wiskey maker, Hiram Walker, is now incorporated
into Windsor, Ontario, Canada and is a thriving historic community today.
Follow the "Hiram Who?" and "Places Then/Now" links
for more about this history.
http://www.walkervilletimes.com/
Lowell, Massachusetts
Lowell's planned textile mill city,in scale, technological innovation,
and development of an urban working class, marked the beginning of the
industrial transformation of America.
http://www.nps.gov/lowe/home.htm
Saltaire, England
The model community for the Sir Titus Salt's wollen mill, this town was
said to be the basis for George Pullman's plan for his town of Pullman.
http://www.saltaire.yorks.com/
http://come.to/saltaire
New
Harmony, Indiana
New Harmony, a planned community, was first a spiritual sanctuary that
later became a haven for international scientists, scholars and educators
who sought equality in communal living.
http://www.newharmony.org/
Pullman
Family Sites
Pullman Memorial
Universalist Church - Albion, NY
George M. Pullman built this church in 1894, as a memorial to his parents,
in his home town of Albion, NY. The church was designed by Pullman architect,
Solon S. Beman, and stained glass by Louis C. Tiffany.
http://www.pmuc.org/history.htm
Archive of program from the Dedication Service for the Pullman Memorial Universalist Church (1894)
http://books.google.com
> Dedication of Pullman Memorial Universalist Church
New York Times archive
article on the dedication of the church, with descriptions of the interior.
New
York Times - Feb 1, 1895 (PDF)
Genealogical
Research Sites
Chicago
History Museum (formerly the Chicago Historical Society) http://www.chicagohs.org/
Chicago
Public Library - Archival Center Holdings
at the Harold Washington Library Center
Calumet
Regional Community Collection - 1850-1975
http://www.chipublib.org/008subject/012special/crcc.html
Historic
Pullman Collection – 1882 1979
http://www.chipublib.org/008subject/012special/hpc.html
Newberry
Library
The Newberry Library has extensive holdings for genealogical research.
http://www.newberry.org/
Railroad
Collections - Pullman Company Archives listings
This archive consists of 1,600 square feet of ledgers, drawings, work
orders, and financial records of the Pullman Corporation from the 1870s
until 1959. http://www.newberry.org/nl/collections/bibguide.html#rail
South
Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society
SSG&HS holds the Pullman Collection, consisting of personnel records
from Pullman Car Works circa 1900-1949. There are approximately 200,000
individuals represented in the collection
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ssghs/ssghs.htm
Pullman
Car Works personnel records
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ssghs/pullman.htm
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