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Instructions to Porters, Attendants and Bus Boys

Pullman porter (Wikipedia)

South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society - Pullman Employee Records

This collection contains information from the Pullman Car Works located at 111th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue in Pullman (Chicago), Illinois, one of the largest employers in the area. There are approximately 200,000 individuals represented in this collection. The collection does not include the records for all Pullman employees at all locations, and does not include records of Pullman porters. Information varies for each individual

The Iron Road - Railroad Job Descriptions

The Newberry Library - Pullman Employee Records

The employee records of the Pullman Company at the Newberry are primarily for operating company workers–porters, maids, commissary attendants, conductors, shop workers, yard force workers, clerks, managers–not manufacturing or town employees. Although some 19th-century personnel records are available, the bulk of the records are post-1920.