GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY (U.S.). OPERATING
DEPARTMENT:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.). Operating Department, creator. | |
| Title: | Operating Department records. Great Northern Railway corporate records. | |
| Dates: | 1874-1969. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Correspondence and subject files, and a few miscellaneous records, created or compiled by the Great Northern administrative department responsible for operating the physical properties of the Great Northern railway system. | |
| Quantity: | 90.0 cubic feet. | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Several series of subject files from
the office of the vice president-operating document most phases of the day-to-day
operation of the railway. They include information on labor relations with train and
track crews and other operating employees, including wage matters; maintenance and
purchase of rolling stock, including information files on various types of
equipment; maintenance of railway and structures making up of trains; acquisition
and management of important supplies (water, coal, ties, and rail); electrification
of certain western line sections; management of shops, lunchrooms, and other
employee facilities; and the employment of railroad detectives. There are also files
on the operation of certain subsidiaries: Glacier Park Hotel Company, Somers Lumber
Company, and the Cottonwood Coal Company.
Other files document operations during the period of federal control (1917-1921), and the coordination (under federal direction, 1930s) of various facilities between Great Northern and other roads. A small series of printed circulars (1879-1957) contain information on appointments and retirements, station and line closings, service changes, and related events.
ARRANGEMENT
These documents are organized into the following sections:
| General Manager Subject Files | ||
| Map | ||
| Federal Coordination Subject Files | ||
| Office Diaries | ||
| United States Railroad Administration Subject Files | ||
| Vice President and General Manager Subject Files | ||
| Circulars | ||
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Operating Department Records. Great Northern Railway Corporate Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 1630; 1631; 1632; 1633; 1634; 1635; 1636; 1637; 1638; 1639; 1640; 1641; 1642; 1643; 1644; 1645; 1646; 1647; 1648; 1649; 1650; 1651; 1652; 1653; 1654; 1655; 1656; 1657; 1658; 1659; 1660; 1661; 1662; 1663; 1664; 1665; 1666; 1667; 1668; 1669; 1670; 1671; 1672; 1673; 1674; 1675; 1676; 1677; 1678; 1679; 1680; 1681; 1682; 1683; 1684; 1685; 1686; 1687; 1688; 1689; 1690; 1691; 1692; 1693; 1694; 1695; 1696; 1967; 1698; 1699; 1700; 1701; 1702; 1703; 1704; 1705; 1706; 1707; 1708; 1709; 1710; 1711; 1712; 1713; 1714; 1715; 1716; 1717; 1718; 1719; 1720; 1721; 1722; 1723; 1724; 1725; 1726; 1727; 1728; 1729; 1730; 1731; 1732; 1733; 1734; 1735; 1736; 1737; 1738; 1739; 1740; 1741; 1742; 1743; 1744; 1745; 1746; 1747; 1748; 1749; 1750; 1751; 1752; 1753; 1754; 1755; 1756; 1757; 1758; 1759; 1760; 1761; 1762; 1763; 1764; 1765; 1766; 1767; 1768 ;1769; 1770; 1771; 1772; 1773; 1774; 1775; 1776; 1777; 1778; 1779; 1780; 1781; 1782; 1783; 1784; 1785; 1786; 1787; 1788; 1789; 1790; 1791; 1792; 1793; 1794; 1795; 1796; 1797; 1798; 1799; 1800; 1801; 1802; 1803; 1804; 1805; 1806; 1807; 1808; 1809; 1810; 1811; 1812; 1813; 1814; 1815; 1816; 1817; 1818; 1819; 1820; 1821; 1822; 1823; 1824; 1825; 1826; 1827; 1828; 1829; 1830; 1831; 1832; 1833; 1834; 1835; 1836; 1837; 1838; 1839; 1840; 1841; 1842; 1843; 1844; 1845; 1846; 1847; 1848; 1849; 1850; 1851; 1852; 1853; 1854; 1855; 1856; 1857; 1858; 1859; 1860; 1861; 1862; 1863; 1864; 1865; 1866; 1867; 1868; 1869; 1870; 1871; 1872; 1873; 1874; 1875; 1876; 1877; 1878; 1879; 1880; 1881; 1882; 1883; 1884; 1885; 1886; 1887; 1888; 3694; 3695; 3696; 5230; 17,160
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017199270104294
Work on the Great Northern railway company records was supported with funds by the Northwest Area Foundation, the Grotto Foundation, and the Jerome Foundation.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
GENERAL MANAGER SUBJECT FILES
The subject files of the general manager document most phases of the day-to-day operation of the railway. They include information on labor relations with train and track crews and other operating employees, including wage matters; maintenance and purchase of rolling stock, including information files on various types of equipment; maintenance of railway and structures; making up trains; acquisition and management of important supplies (water, coal, ties, and rail); electrification of certain western line sections; management of shops, lunchrooms, and other employee facilities; and the employment of railroad detectives. There are also files on the operation of certain subsidiaries: Glacier Park Hotel Company Somers Lumber Company, and the Cottonwood Coal Company.
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| 132.B.15.4F | 1 | File no. 1-07. American Detective Service Company, Chicago: suit; boilermakers furnished during boilermakers' strike, 1907-1916. | |||||||||||
| File no. 2-40. Budd, Ralph: trip to Russia, 1930. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 2-50. Barron's: Great Northern write-up, 1936. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 3-19. Cottonwood Coal Company, 1901-1926. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 4-17. Deer Park Lumber Company: rental and sale of equipment, 1913-1937. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 4-22. Devil's Lake and Chautauqua Railway Company, 1900-1914. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 6-10. Ferguson Engineers, Chicago: steam-electric locomotives, 1924-1926. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 6-11. Flandrau, Mr. and Mrs.: doing special work for Great Northern, 1924-1926. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 6-14. Federal Power Commission: permits and applications, 1925-1938. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 7-10. Goodwin, W. A., inspector, mechanical department, to check and make reports, shops and roundhouses [regarding I.W.W.], 1922-1923. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.15.5B | 2 | File no. 10-07. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway Company, 1924-1935. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| File no. 13-03. Mann-McCann Company: grader and ballast spreader, 1907. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 15-06. Northern Information Bureau, Minneapolis: soliciting work regarding I.W.W, 1917-1923. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 15-09. Northern Dakota Railway Company: purchase of, 1920-1923. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 15-20. North Pacific Coast Freight Bureau, 1925-1937. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 15-26. National Electric Light Association, Electrification of Steam Railroads Committee, 1928-1933. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 16-11. O'Brien, Martin (Crookston, Minnesota): complaints against Great Northern regarding government operation of Railroads, 1918. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.15.6F | 3 | File no. 17-2. Pinkerton's National Detective Agency, 1913-1954. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| File no. 18-13. Russian railroad officials: inspection of railroads, 1918-1936. 1 folder and 3 items. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 18-43. Railway Men's Sound Money Club: free coinage of silver, 1896. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 20-06. Edward Smith Company, Detroit: detective agency, 1906-1907. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 20-23. Strauss, J. B.: reinforced concrete freight car, 1920. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 20-46. Steamotor Company, Chicago: high pressure steam turbine locomotive, 1927. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 21-02. Twin City Car Foremen's and Inspectors' Association, 1900-1904. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 21-12. Thiel Detective Service Company, St. Paul, 1921-1924. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 21-28. Twin City Railroad Association, 1902-1906. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 24-49. Cascade electrification, 1916, 1920. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 28-84. National Mediation Board; National Railroad Adjustment Board; Railway Labor Act, 1920-1953. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.15.7B | 4 | File no. 28-84. National Mediation Board; National Railroad Adjustment Board; Railway Labor Act, 1920-1953. 6 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 132.B.15.8F | 5 | File no. 28-84. National Mediation Board; National Railroad Adjustment Board; Railway Labor Act, 1920-1953. 6 folders. | |||||||||||
| File no. 28-85. Great Northern booklet: To Employees of the Great Northern Railway, 1922. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 28-89. Pay: requests from labor organizations for increase in rates of pay, 1923-1929. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.15.9B | 6 | File no. 28-89. Pay: requests from labor organizations for increase in rates of pay, 1923-1929. | |||||||||||
| File no. 28-105. Pay: report of Federal Coordinator, 1933-1936. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 28-116. Pay: request for increase by non-operating railway labor organizations, 1946-1947. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 28-118. Pay: non-operating employees request for increase, 1947. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 28-120. Pay: non-operating brotherhoods request for 40-hour week and increase in pay, 1948-1949. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 28-120-E. Pay: Switchmen's Union of North America: request for 40-hour week; strike, 1949-1950. 10 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 31-31. Handling Chinese on passenger trains, 1907-1937. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.15.10F | 7 | File no. 31-45. Silk trains, 1917-1946. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| File no. 31-57. Train holdups (robberies), 1907-1919. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 31-128-09. Special trains: Columbia River Historical Expedition, 1926. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 31-128-10. Special trains: Queen Marie of Rumania, 1926. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 31-128-14. Special trains: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1934. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.15.11B | 8 | File no. 31-128-16. Special trains: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937. | |||||||||||
| File no. 31-128-18. Special trains: Crown Prince and Princess of Norway, 1939. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 31-128-29. Special trains: Harry S. Truman, 1947-1952. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 31-144. Streamline lightweight passenger trains, 1933-1936. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 31-159. Circus trains, 1910-1944. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 33-02. Fire protection: Minnesota, 1896-1923. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.15.12F | 9 | File no. 33-19. Weed burners, 1918-1948. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| File no. 33-39. Fire protection: Pend D'Oreille Timber Protective Association, 1908-1915. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 34-01. Oriental Trading Company: Japanese labor, 1898-1909. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 34-02. National Union of Railway Trackmen, 1907. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 34-09. Labor: H. W. Osborn contract, 1907. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 34-13. Labor: Negro laborers, 1916-1917. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.15.13B | 10 | File no. 34-22-01. Labor: Chinese student engineers, 1929-1946. | |||||||||||
| File no. 34-23. Labor: Mexican labor, 1925-1948. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.15.14F | 11 | File no. 34-23. Labor: Mexican labor, 1925-1948. | |||||||||||
| File no. 34-25. Labor: labor shortage; War Manpower Commission; employment of Mexican and Japanese laborers, 1941-1950. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.15.15B | 12 | File no. 34-25-03. Labor: Japanese labor, 1943-1944. | |||||||||||
| File no. 38-06-01. Passenger cars: cleaning equipment, 1933-1935. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 38-06-05-06. Passenger cars: applying steel under-framing and steel sheathing, 1911-1928. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 38-06-09-01. Passenger cars: air conditioning, 1930-1935. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 38-08-15-08. ICC car shortage hearing, Louisville, Kentucky, November 8, 1916, 1916-1924. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 38-08-17. Employees and outsiders stealing and robbing, 1912-1949. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 38-12. Cabooses, 1933-1946. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 38-18. Passenger coaches, 1914-1939. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.15.16F | 13 | File no. 38-21. Dining cars, 1915-1930. | |||||||||||
| File no. 38-21-04. Dining cars: menus, 1920s-1950?. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 38-23. Air dump cars, 1914-1934. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 38-42. Motor cars, 1904-1928. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 38-42-05. Motor cars: Fairmont Railway Motors, Inc., 1920-1946. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.16.1B | 14 | File no. 39-01. Equipment: sale of, 1913-1950. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 132.B.16.2F | 15 | File no. 39-01. Equipment: sale of, 1913-1950. 9 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 132.B.16.3B | 16 | File no. 39-01. Equipment: sale of, 1913-1950. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| File no. 39-09. Equipment: Northern Dakota Railway Company, 1908-1918. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 39-31. Equipment: scrapping and retiring, 1925-1940. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 40. Engines: purchase of, 1902-1950. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.16.4F | 17 | File no. 40. Engines: purchase of, 1902-1950. 6 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 132.B.16.5B | 18 | File no. 40-01. Engines: general, 1910-1934. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
| File no. 40-16. Engines: classification, 1903. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.16.6F | 19 | File no. 40-28-02. Engines: failures of electric engines, 1927-1933. | |||||||||||
| File no. 40-84. Engines: repair by Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Company, 1922-1923. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 40-106. Equipment: depreciation rate, 1934, 1940. 2 items. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 40-107. Equipment: Spokane Valley and Northern Railway Company, 1918-1921. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 40-113. Oriental Limited, 1924. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 40-161. Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1889-1944. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 40-195. Diesel engines, 1924-1944. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.16.7B | 20 | File no. 40-195-01. Diesel engines: switch engines, 1938-1946. | |||||||||||
| File no. 40-195-23. Diesel engines: Electromotive Corporation, 1932-1938. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 40-198. Electric and diesel-electric engines, 1907-1947. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.16.8F | 21 | File no. 40-198. Electric and diesel-electric engines, 1907-1947. 2 folders and 5 volumes. | |||||||||||
| Motor rail buses and cars; gas-electric cars: | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42. General, 1912-1934. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.16.9B | 22 | File no. 42. General, 1912-1934. | |||||||||||
| File no. 42-03. J. G. Brill Company; American Car and Foundry Motors Company, 1924-1933. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42-05. Electro-Motive Company, 1926-1929. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42-06. Fairbanks-Morse and Company, 1907-1911. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42-07. Four Wheel Drive Company, Clintonville, Wisconsin, 1921-1933. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42-08. Railway Auto Car Company, Ganz, New York, 1904-1909. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42-09. General Electric Company, 1908-1932. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.16.10F | 23 | File no. 42-10. Mack-International Motor Truck Corporation, 1921-1933. | |||||||||||
| File no. 42-11. McKeen Motor Car Company, Omaha, 1907-1913. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42-12. Railway Motors Corporation, DePere, Wisconsin; Oneida Manufacturing Company, Green Bay, Wisconsin, 1923-1927. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42-13. Railway Storage Battery Car Company, New York, 1923-1924. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42-14. E. Prouty, Chicago, 1907-19l0. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42-15. Service Motor Truck Company, Wabash, Indiana 1921-1928. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42-16. Stover Motor Car Company, Freeport, Illinois 1907-1909. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42-17. Sykes Company, St. Louis, Missouri 1923-1925. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42-18. White Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 1921-1926. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42-19. Ewbank Electric Transmission Company, Portland, Oregon, 1914-1915. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42-20. Proposed Great Northern double-deck motor rail bus, 1925. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42-21. Edwards Company, Sanford, North Carolina, 1924-1940. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42-22. Diesel oil-electric rail buses: general, 1923-1944. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42-25. Westinghouse Electric Company, 1926-1938. 8 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42-26. Standard Steel Car Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1927-1931. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42-27. Motor rail bus trailers, 1926-1927. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42-30. Railway Locomotor Company, Chicago, 1929-1931. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42-35. Ingersoll-Rand Company, New York, 1932-1934. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42-36. Clark Equipment Company, Battle Creek, Michigan Autotram Division, 1933. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42-37. Howesons-Austro-Daimler, 1933. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 42-40. Coordinated Transportation, Inc., Minneapolis; Madden rail truck, 1934-1941. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.16.11B | 24 | File no. 43. Electrification: general, 1903-1954. 8 folders. | |||||||||||
| File no. 43-01. Electrification: Wenatchee to Tye to Skykomish to Everett, 1913-1929. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.16.12F | 25 | File no. 43-01. Electrification: Wenatchee to Tye to Skykomish to Everett, 1913-1929. 8 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 132.B.16.13B | 26 | File no. 43-02. Electrification: Havre to Whitefish, 1917-1924. | |||||||||||
| File no. 43-05. Electrification: proposed extension to Seattle or Gold Bar, 1929-1940. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 43-12. Electrification: development of power on Spokane Division, 1925-1928. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 44-12. Telegraph schools, 1903-1944. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 46-39. Fuel: conservation, 1917-1920. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 46-44. Fuel: organizing Great Northern fuel department, 1918. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 46-50. Fuel: coal handling cranes and bridges, 1921. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 47. Employees: personal record, 1894-1899. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.16.14F | 27 | File no. 47-25-03. Employees: National Surety Company, checking trains, 1906-1939. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| File no. 47-37-01. Employees: number of women employed, 1918-1920. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 47-91. Employees: Ship-by-Rail Club, 1914-1946. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.16.15B | 28 | File no. 48-01-01. Eating houses: Shaver News Company contract, 1906-1915. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| File no. 48-01-03. Eating houses: Shaver News Company; operation of lunch rooms on Great Northern Railway, 1887-1914, 1945. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 48-02. Boarding cars and houses: Hauser and Company, 1898-1903. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 48-05. Boarding cars and houses: Knudsen and Ferguson Company, 1904-1908. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 48-06. Boarding cars and houses: Peterson and Fell, boarding camps east of Williston, 1909-1912. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.16.16F | 29 | File no. 48-06-01. Boarding cars and houses: Peterson and Fell, boarding camps at Kelly Lake, Superior, and Allouez, 1907-1912. | |||||||||||
| File no. 48-10-01. Boarding camps: operating statements; number of camps in operation, 1916-1935. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 50-26. Fair Labor Standards Act, 1934-1943. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 54. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1935-1936, 1940. | |||||||||||||
| Includes reports on Great Northern; Burlington-Rock Island; and Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.17.1B | 30 | File no. 54. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1935-1936, 1940. | |||||||||||
| Includes reports on Great Northern; Burlington-Rock Island; and Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.17.2F | 31 | File no. 54. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1935-1936, 1940. | |||||||||||
| Includes reports on Great Northern; Burlington-Rock Island; and Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 54-01. Reconstruction Finance Corporation: 1940 trip; revision of 1935 report on Great Northern Railway, 1940. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 55-84. Ore statements, 1892-1908. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 55-90. Operating statistics, 1930-1947. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.17.3B | 32 | File no. 55-90. Operating statistics, 1930-1947. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| File no. 57. Stations: standard depot building, 1903-1920. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 57-05. Stations: placing advertising material in, 1906-1934. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 57-11. Buildings: painting; standard colors, 1905-1922. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 57-12. Stations: naming, 1900-1920. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 58. Ties: Somers Lumber Company, 1913-1925. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.17.4F | 33 | File no. 59. Patents, 1917-1930. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| File no. 70-13. North Dakota: motor buses and trucks operating on highways in, 1923-1938. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| File no. 77-01. Scanlon Lumber Company, Minnesota, 1899-1904. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 77-02. Crookston Lumber Company, Minnesota, 1902-1909. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 77-03. Spokane Lumber Company, Washington, 1905-1913. | |||||||||||||
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| 132.B.17.5B | 34 | File no. 77-08. Grand Forks Lumber Company, Minnesota, 1902-1907. | |||||||||||
| File no. 77-09. Wild Rice Lumber Company, Ada, Minnesota, 1903-1906. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 77-14. Commonwealth Lumber Company, Frazee, Minnesota; Nichols-Chisholm Lumber Company, Frazee, Minnesota, 1903-1905. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 77-15. J. Neils Lumber Company, Cass Lake, Minnesota, 1902-1913. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 77-16. Red River Lumber Company, Akeley, Minnesota, 1903-1907. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 77-20. Atwood Lumber Company, Minnesota, 1904-1905. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 77-21. Taber Lumber Company, Keokuk, Iowa, 1903-1904. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 77-22. Thief River Falls Lumber Company, Minnesota, 1902-1904. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 77-24. Virginia Lumber Company, Minnesota, 1904-1905. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 77-25. Northern Lumber Company, Cloquet, Minnesota, 1903-1907. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 77-26. Burlington Lumber Company, Minnesota, 1900-1904. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 77-27. Bailey Lumber Company, Minnesota, 1904-1913. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 77-30. D. C. Thompson, Minnesota, 1903. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 77-31. Nichols Lumber Company, Minnesota, 1902. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 77-32. Cloquet Lumber Company, Cloquet, Minnesota, 1902-1905. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 77-34. Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company, Scanlon, Minnesota, 1902-1909. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 77-35. Sultan Railway and Timber Company, Washington, 1906-1935. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 77-38. Somers Lumber Company, Somers, Montana, 1919-1920. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 77-42. Miller Logging Company, Washington, 1923. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 77-49. Hedlund Lumber Company and Chinook Lumber and Manufacturing Company, Washington, 1930-1931. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 79. Water supply, 1902-1936. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.17.6F | 35 | File no. 79-03. Water tanks, 1914-1929. | |||||||||||
| File no. 79-12. Water treating plants, 1902-1945. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 79-40. Water supply: locating water, 1912-1941. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.17.7B | 36 | File no. 83. Donations and contributions, 1902-1953. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| File no. 98-09-02. Commission on Car Service, 1917-1920. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 100-03. Switchmen's Union of North America, 1923-1946. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.17.8F | 37 | File no. 100-08. Associated Organizations of Shop Craft Employees, Great Northern Railway, 1922-1929. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| File no. 100-13. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, 1901-1948. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.17.9B | 38 | File no. 100-13. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, 1901-1948. | |||||||||||
| File no. 100-14. Order of Railroad Telegraphers, 1901-1930. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 100-18. International Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, 1913-1941. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 100-19. Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, 1918-1947. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.17.10F | 39 | File no. 100-19. Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, 1918-1947. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| File no. 100-20. American Train Dispatcher's Association, 1898-1921, 1935-1941. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Glacier Park Hotel Company: | |||||||||||||
| File no. 117. General, 1913-1953. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.17.11B | 40 | File no. 117. General, 1913-1953. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| File no. 117-04. Property: purchase, sale, rental, 1933-1954. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 117-05. Water supply, 1932-1945. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 117-06. Concessions, 1933-1946. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 117-09. Physician service, 1933-1954. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 117-10. Tourist camps, cabins and buildings, 1933-1952. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.17.12F | 41 | File no. 117-11. Chalets, 1932-1954. | |||||||||||
| File no. 117-13. Glacier Park Transport Company, 1932-1956. 1 folder and 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 117-17. Fires; publication of "Fire Control Notes", 1935-1955. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 117-17-01. Fire protection; fire insurance inspection reports, 1933-1954. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 117-24. Saddle horse operations, 1939-1955. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 117-25. Relocation of state highway, 1938-1940. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 117-28. Dishes; costumes for waitresses, 1940. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 117-29. National Park Service, 1930-1948. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 117-29A. National Park Service miscellaneous publications, 1938-1941. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 117-31. Check of operating conditions, 1939-1940. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 117-32. Indian art curios, 1940-1941. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.17.13B | 42 | File no. 117-33. Closing park due to war, 1942-1946. | |||||||||||
| File no. 117-38. Motion picture companies using park, 1946-1957. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 117-40. Mechanical refrigeration, 1937-1946. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 117-41. Operating contract with United States government, 1932-1954. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 117-43. Hotel, chalet, and auto camp rates, 1947-1953. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 117-44. United States Public Health Service inspections; improvements, 1946-1948. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 117-47. Hiring Indians, 1948-1954. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 117-48. Survey of visitors, 1948, 1949. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 117-49. Complaint regarding not hiring Jews, 1949. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 117-54. Collection of Indian art curios, 1951-1952. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 117-59. Lake Lodge girls dormitory drawings, 1953. 10 items. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 117-64. Legislative History of Glacier Park, 1954. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.17.14F | 43 | File no. 144-12. Rail, 1910-1932. | |||||||||||
| File no. 144-23-01. Rail: detector car no. 117 test, 1934. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 166-18. Ice houses; ice hoists, 1914-1949. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 166-19. Ice houses: clearances, 1938-1948. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 177-02. Operating statements and explanations, 1929-1943. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.17.15B | 44 | File no. 177-02. Operating statements and explanations, 1929-1943. | |||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||||
| File no. 177-02-01. Mesabi Division, 1916-1924. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 177-02-02. Dakota Division, 1916-1924. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 177-02-03. St. Cloud Division, 1916-1926. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 177-02-04. Willmar Division, 1916-1922. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 177-02-05. Minot Division, 1917-1923. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 177-02-06. Montana Division, 1917-1926. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 177-02-07. Butte Division, 1916-1923. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 177-02-08. Kalispell Division, 1920-1923. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 177-02-09. Spokane Division, 1916-1923. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 177-02-10. Cascade Division, 1917-1924. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 177-02-16. Operating: comparison of Northern Pacific, Dickinson-Glendive, and Great Northern, Minot-Williston, 1923. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.17.16F | 45 | File no. 182. General Managers' Association and National Conference Committee of Railways [8-hour day], 1916-1918. 10 folders. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.18.1B | 46 | File no. 183. Snow storms, 1920-1948. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| File no. 183-04. Snow fighting equipment, 1905-1948. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 186-02. American Railway Association Special Committee on National Defense [ARA Committee]: troop movements, 1916-1919. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.18.2F | 47 | File no. 186-02. American Railway Association Special Committee on National Defense [ARA Committee]: troop movements, 1916-1919. | |||||||||||
| File no. 186-05. ARA Committee: executive committee circulars, 1917-1918. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 186-06. ARA Committee: central dept. circulars, 1917-1918. | |||||||||||||
| Related Material: Great Northern Operating Dept. United States Railroad Administration Subject Files nos. 186-08 and 186-10 for related files. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 186-16(1). United States Army: organizing railway battalions, 1923-1928. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 186-16(3-4). Organization of 704th Engineer Headquarters, Railway Grand Division, 1939-1942. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 186-16-02. Military Railway Service: railway diesel shop battalion, 1940-1942. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 186-16-03. Military Railway Service: establishment of schools; training, 1942-1943. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 186-16-04. Military Railway Service: 710th Railway Battalion, 1942-1945. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 186-16-05. Military Railway Service: 732d Railway Battalion, 1943-1945. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 196-01. Empire Builder, 1929. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.18.3B | 48 | File no. 220. Automatic train control: general, 1905-1954. 5 folders and 9 volumes. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.18.4F | 49 | File no. 220[A]. Automatic train control, companies: | |||||||||||
| Folder 1: | |||||||||||||
| General Railway Signal Company, Rochester, New York, 1922-1955. | |||||||||||||
| International Signal Company, New York (Webb), 1923?. | |||||||||||||
| Folder 2: | |||||||||||||
| Miller Train Control Corporation, Staunton, Virginia, 1916. | |||||||||||||
| National Safety Appliance Company, San Francisco, 1919. | |||||||||||||
| Regan Safety Devices Company, 1920-1923. | |||||||||||||
| Folder 3: | |||||||||||||
| Union Switch and Signal Company, Swissvale, Pennsylvania, 1922-1924. | |||||||||||||
| United States Train Signal Company, Portland, Maine, 1920. | |||||||||||||
| Wooding Railway Warning Device Company, 1908-1920. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 220-01. Automatic train control: Sprague Safety Control and Signal Corporation, 1922-1927. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 220-01-01. Automatic train control: Sprague Safety Control and Signal Corporation infringement suit, 1925-1931. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 227-06. Motor buses and trucks: general, 1922-1956. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.18.5B | 50 | File no. 227-06. Motor buses and trucks: general, 1922-1956. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Northland Transportation Company: | |||||||||||||
| File no. 227-16-01. Bus service, Twin Cities, 1926-1927. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 227-16-02. Sight-seeing buses, Twin Cities, 1927-1929. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 227-22. Sale and purchase of bus lines, 1925-1929. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 227-25. Snow fighting equipment, 1925-1927. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 227- 28. Increasing/decreasing service, 1925-1944. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 227-31. Handling passengers at Northern Pacific Railway docks, Duluth, 1926-1927. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.18.6F | 51 | File no. 230. 1922 Strike: shop crafts, 1922-1924[?]. 8 folders. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.18.7B | 52 | File no. 230. 1922 Strike: shop crafts, 1922-1924[?]. 11 folders. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.18.8F | 53 | File no. 230. 1922 Strike: shop crafts, 1922-1924[?]. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
| File no. 241. Minneapolis, Red Lake and Manitoba Railway Company: general, 1919-1939. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 241-02. Minneapolis, Red Lake and Manitoba Railway Company: rental and sale of equipment, 1926-1938. | |||||||||||||
| Somers Lumber Company: | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.18.9B | 54 | File no. 252. General, 1920-1935. 6 folders. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.18.10F | 55 | File no. 252-01. Tie treating plant, 1917-1956. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| File no. 252-04. Purchasing timber lands from Anaconda Copper Company, 1921-1950. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.18.11B | 56 | File no. 252-09. Purchase and sale of Echo Lake timber lands, J. Neils Lumber Company, Cass Lake, Minnesota, 1922-1937. | |||||||||||
| File no. 252-16. Reports on union activity in northwest lumber industry, 1937-1949. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-17. Daly's spur, 1924-1927. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-18. Blanchard Lake Camp, 1924-1928. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-20. Miscellaneous reports, 1927-1944. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-23. Western Pine Association, 1921-1950. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.18.12F | 57 | File no. 252-23. Western Pine Association, 1921-1950. | |||||||||||
| File no. 252-34. Purchase and exchange of timber lands, Northern Pacific Railway, 1925-1949. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-42. Western Forestry and Conservation Association, 1926-1953. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-49. Whitefish mill; Lupfer timber, 1923-1942. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-51. Log trestle; hot pond, 1924-1938. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-72. Northern Montana Forestry Association, 1921-1954. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-73. Lidgerwood skidder, 1919-1924. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-85. Bitter Root Lake property, 1926-1948. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-87. Fire protection, 1920-1956. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.18.13B | 58 | File no. 252-91. Report on damage to company through raising of Flathead Lake, 1941-1942. | |||||||||||
| File no. 252-97. Tally Lake dam and irrigation district, 1915-1946. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-101. Operating statistics, 1921-1948. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-108. Incising-boring-adzing machines, 1927-1945. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-110. Whitefish buildings, yard, plant, 1921-1927. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-112. Condensed statement of costs, 1921-1926. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-114. Statements; accounting dept. data, 1921-1944. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-115. Insurance, 1921-1949. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-121. Tugs; boats, 1923-1950. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.18.14F | 59 | File no. 252-133. F. W. Horstkotte, sawmill architect: suggestions and recommendations regarding plant, 1927-1928. | |||||||||||
| File no. 252-134. Engines, 1927-1953. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-162. Dayton logging line: construction and abandonment, 1928-1947. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-169. Saw mill, 1928-1949. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-171. Lupfer logging railroad, 1928-1932. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-177. Hotel, houses, buildings, 1928-1954. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-190. Railway Age article, 1929-1930. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-192. Pulp mill; pulp wood, 1920-1948. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-201. ZMA [preservative] installation, 1930-1933. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-204. Logging railroad south of Marion, 1930-1940. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-208. Corporate existence; increasing capital stock, 1930. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-210. Lake Mary Ronan dam, 1926-1953. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-211. Tree farms; future operation; sustained yield, 1934-1954. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.18.15B | 60 | File no. 252-211. Tree farms; future operation; sustained yield, 1934-1954. | |||||||||||
| File no. 252-214. Purchase of timber lands in the vicinity of the Anaconda timber, 1925-1952. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-292. Proposal to take over operation of Addison Miller Company, 1938-1939. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-301. Wage hearings; union activity, 1937-1954. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.18.16F | 61 | File no. 252-301. Wage hearings; union activity, 1937-1954. 1 folder and 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| File no. 252-301-01. Timber Products Manufacturers Association, 1943-1949. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-301-01A. Timber Products Manufacturers Association bulletins, 1945-1954. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-323. Sawmill: discontinuing operation; dismantling, 1946-1949. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 252-324. Sale of abandoned buildings and facilities, 1949-1950. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.19.1B | 62 | File no. 252-324A. Bid of Alex Shulman; sale to Shulman, 1949-1955. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Cottonwood Coal Company: | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253. General, 1920-1945. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-01. Great Falls Power Company; Montana Power Company: furnishing power, 1922-1946. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-03. Stockett mines: closing, 1926-1927. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-05. Developing new coal fields, 1924-1930. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-06. Purchase of coal lands from Carbon Coal Company, Mrs. Minnie Gerber, and Ernest Downing, 1921-1933. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.19.2F | 63 | File no. 253-07. Carbon Mine at Sand Coulée, 1927-1932. | |||||||||||
| File no. 253-08. Pay of employees; strikes; United Mine Workers of America, 1921-1948. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-08-02. Boyle, J. J.: UMW protesting discharge of, 1937. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-11. Operating costs and expenses, 1924-1946. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-13. Operation of Sand Coulée Mine No. 8, 1927-1929. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.19.3B | 64 | File no. 253-14. Equipment and material: sale of; inventory, 1926-1948. | |||||||||||
| File no. 253-25. Smith River and Hound Creek coal lands, 1923-1926. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-26. Brown Coal Company lease, 1917-1928. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-27. Nelson Coal Company: purchase of properties, 1922-1942. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-28. Greenway Mine; Embarrass Lake; Syracuse Lake; Bovey-DeLaittre mining properties in St. Louis and Itasca counties, Minnesota, 1922-1948. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-29. Coal explorations on the Great Falls - Billings line, 1923-1924. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-32. H. F. Tilton: general file, 1923-1946. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-34. Stockett Mines Nos. 5 and 6, 1926. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-35. Purchase of coal properties in Box Elder Coulée and near Belt, 1921-1922. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.19.4F | 65 | File no. 253-38. Operation; output; quality and distribution of mines; sale [of coal?] to Great Northern Railway Company, 1921-1947. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| File no. 253-40. East Belt Coal Company, 1926-1929. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-46. Strike; stockpiling coal, 1921-1922. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-49. LeHigh Mines Nos. 1 and 2, 1921-1945. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-56. Rental and sale of property, 1928-1945. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-57. Directory of Montana Mining Properties, 1940, 1942. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.19.5B | 66 | File no. 253-60. Giffen Mine No. 1, 1929-1946. 2 folders and 2 items. | |||||||||||
| File no. 253-68. Houses; garages, 1930-1940. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-70. Valier Coal Company, 1931-1937. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-72. Equipment and machinery, 1931-1946. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-72-01. Machinery: T. J. Thomas reports on progress of installation of new machinery, 1937-1940. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-76. Windham Coal Mine, 1909-1910. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-88. Giffen Mine No. 2, 1931-1940. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-102. Locomotives, 1933-1941. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-107. Coal tipple, 1934-1946. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.19.6F | 67 | File no. 253-115. Liquidation: taking over of property and operation by Great Northern Railway; proposed abandonment of Giffen Mines properties, 1940-1943. | |||||||||||
| File no. 253-115-01. Liquidation: changing from oil to coal on Butte Division, 1944-1947. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-115-02. Liquidation: sale of Giffen coal mine property to Giffen Coal Mines Company, 1946-1954. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-134. Federal inspection: ventilation; working conditions, 1938-1943. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-135. Giffen Mine water condition; floods; pumps, 1932-1944. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-139. Maps of coal properties, 1910-1939. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 253-153. Giffen Mine: W. B. Irwin general desk file, 1936-1947. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 281. Federal valuation of Great Northern Railway, 1913-1934. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
MAP
This map, which has been encapsulated, shows the Great Northern main and branch lines. The line portions included in the 7 separate operating divisions are each drawn in a different color to indicate the boundaries of the divisions.
| 100/ov5 Drawer 3 | Great Northern Operating Divisions, 1956. Map: color; 10 x 19 in. | ||||||||||||
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FEDERAL COORDINATION SUBJECT FILES
These subject files include reports and background files, apparently assembled during the 1930s, are related to coordination between Great Northern and other railroads, of terminals, trackage and facilities from Wisconsin to the Pacific coast.
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.20.7B | 1 | General files: | |||||||||||
| Index and checklist, 1934?. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence and agreements, 1927-1937. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Bases for joint agreements, 1933-1935. | |||||||||||||
| Coordination in Canada, 1934-1937?. | |||||||||||||
| Reports, 1934-1935. | |||||||||||||
| Changes in Great Northern operating practices and facilities since 1920, 1935-1937. | |||||||||||||
| ICC report: Railroad Coordination and Consolidation: A Review of Economies, 1940. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Monthly reports: | |||||||||||||
| Assignment of reports, 1933. | |||||||||||||
| Costs of coordination studies, 1936. | |||||||||||||
| Western Railway Group, Regional Coordinating Committee: monthly reports, northern and Pacific Northwest divisions, 1933-1936. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Twin Cities terminal study: | |||||||||||||
| Report, 1935. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Final report: Volume 1, discussion, selected exhibits, 1935. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.20.8F | 2 | Final report: Volume 2, exhibits, 1935. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Final report: supplementary index, 1936. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence and miscellaneous records, 1933-1936. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.20.9B | 3 | Forms and instructions, 1934. | |||||||||||
| Progress reports, 1935. | |||||||||||||
| Twin City Belt Railway Company, 1917-1935. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous files, 1933-1937. | |||||||||||||
| Twin Cities coordination: Great Northern - Omaha [Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company] joint reports: | |||||||||||||
| Short line bridges, 1931. | |||||||||||||
| Short line bridges: supplement, 1933. | |||||||||||||
| Short line bridges: correspondence and miscellaneous records, 1890s-1940. | |||||||||||||
| Passenger line bridges between University switch and Minneapolis passenger station via stone arch bridge, 1931. | |||||||||||||
| St. Anthony Park crossing and interlocker, 1931. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.20.10F | 4 | Minneapolis junction switch tenders, 1931. | |||||||||||
| Ballast, St. Paul - Minneapolis, 1931. | |||||||||||||
| Telegraph and telephone facilities, St. Paul - Minneapolis, 1931. | |||||||||||||
| Rental paid for office space by Northern Pacific, Minneapolis passenger station, 1931. | |||||||||||||
| Crossings, crossovers and non-joint turnouts, St. Paul - Minneapolis "short line" contract, 1931. | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul: 7th Street crossovers and interlocker, 1931. | |||||||||||||
| Connecting track, Minneapolis passenger station, 1931. | |||||||||||||
| Short line valuation: Great Northern facilities used by Omaha, 1931. | |||||||||||||
| Great Northern switching track at St. Paul, 1931. | |||||||||||||
| Omaha transfer track, 1931. | |||||||||||||
| Twin Cities coordination: background files for Great Northern - Omaha joint reports: | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul bridges, 1880s-1932. 19 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Minneapolis bridges, 1880s-1932. 21 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.20.11B | 5 | Twin Cities coordination: background files: | |||||||||||
| Minneapolis: Great Northern and Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company 1874-1938. | |||||||||||||
| Minneapolis: City Planning Commission Transportation Study, 1934-1935. | |||||||||||||
| Minneapolis: Kenwood Volunteer Committee; southwest diagonal; Penn Avenue grade separation, 1934-1935. | |||||||||||||
| Twin Cities and Head of Lakes terminal coordination: | |||||||||||||
| Report of general committee on railroad facilities, 1933. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Working papers; Gray report, 1925-1934. | |||||||||||||
| Head of Lakes terminal coordination: | |||||||||||||
| Report and recommendations, 1934. | |||||||||||||
| Weekly progress reports, 1933. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Duluth terminal trestle abandonment: | |||||||||||||
| Report, 1935. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1934-1943. | |||||||||||||
| Use by Soo Line, 1930-1938. | |||||||||||||
| Duluth Union Depot, 1922. | |||||||||||||
| Triangle study: freight traffic, head of lakes: Winnipeg - Sioux Falls/Sioux City area: | |||||||||||||
| Report, 1934. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence and exhibits, 1934. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous items, 1934. | |||||||||||||
| Great Northern/Soo Line coordination: Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana: | |||||||||||||
| Elbow Lake - Hankinson (Soo Line); Wahpeton - Fairmount (Milwaukee), 1925-1936. | |||||||||||||
| Schley - Bemidji; Kutzer - Lidgerwood, 1930-1939. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Alternate plans: North Dakota - Montana unification, 1940. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.20.12F | 6 | Montana coordination: | |||||||||||
| Proposed Great Northern/Milwaukee Road unification: report, 1936. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Great Northern/Northern Pacific/Milwaukee Road joint arrangements, 1932-1934. | |||||||||||||
| Great Falls - Vaughn; Flume - Choteau, 1932-1934. | |||||||||||||
| Hanover - Lewiston, 1932-1933. | |||||||||||||
| Map: Great Falls - Vaughn area, undated. 1 item. | |||||||||||||
| Washington coordination: | |||||||||||||
| Great Northern/Spokane International Railway Company coordination report, 1936. | |||||||||||||
| Great Northern/Milwaukee Road coordination, Monroe - Everett: | |||||||||||||
| Report, 1936. | |||||||||||||
| Normalized maintenance, 1936. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence and miscellaneous records, 1927-1932. | |||||||||||||
| Maps and profiles, 1910s-1934. 24 items. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.20.13B | 7 | Washington coordination: | |||||||||||
| Tacoma: terminal consolidation, 1934. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Seattle: terminal consolidation, 1935. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Seattle - Portland: pooling freight operation, 1935. | |||||||||||||
| Oregon coordination: | |||||||||||||
| Portland terminal study: reports, 1931-1936. 4 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Portland terminal study: correspondence and notes, 1912-1932. | |||||||||||||
| Great Northern/Southern Pacific coordination: Klamath Falls - Stronghold - Meares, 1935-1936. | |||||||||||||
OFFICE DIARIES
Small volumes containing short daily entries regarding weather, activities and travels of Great Northern executives, meetings, and very occasionally longer descriptions of important events.
| 132.B.20.4F | Diaries, 1903-1947. | ||||||||||||
U.S. RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION SUBJECT FILES
Related Material: General Manager Subject Files 186-02 to 186-06 for files related to Associated files in this series.
| 132.B.20.5B | Director General circulars, nos. 1-127, 1918-1921. 3 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Director General circular 13: labor, wages, schedules, 1918-1919. | |||||||||||||
| Director General circular 50: government control, 1918-1919. | |||||||||||||
| Director General circular 51: seniority rights of employees in military service, 1918-1919. | |||||||||||||
| Regional Director circulars 1-25, 1918-1919. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.20.6F | Regional Director circulars 26-56, 1919-1920. 3 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Locomotive Section instructions (F. M. McManamy, United States Railroad Administration assistant director, division of operation), 1918-1920. | |||||||||||||
| Printed items: "Sailing day schedules for less than car load shipments", 1918. | |||||||||||||
| Associated files: | |||||||||||||
| 186-08. Military railroad regiments for France, 1917-1918. | |||||||||||||
| 186-10. Russian Railway Service Corps, 1917-1919. | |||||||||||||
VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER SUBJECT FILES
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.19.10F | 1 | File no. 92. Eating houses and lunch rooms, 1914-1925. | |||||||||||
| File no. 116. Brown Coal Company, 1912-1930. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 127. Spokane eating house, 1907-1914. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 128. Seattle eating house, 1908-1916. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 129. Everett eating house, 1909-1914. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 146. Machinists schedule, 1915-1922. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 154. Engines turned out of shops, 1914-1920. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 209. Engine hours and mileage, 1913. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 218. Roundhouses: standard, 1913-1915. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 222. Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company: engines, 1913-1920. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 234. St. Paul Foundry Company, 1901-1919. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 250. Lewiston - Moccasin line, 1912-1913. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 268. Wenatchee - north line; Oroville to Wenatchee, 1914-1918. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 281. Hamline Transfer, 1913-1928. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 285. Engines sold to A. Guthrie and Company, 1913-1917. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 289. Minneapolis Hoag Lake tracks, 1912-1917. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 292. Vaughn west line, 1913-1914. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.19.11B | 2 | File no. 311. Rail: heat treated, electric re-rolling, 1912-1913. | |||||||||||
| File no. 397. Plentywood line, 1913-1914. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 400. Rail inspection, 1929. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 408. Stations; depots, 1913. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 416. Oil engines, 1912-1922. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 421. Duluth: Grassy Point; trackage to reach West Duluth, 1912-1928. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 424. Dining and Sleeping Car Dept.: general instructions to employees, 1914-1925. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 435. Minnesota Transfer Railway extending to northeast Minneapolis to serve industries, 1914-1923. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 474. Engines in work train service, 1918-1919. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 487. Shops: lists of tools, 1904. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 494. Reward notices, 1912-1917. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 507. Titanium Alloy Manufacturing Company: rail reports, 1914-1916. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 512. Motor car inspection trip, Kalispell Division, 1934. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 515. Superior: elevators, 1902-1903. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 526. Weekly comparative statements of approximate earnings, by operating category, 1907-1923. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 544. Pay: coal chute operators; coach cleaners; other laborers, 1913-1926. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.19.12F | 3 | File no. 554. Pay: average monthly salaries of station employees under telegraph schedule, 1910-1916. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| File no. 586. Water supply: data on conditions of system, 1914-1925. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 637. Kettle River Company: ties; treating ties; contract, 1915-1917. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 640. Rail saw, 1907-1921. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 646. Superior dock boat lines: handling freight, 1906-1930. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 666. Distillate gasoline engines, 1911-1935. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 898. Cascade tunnel, 1900-1902. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 1028. Kilbourne and Jacobs Manufacturing Company: air dump cars, 1913-1915. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 1029. Interstate Chemical Company: weed killer, 1912-1917. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 1195. Geodetic Survey of Canada: contract use of hand cars by leveling parties, 1910-1917. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 1232. Oroville immigration building, 1913-1915. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.19.13B | 4 | File no. 1261. St. Paul Foundry Company, 1903. | |||||||||||
| File no. 1268. Ice: manufacturing of pre-cooling plants, 1912-1921. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 1272. Minneapolis: Cedar Lake bridges; canal, Cedar and Brownie lakes, 1914-1915. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 1282. Walhalla Dam; water supply pipeline, 1912-1917. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 1293. Deer River spur track; F. F. Seaman, 1913. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 1530. Fort Peck registration, 1913-1914. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 1647. Living quarters for employees: cottages at Havre, 1917-1918. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 1658. Engines: Canadian Northern 700-class 4-6-2, 1912-1913. Photograph. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 1728. Minnesota headlight law, 1913-1923. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 1875. General Stores Dept.: auto trucks and horses, 1913-1920. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 1991. Cascade tunnel, 1913-1914. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 2096. Lake Superior: raising level, 1914-1915. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 2138. Hillyard depot, 1914-1923. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 2139. Penn Bridge Company: loan of rail, 1914-1915. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 2157. Boats: leasing barge "Sidney No. 3" by Progressive Steamboat Company, Vancouver, 1914-1918. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 2232. Calgary and Fernie Railway Company, 1914. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 2244. Buildings: employees occupying company buildings, 1911-1922. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 2333. Minneapolis: use of electric trucks, 1914-1927. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 2360. Winnipeg: engine house tools, 1913-1920. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 2565. St. Cloud: lunchroom for employees, 1913-1914. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 2855. Ore docks, 1913. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 2899. Morrissey, Fernie and Michel Railway Company: contract; furnishing coal, water, sand, 1913-1920. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 2900. Special Agents Dept.: checking timekeepers, extra gangs, 1913-1927. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 2932. Somers Lumber Company: purchase, sale, rental of equipment, 1914-1925. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.19.14F | 5 | File no. 3048. Coal, Lehigh, 1914-1924. | |||||||||||
| File no. 3168. Bridge and Building Dept.: pay of carpenters' foremen and helpers, 1909-1914. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 3191. I.W.W. problem, 1914-1924. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 3203. Duluth: proposed freight house and team tracks, 1912-1914. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 3356. Ice house on Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway, Galesburg, Illinois, 1912-1913. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 3438. St. Paul shops, 1903. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 3442. Victoria Terminal Railway and Ferry Company; Westminster and Yukon Railway Company: engines and equipment, 1903-1904. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 3485. Great Northern Railway Company: operating statements, 1919-1930. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.19.15B | 6 | File no. 3566. Minneapolis Western Railway Company: operating statements, 1909-1917. | |||||||||||
| File no. 3568. Minneapolis: proposed union passenger station, 1915. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 3627. Engines: scrapping, 1915-1918. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 3628. Engines: mileage, 1913-1920. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 3631. Gold Bar: closing terminal; reductions on western district, 1915-1916. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 3689. Operating conditions: reports to Great Northern president, 1911-1915. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 3704. Interlocking signal work, 1914-1922. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 3720. Northern Fire Protective Association, 1915. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 3795. Japanese labor, 1904-1907. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 3920. Vancouver, Westminster and Yukon Railway Company: purchase of Great Northern engine 101, 1904. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 3941. Seattle: freight house; union depot, 1904. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 3963. Mechanical Dept.: report of conditions on system, 1915. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 4067. Sumas immigration building, 1915-1916. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 4425. Imperial Russian Railway Administration: A. I. Liepetz trip on Great Northern line, 1915-1916. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 4571. Electric trucks, 1915-1929. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 4633. Mechanical Dept.: book of standards; specifications, 1915-1920. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 4638. Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company: tests of superheaters on engines, 1915. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 5238. Ditching machine, 1916. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 5587. Special Agents Dept.: resignation of Al G. Ray; turning over to Pinkerton Detective Service, 1916. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 5597. New Westminster Southern Railway Company: annual meeting, 1904-1905. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 5674. Cambridge, Minnesota: station facilities, 1924-1925. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 5803. Engines: Baldwin Locomotive Works; purchase of "O" class engines, 1916. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 5861. Kettle Valley Railway Company: contract, 1915-1924. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 5944. Red Lake Northern Railway Company: sale of rail, 1916. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 6065. Roundhouses: clerical help, 1916. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.19.16F | 7 | File no. 6078. St. Paul: Dale Street iron storehouse, 1914-1923. | |||||||||||
| File no. 6084. Engines: purchases, 1916-1917. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 6231. Bridge: Big Sioux River, 1916-1918. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 6266. Wrecking outfits: supplies, 1903-1917. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 6740. Superior: store facilities, 1903-1918. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 6834. St. Paul: strike, Street Railway Company, 1917. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 7195. Special Agents Dept, 1909-1914. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 9066. Spokane Falls and Northern: use of ore cars and G-3 locomotive, 1907. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 9167. Locomotives: years in service, 1906. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 9353. Roundhouses, 1906-1907. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 9647. Crows Nest Pass Coal Company: use of engine 542, 1906. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 9926. Equipment: recommendations for purchase, 1906-1907. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 10,857. Steamer "Victorian:" attempt to sell, 1906-1907. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 11,154. Special Agents Dept.: reports, 1910-1917. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 11,321. Work equipment: defective equipment on Bainville line, 1910. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 11,497. Lake Superior Terminal and Transfer Railway Company: rental of A-9 engine no. 80, 1907. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 11,523. Twin Cities Railway Association, 1910-1912. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 11,531. Hillyard shops: labor; special agents' reports, 1910. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 11,616. Coal hoists and derricks, 1906. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 11,720. Engines: boiler repairs, 1910-1912. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 11,944. Telephones, 1905?. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 11,958. Engines: performance, work, and related subjects, 1910-1912. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 12,039. Baggage and mail cars, 1910-1912. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 12,048. Oregon Trunk Railway: equipment rental, 1910-1912. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 12,088. Proposed 1911 budget: recommendations, 1910-1911. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 12,142. Mathews Gravity Carrier Company, St. Paul, Minnesota: conveyor, 1910. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 12,502. Twin City Railroad Association, 1910. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 12,597. Coal: donations to destitute Montana settlers, 1910. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 13,077. Silk trains, 1911-1914. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 14,688. St. Paul shops, brass foundry: operating statements, 1911-1912. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.20.1B | 8 | File no. 14,800. Fargo-Surrey line, 1911-1918. | |||||||||||
| File no. 16,654. Gambling in passenger trains, 1912-1915. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 17,204. Superior, Wisconsin: conveyors for freight, 1912-1918. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 17,251. Proposed budget, 1913. | |||||||||||||
| File no. 33,217. Statement of hard and soft coal and wood furnished for station use, short line and terminals, 1898-1900. | |||||||||||||
| Unnumbered, alphabetical files: | |||||||||||||
| Brandon, Saskatchewan and Hudson's Bay Railway Company; Midland Railway of Manitoba: construction and opening of lines, 1906-1907. | |||||||||||||
| Brandon, Saskatchewan and Hudson's Bay Railway Company: international boundary to Brandon, 1930-1935. | |||||||||||||
| Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company: Seattle track franchise, 1906. | |||||||||||||
| Crow's Nest Southern Railway Company: abandonment and discontinuance, Elko-Rexford-Fernie, 1932. | |||||||||||||
| Crow's Nest Southern Railway Company: steam v gas-electric service, Rexford-Fernie, 1930. | |||||||||||||
| Longview, Portland and Northern Railway Company: purchase and operation, 1924-1935. | |||||||||||||
| Montana Western Railway Company, 1943. | |||||||||||||
| Oregon Electric Railway Company; United Railways Company: changes in operation, 1938. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Red River Transportation Company: sale of steamer and barges to the East Grand Forks Transportation Company, 1902-1903. | |||||||||||||
| Somers Lumber Company, 1936-1939. | |||||||||||||
| Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Palouse Railway Company: dieselization, 1941. | |||||||||||||
| Spokane Falls and Northern: cars equipped with air brakes, 1906. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.20.2F | 9 | Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Company: | |||||||||||
| Report, 1931. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence regarding report, 1931-1939. | |||||||||||||
| Equipment, 1931-1934. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Passenger service; United States mail pay, 1931. | |||||||||||||
| System maintenance matters, 1931. | |||||||||||||
| System operating expenses, 1931. | |||||||||||||
| Veterans' Association of the Great Northern Railway, 1915-1934. | |||||||||||||
| Unnumbered, chronological files: | |||||||||||||
| Strike: proposed trainmen's strike, 1900. | |||||||||||||
| General Electric Company: proposed electrification of line from Saunders to Kelly Lake, Wisconsin, 1903-1904. | |||||||||||||
| Coast lines: trackage rights, Seattle-Vancouver-Portland, 1909-1925?. | |||||||||||||
| Minneapolis: Great Northern - Northern Pacific - Chicago Great Western switching territory in elevator district, southeast Minneapolis, 1936-1942. | |||||||||||||
| High speed trains, 1938-1942. | |||||||||||||
| Maintenance of way and structures work equipment: maintenance and utilization, 1939. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Inventory of roadway machines and power tools, 1942, 1965, 1969. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Great Northern road reference book, 1950. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Freight traffic reference book, 1954. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Financial analysts and investment managers inspection trip, Chicago-Whitefish: reference book, 1954. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Directors' trip on Burlington line, background materials, 1955. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 132.B.20.3B | 10 | Printed materials: | |||||||||||
| Instructions for physical examinations of employees, 1908-1926. | |||||||||||||
| Agreements with labor, 1922-1929. | |||||||||||||
| Conductors' and trainmen's 40-hour week and rules case, 1950. | |||||||||||||
| Operating rules, 1900-1929. | |||||||||||||
| Rules governing transportation of explosives, 1899-1914. | |||||||||||||
| Safety rules and miscellaneous safety-related items, 1905-1916. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous rules and instructions, 1901-1946. | |||||||||||||
| Freight tariffs and circulars, 1916-1933. | |||||||||||||
| Official table of distances, 1929. | |||||||||||||
| Assignment of diesel locomotives, 1969. | |||||||||||||
| Trackage contracts, 1879-1927. | |||||||||||||
| Grand Coulée Dam contract, 1940. | |||||||||||||
| Financial materials: bonds, loans, and related material, 1911-1936. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous notices, instructions and memorabilia, 1910-1922. | |||||||||||||
| Photographs: | |||||||||||||
| Locomotives, freight cars, motortrucks, 1900s. | |||||||||||||
CIRCULARS
In-house circulars received and filed chronologically by the office of the Vice President - Operating. Most emanate from the Operating Department, especially the offices of the Superintendent and General Manager, but others come from different offices, especially those of the President and the Secretary. Circular subjects include appointments to positions, general announcements (especially new or altered regulations and methods), and new or discontinued stations and trackage.
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 133.H.1.1B | 1 | Appointments and announcements, 1879-1902. 25 folders. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 133.H.1.2F | 2 | Appointments and announcements, 1903-1918. 19 folders. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 133.H.1.3B | 3 | Appointments and announcements, 1919-1950, 1954-1957. 14 folders. | |||||||||||
| Sidings, 1887-1907. | |||||||||||||
| Many of these circulars are duplicated by circulars in boxes 1 and 2. | |||||||||||||
| Station names, 1887-1909. | |||||||||||||
| Many of these circulars are duplicated by circulars in boxes 1 and 2. | |||||||||||||
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 police -- Northwestern States.
- Railroad repair shops -- Northwestern States.
- Railroad stations -- Northwestern States -- Management.
- Railroad tracks -- Northwestern States
- Railroad tunnels -- Northwestern States.
- Railroad yards -- Northwestern States.
- Railroads -- Buildings and structures -- Northwestern States.
- Railroads -- Electric equipment -- Northwestern States.
- Railroads -- Making up trains -- Northwestern States.
- Railroads -- Northwestern States -- Electrification.
- Railroads -- Northwestern States -- Employees.
- Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Northwestern States.
- Railroads -- Northwestern States -- Cost of operation.
- Railroads -- Northwestern States -- Equipment and supplies.
- Railroads -- Northwestern States -- Maintenance and repair.
- Railroads -- Northwestern States -- Management.
- Railroads -- Northwestern States -- Water supply.
- Railroads -- Right of way -- Northwestern States.
- Railroads -- Rolling stock -- Northwestern States.
- Railroads and state.
- Organizations:
- Cottonwood Coal Company -- Management.
- Glacier Park Hotel Co. -- Management.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.).
- Somer Lumber Company -- Management.
- United States Railroad Administration.
- Document Types:
- Maps -- Northwestern States.
- Photographs.
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