MINNEAPOLIS, NORTHFIELD AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway Company, creator. | |
| Title: | Corporate records. | |
| Dates: | 1911-1981. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Financial and regulatory reports, tax returns, aerial photographs, and some related correspondence of a Minneapolis-based short line railroad company that was incorporated in 1918 and operated between Minneapolis and Northfield (Minn.) until 1982, when it was purchased by the Soo Line Railroad Company. Some material concerns predecessor Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester and Dubuque Electric Traction Company, and related firms Electric Short Line Terminal Company and Glen Valley Realty, Inc. | |
| Quantity: | 5.00 cubic feet (5 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
HISTORICAL NOTE
The Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway Company (MN&S) was a Minneapolis-based short line railroad incorporated in 1918 as a successor to the Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester, and Dubuque Electric Traction Company (the Dan Patch line). The company operated a main line between Minneapolis and Northfield, Minnesota. Principal stockholders for many years included the Pence family interests and the Red River Lumber Company. Officers included Harry E. Pence, Archie D. Walker, and W. R. Stephens. In a 1979 reorganization the company’s railroad operations were transferred to a newly-formed subsidiary corporation, Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway, Inc., and in 1980 the Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway Company name was changed to Glen Valley Realty, Inc. The Soo Line Railroad Company purchased the company in 1982.
The Electric Short Line Terminal Company was incorporated in 1908 as the Electric Short Line Railroad Company; the name was changed to Electric Short Line Terminal Company in 1915. In 1956 the company was merged into the MN&S.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway Company. Corporate records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Provenance:
The majority of this collection, all but the aerial photographs, was salvaged from an old MN&S warehouse shortly before it was to be torn down.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 15,216; 17,039
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 001734155
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| 143.G.18.3B | 1 | Electric Short Line Terminal Company: | |||||||||
| Annual Reports to Interstate Commerce Commission, 1916-1955. | |||||||||||
| Corporation Tax Returns, 1917-1955. 7 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 143.G.18.4F | 2 | Minneapolis Northfield & Southern Railway Company: | |||||||||
| Printed Map of Line and Territory Served, undated. | |||||||||||
| Annual Reports to Interstate Commerce Commission: | |||||||||||
| 1918-1940. | |||||||||||
| 1956-1960. | |||||||||||
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| 143.G.18.5B | 3 | 1961. | |||||||||
| 1963-1964. | |||||||||||
| 1965-1978. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Annual Reports to Stockholders: | |||||||||||
| 1942-1973. 13 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 143.G.18.6F | 4 | 1974-1976. 2 folders. | |||||||||
| 1978-1980. | |||||||||||
| Corporation Tax Return to State of Minnesota, 1933. | |||||||||||
| Gross Earnings Tax: | |||||||||||
| Computations, 1958-1976. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1921-1945. | |||||||||||
| State Examiners’ Reports, 1948, 1971, 1981. | |||||||||||
| Reports of Payments to Freight Line Companies to State of Minnesota, 1940-1979. 7 folders. | |||||||||||
| Aerial photographs: | |||||||||||
| Main line: Soonor to Minnesota River, 1965. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Robbinsdale line: Soonor to Soo Line connection, 1962, 1965. | |||||||||||
| Hi line: 60th and Nicollet Avenue to Auto Club, 1965. | |||||||||||
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| 143.G.18.7B | 5 | Gross Earnings Reports to State of Minnesota, 1918-1980. 5 folders. | |||||||||
| Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester & Dubuque Electric Traction Company: | |||||||||||
| Annual Reports to Interstate Commerce Commission, 1912-1918. | |||||||||||
| Annual Reports to Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission, 1911-1912. | |||||||||||
| Gross Earnings Reports to State of Minnesota, 1911-1918. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Railroad companies -- Minnesota.
- Railroad companies.
- Railroads -- Taxation.
- Railroads -- Taxation -- Minnesota.
- Organizations:
- Electric Short Line Terminal Company (Minneapolis, Minn.), creator.
- Fritz and Foster (Saint Paul, Minn.), creator.
- Glen Valley Realty, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.), creator.
- Lancaster, Simpson, Junell & Dorsey (Minneapolis, Minn.), creator.
- Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester, and Dubuque Electric Traction Co., creator.
- Minnesota Tax Commission (1907-1939), creator.
- United States. Interstate Commerce Commission.
- United States. Interstate Commerce Commission.
- Places:
- Minnesota.
- Document Types:
- Annual reports.
- Photographs.
- Tax returns.
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