Links and Resources

The following is a partial listing of Internet resources available about Pullman and its related topics.

Pullman Related Sites | Articles | Strike & Labor |
Neighborhood Sites | Planned Communities |
Genealogical Resources

Click to link to a short bibliography of Pullman resources.
Click to link to a timeline of Pullman related points in history.

General Pullman Related Sites

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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

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

Pullman Historic District - a neighborhood site
This neighborhood site provides information about the District, including neighborhood clubs and activities, a classified listing and more.
http://members.aol.com/pullmanil/

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/

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