Michigan Technological University Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech Michigan Tech Publications 12-2019 Historic Resources Study of Pullman National Monument, Illinois Laura Walikainen Rouleau Michigan Technological University, [email protected] Sarah Fayen Scarlett Michigan Technological University, [email protected] Steven A. Walton Michigan Technological University, [email protected] Timothy Scarlett Michigan Technological University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p Part of the Archaeological Anthropology Commons, Other Anthropology Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Walikainen Rouleau, L., Scarlett, S. F., Walton, S. A., & Scarlett, T. (2019). Historic Resources Study of Pullman National Monument, Illinois. Report for the National Park Service. Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p/14692 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p Part of the Archaeological Anthropology Commons, Other Anthropology Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons, and the United States History Commons National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Midwest Archeological Center Lincoln, Nebraska Historic Resource Survey PULLMAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL MONUMENT Town of Pullman, Chicago, Illinois Dr. Laura Walikainen Rouleau Dr. Sarah Fayen Scarlett Dr. Steven A. Walton and Dr. Timothy J. Scarlett Michigan Technological University 31 December 2019 HISTORIC RESOURCE STUDY OF PULLMAN NATIONAL MONUMENT, Illinois Dr. Laura Walikainen Rouleau Dr. Sarah Fayen Scarlett Dr. Steven A. Walton and Dr. Timothy J. Scarlett Department of Social Sciences Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 49931 Submitted to: Dr. Timothy M. Schilling Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service 100 Centennial Mall North, Room 44 7 Lincoln, NE 68508 31 December 2019 Historic Resource Study of Pullman National Monument, Illinois by Laura Walikinen Rouleau Sarah F. Scarlett Steven A. Walton Timothy Scarlett Industrial Heritage and Archaeology Department of Social Sciences Michigan Technological University Houghton, Michigan Prepared for Division of Cultural Resources Midwest Regional Office National Park Service United States Department of the Interior Omaha, Nebraska December 31, 2019 RECOMMENDED: 0<-c., 1Q I Z.tJ 1 � Su:E£ent�),Ptt: Date CONCURRED: Associate Regional Director Date Cultural Resource Stewardship Midwest Region Regional Director, Midwest Region Date MANAGEMENT SUMMARY This report is a Historic Resource Study (HRS) for Pullman National Monument. It is the third and final report in a series of studies for Pullman NM, including a White Paper1 and an Archaeological Overview and Assessment.2 Michigan Technological University and the National Park Service initiated this work in November 2016 as part of the project entitled “Cooperative Agreement for Work with Pullman National Monument” (Michigan Technological University Proposal #1609078, Task Agreement #P17AC00005). The overall agreement was established within the Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement of the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (NPS #P12AC31164, MTU Master Cooperative Agreement #P12AC31164). This Historic Resource Study is a Baseline Research Report for Pullman National Monument. This HRS summarizes the historical writings about Pullman, provides context for the significant themes identified in its founding document, collates collections of primary documents and historical resources that are important sources of information on those themes, and recommends questions that will require additional study. These cultural resources include primary historical materials in archives and oral history collections, as well as architectural, archaeological, museum collections, or landscape resources. While this report includes new historical narrative based in original archival research, other sections present synthetic reviews of existing publications. National Park Service staff will use this document and included resources as they make management decisions and design interpretive programming. In addition to this report and its appendices—which are only published digitally—the research team deposited its entire library with the monument staff, including nearly 2,000 references and thousands of pages of digitally-imaged archival documents. Among the various Baseline Research Reports, National Park Service staff can vary the definition and scope of an HRS in order to meet management needs within a particular park. The HRS should also identify needs for additional special history studies, cultural landscape reports, or other detailed studies needed in order to address themes, resource types, or additional subject matter. Finally, HRS documents may also make recommendations for resource management and interpretation.3 1 Timothy James Scarlett, "White Paper: Designing Best Practice for Industrial Archaeology and Industrial Heritage at Pullman National Monument," (Houghton, MI: Industrial Heritage and Archaeology, Department of Social Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 2017). 2 Timothy J. Scarlett and Steven A. Walton, "Archaeological Overview & Assessment: Pullman National Historical Monument, Town of Pullman, Chicago, Illinois," (Lincoln, Nebraska: National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 2017). 3 U.S. Department of the Interior, "Nps-28: Cultural Resource Management Guideline," (Washington, DC: National Park Service, 1998), 25-26. i Pullman NM needed a synthesis of academic writing about Pullman and a catalog of related cultural and historical resources related to the monument’s purpose statement, which includes three charges:4 1. To preserve the historic resources of Pullman. 2. To interpret the industrial history and labor struggles and achievements associated with the Pullman Company, including the rise of and the role of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. 3. To interpret the history of urban planning and design. This report begins with a chronological introduction to the major significant events related to Pullman, including the interconnected stories of George M. Pullman, the Pullman Palace Car Company, and the community and town of Pullman in Chicago, Illinois. The second chapter places Pullman into a national context, situating George M. Pullman (and his family) and the Pullman company into contexts of Chicago as a geographic and transportation hub and one of America’s premier industrial urban centers, as well as defining the key role that Chicago had played in the evolution of labor relations in the United States. The third chapter details the Pullman Palace Car company’s production, operation systems, and technological innovations over time, concluding with a review of competing firms offering luxury transportation in the United States. The fourth examines the town of Pullman, Illinois, as a planned community and paternalistic company town. This review situates Pullman within this history of model towns and the history of urban planning, including discussions of precedent and antecedent examples. Chapters five and six provide detailed discussion of the town’s and factory’s design and construction, including many of the key designers and managers, and then reviewing the existing conditions of architecture in the community. Chapter seven then examines the trend of mobility within Pullman, examining historical patterns of race, gender, and class as they were lived in the Pullman community. The report concludes with recommendations for additional studies and the development of future research tools. 4 "Foundation Document: Pullman National Monument (Draft)," ed. U.S. Department of the Interior (Chicago: Department of the Interior, 2016). ii PREFACE AND ACKNOWLDGEMENTS We must offer our grateful thanks to many people who have helped this research effort during the past four years. It is not possible to strictly separate and isolate assistance that people offered during the Archaeological O&A and this Historic Resource Study, so we will include a combined acknowledgement here, as this report both culminates and concludes the research effort. In expressing our gratitude here, we naturally accept all responsibility for errors or omissions in our final work. With the National Park Service, we wish to thank Timothy Schilling, our lead contact at the National Park Service’s Midwest Archeological Center office. Pullman National Monument’s Kathleen Schneider, Superintendent, and Sue Bennett, Chief of Visitor Services and Community Outreach. Both Kathy and Sue supported our efforts and we look forward to future collaborations with Pullman NM staff. We wish Superintendent Schneider the best during her retirement. Many individuals in NPS provided administrative and research support: Dawn Bringelson, Archaeologist and Agreements Technical Representative; Bob Bryson, Associate Regional Director of Cultural Resources and former Center Manager, MWAC; Tim Townsend, Historian, Lincoln Home National Historic Site; and Elizabeth Dean, Administrative Support Assistant, MWAC. Paul Labovitz, Superintendent of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, served as acting superintendent while we got the project started. As a community volunteer, Nathanial Parks acted as a pro tem archivist of the Tenneco Papers in the care of the State of Illinois Department of the Interior and dedicated eight intensive hours on a Saturday to help us unstack and restack more