George Pullman\, born in Brockton\, New Yo rk in 1831\, revolutionized rail travel through the company he created\, t he Pullman Palace Car Company. \;Historian Andrew Bullen\, resident of Pullman\, Illinois\, has written extensively about George M. Pullman. Amo ng his many accomplishments\, Mr. Bullen has \;undertaken projects for the Pullman House History Project and the Historic Pullman Foundation in Chicago.
\nJoin Pullman historian and resident Andrew Bullen as he s hares five "big" stories of Pullman &ndash\; George Pullman and his family \, the Company and its products\, the town of Pullman\, the people of Pull man\, and labor and race issues. This presentation will weave these storie s together to describe the fascinating history and encouraging \;futur e of this Chicago neighborhood and national monument\, showing that the st ory of Pullman is the story of America. Signup required\, attend in person or view recording later.
\nSpeaker Bio: Andrew Bullen (http://www.andrewbullen.us/) \;has an AB from the Uni versity of Chicago (Philosophy) and an MS-LIS from the University of Illin ois at Urbana-Champaign. He was employed as the Information Technology Coo rdinator for the Illinois State Library\, but retired from that position i n 2023. A Pullman resident and historian\, he has written extensively abou t Pullman. He has been responsible for the development of a Pullman histor y website at \;http://www.pullman-museum.org\, \;including the Pul lman House History Project\, a demographic database of 47\,000 Pullman res idents from 1883-1950. He has helped digitize some Pullman archives online (http ://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/pshs/search/) and is current ly working with the Historic Pullman Foundation to organize and update the ir archives. He has worked with ways to take images and metadata in digita l asset management systems and weave them into comprehensive narratives\, such as the one he did for the Scalar collection of "Pullman in the First World War" at \;http://www.finditillinois.org/ scalar/pullman-in-the-first-world-war/index. \;
\nIn additio n to his work in Pullman\, Bullen also works with optical musical recognit ion software on projects such as "The Music of the First World War" (http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/p16614coll23/search/) and "The Masque of Illinois" (http://www.finditillinois.org/sca lar/the-masque-of-illinois/index). \;
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