JAMES J. HILL:
An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
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OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Hill, James J. (James Jerome), 1838-1916, creator. | |
| Title: | James J. Hill papers. | |
| Dates: | 1823-1985 (bulk 1860-1916). | |
| Language: | Materials in English, German, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese, and Danish. | |
| Abstract: | Correspondence, financial records, legal documents, diaries, blueprints, maps, publications, speeches, biographical data, newspaper clippings, and photographs related to the personal and business dealings of St. Paul railroad baron and business magnate James J. Hill. | |
| Quantity: | 672.0 cubic feet (1231 boxes, 65 folders, 49 tubes, and 175 microfilm reels). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description section for shelf locations. |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
James J. Hill was born on a farm in southern Ontario on September 16, 1838. His formal schooling ended at the age of 14 when his father died, and he worked as a store clerk and at other jobs in the towns of Rockwood and Guelph over the next three years.
Hill left Canada at age 17, visiting New York and Philadelphia and arriving by steamboat in St. Paul in the Minnesota Territory on July 21, 1856. His first jobs there were as a clerk and shipping agent for steamboat companies. He then began his own transport ventures, first building a warehouse on the St. Paul levee and then turning his sights northwest to the Red River Valley. He partnered with Norman Kittson in the Red River Transportation Company, which gained a monopoly on Red River steamboat traffic until 1878. In the same years Hill joined with Chauncy Griggs, George Acker, and E. N. Saunders to form fuel companies which grew to control a large portion of coal and wood trade in St. Paul.
Hill married Mary Theresa Mehegan, daughter of Irish immigrants, in 1867. Together they had ten children. The family lived in St. Paul, with additional homes in North Oaks, Minnesota, New York City, Paris, and Jekyl (known later as Jekyll) Island, Georgia.
Hill believed the future of transportation lay in railroads and in 1878 he joined with Kittson, John S. Kennedy, and Canadians Donald Smith and George Stephen in buying out the failing St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. Hill concentrated the following decade on extending this line, reorganized as the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba, into western Minnesota, Dakota, Montana and the Pacific Northwest. The final spike of the railroad's transcontinental line was driven January 6, 1893.
Over the next twenty years Hill managed the rechristened Great Northern Railway and ventured into mining, timber, land, and livestock, as well as philanthropy and public speaking. His attempts to overtake and merge the Northern Pacific Railway with his own companies led to an antitrust suit by the administration of President Theodore Roosevelt, that Hill eventually lost.
Though he officially retired in 1912 Hill maintained an active hand in his businesses until his death on May 29, 1916. His personal fortune at that time has been estimated at $63 million with $200 million in related assets, making Hill one of the wealthiest and most powerful figures of America’s Gilded Age.
| Date | Event |
| 1838 | September 16, born James Hill near present day Guelph, Ontario. |
| 1845-54 | Attends nearby Rockwood Academy until father's death. |
| 1854 | Takes for himself the middle name of Jerome. |
| 1856 | Arrives in St. Paul, Minnesota Territory. |
| 1856-66 | Works for several steamboat transportation firms on St. Paul levee. |
| 1866 | Forms James J. Hill & Company, a transportation and warehouse agency. |
| 1867 | Marries Mary Theresa Mehegan, born July 1, 1846, in New York City. |
| 1869 | Forms Hill, Griggs & Company with Chauncy W. Griggs. |
| 1875 | Forms Hill & Acker with George S. Acker and others. |
| 1877 | Elected president of newly incorporated North Western Fuel Company. |
| 1878 | Completes new house at Ninth & Canada streets, St. Paul. |
| 1877-79 | Acquires the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company with Norman W. Kittson, Donald A. Smith, George Stephen, and John S. Kennedy. |
| 1879 | St. Paul & Pacific reorganized into the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company Serves as general manager until 1881; then as vice president until 1882. |
| 1880 | Becomes United States citizen. |
| 1880-83 | Plays important role in construction and operation of Canadian Pacific Railway. |
| 1882 | Elected president of St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba. |
| 1887 | St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba completes extension to Montana Territory. |
| 1890 | Elected president of newly incorporated Great Northern Railway Company. |
| 1891 | Completes new house at 240 Summit Avenue, St. Paul. |
| 1893 | Great Northern completes line to Seattle. |
| 1893-96 | Assumes central role in reorganization of the Northern Pacific Railway Company. |
| 1901 | Elected president of newly incorporated Northern Securities Company. |
| 1904 | U.S. Supreme Court orders Northern Securities Company be dissolved. |
| 1912 | Resigns presidency of Great Northern and becomes chairman of the board. Son Louis W. Hill elected Great Northern president. Resigns as Great Northern chairman of the board. Succeeded by Louis W. Hill. |
| 1916 | May 29, dies in his home at 240 Summit Avenue, St. Paul. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
These voluminous papers document in varying levels of detail numerous aspects of James J. Hill's public and private life. The types of records included in the papers are wide ranging. Incoming and outgoing correspondence, financial records of all types, legal documents, minutes and other corporate records, published material and clippings, reports, maps, blueprints, inventories, notes, and diaries are all found frequently in all series. The topics documented in the papers are equally vast. The development of transportation and railroads in particular, but also maritime transport and sailing, logging and lumbering, coal and mineral mining, development of agricultural techniques and livestock breeding, flour milling, townsite development, finance, and water power in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, Montana, Washington, and Oregon are all well represented, as are late 19th and early 20th-century business operations in general. Politics, especially during World War I, are also touched upon.
Hill's family life and leisure activities are documented in correspondence, personal financial records, and records related to his art collection, yacht Wacouta, fishing property on the St. John river in Quebec, Canada, and homes in St. Paul, New York, and elsewhere. Charitable ventures represented in the papers include records of St. Paul religious and educational institutions including the St. Paul Seminary, Visitation Convent, and House of the Good Shepherd.
Numerous business concerns are heavily documented in the papers. Multiple railroads are represented here, primarily the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway, Great Northern Railway, and Montana Central Railway, as well as other transport companies like the Lake Minnetonka Navigation Company and Kootenai Railway and Navigation Company. Other documented businesses include early fuel and warehouse ventures in St. Paul, newspaper publishing companies, mining ventures in Iowa, Montana, and Washington including the Red Mountain Consolidated Mining Company and the Constance Mining Company, the flour milling Red River Roller Mills Company, the lumber and land company Mille Lacs Lumber Company, Montana's Great Falls Water Power and Townsite Company. Other endeavors documented include Hill's experimental farms in Ramsey and Kittson Counties, work with the St. Paul Agricultural Association, frequent published speeches on a variety of topics, research into trade in Asia, and real estate ventures and other investments.
Numerous other authors in addition to Hill are represented in the papers, primarily acting as his agents in various businesses. Major secondary authors include John J. Toomey, E. T. Nichols, and Henry D. Minot.
ARRANGEMENT
The papers are organized into the following sections:
| Card Index to the James J. Hill Papers | ||
| Biographical and Historical | ||
| Diaries | ||
| General Correspondence | ||
| General correspondence | ||
| Subject Files | ||
| "Restricted" Letters | ||
| Begging Letters and Replies | ||
| John R. Stinson Correspondence | ||
| John J. Toomey Files | ||
| Letterpress Books, Microfilm Edition | ||
| Personal and Private (Series P) | ||
| Pre-Railroad Business (Series B) | ||
| Railroads (Series R) | ||
| Farms (Series F) | ||
| Private Secretary's Correspondence (Series S) | ||
| Other Companies and Individuals (Series O) | ||
| Railroad Records | ||
| Minnesota and Pacific Railroad | ||
| Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault St. Marie Railroad | ||
| Minneapolis, Lyndale and Minnetonka Railway (Motor Line) | ||
| Aberdeen, Fergus Falls, and Pierre Railroad | ||
| St. Paul and Pacific Railroad and St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway | ||
| Great Northern Railway | ||
| Northern Pacific Railway/Northern Securities Company | ||
| Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
| Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | ||
| Miscellaneous Railroads | ||
| Newspaper Companies | ||
| The Farmer | ||
| The Argus | ||
| The Nordvesten | ||
| St. Paul Globe | ||
| Oriental Trade | ||
| Miscellaneous Companies | ||
| St. Anthony Falls Water Power Company | ||
| St. Cloud Water and Light Company | ||
| St. Paul Warehouse and Elevator Company | ||
| St. Paul Union Depot Company | ||
| Iowa Properties | ||
| Hamilton Browne File | ||
| Climax Coal Company | ||
| Clyde Coal Company | ||
| Lower Vein Coal and Railway Company | ||
| Boone Valley Coal and Railway Company | ||
| Mason City and Fort Dodge Railroad | ||
| Webster County Mining and Railway Company | ||
| Webster County Coal and Land Company | ||
| Lake Minnetonka Navigation Company | ||
| Kootenai Railway and Navigation Company | ||
| Montana Securities | ||
| General Files | ||
| Great Falls Water Power and Townsite Company | ||
| Montana Central Railway Company | ||
| Neihart Mines | ||
| Manganese Properties | ||
| Red Mountain Consolidated Mining Company | ||
| Red River Roller Mills | ||
| Constance Mining Company | ||
| Mille Lacs Lumber Company | ||
| Fuel Companies | ||
| Hill, Griggs and Company | ||
| Hill, Saunders and Acker | ||
| St. John River | ||
| Wacouta (Yacht) | ||
| St. Paul Seminary | ||
| House of the Good Shepherd | ||
| Visitation Convent | ||
| State Agricultural Association | ||
| Art Collection | ||
| Farms | ||
| Humboldt Farm | ||
| Northcote Farm | ||
| North Oaks Farm | ||
| North Oaks and Humboldt Farms | ||
| Real Estate | ||
| General Files | ||
| Eramosa, Canada Properties | ||
| Paris Apartment | ||
| New York Residence | ||
| New York Properties | ||
| Summit Avenue Residence | ||
| St. Paul Properties | ||
| Minneapolis Properties | ||
| Jekyl Island Property | ||
| Moorhead, Minnesota Properties | ||
| Fergus Falls, Minnesota Properties | ||
| Kittson County, Minnesota Properties | ||
| Miscellaneous Minnesota Properties | ||
| North Dakota Properties | ||
| Financial records | ||
| Vouchers | ||
| Vouchers, Second Series (Journal Vouchers) | ||
| Cancelled Checks | ||
| Check Stubs | ||
| Miscellaneous Financial Records | ||
| Financial Volumes | ||
| Legal Subject Files | ||
| Inventories | ||
| Ephemera | ||
| Maps | ||
| Blueprint Plans | ||
| Speeches and Writings | ||
| Published Material by James J. Hill | ||
| Manuscript Material | ||
| Newspaper Clippings | ||
| Published Material About James J. Hill | ||
| Newspaper Clippings | ||
| Photographs and Graphic Material | ||
| Closed Originals | ||
| Letterpress Books | ||
| Duplicates | ||
OTHER FINDING AIDS
Inventories to the Hill Family Collection that include the papers of other family members are also available.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Access Restrictions:
The originals of the letterpress books (313 volumes) that have been microfilmed are closed to general use. Please contact reference staff for more information.
Microfilm Production:
M458: James J. Hill Letterpress Books. Saint Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1984-1985.
M675: Catalog to the James J. Hill Papers. Saint Paul: Dakota Microfilm Service, 1971.
Microfilm available for sale or interlibrary loan from the Minnesota Historical Society.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. James J. Hill Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Provenance:
The James J. Hill Papers are part of the Hill Family Collection.
Major portions of this collection were previously held at the James J. Hill Reference Library. These portions were transferred to the Minnesota Historical Society in March, 2008.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 7931; 9721; 9754; 9885; 10,651; 10,843; 11,762; 15,401; 15,569; 16,137; 17,879
Processing Information:
Processed by: Duane Swanson, Jillian Odland, and Rich Arpi, September 2008-June 2010; addition by Leif Kopietz, April 2022.
Digitized by: Patrick Blaine, Janet Christensen, and Lynette Westerlund, June 2010-September 2012.
Work on the Hill Family Collection was supported with funds granted by the Northwest Area Foundation, the Grotto Foundation, and the Jerome Foundation.
Catalog ID numbers: 69800181; 1715513; 6668541; 990069800180104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
CARD INDEX TO THE JAMES J. HILL PAPERS
Catalog and calendars, principally to the general correspondence and letterbooks of James J. Hill, with occasional references to other series of correspondence in the papers. The index is arranged alphabetically by surname of correspondent or subject. It is not a complete index to every letter and each correspondent. Each index card references the date (or dates) of the letter(s) giving the name of the correspondent and, occasionally, a short description of the contents. The calendars contain chronologically-arranged cards for each item of correspondence from or to John S. Kennedy, George Stephen/Donald Smith (in one chronological sequence), Paris Gibson, and Edward T. Nichols.
The original card index is available in the Minnesota Historical Society Library.
Digital
version also available.
| Reel | |||||||||||||
| M675 | 1 | Card index: A-Manitoba. | |||||||||||
| Reel | |||||||||||||
| M675 | 2 | Card index: Manitoba and Northwest Farmers Protective Union - Z. | |||||||||||
| Calendar to John S. Kennedy letters, 1878-1909. | |||||||||||||
| Calendar to George Stephen and Donald A. Smith letters, 1873-1882. | |||||||||||||
| Reel | |||||||||||||
| M675 | 3 | Calendar to George Stephen and Donald A. Smith letters, 1883-January 1916. | |||||||||||
| Calendar to Paris Gibson letters, August 1881-November 1910. | |||||||||||||
| This calendar does not contain all the Paris Gibson letters in the general correspondence series. It contains only those letters received in a separate accession from Louis W. Hill, Jr., that was calendared and then interfiled in the general correspondence. | |||||||||||||
| Calendar to Edward T. Nichols letters, July 1882-December 1910. | |||||||||||||
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL
Compilations on the biography of James J. Hill, the genealogy of the Hill family, and histories of Hill's companies and home, created both during Hill's lifetime and throughout the 20th century. Additional printed features regarding the biography and history of James J. Hill are included in the Speeches and Writings series.
| 22.D.5.2 | Biographical features, 1897-1983. 2 folders. | ||||||||||||
| History of the Great Northern Railway system, March 1, 1906. | |||||||||||||
| Account of the Dakota wreck, William H. Dunwoody, March 3, 1907. | |||||||||||||
| Address by Ralph Budd before the American Railway Bridge and Building Association, October 19, 1927. | |||||||||||||
| Oregon's Columbia River highway, C. Lester Horn, December 14, 1959. | |||||||||||||
| Newspaper clippings, 1899-1985. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
DIARIES
Diaries and memoranda books kept by James J. Hill during his first 25 years in St. Paul. The diary entries are short and undetailed, containing primarily business notations. Most of the books have accompanying transcriptions.
| 22.D.5.2 | Memoranda book, undated. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Memoranda book, steamboat freight for Borup and Champlin, 1860-1862. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Memoranda book, 1868. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Diary, January 1869. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 22.D.5.3 | Memoranda book, 1870. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Diary, September-December 1871. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Memoranda book, 1871-1872. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Diary, June-December 1872. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Diary, 1873. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Diary, 1873. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Diary, 1874. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Diary, January-July 1876. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Ledger entry, John Healy in account with Dreis and Milsch, November 1877-April 1878. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Diary, December 1877-1878. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 22.D.3.7 | Diary, 1879. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Pierce's memoranda book, 1879. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Expense book, miscellaneous accounts, May-September 1879. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Memoranda book, 1879-1880. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Diary, 1881. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Diary transcript, October-December 1881. | |||||||||||||
| Diary, 1882. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Diary, approximately 1882. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Memoranda book, 1884. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Memoranda book, approximately 1884. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Memoranda book, approximately 1884. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
Series is comprised of a long series of correspondence both to and from James J. Hill, and also to and from his secretaries. The correspondence, which dates primarily 1880s-1916, is mainly concerning business matters but also some personal matters. The series also includes small sections of correspondence segregated by subject or author.
A card index to correspondents and topics with a calendar of the General Correspondence series is also available.
Digital Versions:
Selected
items from this series are also available in PDF format.
General Correspondence
Subject Files
| 22.D.3.8 | Typed copies of correspondence, 1856-1916. | ||||||||||||
| 20.G.2.5 | World Building, Vancouver, British Columbia, October 1911-April 1914. 12 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.2.3 | St. Paul Chamber of Commerce, 1889-1892. | ||||||||||||
| Statement, by-laws, and circulars. | |||||||||||||
| Servants duties, 1902-1904. | |||||||||||||
| Telegraph codes, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Includes keys to the codes used in telegrams sent between Hill and his business associates. | |||||||||||||
"Restricted" Letters
| "Restricted" is the original file title; material is not currently under any use restrictions. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.2.5 | J. J. H. office students, 1900-October 1907. 6 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Reports on performance. | |||||||||||||
| "Restricted" letters, 1884-1904. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
Begging Letters and Replies
| 22.F.5.8 | Begging letters and replies, 1900-May 10, 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.5.9 | Begging letters and replies, May 11, 1901-February 24, 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.6.1 | Begging letters and replies, February 24, 1902-December 20, 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.6.2 | Begging letters and replies, December 31, 1902-June 4, 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.6.3 | Begging letters and replies, June 6, 1903-May 1904. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.6.4 | Begging letters and replies, June 1904-January 12, 1906. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.6.5 | Begging letters and replies, January 12, 1906-March 6, 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.6.6 | Begging letters and replies, March 8, 1908-July 28, 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.2.1 | Begging letters and replies, August 16, 1911-May 1916. | ||||||||||||
John R. Stinson Correspondence
| Correspondence of a land agent for Hill and for the Mille Lacs Lumber Company | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.6.8 | General correspondence, March 1906-November 18, 1909. | ||||||||||||
| 20.G.6.9 | General correspondence, November 19, 1909-July 1910. | ||||||||||||
JOHN J. TOOMEY FILES
Series is comprised of the office files of John J. Toomey, a long-time bookkeeper and private secretary to James J. Hill. Toomey seems to have held recent correspondence for a time before filing them into the main body of general correspondence. The correspondence in this series are the files he had not yet interfiled at the time of Hill's death.
| 20.F.2.4 | General correspondence, October 1907-September 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.2.5 | General correspondence, October 1914-February 4, 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.2.6 | General correspondence, February 5-March 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.2.7 | General correspondence, April-May 18, 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.2.8 | General correspondence, May 19-July 11, 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.2.9 | General correspondence, July 12-September 11, 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.3.1 | General correspondence, September 12-November 4, 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.3.2 | General correspondence, November 5-December 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.3.3 | General correspondence, January-February 1916; March 4, 1916. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.3.4 | General correspondence, March-April 1916. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.3.5 | General correspondence, May 1,1916-October 2, 1917. 12 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Typescripts of LeRoi Mining Company correspondence, 1910-1918. | |||||||||||||
| The original letters are filed in the Louis W. Hill papers. | |||||||||||||
| Jamestown College Endowment Fund, November 30, 1909-October 2, 1917. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Includes some typescripts for originals that were interfiled with the Louis W. Hill papers in 1963. Also includes post card of and brochures issued by the college (ca. 1912), volume VIII, no. 2 of the Jamestown College Bulletin (August 1916). | |||||||||||||
| Yankton College Endowment Fund, 1910-October 2, 1917. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Includes some typescripts for originals were interfiled with the Louis W. Hill papers in 1963. Also includes printed financial statements of the college for the years 1913/1914 and 1914/1915; issues of the Yankton College Bulletin (volume 11, no. 1, January 1916; volume 11, no. 6, June 1916), and financial reports on the status of the endowment. | |||||||||||||
| 20.F.3.6 | Wilfred H. Hill estate papers, November 22, 1911-February 22, 1915. 6 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Includes correspondence concerning disposition of lands in North Dakota. | |||||||||||||
| Mason City and Fort Dodge Railroad, July 6, 1917. | |||||||||||||
| Typescript of letter regarding whereabouts of records of the company. | |||||||||||||
| Minneapolis Journal, June 30, 1908-July 19, 1915. 13 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence and occasional minutes of board meetings documenting Hill's financial interests. | |||||||||||||
LETTERPRESS BOOKS, MICROFILM EDITION
The letterpress books reproduced in this microfilm edition consist largely of Hill's outgoing business and personal correspondence, 1866-1916. The books are organized into six subseries and reflect his involvement in a wide variety of activities in Minnesota, the upper midwest, the Pacific northwest, western Canada, Brazil, and Japan, as well as his relationship with prominent financiers and others in New York, Chicago, Boston, Canada, and Europe. Hill's voluminous incoming correspondence, financial records, and other documents are not included in this microfilm edition. If some parts of particular volumes are difficult to read, it is due to the poor condition of the original documents. Blank or illegible pages have not been filmed. Retakes of illegible frames in the personal and private, pre-railroad business, and railroads series are filmed on supplemental rolls at the end of each series.
Personal and Private (Series P)
| Series P consists of James J. Hill's outgoing correspondence written to a wide variety of prominent individuals and organizations in Minnesota, elsewhere in the United States, in Canada, and in Europe. This series includes 31 volumes, spanning the years 1877 to his death in 1916. The books contain a wealth of material on Hill's personal and business affairs, including his interests in transportation, economic development, finance, politics, the use of natural resources, agronomy, colonization and settlement, immigration, Indian-white relations, art, and philanthropy. | |||||||||||||
| Major correspondents include: Charles H. Benedict, Adolphus H. Bode, Charles A. Broadwater, Martin R. Brown, Hamilton Browne, Arthur W. Clark, J. Dolby, J. D. Farrell, Reuben B. Galusha, Weston Hammons, Robert H. Harrison, Louis W. Hill, William I. Kenna, Charles Q. Kerr, Norman W. Kittson, Darius Miller, Frank L. Moffett, Leslie P. Richardson, Daniel M. Robbins, William Secombe, George Stephen, William A. Stephens, Nicholas Terhune, William C. Toomey, Frank E. Ward, and H. B. Willis. | |||||||||||||
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| M458 | 1 | Volumes P-1 - P-3, February 1877-January 16, 1879. | |||||||||||
| 2 | Volumes P-4 - P-5, January 11, 1879-November 16, 1882, July 1887. | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Volumes P-6 - P-7, June 30, 1882-July 31, 1883. | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Volumes P-8 - P-9, July 31, 1883-July 11, 1884. | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Volume P-10, May 30-October 18, 1884. | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Volume P-11, October 18, 1884-March 14, 1885. | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Volume P-12, March 11-September 10, 1885. | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Volume P-13, September 11, 1885-March 22, 1886. | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Volume P-14, March 22-October 22, 1886. | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Volume P-15, October 22, 1886-December 1892, October 1894-September 1895. | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Volumes P-16 - P-17, October 1895-May 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Volumes P-18 - P-19, June 1902-March 11, 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Volumes P-20 - P-21, March 14, 1908-May 26, 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Volume P-22, May 27, 1911-June 10, 1916. | ||||||||||||
| 15 | New York and on line: | ||||||||||||
| Eight volumes, 1891-1916, authored primarily by Hill in his New York office and while travelling. | |||||||||||||
| Volumes P-23 - P-26, June 21, 1890-November 18, 1902. | |||||||||||||
| 16 | Volumes P-27 - P-28, November 18, 1902-February 20, 1906. | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Volumes P-29 - P-30, February 20, 1906-February 24, 1916. | ||||||||||||
| Marcus Alonzo Hanna: | |||||||||||||
| Four letters, collected in one volume, which Hill wrote to Hanna, William McKinley's campaign manager, concerning the implications of the Republican's defeat of William Jennings Bryan and the Populists in the 1896 presidential campaign. | |||||||||||||
| Volume P-31, December 16, 1896-March 13, 1897. | |||||||||||||
| 17A | Retakes, 1879-1886. | ||||||||||||
| Includes pages as follows: Volume P-3: 1-376. Volume P-4: 453-483. Volume P-5: 8-20, 106-115, 195-216, 255-267, 326-328, 461-462. Volume P-6: 1-7, 257-263, and 326. Volume P-7: 14, 342-347, 384-390, 405-416. Volume P-8: 29 and 76. Volume P-9: 14, 130-132, 216-236, 298-330, 358-364, 418, and 441. Volume P-13: 838-840. | |||||||||||||
Pre-Railroad Business (Series B)
| Series B consists of James J. Hill's outgoing correspondence related primarily to his business ventures prior to his direct involvement in the railroad industry. The subseries contains eight volumes, spanning the years 1866-1868, 1873, and 1875-1878. The correspondence is concerned largely with Hill's activities, often with one or more partners, in warehousing, fuel, and other business enterprises operating in St. Paul. | |||||||||||||
| Major correspondents include: George S. Acker, Chauncy W. Griggs, Edward N. Saunders, North Western Fuel Company, and William Rhodes. | |||||||||||||
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| M458 | 18 | James J. Hill & Company: Volume B-1, April 2, 1866-October 12, 1868, May 12-13, 1873. | |||||||||||
| One volume of letters related to the operations of the warehousing partnership with Egbert S. Litchfield, 1866-1868, as well as a few May 1873 letters concerning its successor, Hill, Griggs & Company. | |||||||||||||
| 19 | Hill & Acker: | ||||||||||||
| Five volumes detail the firm's activities in the wood and coal business, 1875-1878. Also included are letters authored by its successor, Hill, Saunders & Acker, and the North Western Fuel Company. | |||||||||||||
| Volumes B-2 - B-4, May 3, 1875-May 26, 1876. | |||||||||||||
| 20 | Volumes B-5 - B-6, May 16, 1876-November 14, 1877, June 1878. | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Hill, Saunders & Acker: Volumes B-7 - B-8, September 7, 1877-March 27, 1878. | ||||||||||||
| Two volumes of business correspondence. | |||||||||||||
| 21A | Retakes: | ||||||||||||
| Volumes B-2 - B-6, May 1875-July 1877. | |||||||||||||
| Includes pages as follows: Volume B-2: 1-184, 233-235, 293-295. Volume B-3: 8-10, 47, 158-161, 194-197, 206-208. Volume B-4: 99-101 133, 252-277, 336-344, 354-360, 442, 452-454. Volume B-5: 2-29, 39, 69-98, 252-253, 295-319, 371-375, 461. Volume B-6: 1-147, 179-184, 281-427. | |||||||||||||
| 21B | Volume B-7, September-November 13, 1877. | ||||||||||||
| Includes pages as follows: 1-69, 91, 157-501. | |||||||||||||
| 21C | Volume B-8, November 13, 1877-March 20, 1878. | ||||||||||||
| Includes pages as follows: 1-490. | |||||||||||||
Railroads (Series R)
| Series R consists of outgoing correspondence, telegrams, legal documents, and memoranda, generated in official railroad offices by James J. Hill and others. This series includes 37 volumes, 18771898, of the St. Paul & Pacific, the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba, the Great Northern, and the Canadian Pacific railroad companies. The books contain information regarding the construction and operation of these railroad companies, and related matters. | |||||||||||||
| The series is divided into two parts, by author. Volumes R-1 through R-21 include correspondence authored almost entirely by James J. Hill and his secretaries; volumes R-22 through R-37 include correspondence and documents authored almost exclusively by persons other than James J. Hill. | |||||||||||||
| Major correspondents include: John W. N. Abbott, Charles Anderson, Richard B. Angus, Samuel J. Beals, Elbridge H. Beckler, Charles H. Benedict, Adolphus H. Bode, Charles A. Broadwater, R. C. Burdick, Clark, Eller & How [law firm], John M. Egan, Jesse P. Farley, William H. Fisher, Reuben B. Galusha, William Harrison, H[arry?] C. Ives, S. E. Ives, Howard James, Arthur L. Jenks, Norman W. Kittson, Kittson & Hill, Bushrod W. Lott, Allen Manvel, Nelson D. Miller, Minneapolis Northwestern Railway Company, Henry D. Minot, Frank L. Moffett, Gen. S. Morison, James C. Morrison, William T. Reed, Leslie P. Richardson, C. B. Rockwood, William Secombe, Donald A. Smith, George Stephen, William A. Stephens, William C. VanHorn, I. C. Wade, Frank E. Ward, Charles A. Warren, and George B. Young. | |||||||||||||
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| M458 | 22 | St. Paul, Minneapolis, & Manitoba Railway: | |||||||||||
| Fourteen volumes of correspondence authored by Hill in his official capacities as general manager and as president. | |||||||||||||
| Volume R-1, June 25-October 15, 1879. | |||||||||||||
| 23 | Volume R-2, October 15, 1879-March 5, 1880. | ||||||||||||
| 24 | Volume R-3, March 5-October 7, 1880. | ||||||||||||
| 25 | Volume R-4, October 6, 1880-April 12, 1881. | ||||||||||||
| 26 | Volume R-5, April 12, 1881-March 23, 1882. | ||||||||||||
| 27 | Volume R-6, March 24, 1882-April 23, 1883. | ||||||||||||
| 28 | Volume R-7, April 23, 1883-February 13, 1885. | ||||||||||||
| 29 | Volumes R-8 - R-9, February 14, 1885-November 26, 1886. | ||||||||||||
| 30 | Volume R-10, November 26, 1886-June 6, 1887. | ||||||||||||
| 31 | Volume R-11, June 6, 1887-April 12, 1888. | ||||||||||||
| 32 | Volume R-12, April 12, 1888-February 7, 1889. | ||||||||||||
| 33 | Volume R-13, February 15-October 23, 1889. | ||||||||||||
| 34 | Volume R-14, October 24, 1889-June 9, 1890. | ||||||||||||
| 35 | Great Northern Railway: | ||||||||||||
| Three volumes of correspondence authored by Hill in his official capacity as president. | |||||||||||||
| Volume R-15, June 11-October 21, 1890. | |||||||||||||
| 36 | Volumes R-16 - R-17, August 7, 1895-June 8, 1898. | ||||||||||||
| 37 | St. Paul, Minneapolis, & Manitoba Railway telegrams: | ||||||||||||
| Volumes R-18 - R-19, June 25, 1879-April 11, 1881. | |||||||||||||
| 38 | Volume R-20, April 11, 1881-February 22, 1884. | ||||||||||||
| Canadian Pacific Railway: Volume R-21, May 17, 1881-January 3, 1882. | |||||||||||||
| One volume of correspondence authored by James J. Hill, Richard B. Angus, and George Stephen, 1881-1882. | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul & Pacific Railroad General Manager (Jesse P. Farley): | |||||||||||||
| Volume R-22, January 22, 1877-May 24, 1878. | |||||||||||||
| 39 | Volume R-23, November 27, 1878-December 20, 1879. | ||||||||||||
| St. Paul, Minneapolis, & Manitoba Railway Executive Committee: Volumes R-24 - R-25, October 2, 1888-April 1, 1890. | |||||||||||||
| Two volumes of correspondence, minutes, and other documents with principal authors Henry D. Minot, chairman, and Frank L. Moffett, secretary. | |||||||||||||
| 40 | St. Paul, Minneapolis, & Manitoba Railway Vice President (Richard B, Angus): Volumes R-26 - R-27, December 4, 1879-December 15, 1881. | ||||||||||||
| 41 | St. Paul, Minneapolis, & Manitoba Railway Vice President (Henry D, Minot): Volumes R-28 - R-29, January 22, 1886-July 20, 1887. | ||||||||||||
| 42 | St. Paul, Minneapolis, & Manitoba Railway General Manager (Allen Manvel): | ||||||||||||
| Volume R-30, May 3-July 24, 1881. | |||||||||||||
| 43 | Volume R-31, January 2-March 10, 1882. | ||||||||||||
| 44 | Volume R-32, June 4-October 20, 1885. | ||||||||||||
| 45 | Volume R-33, February 15-April 2, 1887. | ||||||||||||
| 46 | Volume R-34, April 2-May 14, 1887. | ||||||||||||
| 47 | Volume R-35, May 14-July 15, 1887. | ||||||||||||
| 48 | Volume R-36, July 15-September 29, 1887. | ||||||||||||
| Great Northern Railway legal documents: Volume R-37, June 30, 1881-May 7, 1899. | |||||||||||||
| One volume of legal documents and memoranda, including lists of stockholders. | |||||||||||||
| 48A | Retakes: | ||||||||||||
| Volumes R-1 - R-15, July 1879-October 1890. | |||||||||||||
| Includes pages as follows: Volume R-1: 187-193, 222-223, 262-266, 318-320, 390-419, 448-449. Volume R-2: 1-55, 76-92, 125-129, 258, 289-298, 315-335, 348-350, 370-399, 417-428, 504, 643-644, 670-671, 688. Volume R-3: 153-159, 234-240, 307, 675-676, 872-880, 962-966, 981-987. Volume R-4: 293-294, 558-559. Volume R-5: 44-49, 86-90, 164-176, 200-201, 284, 357-358, 478, 508-525, 536-548, 561-567, 584-633, 649-654. Volume R-7: 221-223, 414-418, 508, 540-543. Volume R-9: 412-413. Volume R-11: 11, 220-222, 360-362, 450, 496-497. Volume R-14: 435, 544-550, 578-597, 668-669, 692-694. Volume R-15: 1-4, 298, 373, 651. | |||||||||||||
| 48B | Volumes R-18 - R-31, February 1877-July 1882. | ||||||||||||
| Includes pages as follows: Volume R-18: 108, 306-325, 341-456. Volume R-19: 8-37. Volume R-20: 102-160, 129-135, 158, 212, 256-260. Volume R-21: 111, 124. Volume R-22: 30. Volume R-23: 2-12, 63-69, 162-175. Volume R-26: 7-46, 240-241, 583-587, 614-615, 658-665, 680. Volume R-27: 17-24. Volume R-30: 113-129, 158-159, 281, 486, 501-507, 612. Volume R-31: 1-24, 57-60, 119-120, 160-161, 239-242, 262-271, 293-297, 421-428, 453, 484-488, 507-508, 563, 672-686, 725-730. | |||||||||||||
Farms (Series F)
| Series F consists primarily of the correspondence, bills, and financial records of James J. Hill's North Oaks and Humboldt farms. This subseries contains eight volumes, spanning the years 1884-1889 and 1909-1911. The volumes are concerned largely with the operations of those enterprises, which were both working farms and experimental laboratories for Hill's livestock distribution program and other agricultural reform projects. | |||||||||||||
| Although this series contains some of James J. Hill's letters, most of the correspondence was authored by the superintendents charged with the management of his farms. Authors include: John D. Dalquist, Charles E. Gibson, John T. Gibson, James J. Hill, David McCleary, and Charles A. Secombe. | |||||||||||||
| Reel | |||||||||||||
| M458 | 49 | North Oaks Farm: | |||||||||||
| Volumes F-l - F-2, September 23, 1884-March 21, 1889. | |||||||||||||
| 50 | Financial records: | ||||||||||||
| Volumes F-3 - F-4, January 15, 1886-October 1889. | |||||||||||||
| 51 | Volumes F-5 - F-6, June 30, 1909-October 1910. | ||||||||||||
| Humboldt Farm: Volume F-7 - F-8, April 14-November 13, 1911. | |||||||||||||
Private Secretary's Correspondence (Series S)
| Series S consists of the outgoing correspondence of James J. Hill's office in St. Paul, numbering 201 volumes. The books contain information regarding a wide variety of matters, including topics documented by all other series in this microfilm edition. | |||||||||||||
| Series S contains some letters authored by James J. Hill, but most of the correspondence was authored by his secretaries, family members, and others. In addition to James J. Hill, authors include (in alphabetical order): Hugh Adams, Charles H. Babcock, Charles H. Benedict, William Boyle, Samuel S. Breed, Charles A. Broadwater, James Brodie, Hamilton Browne, C. C. Burdick, A. W. Clark, William P. Clough, Clyde Coal Company, C. Crowther, Edwin O. Faulkner, Farmer's Publishing Company, W. S. Gillian, Jr., Hans Hansen, Thomas Harborn, M.C. Healion, Eugene P. Hickey, Clara Hill, Dorothy Hill, Gertrude Hill, James N. Hill, Louis Hill, Mary T. Hill, Maud Hill, Ruth Hill, Samuel Hill, Walter J. Hill, Eugene P. Hosley, Lehigh Supply Company, Lohr Brothers, John Lohr, Mason City & Fort Dodge Railroad Company, Robert Melk, Mille Lacs Lumber Company, H. W. Milliman, Minneapolis Trust Company, Edward T. Nichols, H. A. Noble, J. H. Probst, Anna Raquet, Red Mountain Consolidated Mining Company, Mary A. Renwick, George H. Robinson, Louis Rustad, Albert M. Scott, William Secombe, A. M. Shaw, Thomas Shaw, Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Charlotte Hill Slade, Charles Steele, William A. Stephens, George D. Stewart, John R. Stinson, H. H. Stonaker, John J. Toomey, William C. Toomey, United States Land and Water Power Company, Frank E. Ward, Webster County Coal & Land Company, Captain David A. Weed, George B. Young, and W. J. Young. | |||||||||||||
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| M458 | 52 | Volumes S-1 - S-2, January 15-August 25, 1886. | |||||||||||
| 53 | Volumes S-3 - S-4, August 23, 1886-March 14, 1887. | ||||||||||||
| 54 | Volumes S-5 - S-6, March 14 - September 13, 1887. | ||||||||||||
| 55 | Volumes S-7 - S-8, September 12, 1887-February 10, 1888. | ||||||||||||
| 56 | Volumes S-9 - S-10, February 10-July 19, 1888. | ||||||||||||
| 57 | Volumes S-11 - S-12, July 20, 1888-January 17, 1889. | ||||||||||||
| 58 | Volumes S-13 - S-14, January 17-June 25, 1889. | ||||||||||||
| 59 | Volumes S-15 - S-16, June 25-December 20, 1889. | ||||||||||||
| 60 | Volumes S-17 - S-18, December 20, 1889-June 13, 1890. | ||||||||||||
| 61 | Volumes S-19 - S-20, June 13-December 12, 1890. | ||||||||||||
| 62 | Volumes S-21 - S-22, December 12, 1890-April 8, 1891. | ||||||||||||
| 63 | Volumes S-23 - S-24, April 9-July 7, 1891. | ||||||||||||
| 64 | Volumes S-25 - S-26, July 7-October 7, 1891. | ||||||||||||
| 65 | Volumes S-27 - S-28, October 7, 1891-January 6, 1892. | ||||||||||||
| 66 | Volumes S-29 - S-30, January 8-April 16, 1892. | ||||||||||||
| 67 | Volumes S-31 - S-32, April 18-October 15, 1892. | ||||||||||||
| 68 | Volumes S-33 - S-34, October 15, 1892-March 15, 1893. | ||||||||||||
| 69 | Volumes S-35 - S-36, March 16-July 5, 1893. | ||||||||||||
| 70 | Volumes S-37 - S-38, July 5-October 19, 1893. | ||||||||||||
| 71 | Volumes S-39 - S-40, October 20, 1893-January 30, 1894. | ||||||||||||
| 72 | Volumes S-41 - S-42, January 30-June 4, 1894. | ||||||||||||
| 73 | Volumes S-43 - S-44, June 5-October 17, 1894. | ||||||||||||
| 74 | Volumes S-45 - S-46, October 17, 1894-March 2, 1895. | ||||||||||||
| 75 | Volumes S-47 - S-48, March 2-July 2, 1895. | ||||||||||||
| 76 | Volumes S-49 - S-50, July 2 - September 27, 1895. | ||||||||||||
| 77 | Volumes S-51 - S-52, September 27-December 27, 1895. | ||||||||||||
| 78 | Volumes S-53 - S-54, December 27, 1895-March 24, 1896. | ||||||||||||
| 79 | Volumes S-55 - S-56, March 24-June 9, 1896. | ||||||||||||
| 80 | Volumes S-57 - S-58, June 9 - September 1896. | ||||||||||||
| 81 | Volumes S-59 - S-60, October 1896-January 2, 1897. | ||||||||||||
| 82 | Volumes S-61 - S-62, January 2-April 14, 1897. | ||||||||||||
| 83 | Volumes S-63 - S-64, April 14-August 5, 1897. | ||||||||||||
| 84 | Volumes S-65 - S-66, August 5-November 24, 1897. | ||||||||||||
| 85 | Volumes S-67 - S-68, November 24, 1897-March 12, 1898. | ||||||||||||
| 86 | Volumes S-69 - S-70, March 12-June 28, 1898. | ||||||||||||
| 87 | Volumes S-71 - S-72, June 28-October 24, 1898. | ||||||||||||
| 88 | Volumes S-73 - S-74, October 24, 1898-February 11, 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 89 | Volumes S-75 - S-76, February 13-June 5, 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 90 | Volumes S-77 - S-78, June 5 - September 16, 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 91 | Volumes S-79 - S-80, September 16-December 10, 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 92 | Volumes S-81 - S-82, December 10, 1899-March 1, 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 93 | Volumes S-83 - S-84, March 1-June 7, 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 94 | Volumes S-85 - S-86, June 7 - September 17, 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 95 | Volumes S-87 - S-88, September 18-December 24, 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 96 | Volumes S-89 - S-90, December 24, 1900-March 28, 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 97 | Volumes S-91 - S-92, March 28-June 25, 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 98 | Volumes S-93 - S-94, June 25- October 5, 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 99 | Volumes S-95 - S-96, October 5, 1901-January 10, 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 100 | Volumes S-97 - S-98, January 10-April 7, 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 101 | Volumes S-99 - S-100, April 7- June 28, 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 102 | Volumes S-101 - S-102, June 30- October 3, 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 103 | Volumes S-103 - S-104, October 3-December 30, 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 104 | Volumes S-105 - S-106, December 30, 1902-March 10, 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 105 | Volumes S-107 - S-108, March 10-May 26, 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 106 | Volumes S-109 - S-110, May 26-August 27, 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 107 | Volumes S-111 - S-112, August 27-December 4, 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 108 | Volumes S-113 - S-114, December 4, 1903-March 16, 1904. | ||||||||||||
| 109 | Volumes S-115 - S-116, March 16-June 23, 1904. | ||||||||||||
| 110 | Volumes S-117 - S-118, June 23-October 25, 1904. | ||||||||||||
| 111 | Volumes S-119 - S-120, October 26, 1904-March 8, 1905. | ||||||||||||
| 112 | Volumes S-121 - S-122, March 9-July 25, 1905. | ||||||||||||
| 113 | Volumes S-123 - S-124, July 25-November 17, 1905. | ||||||||||||
| 114 | Volumes S-125 - S-126, November 17, 1905-March 17, 1906. | ||||||||||||
| 115 | Volumes S-127 - S-128, March 17-July 16, 1906. | ||||||||||||
| 116 | Volumes S-129 - S-130, July 16-December 1, 1906. | ||||||||||||
| 117 | Volumes S-131 - S-132, December 1, 1906-March 22, 1907. | ||||||||||||
| 118 | Volumes S-133 - S-134, March 23-August 2, 1907. | ||||||||||||
| 119 | Volumes S-135 - S-136, August 2-December 27, 1907. | ||||||||||||
| 120 | Volumes S-137 - S-138, December 28, 1907-May 6, 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 121 | Volumes S-139 - S-140, May 6 - September 8, 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 122 | Volumes S-141 - S-142, September 8, 1908-February 1, 1909. | ||||||||||||
| 123 | Volumes S-143 - S-144, February 1-June 23, 1909. | ||||||||||||
| 124 | Volumes S-145 - S-146, June 23-November 11, 1909. | ||||||||||||
| 125 | Volumes S-147 - S-148, November 11, 1909-March 22, 1910. | ||||||||||||
| 126 | Volumes S-149 - S-150, March 22-August 4, 1910. | ||||||||||||
| 127 | Volumes S-151 - S-152, August 4-November 14, 1910. | ||||||||||||
| 128 | Volume S-153, November 14, 1910-January 2, 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 129 | Volumes S-154 - S-155, January 3-April 10, 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 130 | Volumes S-156 - S-157, April 10- July 29, 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 131 | Volumes S-158 - S-159, July 29-October 30, 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 132 | Volumes S-160 - S-161, October 30, 1911-January 26, 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 133 | Volumes S-162 - S-163, January 26-April 17, 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 134 | Volumes S-164 - S-165, April 18-June 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 135 | Volumes S-166 - S-167, July - September 16, 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 136 | Volumes S-168 - S-169, September 16-December 14, 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 137 | Volumes S-170 - S-171, December 16, 1912-March 14, 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 138 | Volumes S-172 - S-173, March 15-June 2, 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 139 | Volumes S-174 - S-175, June 2-August 21, 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 140 | Volumes S-176 - S-177, August 21-November 1, 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 141 | Volumes S-178 - S-179, November 1, 1913-January 6, 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 142 | Volumes S-180 - S-181, January 6-March 17, 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 143 | Volumes S-182 - S-183, March 17-May 30, 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 144 | Volumes S-184 - S-185, May 30-August 7, 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 145 | Volumes S-186 - S-187, August 7-October 22, 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 146 | Volumes S-188 - S-189, October 22-December 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 147 | Volumes S - S-190 - S-191, January-March 18, 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 148 | Volumes S-192 - S-193, March 19-June 8, 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 149 | Volumes S-194 - S-195, June 9 - September 21, 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 150 | Volumes S-196 - S-197, September 22-December 28, 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 151 | Volumes S-198 - S-199, December 29, 1915-March 24, 1916. | ||||||||||||
| 152 | Volumes S-200 - S-201, March 25-July 6, 1916. | ||||||||||||
Other Companies and Individuals (Series O)
| Series O consists of outgoing correspondence, telegrams, legal documents, financial records, and memoranda, generated, for the most part, in offices outside St. Paul by James J. Hill's subordinates responsible for the administration of his varied personal financial interests. This subseries includes 28 volumes concerned with Hill's investments in railroads, mines, mills, lumbering, townsite speculation, and other matters, in Minnesota, Iowa, Montana, and Washington state. | |||||||||||||
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| M458 | 153 | Red River Roller Mills: | |||||||||||
| Three volumes concerned with that company's flour milling operation at Fergus Falls, Minnesota. | |||||||||||||
| Volume O-1, October 6, 1882-March 30, 1883. | |||||||||||||
| 154 | Volumes O-2 - O-3, March 13, 1912-June 24, 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 155 | Mille Lacs Lumber Company: | ||||||||||||
| Eleven volumes concerned with Hill's lumbering and sawmill operations at Anoka and Milaca, Minnesota, 1897-1915. Documents concerned with the Mille Lacs Lumber Company's operations prior to 1897 are included in the private secretary's correspondence series (Series S). | |||||||||||||
| Volume O-4, February 13, 1897 - October 14, 1898. | |||||||||||||
| 156 | Volumes O-5 - O-6, October 15, 1898-December 29, 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 157 | Volumes O-7 - O-8, December 31, 1900-April 9, 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 158 | Volumes O-9 - O-10, April 11, 1903-August 27, 1906. | ||||||||||||
| 159 | Volumes O-11 - O-12, August 31, 1906-March 12, 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 160 | Volumes O-13 - O-14, March 13, 1912-June 24, 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 161 | Iowa Properties: | ||||||||||||
| Eight volumes concerned with Hill's varied railroad and mining interests in that state including materials generated by the Webster County Coal & Land Company, the Mason City & Fort Dodge Railroad Company, the Clyde Coal Company, and the Lehigh Supply Company. | |||||||||||||
| Volumes O-15 - O-16, March 31, 1898-April 12, 1899. | |||||||||||||
| 162 | Volumes O-17 - O-18, April 12, 1899-April 14, 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 163 | Volumes O-19 - O-20, April 16, 1900-January 23, 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 164 | Volumes O-21 - O-22, January 23, 1901-August 25, 1902. | ||||||||||||
| Red Mountain Consolidated Mining Company: Volume O-23, March 26, 1886-April 20, 1895. | |||||||||||||
| One volume of correspondence regarding Hill's mines near Great Falls, Montana. | |||||||||||||
| Samuel Hill: Volume O-24, January 5-November 1, 1894. | |||||||||||||
| One volume of James J. Hill's son-in-law's letters regarding general activities in Montana. | |||||||||||||
| 165 | Constance Mining Company: Volume O-25, January 4, 1900-May 13, 1901. | ||||||||||||
| One volume of correspondence regarding mining activity in western Washington state. | |||||||||||||
| John R. Stinson: Volumes O-26 - O-27, October 11, 1909-July 22, 1910. | |||||||||||||
| Two volumes concerned with his activities, primarily in Minnesota, as James J. Hill's land agent. | |||||||||||||
| 166 | Miscellaneous: Volume O-28, January 1884-December 1887. | ||||||||||||
| One volume of Hill's miscellaneous financial records. | |||||||||||||
RAILROAD RECORDS
Series is comprised of a small selection of records related to a number of railroad companies, both companies James J. Hill owned and operated and competitor companies with whom he was involved. Additional material on each of these companies can be found in the Great Northern Railway records, the Northern Pacific Railway records and the Soo Line Railroad Company corporate records.
Minnesota and Pacific Railroad
| 20.B.2.8 | Ledger, 1857-1859. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Journal, 1857-1862. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault St. Marie Railroad
| 20.B.2.8 | Legal documents, 1886-1888. 2 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Financial records, 1884-1889. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
Minneapolis, Lyndale and Minnetonka Railway (Motor
Line)
| Additional correspondence interfiled in General Correspondence. | |||||||||||||
| 20.B.2.9 | Correspondence, financial records, and charters, 1884-1887. 3 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Maps, approximately 1885. | |||||||||||||
Aberdeen, Fergus Falls, and Pierre Railroad
| The Aberdeen, Fergus Falls and Pierre Railroad Company files contain the records of a temporary railroad company incorporated by James J. Hill in 1886 and absorbed by the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway later that year; these files also include data on the Dakota Midland Railroad, the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indian Reservation, the Columbia and Dakota Midland Railroad Company, and the Dakota Land Company. | |||||||||||||
| 20.B.2.9 | Correspondence and financial records, 1886-October 1887. | ||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 45 | Maps, 1886. 2 items. | |||||||||||
St. Paul and Pacific Railroad and St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Manitoba Railway
| The records of the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad and its successor, the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway, are here combined. They include the files of Henry D. Minot, chairman of the Manitoba road from 1888 to 1890, and records related to the lawsuit brought by Jesse Farley against Hill and Norman Kittson in the 1870s regarding Farley’s claim to a portion of the St. Paul and Pacific. | |||||||||||||
| 20.F.4.3 | Jesse Farley suit: | ||||||||||||
| Lists of letters used from J. S. Kennedy archives, 1880. | |||||||||||||
| General correspondence, August 1873-August 1, 1878. 32 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.F.4.4 | General correspondence, August 14, 1878-March 1881. 12 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Legal documents: | |||||||||||||
| Court documents, 1879-1888. | |||||||||||||
| Trial transcript, 1888. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| 20.F.4.5 | Pleadings and argument for defendants, 1888. 1 volume in folder. | ||||||||||||
| Plaintiff's and Defendant's exhibits, 1888. 2 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Remarks of Mr. Delano, February 23, 1875. | |||||||||||||
| Printed pamphlet regarding bill pertaining to St. Paul and Pacific Railroad in state legislature. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous court records and state legislative bills, 1878, 1889. | |||||||||||||
| Hagbarth Sahlgaard lawsuits, 1880. | |||||||||||||
| Court records of suit by Dutch bondholders. | |||||||||||||
| Code of regulations and by-laws, 1887. | |||||||||||||
| Mortgages, 1886-1890. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.5.3 | Local passenger tariff, 1881. 1 volume in folder. | ||||||||||||
| Comparative weekly approximate earnings, 1888-1889. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Notes on track laying, 1862-1884. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| W. G. Tubbey's account, 1887, 1890-93. | |||||||||||||
| Railroad construction mileage book. | |||||||||||||
| Annual reports, 1897, 1899. | |||||||||||||
| Henry D. Minot Executive Committee files: | |||||||||||||
| Committee reports. 1889. | |||||||||||||
| General correspondence, 1888-June 1890. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 6 | Maps: | |||||||||||
| Railway lines map, 1886. 1 map. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 37 | Sectional maps of Kittson County, 1898,1904. 2 maps. | |||||||||||
| Maps show railroad lands remaining unsold. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov9 | 42 | Minot, Dakota Territory, station grounds, January 1887. 1 map. | |||||||||||
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| A2/ov9 | 43 | Line maps, 1887-1888. 2 maps. | |||||||||||
| Includes line from Minot, Dakota Territory, to Great Falls, Montana. | |||||||||||||
Great Northern Railway
| The Great Northern Railway records include the files of the assistant to the president, 1891-1904, consisting of correspondence and operating records of T. J. Hyman and others. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.5.4 | T. J. Hyman assistant to the president files: | ||||||||||||
| Files, undated and 1891-July 1892. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.5.5 | Files, August-December 1892. | ||||||||||||
| 20.G.5.6 | Files, 1893-January 23, 1894. | ||||||||||||
| 20.G.5.7 | Files, 1894-1904. 6 folders. | ||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 47 | Blueprints, 1892. 7 items. | |||||||||||
| Primarily Washington state plats. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.5.7 | Annual reports, 1895-1908, 1911, 1913, 1916, 1918. 3 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Gold bond mortgage, May 1, 1911. | |||||||||||||
| Station earnings, 1891-1908. 2 volumes in folder. | |||||||||||||
| 20.J.2.2 | Station earnings and expenses, 1903-1908. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.4.4 | Station approximate earnings, July 1888-June 1893. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Annual reports and sundry statements, June 30, 1913, June 30, 1914. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 22.I.3.5 | Lease of railways and transfer of securities from St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba, February 1, 1890. | ||||||||||||
| By-laws, 1896-1929. | |||||||||||||
| Court records, 1896-1915. | |||||||||||||
| Terminals division time table no. 382, March 16, 1912. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 6 | Maps: | |||||||||||
| Cascade tunnel construction, 1901. 3 maps. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 45 | Great Northern addition to Bonner's Ferry, 1892. 1 map. | |||||||||||
| Great Northern Railway Building: | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov9 | 40 | Blueprints, October 15, 1915. 6 items. | |||||||||||
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| A2/ov9 | 41 | Drawings, undated. 5 items. | |||||||||||
| 20.G.5.7 | Clippings and ephemera, undated and 1906-1914. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.6.3 | Clippings scrapbook, 1898-1900. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
Northern Pacific Railway / Northern Securities
Company
| This subseries incorporates the Northern Pacific reorganization records, which document the attempt by Hill to merge the operations of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railways under the Northern Securities Company between 1894 and 1904 and the resulting federal lawsuit. | |||||||||||||
Digital Versions: Selected items from this
series are also available in PDF format. | |||||||||||||
| 20.H.4.5 | Northern Pacific reorganization records: | ||||||||||||
| General correspondence, 1894-February 1897. | |||||||||||||
| 20.H.4.6 | General correspondence, March 1897-January 1904. 17 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Legal documents, 1895-1905. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Financial records, 1894-1901. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Case file: Farmers Loan and Trust Company v Northern Pacific Railroad Company in the United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1893-1895. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Includes printed order authorizing issue of $5,000,000 receivers' certificates (October 8, 1894) and report of receivers to the court (June 30, 1895?}. | |||||||||||||
| 20.H.4.7 | Reports, 1894-1902. 12 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Includes printed reports, auditor's bulletins, and financial reports issued by and for the receivers of the Northern Pacific Railroad. | |||||||||||||
| Clippings, 1895. | |||||||||||||
| Includes assorted clippings (some unattributed) and daily market letters from Dow Jones and Co., Watson and Gibson, and New York News Bureau. | |||||||||||||
| 22.D.2.1 | Scrapbook: Editorial comments on Mr. Hill's statement regarding purchase of Northern Pacific stock, December 1901-January 1902. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.I.2.5 | Scrapbook: Railroad merger, December 31, 1901-March 6, 1907. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.4.7 | Financial records: | ||||||||||||
| Income account, June 1895. | |||||||||||||
| Result of operations reports, July 1895-May 1896. | |||||||||||||
| Missouri division mortgage and by-laws, 1879, 1900. | |||||||||||||
| Annual reports, 1902-1915. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Guide to Northern Pacific lands in Minnesota, 1872. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 6 | Railway map, 1899. 1 map. | |||||||||||
| 22.H.6.3 | Clippings scrapbook, 1898-1900. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.4.8 | Northern Securities Company: | ||||||||||||
| Correspondence, financial records, and legal documents, 1869, 1901-1904. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 22.I.3.2 | Scrapbook: Editorial comments on Mr. Hill's statement regarding Northern Securities Company, December 1901. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.I.2.6 | Scrapbook, 1903-1905. 1 volume, 1 folder. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.4.6 | A history of the Northern Securities case by Balthasar Henry Meyer, Ph. D., Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin no. 142, July 1906 1 volume in folder. | ||||||||||||
| 22.D.4.3 | Court records: | ||||||||||||
| Edward H. Harriman et al v Northern Securities Company in the Circuit Court of the United States, District of New Jersey and the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1904. 6 volumes and 1 folder. | |||||||||||||
| State of Minnesota v Northern Securities Company et al in the United States Circuit Court, District of Minnesota, Third Division, and the Supreme Court of the United States, 1903. 8 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| United States v Northern Securities Company et al in the United States Circuit Court, District of Minnesota, Third Division, and the Supreme Court of the United States, 1903-1904. 4 volumes. | |||||||||||||
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
| 20.H.4.8 | Tentative operating code for Burlington system, June 23, 1902. 3 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Annual reports, 1902-1904,1916. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| List of stockholders, 1915. | |||||||||||||
| 20.J.2.3 | Statement of earnings, 1901-1916. 1 letterpress volume. | ||||||||||||
| Summary of operating statistics, 1901-1916. 1 letterpress volume. | |||||||||||||
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
| 20.H.4.8 | Annual reports, 1899-1900. | ||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 44 | Freight report, 1912. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||
Miscellaneous Railroads
| 20.H.4.8 | Canadian Pacific Railroad: Annual report, 1881. 1 volume in folder. | ||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 37 | St. Paul and Duluth Railroad: Map, May 1, 1897. 1 map. | |||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 44 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway: Condensed profile, May 18, 1901. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 44 | Erie Railroad: Operating report, 1901. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||
NEWSPAPER COMPANIES
Series comprises the records of four newspaper and publishing companies owned or partially owned and controlled by James J. Hill in the 1880s and 1890s.
The Farmer
| The Farmer was an agricultural publication printed in St. Paul, Minnesota, a controlling share of which was purchased by Orange Judd in 1888, who then moved it to Chicago. Many of these records document the sale of stock to Judd, the transfer of management to him, and his subsequent reports to Hill. | |||||||||||||
| 20.F.3.7 | Orange Judd biographical data, undated, 1900, 1933. | ||||||||||||
| General correspondence, undated and April 1886-February 1891. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Legal documents, March 1886-March 1891. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Minute book, April 1886-September 1888. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Clippings, 1887-1888. | |||||||||||||
| Ephemera, 1886-May 1889. | |||||||||||||
| Financial records: | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous financial records, undated and 1886-June 1889. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Bank pass book, First National Bank of St. Paul, April 1886-December 1888. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Stock certificates, January 1887-September 1888. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Cashbook, March 1886-August 1888. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| 20.F.4.7 | Journal, March 1886-August 1888. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Ledger, March 1886-August 1888. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
The Argus
| The Argus was a daily newspaper published in Fargo, North Dakota. The records detail the financial and legal proceedings which allowed Hill to gain control of the foreclosed company in 1891. | |||||||||||||
| 20.F.3.8 | General correspondence, undated and July 1889-November 1899. 19 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Financial records, undated and August 1889-May 1896. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.F.3.9 | Legal documents, undated and April 1881-November 1899. 14 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Lists of subscribers, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Clippings, October 1891-February 1895. | |||||||||||||
The Nordvesten
| The Nordvesten was a Danish language newspaper published in St. Paul, Minnesota, which Hill purchased shares of in 1881. These records are primarily financial records and photocopies of correspondence from the general correspondence files. | |||||||||||||
| 20.F.4.1 | General correspondence, September 1881-October 1893. 2 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Legal documents, April 1881-May 1889. | |||||||||||||
| Financial records: | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous financial records, 1882-1894. 19 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.F.4.2 | Comparative statistics, 1882-1890. | ||||||||||||
| Advertising memos, 1890-September 1894. 9 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Stock ledger, 1886-1890. | |||||||||||||
| Publication cost estimates, approximately 1880s. | |||||||||||||
St. Paul Globe
| The St. Paul Globe was a major daily newspaper published in St. Paul, Minnesota. These records are limited to a single cashbook and minute book. | |||||||||||||
| 20.H.5.1 | Minute book, 1894-1905. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Stock certificates and letters laid into volume. | |||||||||||||
| Cashbook, 1904. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
ORIENTAL TRADE
Small series consists of a research file compiled by a James J. Hill agent in Asia, possibly Herman Rosenthal. The material includes Japanese and Chinese publications in English and German, annotated clippings and handwritten notes containing information on customs, duties, exports and imports. See also a letter from the American consul at Hong Kong to Herman Rosenthal, January 6, 1893, in general correspondence.
| 20.G.2.6 | Clippings, notes and shipping records, 1888-1893. | ||||||||||||
| Notebooks, 1891-1893. 6 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Notes and annotated clippings. | |||||||||||||
| The Eastern World, September 1892-March 1893. | |||||||||||||
| The Japan Weekly Mail, August 1892- March 1893. | |||||||||||||
| Yokohama General Chamber of Commerce Daily Reporter of Imports and Exports, January-April 1893. | |||||||||||||
| Der Ostasiatische Lloyd, July 1892-March 1893. | |||||||||||||
| Hiogo and Osaka Chamber of Commerce publications, 1891-1892. | |||||||||||||
| Imports and exports statistics. | |||||||||||||
| Notes regarding exports and shipping agreement, 1886, 1892. | |||||||||||||
| The Customs Daily Returns, November-December 1892. | |||||||||||||
| Statistics of Imports and Exports Hiogo and Yokohama, December 1891-January 1893. | |||||||||||||
| China Overland Trade Report, 1892. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 48 | Japan Daily Advertiser, Japan Daily Herald, and charts of revenues and imports, 1888-1893. | |||||||||||
MISCELLANEOUS COMPANIES
ST. ANTHONY FALLS WATERPOWER COMPANY
| Records of the original water power company organized in 1856 to exploit the St. Anthony Falls in St. Anthony, now Minneapolis, Minnesota. James J. Hill and partners Norman Kittson, George Stephen, Donald Smith, Richard Angus, and John S. Kennedy purchased the company in 1880. Files include the records of several lawsuits which illuminate the local history. The company was sold to the Pillsbury-Washburn flour milling syndicate in 1889. | |||||||||||||
| 20.H.4.3 | Correspondence, financial records, and legal documents, September 1881-September 1903. 6 folders. | ||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 38 | Blueprints, undated. 2 items. | |||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 39 | Maps, undated. | |||||||||||
ST. CLOUD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
| 20.H.4.3 | Correspondence, financial records, and legal documents, 1893-1898. 4 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Gold bonds, April 1900. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 36 | Blueprints, 1887. | |||||||||||
ST. PAUL WAREHOUSE AND ELEVATOR COMPANY
| 20.H.4.3 | Financial records and minutes, 1880-1898. 5 folders. | ||||||||||||
ST. PAUL UNION DEPOT COMPANY
| 20.H.4.3 | Articles of incorporation, January 1879. | ||||||||||||
IOWA PROPERTIES
Series is comprised of records of a collection of enterprises, mainly coal mining but also land and railroad, located in Iowa and managed by Hamilton Browne. Hill maintained a separate file for each concern and one special file for some of the correspondence with Browne; however, these files are very interrelated, with Browne a chief correspondent for each, so they have been grouped together into a single series with a subseries for each individual file. The records of the Climax, Clyde, Lower Vein, and Boone Valley Coal Companies, the Webster County Mining and Railway Company and its successor the Webster County Coal Company are further related as each was concerned with mining coal in Iowa and numerous consolidations occurred among them. These properties were sold to the Chicago Great Western Railroad in 1901, but the mining had already largely been abandoned as Illinois coal was far superior. The records document coal mining, employment of African-Americans, strikes, wages, and life in central Iowa.
Hamilton Browne File
| Correspondence and other material filed separately in James J. Hill’s office, 1874-1893. Related material may also be found in General Correspondence and in the files of each of the individual Iowa properties. | |||||||||||||
| 20.F.5.1 | Historical features, undated. | ||||||||||||
| Prepared by James J. Hill Reference Library. | |||||||||||||
| General correspondence, September 1874-1880. 23 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.F.5.2 | General correspondence, 1881-October 1893. 22 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Legal documents: Agreements, November 15, 1880, April 25, 1883. | |||||||||||||
| Clippings, approximately 1889. 24 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov9 | 14 | Map of Iowa prepared and printed for the Railroad Commissioners, 1890. 1 map. | |||||||||||
Climax Coal Company
| 20.F.5.2 | General correspondence, December 1882-September 1884. 5 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Financial records: Journal, November 1882-1885. | |||||||||||||
Clyde Coal Company
| 20.F.5.3 | General correspondence, April 1883-October 11, 1892. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.5.4 | General correspondence, October 15, 1892-June 1900. 18 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Printed acknowledgments of receipt, approximately 1890s. | |||||||||||||
| Legal documents: | |||||||||||||
| Notices of tax sale and protests of non-payment, July 22, 1887-September 4, 1891. | |||||||||||||
| Court records: Edward H. Litchfield v Hamilton Browne, J. J. Hill, and the Clyde Coal Company, May 1893. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 15 | Plat map of coal fields, Boone County, Iowa, undated. | |||||||||||
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| A2/ov9 | 12 | Boone County, Iowa, March 7, 1889. 1 map. | |||||||||||
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| A2/ov9 | 13 | Fraser, Boone County, Iowa, undated. 1 map. | |||||||||||
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| A2/ov9 | 11 | Pilot Mound, Milford Valley coal fields, undated. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||
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| A2/ov9 | 15 | Bridge specifications over Des Moines River, Milford, Iowa, September 24, 1892. 3 blueprints. | |||||||||||
Lower Vein Coal and Railway Company
| 20.F.5.4 | General correspondence, September 1893-April 1, 1895. 13 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.5.5 | General correspondence, April 8, 1895-1897. 19 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Financial records: Notes and statements, 1895-1897. | |||||||||||||
| Legal documents: Certification of mortgage, January 1899. | |||||||||||||
| Unsigned copy. | |||||||||||||
| Hand drawn plat map, approximately 1895. 1 map. | |||||||||||||
Boone Valley Coal and Railway Company
| 20.F.5.5 | General correspondence, January 1898-June 1900. 20 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Financial records: Sale memoranda, 1899. | |||||||||||||
| Legal documents: Certification of mortgage, mortgage security, mortgage bonds, 1883-1899. | |||||||||||||
Mason City and Fort Dodge Railroad
| Records of a railroad company incorporated in 1881 and formed out of the foreclosed property of the Iowa and Pacific Railroad. The road consisted of 90 miles of track and a spur to the Lehigh coal field. It was owned by James J. Hill, John S. Kennedy, Samuel Thorne and D. Willis James; Hill retained a financial interest after its sale to Great Western in 1901. Materials include mainly routine correspondence, reports and financial records, as well as maps. Notable topics are railroad accidents and an early farmer’s cooperative. | |||||||||||||
| 20.F.5.6 | General correspondence, 1886-January 28, 1887. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.5.7 | General correspondence, January 29, 1887-June 12, 1888. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.5.8 | General correspondence, June 15, 1888-January 1890. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.5.9 | General correspondence, February 1890-September 30, 1891. | ||||||||||||
| Includes Kelly affidavits. | |||||||||||||
| 20.F.6.1 | General correspondence, September 30, 1891-March 30, 1893. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.6.2 | General correspondence, March 31, 1893-1894. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.6.3 | General correspondence, 1895-April 25, 1896. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.6.4 | General correspondence, May 1896-June 1897. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.6.5 | General correspondence, July 1897-July 1898. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.6.6 | General correspondence, August 1898-June 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.6.7 | General correspondence, July 1899-June 6, 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.6.8 | General correspondence, June 7, 1900-May 1, 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.6.9 | General correspondence, May 4, 1901-July 1917. 12 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Legal documents: Agreements, deeds, notices, and court records, November 1886-March 1901. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Financial records: Expenditures and receipts, statements, notes, and stock ledgers, November 1887-January 1905. 9 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Clippings, March 1890-March 1901. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Ephemera: Circulars, railroad publications, court proceedings, and legislative bill, 1887-1902. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Railroad map of Iowa and plat map of Webster County, Iowa, undated. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 47 | Map of Clarion, Iowa and list of bridges. 1895-1900. 2 blueprints. | |||||||||||
Webster County Mining and Railway Company
| 22.E.5.8 | General correspondence, December 1880-June 11, 1895. 9 folders. | ||||||||||||
Webster County Coal and Land Company
| 22.E.5.8 | Historical features, 1900-1901. | ||||||||||||
| General correspondence, June 12, 1895-January 1896. 30 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 22.E.5.9 | General correspondence, February-July 9, 1896. | ||||||||||||
| 22.E.6.1 | General correspondence, July 10, 1896-May 4, 1897. | ||||||||||||
| 22.E.6.2 | General correspondence, May 5, 1897-August 6, 1898. | ||||||||||||
| 22.E.6.3 | General correspondence, August 8, 1898-April 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 22.E.6.4 | General correspondence, May 1899-March 13, 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 22.E.6.5 | General correspondence, March 14-August 7, 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 22.E.6.6 | General correspondence, August 8, 1900-January 5, 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 22.E.6.7 | General correspondence, January 7-March 26, 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 20.G.2.1 | General correspondence, March 28, 1901-October 1905. 21 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Financial records: Balances, monthly statements, vouchers, and notes, September 1898-November 1901. | |||||||||||||
| Legal documents: Statements in the matter of the injury and death of Charles Wesley Hayes, Jan. 7, 1899, February 1, 1899. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Clippings, January 21, 1899-December 1900. | |||||||||||||
| Inventory and document list, 1901. | |||||||||||||
| Application for credit, March 17, 1898. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 45 | South side mine face, 1897. 1 drawing. | |||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 47 | M and T scale, 1901. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||
LAKE MINNETONKA NAVIGATION COMPANY
Records cover the operations of a steamboat fleet on Lake Minnetonka in western Hennepin County, Minnesota. The outfit was managed by Charles Zimmerman, who used an $850,000 loan from James J. Hill to purchase four initial boats in 1881. In 1883 this company and the Minnetonka Steamboat Company, a competing venture also backed by James J. Hill, incorporated together under the former’s name. After buying out a competing W. D. Washburn outfit in 1889, it operated at least 8 boats. The company worked in close concert with Hill’s rail lines, which brought passengers to and from the lake. Full financial records document the company’s decline. After years of losses due to excess expenditures it became insolvent in 1896 and was dissolved the next year. Other records include lists of boat commuters, data on crews, earnings of individual vessels, and litigation over a dock at Excelsior, Minnesota.
| 20.G.2.2 | Historical features: Articles of incorporation, by-laws and documentation created by James J. Hill Library, undated and 1882-1883. | ||||||||||||
| General correspondence, 1881-1897. 9 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Minute book, 1882-1896. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Financial records: | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous financial records, 1883-1897. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Ledger, 1883. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Includes entries for Belle of Minnetonka, Minneapolis, Lotus, Hattie May, Saucy Kate. Also includes names of commuter ticket holders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.J.2.4 | Cashbook, 1882-1883. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Belle of Minnetonka and other steamers. | |||||||||||||
| Portage book, 1882. | |||||||||||||
| Belle of Minnetonka. | |||||||||||||
| Stock certificates, 1882. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.2.2 | Stock certificates, 1882-1895. 2 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Legal documents: | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous legal documents, 1882-1897. | |||||||||||||
| Resolutions, 1895. | |||||||||||||
| Court papers, 1896-1897. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous papers from Stephens, 1883-1895. | |||||||||||||
| File moved from Mille Lacs Lumber Company records. Includes correspondence, financial records and legal documents. | |||||||||||||
KOOTENAI RAILWAY AND NAVIGATION COMPANY
Papers relate to transportation matters in the mining districts of British Columbia. The chief centers of interest were Crows Nest Pass coal fields and the gold, silver, copper and lead deposits around the Great Northern line, Kootenay River and Lake (spelled Kootenai in the United States), and the Columbia River. Hill’s Crow’s Nest and Kootenay Lake Railway Company, incorporated in 1888, formed a trust with four rival companies in 1898 called the Kootenay Railway and Navigation Company to effectively compete with the Canadian Pacific Railway in the region. The records document the so-called Nighthawk Claim legal case, involving a member of parliament, in which a rival railway director was ultimately found to have improperly attempted to profit through resale of railroad lands.
| 20.G.2.3 | Historical features: Stock prospectus and documentation prepared by James J. Hill Reference Library, undated and August 10, 1898. | ||||||||||||
| General correspondence, 1891-July 1899. 25 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.2.4 | General correspondence, August 1899-August 1900. 15 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Financial records: Balance sheets. 1897,1899. | |||||||||||||
| Legal documents: | |||||||||||||
| Articles of incorporation, October 19, 1898. 1 item in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Deeds, 1898. 2 volumes in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Court papers: Nighthawk mineral claim, August-September 1899. | |||||||||||||
| Reports, 1887-1919. | |||||||||||||
| Includes work, shipping, ore analysis, and annual reports. | |||||||||||||
| Legislation, 1888-1892. | |||||||||||||
| Maps, 1891-1899. | |||||||||||||
| Printed plat maps and blueprints of Kootenai area mines. | |||||||||||||
MONTANA SECURITIES
Series is comprised of the records of railroad, mining, water power and townsite ventures in Montana and of the holding company created to consolidate ownership of those enterprises. The small amount of general records of the Montana Securities holding company (1 cu. ft.) consists primarily of correspondence and stock records. Five subseries, one for each individual company, form the bulk of the series.
General Files
| 20.G.3.1 | Historical features: | ||||||||||||
| A History of Great Falls, Montana, pamphlet by Great Falls Public Library, 1961. | |||||||||||||
| A Montana Yankee: Paris Gibson, thesis by James G. Handford, 1952. | |||||||||||||
| General correspondence, 1885-April 22, 1887. 19 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.3.2 | General correspondence, April 23, 1887-May 8, 1894. 13 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Financial records: | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous financial records, undated and 1886-1890. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Stock certificates, March 1886-January 1887. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.3.3 | Stock certificates, January-August 1887. 1 volume in folder. | ||||||||||||
| Ore assays, 1885. | |||||||||||||
| Record of ore taken from several properties. | |||||||||||||
| Analysis of coal and other mineral lands in Montana, Idaho, and Washington, 1888-1903. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 28 | U.S. Geological Survey topographical, Blackfoot Indian Reservation, and Department of the Interior maps, 1897-1907. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 21 | Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, 1887. 1 map. | |||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 47 | Mine lode maps, water power plan, and plat of Willard, Montana, 1903-1911. 4 blueprints. | |||||||||||
Great Falls Water Power and Townsite Company
| This company, headed locally by Paris Gibson, was founded in 1882 to develop the area of Great Falls, Montana. Records consist in large part of correspondence between Gibson and James J. Hill; however, much additional correspondence between the two concerning the company is filed in the General Correspondence series of the James J. Hill papers. For an unknown reason the company records end in 1902 although Hill did not sell his stock until 1908. Also included are the records of a short-lived subsidiary, the United States Land and Water Power Company. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.3.3 | General correspondence, March 1882-May 1886. 14 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 20.G.3.4 | General correspondence, June 1886-February 15, 1889. | ||||||||||||
| 20.G.3.5 | General correspondence, February 16, 1889-July 15, 1892. | ||||||||||||
| 20.G.3.6 | General correspondence, September 1892-April 1898. | ||||||||||||
| 20.G.3.7 | General correspondence, May 1898-October 4, 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 20.G.3.8 | General correspondence, October 6, 1902-July 1908. 17 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Minutes, 1891. | |||||||||||||
| Financial records: | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous financial records, 1885-1903. 8 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Daily statements, January-October 1896. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.3.9 | Daily statements, November 1896-June 1898. | ||||||||||||
| 20.G.4.1 | Monthly statements, July 1896-June 1898. 3 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Lots sold, 1886, 1891-1894. 8 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Legal documents: | |||||||||||||
| Agreements and indentures, 1883-1895. | |||||||||||||
| Title abstracts, undated and 1884-1885. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Deeds, 1883-June 1890. 10 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Reports to stockholders and on water power, 1894-1907. | |||||||||||||
| Lists of stockholders, 1891-1891, 1905. | |||||||||||||
| Lists of lands, 1887-1891. | |||||||||||||
| Photographs, 1905. | |||||||||||||
| 5 photographs of the Great Falls. | |||||||||||||
| Maps: | |||||||||||||
| Townsite plat maps, approximately 1880-1910. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 30 | Townsite plat and lot maps and waterworks pumphouse elevation, undated. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 26 | Lot maps, undated. 3 maps. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 29 | Lot map, January 1, 1894. 1 map. | |||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 31 | Blueprints: | |||||||||||
| Townsite plats, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 24 | Second and Seventh Additions, 1880-1894. 2 blueprints. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 23 | Water power structures and flowage, undated and 1891. 6 blueprints. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 27 | Dam at Black Eagle Falls, undated and 1890. 3 blueprints. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 28 | Company lands, undated. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||
| 20.G.4.2 | United States Land and Water Power Company: | ||||||||||||
| Minutes, 1888-1890. 1 folder and 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Includes articles of incorporation. | |||||||||||||
| Financial records: | |||||||||||||
| Journal, 1888-1889. | |||||||||||||
| Cashbook, 1890. | |||||||||||||
| Stock ledger, 1888-1889. | |||||||||||||
| Stock certificates, 1888-1889. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Legal documents: Stock transfer agreements, 1888-1890. | |||||||||||||
| Lists of lands, 1888-1889. | |||||||||||||
Montana Central Railway Company
| Company was founded in 1885 and was absorbed into the Great Northern Railway Company in 1894. The records consist mainly of correspondence and stock documents; major topics include exploration for railroad passes in Montana, ore smelting efforts, Montana politics, and federal debate on right of way for railroads over Indian lands. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.4.2 | Historical features, undated. | ||||||||||||
| Prepared by James J. Hill Reference Library. | |||||||||||||
| General correspondence, 1885-January 14, 1887. 22 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.4.3 | General correspondence, January 17, 1887-August 1891. 18 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Financial records: | |||||||||||||
| Securities subscriptions, 1887. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Stock prospectus, 1886. | |||||||||||||
| 22.A.4.3 | Cashbook, 1886-1887. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 20.G.5.2 | Check stubs nos. 1001-1484, March- November 1887. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 20.G.4.3 | Stock transfer agreements, 1889. | ||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 29 | Railway maps, 1886-1887. | |||||||||||
| 64.A.3.2 | Blueprints: | ||||||||||||
| No. 265. Butte branch, from station 635 + 25 on Rimini and Red Mountain branch to station 1371 + 64.7 to 751 + 16.4 on Bison Creek, December 4, 1886. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 266. Condensed profile, Helena to Butte, August 20, 1887. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 267. Depot site at Helena, Montana, February 22, 1887. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 268. Helena to Butte via Jefferson, from station O Helena to station 950, December 31, 1886. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 269. Butte branch, station 356 to station 1179, undated. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 270. Condensed profile Helena to Great Falls, August 27, 1887. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 271. Ulidia to Great Falls, September 22, 1886. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 272. Helena to Butte, from station 1550, north end of tunnel to station 1020 + 938 + 15, Bryant, undated. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 273. Butte to Helena, June 1, 1887. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| 22.D.4.1 | No. 274. Station 2190 to station 3225, Helena, Montana, July 31, 1886. 1 blueprint. | ||||||||||||
| 64.A.3.2 | No. 275. Helena to Butte, overhead line near Wickes, undated. 1 blueprint. | ||||||||||||
| 22.D.4.1 | No. 276. Butte branch, through Elk Park to Woodville, station 743 to station 1390, undated. 2 blueprints. | ||||||||||||
| No. 277. Station 5041 to station 5474, November 8, 1886. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 278. Helena to Butte, from station 2576 + 28.2 above Basin, down Boulder River to station 2262, December 31, 1886. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 279. Sketch of the country between Helena and Butte, November 4, 1886. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 280. Profile of grades from Helena to Butte, undated. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 281. Helena, Boulder Valley and Butte Railway, from Jefferson City over Divide, May 23, 1887. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 282. Main line, from station 4010 to station 5180, October 5, 1886. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 283. Helena to Butte, over Wickes divide, station 0 to station 152, Wickes side, January 8, 1887. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 284, Northern Pacific Railroad survey of 1871, through Cadottes Pass Big Blackfoot, 1871. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 285. Valley of the Big Blackfoot River, August 9, 1886. 3 blueprints. | |||||||||||||
| No. 286. Butte branch, from Ten Mile summit, 40 station northerly and 80 station southerly to Bower's Gulch, August 1887. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| 64.A.3.2 | No. 287. Helena to Great Falls, November 1886-January 1887. 1 blueprint. | ||||||||||||
| 22.D.4.1 | No. 288. Butte to Anaconda, from station 1776 + 55 to station 2602 + 74.5, December 16, 1886. 1 blueprint. | ||||||||||||
| No. 289. Butte branch, Woodville to Butte, November 11, 1886. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| 64.A.3.2 | No. 290. Helena to Butte, tunnel lines near Wickes, December 16, 1886. 1 blueprint. | ||||||||||||
| No. 291. From station 1899 near Boulder to station 2133 + 26 Boulder Canon, January 12, 1887. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 292. New railway right of way, undated. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 293. Plans for engine house at Helena, 1887. 2 blueprints. | |||||||||||||
| No. 294. General map of mines in the vicinity of Helena, March 1885. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| 22.D.4.1 | No. 295. Butte branch, west side Bison Creek, undated. 1 blueprint. | ||||||||||||
| No. 296. Plat of depot grounds, Helena, Montana, August 27, 1887. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 297. Butte branch, Woodville to Butte, November 11, 1886. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 298. Helena to Butte, from station 1617 + 40 south end of tunnel to station 1975 + 48 Boulder City, January 1, 1887. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 299. Marysville branch, Marysville to station 277, November 4, 1886. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 300. Basin Creek branch, station 0 to station 250, January 5, 1887. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 301. Butte branch, preliminary map and profile of west side Bison Creek Canon, undated. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 301. From station 4570 to station 5190, undated. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 303. Barometric profile, Anaconda to Philipsburg, May 23, 1887. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 304. Main line from junction Red Mountain branch to Helena and lines within the city limits, August 4, 1887. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 305. Terminal grounds, Helena, August 6, 1887. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 306. Depot grounds, Helena and Ten Mile Creek, undated. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
| No. 307. Terminal grounds at Helena, August 6, 1887. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||||
Neihart Mines
| Records document mining efforts, managed by C. A. Broadwater, on properties owned by James J. Hill near the town of Neihart, Montana, 1881-1893. Extracted from the mines were smelting and milling ores including zinc, grey copper, galena, gold, iron pyrites, silver, and quartz. Records include ore analyses and plats of specific lodes. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.4.3 | General correspondence, September 1884-1893. 7 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Financial records: | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous financial records, 1885-1893. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Bank pass book, Montana National Bank, Helena. 1886-1887. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Cancelled checks, 1886-1888. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.4.4 | Legal documents: | ||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous legal documents, 1885-1893. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Deeds, 1882-1889. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Abstracts, 1887. | |||||||||||||
| Powers of attorney, 1885, 1887, 1897. | |||||||||||||
| Reports: Ore assays and work and land reports, 1885-1888. | |||||||||||||
| Inventories, 1885-1887. | |||||||||||||
| Maps, undated and 1890. | |||||||||||||
| Includes drawings and blueprints. | |||||||||||||
Manganese Properties
| Records document efforts to mine and smelt manganese ore from lodes owned by James J. Hill and partners in Montana. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.4.4 | General correspondence, 1904-August 1916. 10 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Account statements, 1904-1905. | |||||||||||||
| Affidavit of annual representation of mining claim, December 22, 1905. | |||||||||||||
| Ore analyses and assays, 1899-1904. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Inventories, December 31, 1903. | |||||||||||||
| Blueprints: Plats of James J. Hill mining claims in Helena, Montana, August-November 1907. | |||||||||||||
Red Mountain Consolidated Mining Company
| Mining company, incorporated in 1884, held 37 claims to silver quartz mines which were unworkable until after 1914 as an effective way of smelting this material had not been developed. Records include the correspondence of president C. A. Broadwater, routine financial records, a large amount of legal documents pertaining to ownership of and rights to the individual lodes, and mining reports. Later records of this company are included in the Louis W. Hill papers. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.4.4 | Historical features: Articles of incorporation, by-laws and correspondence, 1886-1888. | ||||||||||||
| 20.G.4.5 | General correspondence, October 1884-April 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 20.G.4.6 | General correspondence, May 1911-May 1922. 7 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Financial records: | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous financial records, 1886-1888, 1905. | |||||||||||||
| Ledger, 1888-1894. | |||||||||||||
| Cashbooks, 1886. | |||||||||||||
| Includes petty cashbook. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.5.2 | Cashbook, 1886-1890. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 20.G.4.6 | Journal, December 1888-September 1894. | ||||||||||||
| Statements, 1884-1913. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Vouchers no. 10-415, 1886,1894-1922. 9 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.4.7 | Tax records, 1896-1897,1906,1916. | ||||||||||||
| Payroll, 1889,1896-1897. | |||||||||||||
| Stock ledgers, 1886. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.2.9 | Stock ledger, 1887-1915. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Stock transfers, 1887-1925. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.5.2 | Check stubs nos. 1-400, 1886-1920. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 20.G.4.7 | Cancelled checks, 1885-1913. 2 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Bills, 1896,1918. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Trial balances, 1889-1894. | |||||||||||||
| Legal documents: | |||||||||||||
| Agreements of use, conveyance, and probate, 1875-1911. | |||||||||||||
| Deeds, 1884-1911. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Clerk's certificate, March 8, 1886. | |||||||||||||
| Abstracts, 1886-1891,1906. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Resolutions, 1886,1888, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Receiver's receipts, 1886,1888. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.4.8 | Patents, 1876-1907. 16 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Notices of location, 1867-1887. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Affidavits, 1887-1888. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| U.S. Surveyor General estimate for office work for mining claim and notices of issuance of orders for mineral surveys, 1883-1886. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.4.9 | Proxies, 1888-1922. 25 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Includes lists of shareholders. | |||||||||||||
| Power of attorney, 1887. | |||||||||||||
| Lexington lode posting, June 30, 1888. | |||||||||||||
| List of papers required by general land office in applications for patent on mining lode claims, approximately 1880s. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.2.8 | Reports: Mining, shipping and work reports, 1885-1898. 10 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Bills for the legislative assembly of Montana Territory, 1885-1886. | |||||||||||||
| Lists of tools, patents and stockholders, 1885-1921. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Maps, 1877-1910. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Hand drawn and printed plat and topological maps of mines and townsite. | |||||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 25 | Survey of mining claims in Ten Mile Mining District, Montana. 1902. 2 maps. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 22 | Survey of mining claims in Ten Mile Mining District, Montana. 1886. 5 blueprints. | |||||||||||
| 20.G.2.8 | Clippings, 1885-1886. | ||||||||||||
| File ledger, undated. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
RED RIVER ROLLER MILLS
Series is composed of the records of a flour and feed mill located in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, incorporated in 1881 and sold by Hill in 1899. Material is comprised mainly of correspondence, deeds, insurance policies, and financial records that document routine operations including wheat and grain purchases, sales, and shipment of grain products. Records relating to the land on which the mill stood can be found in the real estate series.
| 20.G.6.1 | General correspondence, January 1882-March 27, 1884. | ||||||||||||
| 20.G.6.2 | General correspondence, March 28-December 1884. | ||||||||||||
| 20.G.6.3 | General correspondence, 1885-June 1900. 17 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Deeds and maps, 1873-1890. | |||||||||||||
| Insurance policies, 1882-1883. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.6.4 | Deeds and insurance papers, 1883-1899. 6 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Financial records: | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous financial records, 1883-1885. | |||||||||||||
| Bills of lading, 1883-1885. | |||||||||||||
| Bank pass books, First National Bank of Fergus Falls, Minnesota. 1882-1885. 3 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Check stubs, 1881-1885. 4 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.6.5 | Foreign draft book, March 1881-May 1882. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Grain books, 1879-1884. 3 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Shipping ledger, 1883-1884. | |||||||||||||
| Storage voucher book, 1882. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Sales book, 1881. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.6.6 | Order blotters, 1884-April 1885. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Cash blotter, June 1884-April 1885. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Memoranda book, 1881-1885. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Memo entries from cash sale stub book and petty ledger, by account. | |||||||||||||
| Memoranda book, September 1881-November 1882. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Entries by date. | |||||||||||||
| Memoranda of consignments, warehouse and insurance, 1881-1884. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Memorandum of accounts book, 1881-1883. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Entries by date. | |||||||||||||
| Memorandum of accounts book, March 1882-January 1883. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Entries by account. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.6.7 | Invoice book, 1881-1884. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Journals, December 1881-March 1885. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 20.G.5.1 | Journal, March 1881-September 1883. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.2.4 | Journal, October 1883-April 1885. 1 folder. | ||||||||||||
| 20.G.6.5 | Petty ledgers, 1880-1882. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.G.5.1 | Ledger, March 1881-December 1883. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.2.4 | Ledger, October 1883-April 1885. 3 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Cashbook, October 1883-April 1885. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 37 | Maps, undated. 2 items. | |||||||||||
CONSTANCE MINING COMPANY
Records of an unsuccessful gold mining venture in the Cascade Mountains of Washington state. James J. Hill was a major investor of a German syndicate, the Phoebus Exploring Association, which began explorations for potential mines in the region in 1897; the Constance Mining Company was incorporated in 1899 while exploration was still ongoing. Troublesome Creek and Monte Cristo mines were the major claims in the region. Notable material includes the reports by mining engineer C. E. Haber and others on mines and mining areas, and a detailed report by C. C. Coley on a prospecting expedition to Alaska. Phoebus ceased exploration in 1900 and mining operations ended abruptly in 1902.
| 20.H.2.5 | Historical features, undated. | ||||||||||||
| Prepared by James J. Hill Reference Library. | |||||||||||||
| General correspondence, September 1897-July 1899. 21 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.H.2.6 | General correspondence, August 1899-1902. 17 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Minutes, 1897, 1900. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Includes Troublesome Creek Mining Company. | |||||||||||||
| Financial records: | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous financial records, 1897-1902. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Balance sheets, 1897-1901. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.H.2.7 | Ledgers and indexes, 1897-1900. 1 folder and 4 volumes in folders. | ||||||||||||
| Journals, 1897-1900. 1 folder, 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| 20.H.2.8 | Cashbooks, 1897-1901. 1 folder, 2 volumes in folders. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.2.7 | Inventory record, 1897-1901. | ||||||||||||
| Legal documents: | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous legal documents, 1897-1903. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Troublesome Creek Mining Company: Articles of incorporation and by-laws, 1897. | |||||||||||||
| 20.H.2.8 | Agreements, 1897-1900. 5 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Powers of Attorney, 1899. | |||||||||||||
| Preemption of right-of-way, September 29, 1899. | |||||||||||||
| Applications for patent, 1900. | |||||||||||||
| Deeds, 1894-1901. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.H.2.9 | Abstracts, 1897, 1899. | ||||||||||||
| Location certificates, August 1894-1899. 8 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Proof of labor, 1899-1900. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Insurance, 1899-1901. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Reports: Mine and work reports and ore analyses, undated and 1897-January 22, 1898. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.H.3.1 | Reports: Mine and work reports and ore analyses, January 24, 1898-1905. 9 folders, 1 volume in folder. | ||||||||||||
| Mine maps, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Lists of claims, undated and 1898. | |||||||||||||
| Clippings, February-April 1900,1905. | |||||||||||||
| Mainly issues of The Index Miner, Washington. | |||||||||||||
| Ephemera: Blank form, blank calendar page, empty envelopes, undated. | |||||||||||||
| May Creek Milling and Mining Company: Correspondence and legal documents, October 1897. | |||||||||||||
| Exploration Associates: Articles of incorporation, by-laws, and proceedings, 1898-1900. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.H.3.2 | Phoebus Association of London: | ||||||||||||
| General correspondence, 1900-1901. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Legal documents, undated and 1899. | |||||||||||||
| Reports: C. C. Coley's Alaska expedition, 1899. | |||||||||||||
MILLE LACS LUMBER COMPANY
Records of a logging, lumbering, and sawmilling company with operations in Anoka and Milaca, Minnesota, and a head office in St. Paul. It was incorporated by Andrew G. Tod, nephew of John S. Kennedy, banker Weston Hammons, and James J. Hill’s secretary William Secombe in 1882. Series is comprised primarily of correspondence, records of lands purchased by the company and sold after logging including deeds and abstracts of title, legal case files, and routine financial records.
The company was the original owner of the townsite of Milaca, and many aspects of the town are documented in the papers, including the company store, Forest Hills cemetery, and a colony for Russian Jews promoted by Hill’s lawyer Jacob Schiff which was never realized, as well as routine records of lot sales in the town and operations of the sawmill. The company ceased logging and manufacturing lumber in 1895 once all their lands had been harvested of oak; after that year the records are concerned with the sale of cut-over lands and with numerous lawsuits regarding faulty titles acquired by Tod. Tod and Hammons had run the company so unsuccessfully that Hill and Kennedy took over operations; by 1915 all titles had been settled and lands sold, and the company was dissolved.
| 20.H.4.9 | General correspondence, May 1881-March 20, 1891. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.5.5 | General correspondence, March 21-August 18, 1891. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.6.1 | General correspondence, August 20-November 19, 1891. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.6.2 | General correspondence, November 20, 1891-March 14, 1892. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.6.3 | General correspondence, March 15-June 8, 1892. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.6.4 | General correspondence, June 9-August 10, 1892. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.6.5 | General correspondence, August 11-October 8, 1892. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.6.6 | General correspondence, October 11-December 18, 1892. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.6.7 | General correspondence, December 19, 1892-February 27, 1893. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.6.8 | General correspondence, February 28-May 17, 1893. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.2.8 | General correspondence, May 18-July 25, 1893. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.2.9 | General correspondence, July 26-October 5, 1893. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.3.1 | General correspondence, October 6-December 8, 1893. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.3.2 | General correspondence, December 9, 1893-March 1, 1894. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.3.3 | General correspondence, March 1-May 27, 1894. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.3.4 | General correspondence, May 28-September 5, 1894. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.3.5 | General correspondence, September 6, 1894-January 10, 1895. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.3.6 | General correspondence, January 11-August 5, 1895. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.3.7 | General correspondence, August 6, 1895-October 22, 1897. | ||||||||||||
| 20.I.2.1 | General correspondence, October 23, 1897-January 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 20.I.2.2 | General correspondence, February 1899-January 4, 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 20.I.2.3 | General correspondence, January 8-September 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 20.I.2.4 | General correspondence, October 1900-May 28, 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 20.I.2.5 | General correspondence, May 29, 1901-April 1, 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 20.I.2.6 | General correspondence, April 2, 1902-May 18, 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 20.I.2.7 | General correspondence, May 21, 1903-November 2, 1904. | ||||||||||||
| 20.I.2.8 | General correspondence, November 3, 1904-1905. | ||||||||||||
| 20.I.2.9 | General correspondence, 1906-April 17, 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 20.I.3.1 | General correspondence, April 20, 1908-August 27, 1910. | ||||||||||||
| 20.I.3.2 | General correspondence, August 30, 1910-May 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 20.I.3.3 | General correspondence, June 1912-October 15, 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 20.I.3.4 | General correspondence, October 17, 1913-July 1915. 37 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Clippings, approximately 1890s, 1900. | |||||||||||||
| Ephemera, undated and 1891-1913. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Mainly advertisements. | |||||||||||||
| 20.I.3.5 | Financial records: | ||||||||||||
| Stock certificates, 1882-1904. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Bills and receipts, 1890-1894. 10 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Voucher register, 1902. | |||||||||||||
| Includes various property tax data, 1883-1893. | |||||||||||||
| Payroll records, 1893. | |||||||||||||
| Various assets and receipts, 1892-1902. | |||||||||||||
| Cash received and disbursed, 1910-1911. | |||||||||||||
| Bank statements, November 1907-June 1915. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| General balance sheets, 1910-1913. | |||||||||||||
| Taxes, Mille Lacs County, 1898-1902. | |||||||||||||
| Tax receipts, Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Kanabec and Isanti counties, 1881-1904. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Real estate assessments, village of Milaca, 1896. | |||||||||||||
| Statements of lands sold, 1895-1900. | |||||||||||||
| Land sale contract records, 1899-1906. | |||||||||||||
| Contract payments record, December 1898-November 1900. | |||||||||||||
| 20.I.6.2 | Financial statement book, February 1897-December 1911. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 20.I.6.3 | Vouchers 1-5277, February 1886-June 1915. 33 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Tax payment vouchers, 1883-1890. | |||||||||||||
| 20.H.6.9 | Cancelled checks, 1883-1915. | ||||||||||||
| 20.I.4.9 | Check stubs 6011-6809, December 1898-May 1912. 3 volumes in 3 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 20.I.6.4 | Bank pass books, First National Bank of St. Paul, November 1894-June 1915. 5 volumes in 1 folder. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.2.1 | Voucher record, nos. 1-5236, November 1890-December 1913. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Town lot sales book, town of Milaca, contracts 1-232, with index, 1887-1913. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Land sales record book, acre tracts, contracts 1-431, with index, 1892-1919. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 20.I.5.2 | Cashbook, March 1894-December 1905. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 20.I.5.3 | Cashbook, January 1906-June 1915. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Journal, January 1895-December 1909. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 20.I.5.4 | Journal, January 1910-June 1915. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Trial balance book, April 1895-December 1914. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 20.I.5.2 | Ledger D, 1890-1913. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 20.I.5.4 | Ledger E, 1913-1915. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 20.I.3.6 | Legal documents: | ||||||||||||
| Town lot contracts 1-148, 1886-1898. | |||||||||||||
| 20.I.3.7 | Town lot contracts 149-232, 1898-1914. 12 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Land contracts 1-62, 1892. 8 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.I.3.8 | Land contracts 63-172, 1893-1896. | ||||||||||||
| 20.I.3.9 | Land contracts 173-294, 1896-1900. | ||||||||||||
| 20.I.4.1 | Land contracts 295-429, 1900-1916. | ||||||||||||
| 20.I.4.2 | Land title abstracts: | ||||||||||||
| Abstract numbers have been assigned by the company. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 5-106, undated. | |||||||||||||
| 20.I.4.3 | Nos. 107-139, undated. 6 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Folders 1-14, undated. 14 folders. | |||||||||||||
| These abstracts have no company-assigned numbers; folder numbers appear to have been assigned by the James J. Hill Reference Library. | |||||||||||||
| 20.I.4.4 | Folders 15-34, undated. 20 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Memorandum abstracts, undated. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Worksheets used in compiling abstracts. | |||||||||||||
| Land patents: | |||||||||||||
| Land patents issued by the United States General Land Office. Includes scattered numbers. | |||||||||||||
| 20.I.4.5 | Land certificates, C712-C11913, 1882. 5 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Land grants, 497-86176, 1882-1892. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Various instruments, 408-72914, 1882-1883. | |||||||||||||
| Warrants, W194-W102872, 1882. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Agreements, contracts and deeds, 1890-1909. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.I.4.6 | Deeds, unnumbered, 9277-38348, 1882-1902. | ||||||||||||
| 20.I.4.7 | State assignment certificates, 32-560, 1889-1900. 8 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Transcript and memorandum of judgments, 1885-1897. | |||||||||||||
| Tax judgment certificates, 1891-1910. 8 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Tax judgment sale certificates, Benton, Mille Lacs and Morrison counties, 1881-1910. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Sale of absolute property, Mille Lacs County, 1882. | |||||||||||||
| Deeds of absolute property, Mille Lacs County, 1886. | |||||||||||||
| Land notification statute, April 23, 1897. | |||||||||||||
| Blank forms, 1897. | |||||||||||||
| 20.I.4.8 | Deeds and other legal conveyances, 1866-1903. | ||||||||||||
| Unarranged. | |||||||||||||
| 20.I.4.9 | Deeds and other legal conveyances, 1875-1915. 8 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Unarranged. | |||||||||||||
| 20.I.6.2 | Jared How, land attorney, record books, undated. 3 volumes in 3 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Containing investigations of land titles; arranged by legal description. | |||||||||||||
| 20.I.5.5 | Legal case files: | ||||||||||||
| Lawsuits involving Mille Lacs Lumber Company, arranged by litigant. | |||||||||||||
| B-Mi, approximately 1892-1911. | |||||||||||||
| 20.I.6.1 | Mo-U, approximately 1890-1906. 9 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Legal subject files: | |||||||||||||
| Abstracts of title, approximately 1902-1903. | |||||||||||||
| Abstract of title, N 1/2 of SE 1/2, section 18, township 40, range 26, 1902-1919. | |||||||||||||
| Employee accident reports, Bo-St, 1893-1895. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Final report on land titles, 1890-1899. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Insurance, 1892-1895. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Stumpage offers to Keith and McClellan, 1894. | |||||||||||||
| Town lots, Milaca, undated. | |||||||||||||
| 20.I.5.1 | Abstract of titles record, undated. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Arranged by legal description of land. | |||||||||||||
| Land record, undated. 1 folder. | |||||||||||||
| Arranged by legal description of land. | |||||||||||||
| 20.I.5.6 | Land records, no. 2-3, undated. 2 volumes in 2 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Timber appraisal books, prepared under direction of John W. Cobb, with maps, 1891. 1 folder, 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 20.I.6.4 | Minute book, 1882-1915. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Includes articles of incorporation (1882) and bylaws. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous record book, 1 volume in folder: | |||||||||||||
| Pages 1-2: List of furniture in store use, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Page 5: Blueprint of portion of Milaca showing blocks and lots, surveys of 1885 and 1890. undated. | |||||||||||||
| Pages 6-15: List of houses in Milaca with occupants and monthly rent, April 1895-February 1898. | |||||||||||||
| Pages 30-51: Record of deeds given, nos. 1-724, approximately 1887-1915. | |||||||||||||
| Page 60: Miscellaneous contracts, nos. 1-8, 1895-1896. | |||||||||||||
| Inventories: | |||||||||||||
| These records were removed from a loose leaf volume and foldered. | |||||||||||||
| Inventories of lands and lots, 1899-1914. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Inventories of lands and lots (handwritten), 1899-1904. 1 folder. | |||||||||||||
| Various inventories to lands, 1895-1901. | |||||||||||||
| List of patents not recorded in Mille Lacs County, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Maps: | |||||||||||||
| Plat book showing company lands, undated. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Plat of township 39, ranges 26 and 27, 1896. 1 map. | |||||||||||||
| Printed plat with annotations showing Mille Lacs Lumber Company land for sale, undated. 1 map. | |||||||||||||
| Plat of Milaca, showing land ownership, 1898. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 37 | Milaca townsite maps and plats and land sales plats, 1885-1898. 8 maps. | |||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 36 | Blueprints: | |||||||||||
| Milaca townsite plats, 1893-1898. 2 blueprints. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 42 | Dandy log hustler plans, 1892. 2 blueprints. | |||||||||||
FUEL COMPANIES
Limited amount of financial records of two Twin Cities area wood and coal fuel businesses founded by James J. Hill. Hill, Griggs and Company was formed in 1869 in partnership with competitor Colonel Chauncey W. Griggs and dissolved in 1875. Hill, Saunders and Acker was formed immediately thereafter with George S. Acker and Edward N. Saunders; it incorporated as the Northwestern Fuel Company in 1877.
Hill, Griggs and Company
| 22.G.5.6 | Financial records: Pembina and Winnipeg daybooks, June 1870-May 1872. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
Hill, Saunders and Acker
| 22.G.5.6 | Financial records: | ||||||||||||
| Bills payable and receivable, February 1873-August 1878. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Cancelled checks, nos. 340-493, January 1878-June 1879. | |||||||||||||
| Incomplete. | |||||||||||||
| 22.A.4.1 | Check stubs, nos. 0-499, December 1877-June 1879. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.5.6 | Check stubs, nos. 1-48, June-November 1879. | ||||||||||||
| Trial balances, May 1877-January 1879. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Hill and Acker until October 1877, thereafter Hill, Saunders and Acker. | |||||||||||||
| 22.A.4.1 | Balance sheets, May 31, 1878. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.5.6 | Notes, 1879. | ||||||||||||
| 22.B.4.2 | Journal, April 1874-January 1879. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Labeled E. N. Saunders journal 'D'. | |||||||||||||
ST. JOHN RIVER
Papers related to the St. John River area of Quebec, where James J. Hill owned property and would travel for sport and recreation. Hill began leasing rights to fish on the river in 1898 and purchased land and began to build a lodge in 1900. Notable material includes maps of and reports on fishing in the local rivers, salmon fishing records for 1900-1919, specifications, plans, and inventories for the lodge, and a collection of pamphlets on fishing in the region. The correspondence documents Hill’s first research on the area, maintenance of the vacation property, and organization of fishing trips. Many images of the area may be found in the James J. Hill photograph collection.
| 22.E.6.8 | General correspondence, undated and February 1898-December 21, 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 22.E.6.9 | General correspondence, December 22, 1900-1901. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.2.1 | General correspondence, 1902-May 4, 1905. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.2.2 | General correspondence, May 7, 1905-July 22, 1907. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.2.3 | General correspondence, July 23, 1907-August 11, 1909. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.2.4 | General correspondence, August 12, 1909-October 1914. 9 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Legal documents: Leases, January 1897-November 1912. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Financial records: | |||||||||||||
| Expenses, 1900-1915. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous financial records, May 1900-October 1909. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Inventories of furnishings, 1900-1910. | |||||||||||||
| Reports: | |||||||||||||
| St. John River, May-November 1900. | |||||||||||||
| Moisie, Kegashka, Musquarro, and Olomanosheebo rivers, 1870-1895. | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul/Esquimaux River, undated and 1891-1903. | |||||||||||||
| Salmon rivers of the St. Lawrence, March 11, 1898. | |||||||||||||
| Yearly salmon records, 1900-1913. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 22.F.2.5 | Yearly salmon records, 1914-1919. 2 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Salmon score books, 1900-1919. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Log house specifications and reports, 1900. | |||||||||||||
| Salmon distribution lists, 1900-1915. | |||||||||||||
| Clippings, approximately 1898. | |||||||||||||
| Legislation: Price bill, December 1904. | |||||||||||||
| Weather charts, 1911, 1914-1915. 3 items in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Memorandum regarding score sheet, June 1915. 1 item in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Telegraph rates, 1915. 1 item in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Printed materials: | |||||||||||||
| Playing a fish, habits of salmon, undated and approximately 1850. | |||||||||||||
| Rod and canoe, rifle and snowshoe in Quebec's Adirondacks, by G. M. Fairchild, Jr., 1896. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Special reports on the fisheries of Canada…, by Professor E. E. Prince, 1897. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Fish and game laws, Quebec, undated. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Salmon fishing on the great Wacheeshoo, undated. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Report of the commissioner of lands, forests and fisheries for the province of Quebec, June 30, 1900. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Salmon angling in the streams of the far north, 1901. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 57 | Quebec hunting season poster, undated. | |||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 21 | Maps: | |||||||||||
| St. Paul/Esquimaux River, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 54 | Miscellaneous Quebec rivers, 1902. | |||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 55 | St. John River, undated. | |||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 56 | Canada, 1893, undated. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 50 | Quebec provincial map, 1893. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 3 | Grand Cascapedia River, New Brunswick, Canada, 1892. | |||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 50 | Blueprints: | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous Quebec rivers, 1895. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 51 | St. Paul/Esquimaux River, undated. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 2 | St. Paul/Esquimaux River, undated and January 1901. | |||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 52 | St. John River, undated and 1900-1901. | |||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 58 | House plans, 1900. | |||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 53 | Drawings: | |||||||||||
| St. John River, undated. | |||||||||||||
| 22.F.2.5 | Map of fishing area, undated. | ||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 59 | Proposed house plans, approximately 1892. | |||||||||||
WACOUTA (YACHT)
Papers related to James J. Hill’s personal steam yacht Wacouta, previously known as Eleanor, which he purchased in 1900 for $150,000. The records consist primarily of correspondence, inventories of articles on board, and records related to expenses. This material documents Hill’s three-year effort to purchase the ship and details related to its operation, including provisioning and crew management.
| 20.H.3.3 | General correspondence, September 1897-February 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.3.4 | General correspondence, March 1901-June 4, 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.3.5 | General correspondence, June 5, 1902-September 8, 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.3.6 | General correspondence, September 9, 1903-September 1, 1905. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.3.7 | General correspondence, September 2, 1905-March 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.3.8 | General correspondence, April 1908-March 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.3.9 | General correspondence, April 1911-May 5, 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.4.1 | General correspondence, May 6, 1914-November 1917. 10 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Inventories: Purchases and stores, June 1900-September 1908. 16 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.H.4.2 | Inventories: Purchases and stores, September 1909-May 1916. 10 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Financial records: | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous financial records, August 1900-1915. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Yearly expenditure reports, 1900-1915. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.H.5.3 | Expenses, 1906-1909. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.4.2 | Expenses, 1910-1912. 1 folder. | ||||||||||||
| Found inlaid in 1906-1909 expense volume. | |||||||||||||
| 20.H.5.1 | Expenses, 1913-1916. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.4.2 | Reports: | ||||||||||||
| Report of James Brodie on construction, furnishings, etc. March 18, 1898. 1 item in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Report of John J. Toomey on furnishings, accounts, and inventories, July 27, 1900. 1 item in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Ephemera: Sketches for banner and salmon gift tags, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Clippings, undated and July 5, 1900. | |||||||||||||
| Legal documents: | |||||||||||||
| Insurance policies, 1915-1916. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous legal documents, February-October 1901. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 16 | Sailing charts: | |||||||||||
| Canada, Rhode Island, world, 1830-1912. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 17 | Massachusetts, 1895-1910. | |||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 18 | Maine, 1894-May 1896. | |||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 19 | Maine, May-July 1896. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 4 | Canada, 1882-1901. 4 items. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov6 | 1 | U.S. Coast Survey navigation charts, approximately 1890s. | |||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 42 | Wheelhouse, undated. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||
ST. PAUL SEMINARY
Records of a Catholic educational institution founded and largely supported through its first years by a gift of $500,000 from James J. Hill. Series is comprised largely of correspondence, including a file of letters between the architect Cass Gilbert, Hill, and various contractors and workmen. Other material consists of legal documents including articles of incorporation and the trustee gift agreement, a typed copy of Hill’s 1895 dedication address, maps and appraisals of church property in the name of Archbishop John Ireland, and financial and insurance data. The trusteeship was to last through the lifetimes of Hill’s sons and twenty-one years thereafter, but there are few records dating to after Hill’s death in 1916.
| 22.F.2.6 | Historical features, undated. | ||||||||||||
| Prepared by the James J. Hill Reference Library. | |||||||||||||
| General correspondence, February 1892-September 1919. 23 folders. | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul interurban property: Description and trust agreement, October 31, 1894. 2 items in folder. | |||||||||||||
| The Williames vacuum system of steam heating, approximately 1895. | |||||||||||||
| Macalester College annual statement of accounts, May 31, 1912. | |||||||||||||
| Archbishop Ireland properties: Statements and appraisals, undated and April-December 1893. | |||||||||||||
| To our founder, essay read at reception extended to James J. Hill, November 27, 1912. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 32 | Maps: | |||||||||||
| St. Paul lot plats, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 17 | Topographical survey of lot, undated. 1 map. | |||||||||||
| 22.F.2.7 | Miscellaneous maps, undated and June 1907. | ||||||||||||
| Insurance, approximately 1890s-1913. | |||||||||||||
| Legal documents: | |||||||||||||
| Original specifications, undated. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Cass Gilbert, architect. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous legal documents, August 1892-June 1913. 9 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Mainly agreements, also estimates and proposals for construction. | |||||||||||||
| Financial records: | |||||||||||||
| Monthly statements of operation, December 1895-1898. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.H.2.1 | Monthly statements of operation, 1899-1905. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.2.2 | Monthly statements of operation, 1906-1913. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.2.3 | Monthly statements of operation, 1914-September 1916. 3 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous financial records, undated and 1904-1914. | |||||||||||||
| Statements of operations, undated and 1896-1915. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Yearly account summaries, 1894-1917. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Trust account, August 1899-August 1920. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Ledger balances, October 1894-March 1895. | |||||||||||||
| Found inlaid in ledger. | |||||||||||||
| Ledger, 1892-1896. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 20.H.2.4 | Annual registers, 1897-1914. 18 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Catholic University Bulletin, April 1895, November 1911. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| One issue with article "The new seminary of St. Paul" and one annual report. | |||||||||||||
HOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD
Records of the St. Paul convent dedicated to the shelter and reform of fallen women consist entirely of statements of expenditure and receipt and indebtedness and small amount of correspondence related thereto.
| 20.H.3.2 | Financial records, 1907-1913. 2 folders. | ||||||||||||
VISITATION CONVENT
Records relating to a convent and its academy in St. Paul, Minnesota. Material primarily concerns purchases of property and construction of convent buildings, 1911-1913.
| 20.G.2.7 | Correspondence, legal documents, and financial records, 1873-1919. 13 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Building specifications, 1912. | |||||||||||||
| Abstracts of title, 1913. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 10 | Blueprints, 1911. | |||||||||||
STATE AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION
Records of this association are related primarily to its enterprise, the St. Paul Driving Park horse racing track. Material is comprised of financial records including bills, statements of expenditure and receipt, related correspondence, stock data, and a racing result record book listing the names and other data on all horses in each race.
| 20.H.3.2 | St. Paul Driving Park: | ||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous financial records, 1873-1878. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Statements, 1871-1878. | |||||||||||||
| 20.H.5.3 | Horse racing results, 1874-1876. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Stock ledger, 1872-1878. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 20.H.3.2 | Stock journal, 1872-1878. | ||||||||||||
| Stock certificates, 1872-1876. | |||||||||||||
ART COLLECTION
Small series is comprised of data relating to James J. Hill's art collection, which he referred to as 'pictures', and the semi-public art gallery he maintained in his Summit Avenue home beginning in the 1890s. Some of the material relates to the division of the collection amongst his heirs after his death.
| 22.A.2.6 | Art gallery admission card and envelope, undated. 2 items. | ||||||||||||
| Record of admission cards issued to art gallery at 240 Summit Avenue, 1894-1921. 2 volumes in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Picture record, 1881-1891. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Picture inventory, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Financial records, 1887-1890. | |||||||||||||
| Division of estate, after May 1916. | |||||||||||||
| Includes photocopies of records from G. Norman Slade papers. | |||||||||||||
| Art catalogs, 1960-1962. | |||||||||||||
| Prints and photographs, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 61 | Sharples paintings reproductions, approximately 1883. 2 items. | |||||||||||
| Prints of paintings of Adams and Madison in James J. Hill art collection. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 63 | Clippings regarding Sharples portraits, April 1883. | |||||||||||
FARMS
Series consists of records of James J. Hill’s three farm properties: Humboldt Farm in Humboldt, Minnesota, Northcote Farm in Northcote, Minnesota, both in Kittson County, and North Oaks Farm in North Oaks, Minnesota, 10 miles north of St. Paul in Ramsey County. A small amount of material pertaining to Hillier Farm on Lake Minnetonka in Hennepin County, Minnesota is included with the North Oaks Farm records. The North Oaks and Humboldt Farm joint series is comprised of a series of cancelled checks written from an account serving both farms.
Files contain two main types of material: correspondence and financial records concerning daily operations of each of the farms, and records documenting the raising and breeding of livestock, primarily cattle, but also pigs, sheep and horses. This material consists primarily of pedigrees, certificates of registry, livestock registers, and files detailing Hill’s efforts to import, breed, and distribute animals from Europe. Additional correspondence and financial records for North Oaks and Humboldt Farms can be found in letterpress books F-1 to F-8. Later records for North Oaks Farm are included in the Louis W. Hill papers.
Humboldt Farm
| 21.J.3.4 | Correspondence, February 1887-April 1891. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.3.5 | Correspondence, May 1891-April 1894. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.3.6 | Correspondence, May 1894-November 13, 1895. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.3.7 | Correspondence, November 24, 1895-December 1896. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.3.8 | Correspondence, 1897-May 1898. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.3.9 | Correspondence, June 1898-March 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.4.1 | Correspondence, April-December 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.4.2 | Correspondence, January-September 11, 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.4.3 | Correspondence, September 12, 1900-June 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.4.4 | Correspondence, July 1901-January 8, 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.4.5 | Correspondence, January 10-June 11, 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.4.6 | Correspondence, June 12, 1902-February 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.4.7 | Correspondence, March-September 11, 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.4.8 | Correspondence, September 12, 1903-May 1904. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.4.9 | Correspondence, June 1904-February 1905. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.5.1 | Correspondence, March-December 1905. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.5.2 | Correspondence, January-September 1906. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.5.3 | Correspondence, October 1906-August 1907. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.5.4 | Correspondence, September 1907-April 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.5.5 | Correspondence, May-December 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.5.6 | Correspondence, 1909. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.5.7 | Correspondence, January-September 19, 1910. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.5.8 | Correspondence, September 22, 1910-October 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.5.9 | Correspondence, November 1911-April 24, 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.6.1 | Correspondence, April 25-July 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.6.2 | Correspondence, August-October 21, 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.6.3 | Correspondence, October 22, 1912-April 15, 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.6.4 | Correspondence, April 16-December 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.6.5 | Correspondence, January-October 19, 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.6.6 | Correspondence, October 20-December 1914. 5 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Specs for elevator, "not accepted", undated. | |||||||||||||
| Pedigrees, 1890-1909. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Financial records: | |||||||||||||
| Time books, approximately 1915. 5 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Sales reports, March 30, 1912-September 2, 1916. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous financial records, 1911-January 1917. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Statements of operations, 1906-1914. | |||||||||||||
| 21.J.6.7 | Statements of cash received and disbursed, November 15, 1911-January 1917. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.2.3 | Vouchers: | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 1-217, December 1911-August 1912. | |||||||||||||
| 21.J.2.4 | Nos. 218-426, 428-437, August-December 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.2.5 | Nos. 438-650, January-June 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.2.6 | Nos. 651-825, July-November 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.2.7 | Nos. 826-1039, November 1913-May 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.2.8 | Nos. 1040-1233, June-November 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.2.9 | Nos. 1234-1481, November 1914-April 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.3.1 | Nos. 1482-1678, April-August 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.3.2 | Nos. 1679-1854 1/2, September-December 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.3.3 | Nos. 1855-2028, January-May 1916. | ||||||||||||
| Vouchers 2029-2092, June-December 1916, are included in the Louis W. Hill papers, John J. Toomey files. | |||||||||||||
| 20.J.2.5 | Ledger, 1911-1917. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.2.6 | Journal, 1881-1887. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.2.5 | Journal, 1911-1917. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.2.6 | Cashbook and journal, 1882-1887. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 20.H.5.2 | Receipts and expenditures registers, undated and 1911-1916. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Livestock record, 1915-1916. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 22.E.4.7 | Inventories, 1889-1914. 6 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 26 | Maps: | |||||||||||
| Building location plans and area plats, 1910-1913. | |||||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 10 | Plat of sections, undated. 1 map. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 8 | Location of buildings, August 1915. 1 map. | |||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 27 | Blueprints: | |||||||||||
| Townsite plats, building location plans, elevator and double flax separator plans. 1893-1915. | |||||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 5 | Great Northern right of way in Kittson County, Minnesota, undated. 3 blueprints. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 6 | Horse barn and hog house plans, undated. 12 blueprints. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 7 | JJH estate lands, Kittson County, Minnesota, undated. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 9 | Location of buildings, August 1915. 2 blueprints. | |||||||||||
Northcote Farm
| 21.J.6.8 | Correspondence, September 1910-March 8, 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.6.9 | Correspondence, March 9-June 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.6.7 | Correspondence, July-October 21, 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.6.8 | Correspondence, October 22, 1911-April 11, 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.6.9 | Correspondence, April 12-July 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.2.1 | Correspondence, August 1912-February 21, 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.2.2 | Correspondence, February 22-August 12, 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.2.3 | Correspondence, August 13, 1913-February 21, 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.2.4 | Correspondence, February 22-October 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.2.5 | Correspondence, November 1914-February 14, 1917. 13 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Land sale agreements, 1917-1920. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Statement of grain shipped, August 1899. | |||||||||||||
| Financial records: | |||||||||||||
| Statements of operations, 1910-1914. | |||||||||||||
| Statements of cash received and disbursed, September 1910-November 1914. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.J.2.6 | Receipts and expenditures, September 1910-1914. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Livestock ledger, 1913-1914. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Private herd register, 1907-1912. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 22.E.4.7 | Inventories, 1910-1914. 2 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.2.6 | Private herd register, 1909-1911. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Livestock record, 1914. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 4 | Blueprints: | |||||||||||
| Location plan, layout of farm, hay barn, stockyards, silos, concrete dam, highway bridge, water tower, and pump house, 1913. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 5 | Area plats, mixing and root houses, grain storage bins, wagons scales, and overhead spouts, 1913. | |||||||||||
| Includes general specifications. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 22 | Stable, elevator, and townsite plat, 1902-1915. | |||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 23 | Residence, 1912. | |||||||||||
| Includes specifications. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 24 | Barn and hog house, 1913. | |||||||||||
| Includes specifications and piping plan. | |||||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 32 | Building location plat, November 1910. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 33 | Contour map of farm, August 15, 1911. 2 blueprints. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 37 | Profiles of proposed ditches, August 15, 1911. 3 blueprints. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 38 | Miscellaneous, undated. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 25 | Maps: | |||||||||||
| Plat maps and location plan, 1910-1917. | |||||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 34 | Profiles of proposed ditches, August 15, 1911. 1 map. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 35 | Lands embraced in Northcote Farm, November 1910. 1 map. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 36 | Building location plats, October-November 1910. 3 maps. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 39 | Contour map of farm, August 15, 1911. 1 map. | |||||||||||
North Oaks Farm
| 21.I.2.2 | General correspondence, April 1881-September 29, 1884. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.2.3 | General correspondence, September 30, 1884-April 1885. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.2.4 | General correspondence, May-November 18, 1885. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.2.5 | General correspondence, November 19, 1885-February 10, 1887. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.2.6 | General correspondence, February 17, 1887-March 2, 1888. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.2.7 | General correspondence, March 3, 1888-June 14, 1889. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.2.8 | General correspondence, June 15, 1889-March 3, 1891. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.2.9 | General correspondence, March 4, 1891-October 1892. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.3.1 | General correspondence, November 1892-February 15, 1894. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.3.2 | General correspondence, February 16, 1894-1895. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.3.3 | General correspondence, 1896-September 17, 1897. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.3.4 | General correspondence, September 18, 1897-June 16, 1898. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.3.5 | General correspondence, June 17, 1898-January 13, 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.3.6 | General correspondence, January 14-October 24, 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.3.7 | General correspondence, October 25, 1899-May 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.3.8 | General correspondence, June 1900-September 9, 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.3.9 | General correspondence, September 10, 1901-January 13, 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.4.1 | General correspondence, January 13, 1903-July 12, 1904. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.4.2 | General correspondence, July 15, 1904-December 12, 1905. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.4.3 | General correspondence, December 13, 1905-April 15, 1907. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.4.4 | General correspondence, April 16, 1907-April 27, 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.4.5 | General correspondence, April 28, 1908-September 21, 1909. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.4.6 | General correspondence, September 22, 1909-August 4, 1910. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.4.7 | General correspondence, August 4, 1910-April 17, 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.4.8 | General correspondence, April 20, 1911-October 16, 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.4.9 | General correspondence, October 17, 1913-May 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.5.1 | General correspondence, June 1914-April 1922. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.2.1 | Financial records: | ||||||||||||
| Memoranda books: | |||||||||||||
| Volumes of mainly invoices. | |||||||||||||
| 1-804, January 1884-September 1887. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 22.G.3.2 | 805-1583, September 1887-October 1889. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.3.3 | 1584-2339, November 1889-November 1891. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.3.4 | 2340-3033, November 1891-September 1893. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.3.5 | 3034-3404, September 1893-September 1894. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.3.6 | 3405-3966, September 1894-July 1896. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 21.J.2.2 | 3967-4403, August 1896-1897. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.C.2.1 | 4404-4978, 1898-August 1899. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.C.2.2 | 4979-5697, September 1899-June 1901. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.C.2.3 | 5698-6296, July 1901-May 1903. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.C.2.4 | 6297-6940, June 1903-May 1905. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.C.3.1 | 6941-7861, June 1905-May 1908. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.C.3.2 | 7862-8808, June 1908-October 1910. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.C.3.3 | 8809-9742, November 1910-September 1914. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.C.3.4 | 9743-10352, September 1914-May 1916. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.5.2 | Requisitions, December 31, 1894-November 8, 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.5.3 | Requisitions, November 9, 1899-May 12, 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.5.4 | Requisitions, May 15, 1902-April 27, 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.5.5 | Requisitions, April 30, 1908-May 14, 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.5.6 | Requisitions, May 16, 1914-May 1916. 16 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Requisitions June 1916-December 1917 are included in the Louis W. Hill papers, John J. Toomey files. | |||||||||||||
| Statements of operations, 1903-1915. | |||||||||||||
| Time checks, July 31, 1903-January 1922. 10 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.H.5.4 | Receipts and expenditure registers, 1906-1910, 1912-1915. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.5.7 | Monthly accounts, November 1884-October 1887. 4 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Expenses, November 1914-August 1915. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Taxes: Assessment and tax statements and individual agricultural statements, 1900-1903. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous financial records, 1892-1905. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Legal documents: | |||||||||||||
| Contracts and agreements, October 1886-August 1898. | |||||||||||||
| Insurance: Auto, employee compensation, and fire, April 1913-February 1922. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 21.I.5.8 | Livestock registers: | ||||||||||||
| Sheep registers, 1908-1917. 3 volumes and 1 folder. | |||||||||||||
| Rambouillet, Oxford Down, and Shropshire sheep. | |||||||||||||
| Swine register, 1912-1920. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Duroc-Jersey swine. | |||||||||||||
| Horse registers, 1885-1917. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 21.I.5.9 | Cattle registers, 1875-1893. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Jersey, Shorthorn and Aberdeen Angus cattle. | |||||||||||||
| 21.I.6.1 | Cattle registers, 1891-1922. 5 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Ayreshire, Dexter, South Devon and Shorthorn cattle. | |||||||||||||
| 21.I.6.2 | Cattle register, 1880-1893. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Aberdeen Angus cattle. | |||||||||||||
| Livestock record, 1916-1917. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Butter delivery and milk and cream sales record, 1912-1916. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Butter delivery record, 1916-1918. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Corn experiments, 1905-1908. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| American Shorthorn Breeders Association, 1916-1919. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Registry certificates, lists, and correspondence. | |||||||||||||
| 21.I.6.3 | Cattle, 1883-1919. | ||||||||||||
| Includes files on Jersey, Shorthorn, Aberdeen Angus, Dexter, and Ayreshire cattle. | |||||||||||||
| 22.G.2.7 | Cattle, 1897-1918. 5 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Ayreshire and South Devon cattle. | |||||||||||||
| Catalogue of cattle imported ex S. S. Venetian, 1885. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 21.I.6.4 | Cattle T. B. shots, August-October 1914. | ||||||||||||
| Cattle weekly reports, June 1914-January 1921. 16 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Cattle weekly sales, February 1919-March 1922. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 21.I.6.5 | Bull distribution, 1883-1890. | ||||||||||||
| 21.I.6.6 | Bull distribution, October 1885-October 1892. 11 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Pigs, June 1884-February 1920. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 21.I.6.7 | Fowl, half-breed buffaloes, sacred cattle, April 1890-July 1897. | ||||||||||||
| Sheep, 1893-1913. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Horses, 1899-1927. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Dogs, 1886-1900. | |||||||||||||
| Furniture lists, 1886-1894. | |||||||||||||
| 21.I.6.8 | Importations, 1882-1886. 16 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Miscellany, 1902-1916, 1922. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Primarily reports. | |||||||||||||
| 21.G.6.9 | Inventories, 1885-1915. | ||||||||||||
| Includes Hillier Farm data. | |||||||||||||
| 21.I.6.9 | Ephemera, 1881-1912. | ||||||||||||
| Primarily circulars and catalogs. | |||||||||||||
| 22.G.2.6 | Memoranda book, 1883. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Clippings, 1884-1893. 1 volume and 1 folder. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 1 | Blueprints: | |||||||||||
| Power door, dairy barn, and proposed conduit plans and school district plat, undated, 1903-1907, 1930. | |||||||||||||
| Includes specifications. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 2 | Residence and stables, undated and 1908. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 30 | Residence, May 1, 1913. 6 blueprints. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 16 | Hillier Farm, November 10, 1899. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||
| Lake Minnetonka - Crystal Bay; farm, part of lot 1, section 15, T117N, R23W. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 3 | Drawings: | |||||||||||
| Houseboat, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 13 | Residence, undated. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 31 | Maps: | |||||||||||
| Proposed new roads, June 11, 1911. 4 maps. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 34 | Plats and cattle quarantine system plan, undated and 1886. | |||||||||||
North Oaks and Humboldt Farms
| 22.G.2.8 | Payroll check stubs, bank book, and accounting tapes, 1897-1904. | ||||||||||||
| Cancelled checks: | |||||||||||||
| 1-703, September 1897-1902. 10 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 22.G.2.9 | 704-1623, 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.3.1 | 1624-2769, 1904-April 1905. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.2.1 | 2770-3755, May 1905-May 1906. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.2.2 | 3756-4827, June 1906-July 1907. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.2.3 | 4828-5910, August 1907-September 5, 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.2.4 | 5911-7150, September 1908-June 1910. | ||||||||||||
REAL ESTATE
Series is comprised of materials relating to various residential and investment properties owned by James J. Hill in the United States and Canada, mainly in the 1880s to the 1910s. Files are included on Hill’s homes in St. Paul, Minnesota, New York City, and Jekyl Island, Georgia, on rental properties in St. Paul, Minneapolis, and New York, and on larger tracts of land in towns and rural areas of Minnesota and North Dakota. Records consist primarily of deeds, purchase agreements, abstracts of title, mortgage documents, building specifications, property inventories, rental revenue data, and related correspondence.
General Files
| 22.D.6.7 | Inventories of real estate, 1897-1911. 4 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 22.A.6.3 | Lands record nos. 1-2, 1885-1897. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.D.6.7 | Financial records: | ||||||||||||
| Land sales, 1896-1907. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 22.B.5.1 | Land sales record, 1882-1921. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.B.5.3 | Rent record, 1898-1907. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.D.6.7 | House and barn expenses, 1901-1913. 3 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Includes Hill's children's expenses. | |||||||||||||
| 22.B.4.4 | House and barn expenditures, 1906-1907. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.D.6.7 | Legal documents: | ||||||||||||
| Deeds and abstracts, 1864-1881. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 22.B.6.3 | Copies of deeds and related papers, 1895-1921. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
Eramosa, Canada Properties
| 20.B.3.9 | Legal documents, mortgages, insurance, correspondence, and tax data, 1837, 1861-1919. 6 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 33 | Deeds and land grants, 1823-1887. | |||||||||||
Paris Apartment
| 20.B.3.9 | Financial records: Expenses, 1901-1909. | ||||||||||||
New York Residence
| 20.B.3.9 | General correspondence, August 1906-June 6, 1909. 18 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 20.B.4.9 | General correspondence, June 7, 1909-August 1917. 22 folders. | ||||||||||||
| New York apartment: | |||||||||||||
| Cash received and disbursed, June 1901-November 1902. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Expenses, 1901-1904. | |||||||||||||
| Affidavit regarding property tax, January 15, 1904. | |||||||||||||
| 8 East 65th Street residence: | |||||||||||||
| Financial records: | |||||||||||||
| Monthly statements, 1907-June 1916. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.B.5.9 | Receipts, 1907-1916. | ||||||||||||
| Annual statements, 1906. | |||||||||||||
| Legal documents: | |||||||||||||
| Titles and deeds, June-August 1906. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Insurance, 1907-1916. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 35 | Property surveys, 1906-1908. 2 blueprints. | |||||||||||
| 20.B.5.9 | 164 East 68th Street garage: | ||||||||||||
| Legal documents: | |||||||||||||
| Titles, 1908-1909. | |||||||||||||
| Insurance, 1912-1921. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Includes auto insurance. | |||||||||||||
New York Properties
| 20.B.5.9 | Deeds and correspondence, 1916-1919. 3 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 323 East 14th Street rental property: | |||||||||||||
| Legal documents: | |||||||||||||
| Title transfer, October 9, 1878. | |||||||||||||
| Mortgages and related papers, July 1880-July 1895. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Insurance, 1884-1890. | |||||||||||||
| Financial records: | |||||||||||||
| Financial reports, 1884-1894. | |||||||||||||
| Revenue statements, December 1886-September 1890. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.B.6.9 | Revenue statements, October 1890-August 1895. 10 folders. | ||||||||||||
| East 64th and 65th Streets: | |||||||||||||
| General correspondence, 1915-1917. | |||||||||||||
| Titles and insurance, June 1908-January 1911. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 8 | Architectural plans: 7-9 East 64th Street, 1915. | |||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 9 | Blueprints: 7-9 East 64th Street, 1915. | |||||||||||
| 20.B.6.9 | Camp Mahaqua: Leases, June 1906-January 1907. | ||||||||||||
Summit Avenue Residence
| Records of Hill's home and outbuildings at 240 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota. | |||||||||||||
| 20.B.6.9 | General correspondence, May 1888-January 1892. 3 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Inventories: Silverware, 1898-1904. | |||||||||||||
| Financial records: | |||||||||||||
| Costs of construction, 1889-1893, 1902. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Coal bills, September 1901-1903. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Ledger balances, December 31, 1888-December 31, 1895. | |||||||||||||
| 22.B.4.4 | Summit Avenue property ledger, 1886-1895. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 20.B.6.9 | Legal documents: | ||||||||||||
| Titles and deeds, February 1884-October 16, 1886. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 22.E.2.7 | Titles and deeds, October 18, 1888-November 1917. 2 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Bids and contracts, March 1888-May 1904. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Permits and licenses, 1888-1917. | |||||||||||||
| Plans and specifications, undated and June 1887-November 1891. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 61 | Illustrations of lighting fixtures for the residence of Mr. James J. Hill, undated. | |||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 12 | Blueprints: Lot maps, retaining wall elevation, and copper skylight plan. 1853-1902. | |||||||||||
| Maps: | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 14 | Plats of grounds, undated and 1887. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 46 | Dayton and Irvine Addition topographical survey, June 1901. | |||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 47 | Dayton and Irvine Addition survey of lots 9-11, October 1891. | |||||||||||
| 22.E.2.7 | Maiden Lane property: | ||||||||||||
| General correspondence, September 1890-November 1899. | |||||||||||||
| Financial records: Expenses, 1892-1906. | |||||||||||||
| Legal documents: | |||||||||||||
| Titles and deeds, 1897-1907. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Bids and contracts, September-November 1892. | |||||||||||||
| Insurance, April 1914-January 1922. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Inventories of equipment, 1885-1915. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Plans and specifications, September 1890-April 1893. | |||||||||||||
| Automobile laws of Minnesota, 1909. | |||||||||||||
| Tube | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov9 | 45 | Barn drawings, undated. 2 items. | |||||||||||
St. Paul Properties
| 20.C.2.9 | 9th Street residence: | ||||||||||||
| Files, 1880-1892. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 35 | Lot map and property survey, undated and 1892. 2 blueprints. | |||||||||||
| 20.C.2.9 | Miscellaneous properties: | ||||||||||||
| Correspondence, financial records, and tax records, 1898. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 40 | Blueprints, undated and 1909. 3 items. | |||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 39 | Maps, undated. | |||||||||||
| 20.C.2.9 | Holcombe and East Fourth Street properties: | ||||||||||||
| Deeds, abstracts, insurance, statements of rents collected, correspondence, and leases, 1896-1922. 19 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 40 | Blueprints, undated and 1912. 4 items. | |||||||||||
| 20.C.2.9 | 1111 Summit Avenue: Property report, January 9, 1913. | ||||||||||||
Minneapolis Properties
| 20.C.2.9 | King property: | ||||||||||||
| Files, 1892-1908. 13 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.I.6.6 | Mortgages, 1887. 7 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 38 | Topographical sketch, March 1906. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 39 | Maps, undated. | |||||||||||
| 20.I.6.6 | Brackett property, 1st Avenue and 2nd Street: | ||||||||||||
| General correspondence, 1882-1909. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence regarding power and heat furnished, 1900-1906. | |||||||||||||
| Minneapolis Trust file, 1907. | |||||||||||||
| Legal documents: | |||||||||||||
| Fire insurance, 1904-1905. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.I.6.7 | Insurance policies, 1891, 1900-1920. 5 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Leases and other contracts, 1888-1906. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.I.6.8 | Leases and other contracts, 1902-1916. 3 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Financial records: | |||||||||||||
| Revenues and expenses, 1898-1914. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Expenses, 1901-1912. | |||||||||||||
| Disbursements and receipts, 1910-1913. | |||||||||||||
| Inventory of furniture and fixtures, February 24, 1899. | |||||||||||||
| Indicator diagrams taken with the Crosby steam engine indicator, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 38 | Blueprints, undated and 1886. 4 items. | |||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 39 | Maps, undated. 3 items. | |||||||||||
| 20.I.6.8 | Jervis and Elm Street properties legal documents: | ||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous legal documents, 1881-1916. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Insurance, 1897-1911. | |||||||||||||
| Contracts for deed, 1909-1912. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
Jekyl Island Property
| Records of Hill's membership in the exclusive Georgia resort, known later as Jekyll Island. | |||||||||||||
| 20.I.6.8 | General correspondence, March 1904-November 1918. 3 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Financial records, 1904-1906. | |||||||||||||
| Legal documents: | |||||||||||||
| Purchase agreement, August 28, 1918. | |||||||||||||
| Insurance, 1904-1921. | |||||||||||||
| Sans Souci inventory, June 1904. | |||||||||||||
Moorhead, Minnesota Properties
| 20.I.6.9 | General correspondence, 1888-1899. 12 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Legal documents: | |||||||||||||
| Indentures, agreements, statements, court cases, and related papers, 1893-1906. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Abstracts of title, 1888-1892. | |||||||||||||
| Leases, 1903-1920. | |||||||||||||
| Financial records, 1888-1913. | |||||||||||||
| Maps: Section plats, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Grand Pacific Hotel: | |||||||||||||
| Files, December 1891-June 1893. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 22.F.4.6 | Files, September 1893-1904. 9 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Plat map, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Cashbook, September 1893. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Sales of material, cash record, and related papers, May-June 1896. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Record of sales of material, June 1896. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Monthly time book, May-June 1896. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||||
| Norman Land Company file, 1906-November 1921. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
Fergus Falls, Minnesota Properties
| 22.F.4.6 | Files, 1875-1897. 2 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.4.7 | Files, 1899-1901. 1 folder. | ||||||||||||
| State assignment certificates, 14777-16394, 1894-1897. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 36 | Blueprints, undated. 2 items. | |||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 37 | Maps, undated. | |||||||||||
Kittson County, Minnesota Properties
| 22.F.4.7 | General correspondence, 1884-1914. 3 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Financial records: | |||||||||||||
| Expenses and receipts, 1910-1911. | |||||||||||||
| Record of land sales, October 1917. | |||||||||||||
| Deed record, September-October 1917. | |||||||||||||
| Legal documents: | |||||||||||||
| Deeds, mortgages, abstracts of title, and related papers, 1882-1883. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.J.5.7 | Deeds, mortgages, abstracts of title, and related papers, 1882-1920. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.5.8 | Deeds, mortgages, abstracts of title, and related papers, 1882-1908. 10 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Contracts, 1-77, approximately 1890-1905. 9 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.J.5.9 | Contracts, 78-155, approximately 1900-1910. 9 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Contracts and leases, 1881-1902. 8 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Government survey field notes, May 24, 1912. | |||||||||||||
Miscellaneous Minnesota Properties
| 22.F.4.7 | Clay County, Minnesota property files, 1884-1901. 3 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Benton County, Minnesota property files, 1865,1886-1888,1895-1902. 8 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.J.5.9 | Miscellaneous properties file, October 1903-November 1906. | ||||||||||||
| Mainly deeds; includes Hennepin, Pipestone, and St. Croix counties. | |||||||||||||
North Dakota Properties
| 20.J.6.6 | General correspondence, 1900-October 1904. 10 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Legal documents: | |||||||||||||
| Contracts, May 1895-February 1902. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Mortgages, 1887-1919. 12 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Grand Forks, North Dakota file, August 1896-February 1902. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 45 | Pembina land district plats, undated. 3 maps. | |||||||||||
FINANCIAL RECORDS
Series is comprised of routine personal and business financial records, including personal expenditures and investments and general financial data encapsulating many diverse business interests. The bulk of the material is formed of two series of vouchers, cancelled checks, check stubs, general and personal ledgers, journals, and cashbooks. Many of the records relate to bank accounts held with the First National Bank of St. Paul although some records pertain to accounts with other banks in St. Paul and New York. General business financial data is included; additional records pertaining to specific businesses can be found in those series.
Vouchers
| 21.H.2.5 | Vouchers, November 1874-December 1878. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.2.6 | Vouchers, 1879-1881. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.2.7 | Vouchers, 1882. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.2.8 | Vouchers, January-September 1883. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.2.9 | Vouchers, October 1883-March 1884. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.3.1 | Vouchers, April-July 1884. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.3.2 | Vouchers, July-November 1884. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.3.3 | Vouchers, December 1884-April 1885. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.3.4 | Vouchers, May-August 1885. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.3.5 | Vouchers, August-December 1885. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.3.6 | Vouchers, December 1885-March 1886. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.3.7 | Vouchers, April-August 1886. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.3.8 | Vouchers, August-December 1886. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.3.9 | Vouchers, December 1886-April 1887. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.4.1 | Vouchers, April-July 1887. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.4.2 | Vouchers, August-December 1887. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.4.3 | Nos. 49-164; 1-268, December 1887-February 1888. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.4.4 | Nos. 269-605, March-May 1888. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.4.5 | Nos. 606-953, May-July 1888. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.4.6 | Nos. 954-1246, August-September 1888. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.4.7 | Nos. 1247-1543, October-November 1888. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.4.8 | Nos. 1544-1659; 1-225, December 1888-February 1889. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.4.9 | Nos. 226-635, March-June 1889. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.5.1 | Nos. 636-900, June-August 1889. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.5.2 | Nos. 901-1189, August-October 1889. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.5.3 | Nos. 1190-1474, October-December 1889. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.5.4 | Nos. 1-255, January-February 1890. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.5.5 | Nos. 256-498, March-April 1890. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.5.6 | Nos. 499-776, May-July 1890. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.5.7 | Nos. 777-1010, July-August 1890. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.5.8 | Nos. 1011-1200, August-September 1890. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.5.9 | Nos. 1201-1440, September-October 1890. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.6.1 | Nos. 1441-1711, November-December 1890. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.6.2 | Nos. 1-239, January 1891. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.6.3 | Nos. 240-473, February-March 1891. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.6.4 | Nos. 474-760, April-May 1891. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.6.5 | Nos. 761-1037, May-July 1891. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.6.6 | Nos. 1038-1288, July-August 1891. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.6.7 | Nos. 1289-1552, September-October 1891. | ||||||||||||
| 21.H.6.8 | Nos. 1553-1800, November 1891. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.3.7 | Nos. 1801-1901; 1-100, December 1891-January 1892. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.3.8 | Nos. 101-279, January-February 1892. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.3.9 | Nos. 280-550, March-April 1892. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.4.1 | Nos. 551-794, April-June 1892. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.4.2 | Nos. 795-1055, June-July 1892. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.4.3 | Nos. 1056-1278, August-September 1892. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.4.4 | Nos. 1279-1525, October-November 1892. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.4.5 | Nos. 1526-1762, November-December 1892. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.4.6 | Nos. 1763-1882; 1-127, December 1892-January 1893. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.2.1 | Nos. 128-324, January-February 1893. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.2.2 | Nos. 325-546, March-April 1893. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.2.3 | Nos. 547-792, April-May 1893. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.2.4 | Nos. 793-1083, June-July 1893. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.2.5 | Nos. 1084-1294, July-August 1893. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.2.6 | Nos. 1295-1500, September-October 1893. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.2.7 | Nos. 1501-1797, October-November 1893. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.2.8 | Nos. 1798-1964; 1-123, December 1893-January 1894. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.2.9 | Nos. 124-436, January-March 1894. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.3.1 | Nos. 437-717, April-May 1894. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.3.2 | Nos. 718-1000, June-July 1894. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.3.3 | Nos. 1001-1303, August-September 1894. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.3.4 | Nos. 1304-1550, October-November 1894. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.3.5 | Nos. 1551-1821, November-December 1894. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.3.6 | Nos. 1-276, January 1895. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.3.7 | Nos. 277-580, February-March 1895. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.3.8 | Nos. 581-830, April-May 1895. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.3.9 | Nos. 831-1078, May-June 1895. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.4.1 | Nos. 1079-1376, July-August 1895. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.4.2 | Nos. 1377-1625, September-October 1895. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.4.3 | Nos. 1626-1912, October-November 1895. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.4.4 | Nos. 1913-2058 1/2; 1-69, December 1895-January 1896. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.4.5 | Nos. 70-353, February-March 1896. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.4.6 | Nos. 354-593, March-April 1896. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.4.7 | Nos. 594-881, April-June 1896. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.4.8 | Nos. 882-1140, June-July 1896. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.4.9 | Nos. 1141-1350, July-September 1896. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.5.1 | Nos. 1351-1586, September-October 1896. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.5.2 | Nos. 1587-1800, October-December 1896. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.5.3 | Nos. 1801-2035, December 1896-January 1897. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.5.4 | Nos. 2036-2272, January-February 1897. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.5.5 | Nos. 2273-2534, March-April 1897. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.5.6 | Nos. 2535-2694, April-May 1897. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.5.7 | Nos. 2695-2943, May-June 1897. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.5.8 | Nos. 2944-3157, June-July 1897. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.5.9 | Nos. 3158-3379, August-September 1897. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.6.1 | Nos. 3380-3616, September-October 1897. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.6.2 | Nos. 3617-3780, October-November 1897. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.6.3 | Nos. 3781-3975, November-December 1897. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.6.4 | Nos. 3976-4220, December 1897-January 1898. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.6.5 | Nos. 4221-4414, January-February 1898. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.6.6 | Nos. 4415-4675, March-April 1898. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.6.7 | Nos. 4676-4884, April-May 1898. | ||||||||||||
| 21.G.6.8 | Nos. 4885-5072, May-June 1898. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.4.7 | Nos. 5073-5249, June-July 1898. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.4.8 | Nos. 5250-5429, July-August 1898. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.4.9 | Nos. 5430-5677, August-September 1898. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.5.1 | Nos. 5678-5880, September-October 1898. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.5.2 | Nos. 5881-6138, November-December 1898. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.5.3 | Nos. 6139-6390, December 1898-January 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.5.4 | Nos. 6391-6652, January-March 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.5.5 | Nos. 6653-6911, March-April 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.2.1 | Nos. 6912-7101, May 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.2.2 | Nos. 7102-7304, June-July 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.2.3 | Nos. 7305-7508, July-August 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.2.4 | Nos. 7509-7672, August-September 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.2.5 | Nos. 7673-7873, September-October 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.2.6 | Nos. 7874-8083, October-November 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.2.7 | Nos. 8084-8306, November-December 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.2.8 | Nos. 8307-8541, December 1899-January 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.2.9 | Nos. 8542-8751, January-February 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.3.1 | Nos. 8752-8958, February-March 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.3.2 | Nos. 8959-9155, March-May 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.3.3 | Nos. 9156-9285, May 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.3.4 | Nos. 9286-9451, June 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.3.5 | Nos. 9452-9688, June-July 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.3.6 | Nos. 9689-9865, July-August 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.3.7 | Nos. 9866-10066, August-September 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.3.8 | Nos. 10067-11155, September-October 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.3.9 | Nos. 11156-11361 1/2, October 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.4.1 | Nos. 11362-11550, November 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.4.2 | Nos. 11551-11769, November-December 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.4.3 | Nos. 11770-11970, January 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.4.4 | Nos. 11971-12170, February 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.4.5 | Nos. 12171-12412, March 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.4.6 | Nos. 12413-12608, April 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.4.7 | Nos. 12609-12771, April-May 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.4.8 | Nos. 12772-12946, May 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.4.9 | Nos. 12947-13132, June 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.5.1 | Nos. 13133-13282, June-July 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.5.2 | Nos. 13283-13428, July 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.5.3 | Nos. 13429-13581, August 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.5.4 | Nos. 13582-13776, September 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.5.5 | Nos. 13777-13954, September-October 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.5.6 | Nos. 13955-14183, October-November 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.5.7 | Nos. 14184-14378, November-December 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.5.8 | Nos. 14379-14575, December 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.5.9 | Nos. 14576-14779, January 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.6.1 | Nos. 14780-14960, February 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.6.2 | Nos. 14961-15203, March 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.6.3 | Nos. 15204-15395, April 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.6.4 | Nos. 15396-15617, May 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.6.5 | Nos. 15618-15875, May-June 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.6.6 | Nos. 15876-16109, July 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.6.7 | Nos. 16110-16296, August 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.6.8 | Nos. 16297-16505, September 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 21.F.6.9 | Nos. 16506-16725, October 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.5.7 | Nos. 16726-16978, November-December 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.5.8 | Nos. 16979-17231, December 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.5.9 | Nos. 17232-17474, January 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.6.1 | Nos. 17475-17713, February-March 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.6.2 | Nos. 17714-17959, March-April 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.6.3 | Nos. 17960-18185, April-May 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.6.4 | Nos. 18186-18397, May-June 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.6.5 | Nos. 18398-18606, June 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.6.6 | Nos. 18607-18842, July 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.2.1 | Nos. 18843-19080 1/2, August 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.2.2 | Nos. 19081-19310, September-October 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.2.3 | Nos. 19311-19497, October 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.2.4 | Nos. 19498-19715, November 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.2.5 | Nos. 19716-19958, December 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.2.6 | Nos. 19959-20176, January 1904. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.2.7 | Nos. 20177-20420, February-March 1904. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.2.8 | Nos. 20421-20646, March-April 1904. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.2.9 | Nos. 20647-20858, April-May 1904. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.3.1 | Nos. 20859-21051 1/2, May 1904. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.3.2 | Nos. 21052-21300, June-July 1904. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.3.3 | Nos. 21301-21516, July-August 1904. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.3.4 | Nos. 21517-21765, August-September 1904. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.3.5 | Nos. 21766-21989, September-October 1904. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.3.6 | Nos. 21990-22210, October-November 1904. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.3.7 | Nos. 22211-22454, November-December 1904. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.3.8 | Nos. 22455-22681, December 1904-January 1905. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.3.9 | Nos. 22682-22950, January-February 1905. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.4.1 | Nos. 22951-23142, February-March 1905. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.4.2 | Nos. 23143-23420, April-May 1905. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.4.3 | Nos. 23421-23631, May 1905. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.4.4 | Nos. 23632-23831, June 1905. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.4.5 | Nos. 23832-24046 1/2, July 1905. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.4.6 | Nos. 24047-24267, August-September 1905. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.4.7 | Nos. 24268-24502, September-October 1905. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.4.8 | Nos. 24503-24760, October-November 1905. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.4.9 | Nos. 24761-24994, November-December 1905. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.5.1 | Nos. 24995-25208, December 1905-January 1906. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.5.2 | Nos. 25209-25474, January-February 1906. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.5.3 | Nos. 25475-25694, March-April 1906. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.5.4 | Nos. 25695-25921, April-May 1906. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.5.5 | Nos. 25922-26170, May-June 1906. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.5.6 | Nos. 26171-26404, June-July 1906. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.5.7 | Nos. 26405-26634, July-August 1906. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.5.8 | Nos. 26635-26879, August-September 1906. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.5.9 | Nos. 26880-27116, September-October 1906. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.6.1 | Nos. 27117-27344, October-November 1906. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.6.2 | Nos. 27345-27573, November-December 1906. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.6.3 | Nos. 27574-27845, December 1906-January 1907. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.6.4 | Nos. 27846-28100, February-March 1907. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.6.5 | Nos. 28101-28358, March-April 1907. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.6.6 | Nos. 28359-28582, April-May 1907. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.6.7 | Nos. 28583-28790, May 1907. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.6.8 | Nos. 28791-29044, June-July 1907. | ||||||||||||
| 21.E.6.9 | Nos. 29045-29281, July-August 1907. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.6.7 | Nos. 29282-29510, August-September 1907. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.6.8 | Nos. 29511-29753, September-October 1907. | ||||||||||||
| 22.G.6.9 | Nos. 29754-30021, October-November 1907. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.2.1 | Nos. 30022-30312, November-December 1907. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.2.2 | Nos. 30313-30594, January-February 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.2.3 | Nos. 30595-30854, February-March 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.2.4 | Nos. 30855-31144, March-April 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.2.5 | Nos. 31145-31408, May 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.2.1 | Nos. 31409-31642, June 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.2.2 | Nos. 31643-31854, July 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.2.3 | Nos. 31855-32135, August-September 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.2.4 | Nos. 32136-32424, September-October 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.2.5 | Nos. 32425-32676, October-November 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.2.6 | Nos. 32677-32953, November-December 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.2.7 | Nos. 32954-33223, December 1908-January 1909. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.2.8 | Nos. 33224-33488, January-February 1909. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.2.9 | Nos. 33489-33733, March 1909. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.3.1 | Nos. 33734-34014, April-May 1909. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.3.2 | Nos. 34015-34266, May 1909. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.3.3 | Nos. 34267-34540, June 1909. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.3.4 | Nos. 34541-34809, July 1909. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.3.5 | Nos. 34810-35021, August 1909. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.3.6 | Nos. 35022-35321, September-October 1909. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.3.7 | Nos. 35322-35584, October-November 1909. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.3.8 | Nos. 35585-35851, November-December 1909. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.3.9 | Nos. 35852-36126, December 1909-January 1910. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.4.1 | Nos. 36127-36448, January-February 1910. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.4.2 | Nos. 36449-36699, March-April 1910. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.4.3 | Nos. 36700-36960, April-May 1910. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.4.4 | Nos. 36961-37211, May 1910. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.4.5 | Nos. 37212-37467, May-June 1910. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.4.6 | Nos. 37468-37724, July 1910. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.4.7 | Nos. 37725-38000, August-September 1910. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.4.8 | Nos. 38001-38257, September-October 1910. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.4.9 | Nos. 38258-38512, October-November 1910. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.5.1 | Nos. 38513-38783, November-December 1910. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.5.2 | Nos. 38784-39042, December 1910. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.5.3 | Nos. 39043-39301 1/2, January 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.5.4 | Nos. 39302-39558, February-March 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.5.5 | Nos. 39559-39808, March-April 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.5.6 | Nos. 39809-40038 1/2, April 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.5.7 | Nos. 40039-40291, May 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.5.8 | Nos. 40292-40586, May-June 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.5.9 | Nos. 40587-40859, June-July 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.6.1 | Nos. 40860-41086, July-August 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.6.2 | Nos. 41087-41321, August-September 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.6.3 | Nos. 41322-41550, September-October 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.6.4 | Nos. 41551-41723, October 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.6.5 | Nos. 41724-41955, November 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.6.6 | Nos. 41956-42199, November-December 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.6.7 | Nos. 42200-42458, December 1911-January 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.6.8 | Nos. 42459-42735, January-February 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 21.D.6.9 | Nos. 42736-43013. March-April 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.2.7 | Nos. 43014-43246, April 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.2.8 | Nos. 43247-43531 1/2, May 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.2.9 | Nos. 43532-43847, June 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.3.1 | Nos. 43848-44106, June-July 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.3.2 | Nos. 44107-44373, July-August 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.3.3 | Nos. 44374-44638, August-September 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.3.4 | Nos. 44639-44922, September-October 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.3.5 | Nos. 44923-45195, October-November 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.3.6 | Nos. 45196-45475, November-December 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.2.1 | Nos. 45476-45761, December 1912-January 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.2.2 | Nos. 45762-46053, January-February 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.2.3 | Nos. 46054-46333, February-March 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.2.4 | Nos. 46334-46648, March-April 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.2.5 | Nos. 46649-46906, April-May 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.2.6 | Nos. 46907-47122, May 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.2.7 | Nos. 47123-47379, June 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.2.8 | Nos. 47380-47630, June-July 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.2.9 | Nos. 47631-47850, July-August 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.3.1 | Nos. 47851-48025, August 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.3.2 | Nos. 48026-48228, August-September 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.3.3 | Nos. 48229-48402, September 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.3.4 | Nos. 48403-48642, October 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.3.5 | Nos. 48643-48828, October-November 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.3.6 | Nos. 48829-48969, November 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.3.7 | Nos. 48970-49177, November-December 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.3.8 | Nos. 49178-49383, December 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.3.9 | Nos. 49384-49586, December 1913-January 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.4.1 | Nos. 49588-49761, January 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.4.2 | Nos. 49762-50000, January-February 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.4.3 | Nos. 50001-50251, February-March 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.4.4 | Nos. 50252-50472, March-April 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.4.5 | Nos. 50473-50700, April-May 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.4.6 | Nos. 50701-50892, May 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.4.7 | Nos. 50893-51130, May-June 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.4.8 | Nos. 51131-51320, June 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.4.9 | Nos. 51321-51466, June-July 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.5.1 | Nos. 51467-51660, July 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.5.2 | Nos. 51661-51825, July-August 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.5.3 | Nos. 51826-52003, August 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.5.4 | Nos. 52004-52205, September 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.5.5 | Nos. 52206-52428, September-October 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.5.6 | Nos. 52429-52585, October 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.5.7 | Nos. 52586-52765, October-November 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.5.8 | Nos. 52766-52974, November 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.5.9 | Nos. 53975-53228, December 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.6.1 | Nos. 53229-53511, December 1914-January 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.6.2 | Nos. 53512-53854, February-March 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.6.3 | Nos. 53855-54147, March-April 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.6.4 | Nos. 54148-54466, April-May 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.6.5 | Nos. 54467-54724, May-June 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.6.6 | Nos. 54725-55034, June-July 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.6.7 | Nos. 55035-55240, July 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.6.8 | Nos. 55241-55523, August-September 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 21.C.6.9 | Nos. 55524-55802, September-October 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.3.7 | Nos. 55803-56039. October-November 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.3.8 | Nos. 56040-56371, November-December 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.3.9 | Nos. 56372-56633E, December 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.4.1 | Nos. 56634-56985, January-February 1916. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.4.2 | Nos. 56986-57232, February-March 1916. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.4.3 | Nos. 57233-57550, March-April 1916. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.4.4 | Nos. 57551-57873, April-May 1916. | ||||||||||||
Vouchers, Second Series (Journal Vouchers)
| The reason why this smaller, second set of vouchers was kept separately from the main set is unknown; the two sets appear to completely parallel each other. It may be that this second series was kept in the New York office where second series of other records were also kept. | |||||||||||||
| 22.H.4.5 | Nos. 1-205, January 1896-December 1897. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.2.1 | Nos. 206-369, December 1897-February 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.2.2 | Nos. 370-556, March 1900-August 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.2.3 | Nos. 557-797, September 1901-January 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.2.4 | Nos. 798-1029, January 1903-October 1904. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.2.5 | Nos. 1030-1277, November 1904-August 1906. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.2.6 | Nos. 1278-1469, August 1906-October 1907. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.2.7 | Nos. 1470-1669, October 1907-June 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.2.8 | Nos. 1670-1937, June 1908-December 1909. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.2.9 | Nos. 1938-2196, December 1909-March 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.3.1 | Nos. 2197-2486, March 1911-December 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.3.2 | Nos. 2487-2770, December 1912-February 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.3.3 | Nos. 2771-3019, February-November 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.3.4 | Nos. 3020-3251, November 1914-May 1916. | ||||||||||||
Cancelled Checks
| 21.B.3.5 | Unused checks, undated. 2 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Cancelled checks, 1872-1874. | |||||||||||||
| 21.B.3.6 | Cancelled checks, 1878-1882. 4 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 1-548, 1883-1884. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 21.B.3.7 | Nos. 549-1644, 1884-1885. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.3.8 | Nos. 1645-2707, 1886. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.3.9 | Nos. 2708-3600, 1887. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.4.1 | Nos. 3601-4700, 1887-1888. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.4.2 | Nos. 4701-5764, 1888-1889. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.4.3 | Nos. 5765-6876, 1889-1890. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.4.4 | Nos. 6877-7986, 1890-1891. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.4.5 | Nos. 7987-9100, 1891-1892. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.4.6 | Nos. 9101-10197, 1892. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.4.7 | Nos. 10198-11287, 1893. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.4.8 | Nos. 11288-12268, October 2, 1893-June 1894. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.4.9 | Nos. 12269-13273, July 1894-February 1895. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.5.1 | Nos. 13274-14251, March-October 1895. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.5.2 | Nos. 14252-15182, November 1895-June 22, 1896. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.5.3 | Nos. 15183-16150, June 22, 1896-February 1897. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.5.4 | Nos. 16151-17248, March-October 1897. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.5.5 | Nos. 17249-18337, November 1897-June 1898. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.5.6 | Nos. 18338-19437, July 1898-February 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.5.7 | Nos. 19438-20500, March-October 26, 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.5.8 | Nos. 20501-21483, October 27, 1899-April 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.5.9 | Nos. 21484-22464, May-November 21, 1900. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.6.1 | Nos. 22465-23487, November 23, 1900-May 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.6.2 | Nos. 23488-24552, June-December 1901. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.6.3 | Nos. 24553-25652, January-August 1902. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.6.4 | Nos. 25653-26686, September 1902-March 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.6.5 | Nos. 26687-27646, April-September 1903. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.6.6 | Nos. 27647-28663, October 1903-April 1904. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.6.7 | Nos. 28664-29742, May-November 1904. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.6.8 | Nos. 29743-30795, December 1904-July 26, 1905. | ||||||||||||
| 21.B.6.9 | Nos. 30796-31822, July 26, 1905-January 1906. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.4.6 | Nos. 31823-32795, February-August 1906. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.4.7 | Nos. 32796-33786, September 1906-February 1907. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.4.8 | Nos. 33787-34724, March-September 1907. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.4.9 | Nos. 34725-35678, October 1907-April 24, 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.5.1 | Nos. 35679-36751, April 24-November 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.5.2 | Nos. 36752-37844, December 1908-July 1909. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.2.1 | Nos. 37845-38815, August 1909-January 1910. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.2.2 | Nos. 38816-39840, February-June 1910. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.2.3 | Nos. 39841-40819, July-October 1910. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.2.4 | Nos. 40820-41800, November 1910-March 13, 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.2.5 | Nos. 41801-42820, March 13-July 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.2.6 | Nos. 42821-43801, August-November 3, 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.3.1 | Nos. 43802-44803, November 4, 1911-March 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.3.2 | Nos. 44804-45731, April-July 19, 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.3.3 | Nos. 45732-46611, July 22-October 24, 1912. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.3.4 | Nos. 46612-47636, October 24, 1912-February 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.3.5 | Nos. 47637-48565, March-June 23, 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.3.6 | Nos. 48566-49427, June 23-September 17, 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.4.1 | Nos. 49428-50380, September 17-December 22, 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.4.2 | Nos. 50381-51395, December 22, 1913-April 9, 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.4.3 | Nos. 51396-52226, April 10-June 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.4.4 | Nos. 52227-53061, July-September 11, 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.4.5 | Nos. 53062-53861, September 12-November 18, 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.4.6 | Nos. 53862-54731, November 19, 1914-February 24, 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.5.1 | Nos. 54732-55536, February24-May 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.5.2 | Nos. 55537-56292, June-August 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.5.3 | Nos. 56293-57058, September-November 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.5.4 | Nos. 57059-57820, December 1915-February 1916. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.5.5 | Nos. 57821-58492, March-June 7, 1916. | ||||||||||||
Check Stubs
| 21.B.3.5 | Check stubs, 1874-1882. 5 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.5.6 | Check stubs, 1882-1886. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.6.1 | Check stubs, 1886-1888, 1905-1906. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.6.2 | Nos. 32001-36000, March 1906-June 1908. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.6.3 | Nos. 36001-40000, June 1908-July 1910. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.6.4 | Nos. 40001-44000, July 1910-November 1911. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.6.5 | Nos. 44001-48000, November 1911-April 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 21.A.6.6 | Nos. 48001-51000 April-February 21, 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.5.3 | Nos. 51001-54000, February 21-December 2, 1914. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.5.4 | Nos. 54001-57000, December 3, 1914-November 20, 1915. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.5.5 | Nos. 57001-58000, November 20, 1915-March 1916. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
Miscellaneous Financial Records
| 22.H.5.5 | Bank passbooks, First National Bank of St. Paul, 1897-1916. 5 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Includes "Missing checks" books nos.1-4. | |||||||||||||
| 22.H.5.6 | Ledger balance sheets, March 1882-April 1893. | ||||||||||||
| Includes personal account balance sheets. | |||||||||||||
| 22.H.5.7 | Ledger balance sheets, May 1893-November 1898. | ||||||||||||
| Includes personal account balance sheets. | |||||||||||||
| 22.H.5.8 | Ledger balance sheets, 1899-April 1903. | ||||||||||||
| Includes personal account balance sheets. | |||||||||||||
| 22.A.2.1 | Ledger balance sheets, May 1903-June 1907. | ||||||||||||
| Includes personal account balance sheets. | |||||||||||||
| 22.A.2.2 | Ledger balance sheets, July 1907-March 1911. | ||||||||||||
| Includes personal account balance sheets. | |||||||||||||
| 22.A.2.3 | Ledger balance sheets, April 1911-July 1913. 11 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Includes personal account balance sheets. | |||||||||||||
| Classified balance sheets, 1895-1914. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 22.A.2.4 | First National Bank of St. Paul account: | ||||||||||||
| Statements, 1872-1910. | |||||||||||||
| 22.A.2.5 | Statements, 1910-1916. | ||||||||||||
| 22.A.3.3 | Account with E. T. Nichols, New York: | ||||||||||||
| Statements, nos. 1-244a, 1885-1904. | |||||||||||||
| 22.A.3.4 | Statements, nos. 285-384 and estate of James J. Hill statements nos. 1-3, 1905-1916. | ||||||||||||
| Merchants National Bank, St. Paul, account: Bank pass book, cancelled checks, and statements, 1892. | |||||||||||||
| 22.A.3.5 | Interest account, 1895-1915. 3 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Profit and loss on transactions in securities, 1895-1913. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Dividends, 1895-1915. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Lists of withdrawals and deposits drawn on James J. Hill personal account, 1915-February 1916. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| National Bank of the Republic, New York, trustee deposit account: | |||||||||||||
| Statements, July 1884-August 1887. | |||||||||||||
| Letters of advice, April 1886-August 1887. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 22.A.4.3 | Suspense account: Statements, correspondence, and receipts, December 1891-August 1916. 17 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Expenses: | |||||||||||||
| Yearly statements of personal expenditures, 1895-1915. | |||||||||||||
| Office expenses, 1900-1915. | |||||||||||||
| Children's expenses, December 1904-December 1911. 8 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Arranged by each child. | |||||||||||||
| 22.A.4.4 | Bills receivable, 1885-1913. 4 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Securities, 1885-1911. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Taxes: | |||||||||||||
| Income tax, 1894-1916. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 22.A.4.5 | Property taxes, 1851-1908. 14 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Newspaper lists of delinquent taxes, 1908. | |||||||||||||
| 22.B.5.4 | Property tax record nos. 1-2, 1885-1914. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
Financial Volumes
| 22.A.5.1 | Voucher record nos. 1-3, 1896-October 1903. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.A.5.2 | Voucher record nos. 4-6, November 1903-1909. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.A.6.1 | Voucher record nos. 7-9, 1910-April 1915. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.A.6.2 | Voucher record no. 10, May 1915-May 1916. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.B.4.5 | Journal nos. 1-2, 1878-1885. 2 volumes in 2 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 22.A.4.2 | Journal no. 3, 1886-1890. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.A.6.2 | Journal no. 4, 1891-1894. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.6.1 | Journal no. 5A, 1895-1900. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| January, March, May, July, September, November. | |||||||||||||
| 22.H.6.2 | Journal no. 5B, 1895-1900. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| February, April, June, August, October, December. | |||||||||||||
| 22.H.6.1 | Journal no. 6, 1901-1906. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.6.2 | Journal no. 7, 1907-1914. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.A.6.2 | Journal no. 8, 1915-May 1916. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.A.5.3 | Journal, March 1873-August 1879. 1 folder. | ||||||||||||
| Journal, August 1879-May 1880. 1 folder. | |||||||||||||
| 22.B.4.5 | Cashbook, June 1883-September 1885. 1 folder. | ||||||||||||
| Cashbook nos. 1-2, May 1880-May 1884. 2 volumes in 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 22.A.4.2 | Cashbook no. 3, June 1884-1885. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.I.2.3 | Cashbook nos. 4-5, 1886-1888. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.B.2.1 | Cashbook nos. 6-7, 1889-1892. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.B.2.2 | Cashbook nos. 8-9, 1893-April 1898. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.B.2.3 | Cashbook nos. 10-11, May 1898-1903. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.B.2.4 | Cashbook nos. 12-13, 1904-June 1910. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.B.3.2 | Cashbook no. 14, July 1910-April 1913. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.B.3.1 | Cashbook nos. 15-16, May 1913-May 1916. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.A.5.4 | Petty cashbook nos. 5-8, November 1897-May 1916. 4 volumes in 4 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 22.A.5.3 | Ledger, April 1878-April 1880. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Ledger nos. 1-2, March 1877-1885. 2 volumes in 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Each volume includes index. | |||||||||||||
| 22.I.2.4 | Ledger no. 3, 1886-1890. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.B.3.2 | Ledger no. 4, 1891-1894. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.B.3.3 | Ledger nos. 5-6, 1895-1906. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.B.3.4 | Ledger nos. 7-8, 1907-May 1916. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.I.2.4 | Index to ledger nos. 3-8, 1886-May 1916. 6 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.B.4.1 | Personal ledger nos. 1-2 1895-June 1901. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.B.4.2 | Personal ledger no. 3, July 1901-1904. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.B.5.1 | Personal ledger no. 4, 1905-1908. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.B.5.3 | Personal ledger no. 5, 1909-1912. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.B.6.1 | Personal ledger no. 6, 1913-1915. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.B.6.2 | Personal ledger no. 7, January-May 1916. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.B.4.3 | Index to personal ledger nos. 1-6, 1895-1915. 6 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.A.5.3 | Index to personal ledger no. 7, January-May 1916. 1 volume in folder. | ||||||||||||
| Ledger, November 1885-November 1887. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Appears to be a payroll. | |||||||||||||
| 22.B.4.3 | Ledger balances, 1886-1890. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.B.5.2 | Ledger balances, 1891-April 1916. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.A.5.3 | Notes and bills payable and receivable, 1879-March 1886. 1 volume in folder. | ||||||||||||
| 22.A.5.4 | Notes and bills payable and receivable, 1881-June 1917. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Bills receivable, collateral notes, July 1891-April 1892. | |||||||||||||
| Mortgage record, 1890-1903. | |||||||||||||
| Record of mortgages held by James J. Hill. | |||||||||||||
| 22.A.6.3 | Securities record, 1881-1899. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.B.4.4 | Securities record no. 2, 1883-1917. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.A.6.4 | Charitable subscriptions and donations record, 1880-1908. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.5.9 | Statements and miscellaneous information: | ||||||||||||
| Various companies; letterpress. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 2-3, 1888- July 1895. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 20.J.2.3 | No. 4, 1894-1897. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.A.3.1 | Nos. 5-6, May 1897-June 1900. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.A.3.2 | Nos. 7-8, June 1900-October 1904. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.I.2.1 | Nos. 9-10, September 1904-October 1914. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
LEGAL SUBJECT FILES
Series is comprised of subject files on a variety of legal issues. Records are primarily correspondence, but also include stock certificates and bonds, insurance records, and legal documents.
| 22.F.5.7 | Bad debts: | ||||||||||||
| Bad debts, 1872-1916. 8 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous stock certificates, approximately 1871-1898. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 21.H.6.9 | Garnishments and articles borrowed, 1889-1898. | ||||||||||||
| Powers of attorney, 1889-1903. | |||||||||||||
| Jervis switchstand patent, 1899. | |||||||||||||
| Life insurance, 1867-1913. | |||||||||||||
| Cancelled bonds, Call Printing Company, 1895. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Bonds of surety, 1888-1913. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Albert Lotzinger loan, Commercial Bank of St. Paul, 1886-1898. | |||||||||||||
| Mary Mulligan estate: | |||||||||||||
| Files, 1854-1902. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 40 | Lot maps, 1883. 2 blueprints. | |||||||||||
| 22.I.3.5 | Court records: | ||||||||||||
| John Martin v James J. Hill, 1883-1889. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| James J. Hill v the Chicago and Evanston Railroad Company, 1883-1885. | |||||||||||||
| Track-level machines patent, January 16, 1912. | |||||||||||||
| Norman W. Kittson estate: | |||||||||||||
| Court records, 1893. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 38 | Kittson estate land, Minneapolis, October 4, 1902. 1 blueprint. | |||||||||||
| 22.A.6.4 | Record of legal matters, 1899-1901. | ||||||||||||
| Fire insurance, approximately 1890s. | |||||||||||||
| Fire insurance record nos. 1-3, 1892-1922. 3 volumes. | |||||||||||||
INVENTORIES
Files of primarily inventories, some including cost valuations with related correspondence.
| 20.F.4.2 | Skins and furs, 1896-1912. 2 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Office furniture, 1886-1914. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Jewelry, 1904-1912. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
EPHEMERA
Primarily miscellaneous printed material collected by James J. Hill.
| 22.H.2.6 | Personal items: | ||||||||||||
| Pocket prayer book presented to James J. Hill by Father Louis Caillet, 1887. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| New York State certificate of registration of owner of motor vehicle, 1913. | |||||||||||||
| Eyeglasses prescription, Gall and Lembke opticians, New York, 1910. 2 items. | |||||||||||||
| Wedding invitations for Louis W. Hill and Ruth Hill weddings, 1901-1902. 2 items. | |||||||||||||
| First Minnesota Regiment: Roster of survivors, resolution making James J. Hill an honorary member, and proceedings of the 25th annual reunion, 1897, 1902. | |||||||||||||
| Free passes, 1874-1901. | |||||||||||||
| Calling and business cards, 1894-1916. | |||||||||||||
| Memorial programs, 1907-1908, 1939. | |||||||||||||
| Banquet programs, 1893-1915. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellany, undated, 1880, 1913, approximately 1915. | |||||||||||||
| 22.D.3.6 | Circulars: | ||||||||||||
| Joint Traffic Association, 1896. 16 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Moore & Schley, Bankers and Brokers, May-December 1890. | |||||||||||||
| James Doran & Company, Commission Brokers, August-September 1902. | |||||||||||||
| Banking House of Henry Clews & Company, June-August 1902. | |||||||||||||
| 22.A.2.6 | Resolutions and certificates, 1896-1958. 5 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| A2/ov10 | 61 | Oversize certificates, 1899, 1915. 2 items. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence: James J. Hill and William Rhodes, July 14, 1869. | |||||||||||||
| Honorary diploma, Doctor of Law, Yale University, and photograph given to James J. Hill, 1910. | |||||||||||||
| 64.A.3.3 | Urushi etching, undated. | ||||||||||||
MAPS
Includes miscellaneous printed, hand drawn, and blueprint maps related to the Great Northern Railroad and other properties owned by James J. Hill. Most of the maps date from the 1880s to 1915. Maps of Washington (Everett, Seattle, Spokane and Vancouver areas), Oregon, California, Montana, Idaho, North Dakota, and Minnesota predominate. The Minnesota maps include early maps of Fergus Falls, Milaca, and properties in Minneapolis (Brackett property) and St. Paul of interest to Hill. Also included are maps of the Battle of Gettysburg 50th anniversary encampment and the area around Fort Abraham Lincoln, North Dakota.
| 22.I.3.5 | Maps along the Great Northern route, 1890-1912. | ||||||||||||
| Includes 13 maps of localities in Washington. | |||||||||||||
| Map of a portion of Everett, Washington showing proposed harbor improvements approved by Secretary of War, Nov. 4, 1893 showing plan for freshwater harbor proposed and covered by estimate of July 9, 1894 / submitted by Captain T.W. Symons, Corps of Engineers. 1 blueprint; 66 x 64 cm. Scale 1:7,200. | |||||||||||||
| Map of the City of Everett, Washington, 1901 / prepared and published by the Everett Improvement Co.; Geo. E. Montandon, engineer; Jno. H. Kennedy, draughtsman. Everett, Washington: Everett Improvement Company, 1901. 1 map; 155 x 94 cm. Scale 1:5,760. | |||||||||||||
| Pasco and Vicinity, Franklin County, Washington. Pasco, Washington: The Pasco Land Company, approximately 1912. 1 map: color; 84 x 72 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| Anderson's new guide map of the city of Seattle, Washington and environs / compiled from latest official records by O.P. Anderson and Co., engineers and draughtsmen. Seattle, Washington: O.P. Anderson and Co., July 1890. 1 map: color; 82 x 72 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Seattle tide lands. 1 blueprint: color; 56 x 92 cm. Scale 1:18,000. | |||||||||||||
| Anderson's map of Seattle tide lands / compliments of M.B. Crane and Co. Seattle, Washington: O.P. Anderson and Co., approximately 1900. 1 map: color; 72 x 61 cm. | |||||||||||||
| R.L. Polk and Co.'s map of Spokane, Washington, 1896 / from official records, original plats and actual surveys by E.P. Harrison, c.e. Spokane, Washington: R.L.Polk and Co. publishers, 1896. 1 map: mounted on linen; 74 x 72 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| Official map of City of Spokane, Washington, 1905 / compiled under the direction of Chas. and H.L. McIntyre, engineers; approved by Allan F. Gill, city engineer. Portland, Oregon: Bushong and Co., map engs., 1904. 1 map: color: mounted on linen; 72 x 69 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| City of Spokane. Spokane, Washington: Shaw and Borden Co., 1906. 1 map: mounted on linen; 33 x 47 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| City of Spokane / compiled by Hough and Feller, engineers. Spokane, Washington: Frank H. Feller, 1909. 1 blueprint; 55 x 107 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| City of Vancouver, Clarke Co., Wash. 1910. Vancouver, Washington: Edson M. Rowley, real estate, 1910. 1 map: color; 55 x 58 cm. Scale 1:10,560. | |||||||||||||
| Map of property in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington. Place not identified: St. P. and S. Railroad, undated. 1 blueprint; 50 x 56 cm. Scale 1:2,400. | |||||||||||||
| Map of Whatcom County, Washington 1902 / compiled by C.M. Adams, co. surveyor. 2 maps on one sheet; 47 x 84 cm. | |||||||||||||
| 22.D.3.4 | Maps along the Great Northern route, 1890-1920.. | ||||||||||||
| Includes 32 maps of localities in Oregon, California, Montana, and North Dakota. | |||||||||||||
| Administrative map of Yosemite National Park, California / topography by R.B. Marshall and A.H. Sylvester; surveyed in 1893-1984, 1896, 1898-1899, and 1905. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Interior: U.S. Geological Survey, April, 1910. 1 map: color; 74 x 79 cm. Scale 1:125,000. | |||||||||||||
| Map of Ramsey County, N.D. Devils Lake, North Dakota; C.A. Dodge and Co., 1905. 1 map: color; 33 x 33 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Sectional map of Williams County, North Dakota / drawn by Fowble and Fitz, St. Paul, Minn. Williston, North Dakota: Williston Land Co., 1903. 2 maps: one color; 53 x 37 cm. One booklet; 16 x 10 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Rand McNally and Co.'s sectional map of North Dakota. New York: Rand McNally, 1911. 1 map: linen; color; 59 x 82 cm. Scale 1:760,320. | |||||||||||||
| New Bowdoin, Valley Co., Mont., Sec. 5, Town 30 N, Range 32 E, Sec. 32, Town 31 N, Range 32 E. July 17, 1908. 1 blueprint; 30 x 176 cm. Scale 1:1,200. | |||||||||||||
| Great Northern Railway line map of proposed revision of main line between Saco and Malta, L, L1, L2 located lines on north and south side of Bowdoin Reservoir to be constructed by the Reclamation Service of the U.S.G.S., undated / M.E. Read, assistant engineer. 1 blueprint: color; 39 x 66 cm. Scale 1:45,000. | |||||||||||||
| Map of Butte City (greatest mining camp on earth) and vicinity, Montana, 1903 / compiled and drawn by John Hagel, c.e. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Northwestern Litho. and Pub. Co., 1893. 1 map: color; 84 x 112 cm. Scale 1: 6,000. | |||||||||||||
| Map of Cascade County, Montana / compliments of Otto Maurer, surveyor and irrigation engineer. Great Falls, Montana: Otto Maurer, 1908. 1 map; 68 x 75 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| Fort Peck Indian Reservation Montana / compiled of the latest official records by Goodale and Van Hook. Helena, Montana: Goodale and Van Hook, 1912. 1 map; 61 x 125 cm. Scale 1:406,592. | |||||||||||||
| Fort Peck Indian Reservation Montana. 1 blueprint; 59 x 96 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| Great Falls, Montana. Great Falls, Montana: Great Falls Water Power and Town Site Company, undated. 1 map: linen; color; 70 x 98 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| Ide's map of Helena, Montana 1890 / compiled and drawn by Reeder and Helmick, surveyors and draughtsmen. Helena, Montana: Arthur W. Ide, 1890. 1 map: linen; color; 66 x 122 cm. Scale 1:7,200. | |||||||||||||
| Map of Hill County, Montana / drawn and compiled by Villars Barnum Engineering Co., Great Falls, Mont. and John F. Daoust, county surveyor of Hill County, Havre, Montana. Havre, Montana: Hill County Board of Commissioners, 1912. 1 map; 61 x 94 cm. Scale 1:194,954. | |||||||||||||
| Geologic map of the Huntley Field, Montana / compiled from land office plats, reclamation service data, R.R. alignments, and notes by E. T. Hancock. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, 1920. 1 map; 46 x 53 cm. Scale 1:125,000. | |||||||||||||
| Kintla Lakes Quadrangle (Lewis and Clark Forest Preserve) / E.M. Douglas, geographer in charge; topography by R.H. Chapman and R.H. Sargent; triangulation by R.H. Chapman; surveyed in 1902-1904. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, December 1906. 1 map: color; 51 x 44 cm. Scale 1:125,000. | |||||||||||||
| City of Lewistown, platted from the records of Fergus County, Montana, 1905 / by. O.F. Wasmandorff, c.e. August, 1906. 1 blueprint; 64 x 110 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| Map of Valley County, Montana. Glasgow, Montana: Valley County News, undated. 1 map; 49 x 87 cm. Scale 1:380,160. | |||||||||||||
| Map of Valley County, Montana, 1912. Glasgow, Montana: Valley County Abstract Co., 1912. 1 map; 59 x 96 cm. Scale 1:337,899. | |||||||||||||
| State of Oregon / compiled from the official records of the General Land Office and other sources under the direction of I.P. Berthrong, Chief of Drafting Division, G.L.O.; compiled by M. Hendges; revised by A.F. Dinsmore; traced and lettered by Wm. Bauman Jr. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Interior, General Land Office, 1910. 2 identical maps in two folders: color; 82 x 100 cm. Scale 1:760,320. | |||||||||||||
| Map of central Oregon / compiled by Edw. A. Brown. Portland, Oregon: E.A. Brown, 1910. 1 map; 102 x 63 cm. Scale 1:440,765. | |||||||||||||
| Pocket map of Harney County, Oregon. Burns, Oregon: Eastern Oregon Engineering Company, June 1913. 1 map; 82 x 54 cm. Scale 1:304,128. | |||||||||||||
| Rand, McNally and Co.'s new business atlas map of Oregon. New York: Rand McNally, 1909. 2 maps in two folders: color; 53 x 72 cm. Scale 1:1,013,760. | |||||||||||||
| Map of Oregon. Chicago: Geo. F. Cram, 1909. 1 map: color; 74 x 92 cm. Scale 1:760,320. | |||||||||||||
| Map of Oregon. Portland, Oregon: Oregon & Western Colonization Co., undated. 1 map: color ; 74 x 92 cm. Scale 1:767,924. | |||||||||||||
| Lewis & Dryden's map of Portland and vicinity 1896. Portland, Oregon: Lewis & Dryden, 1896. 1 map: linen; 84 x 66 cm. Scale 1:28,880. | |||||||||||||
| Rowland and Fortiner's map of Portland and vicinity / compiled from the latest official data by Theodore Rowland and Walter S. Fortiner, Portland, Oregon 1908. Portland, Oregon: Rowland and Fortiner, 1908. 1 map; 77 x 56 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| Columbia River area of Oregon and Washington. Place not identified: St. P and S. Railroad, undated. 1 blueprint (sheet no. 19); 56 x 92 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Columbia River area of Oregon and Washington. Place not identified: St. P and P Railroad, undated. 1 blueprint; 51 x 87 cm. | |||||||||||||
| G.N. Ry. condensed profile. Duluth to Seattle. St. Paul to Larimore via Willmar and Mayville. St. Paul to Grand Forks, Jct. via Anoka and Fargo, May 1905. 1 blueprint; 37 x 168 cm. Scale vertical 1:12,000. Scale horizontal 1:1,534,400. | |||||||||||||
| 22.D.3.5 | Maps along the western route, 1892-1912. | ||||||||||||
| Includes 33 maps of localities in Montana and western Canada. | |||||||||||||
| Sun River, Montana project, general map. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Interior, United States Reclamation Service, July 1908. 1 map: color; 27 x 44 cm. Scale 1:375,467. | |||||||||||||
| Railroad map of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and South Dakota. 1 partial map: color; 35 x 36 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| Flathead project, Montana / E.F. Tabor, project engineer; H.N. Savage, supervising engineer. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Interior, United States Indian Service, August 14, 1909. 1 blueprint enclosed with booklet ; 26 x 20 cm. Scale 1:724,331. | |||||||||||||
| Map of Spokane's inland empire in the pacific northwest. Spokane, Washington: Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad Co., August 1907. 1 map: color; 59 x 49 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| Map showing the railways and power sites of the inland empire system / office of Alex. M. Lupfer; chief engineer. Spokane, Washington: Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad Co., Sept. 1906. 1 blueprint; 94 x 53 cm. Scale 1:253,440. | |||||||||||||
| Map of east and west Kootenay / drawn at the Lands and Works Department. Victoria, B.C.: Lands and Works Department, 1907. 1 map: color; 87 x 72 cm. Scale 1:506,880. | |||||||||||||
| Map showing principal mining districts tributary to Spokane, Wash. Spokane, Washington: Oscar S. Bowen, civil and mining engineer, March 1901. 1 blueprint; 77 x 72 cm. Scale 1:760,320. | |||||||||||||
| Keen's map of the Kaslo and Slocan mining district. Victoria, B.C.: T.N. Hibben & Co., 1892. 1 map: color; 69 x 54 cm. Scale 1:126,720. | |||||||||||||
| City of New Westminster, British Columbia. Victoria, B.C.: Colonist Litho, 1892. 1 map: color, linen; 47 x 87 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Map of the southwestern part of British Columbia / compiled and drawn by direction of the honorable R.F. Green, chief commissioner of Lands and Works. Victoria, B.C.: Colonist Litho, 1906. 1 map: color; 72 x 87 cm. Scale 1;362,057. | |||||||||||||
| Sketch map of the Province of British Columbia showing mining divisions, Department of Mines, Victoria, 1901. Victoria, B.C.: Richard Wolfenden, 1901. 1 map: color; 53 x 60 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| Map of the northern interior of British Columbia shewing [i.e.: showing] undeveloped areas / published by the Provincial Bureau of Information accompanying bulletin no. 22. Victoria, B.C.: Provincial Bureau of Information, 1907. 1 map: color; 69 x 107 cm. Scale 1:1,013,750. | |||||||||||||
| Map of portion of Yale District British Columbia compiled and drawn by direction of the Hon. R.F. Green, chief commissioner of Lands and Works Department, Victoria, 1906 / compiled and drawn by Arthur Gore. Victoria, B.C.: Colonist Litho, 1906. 1 map: color; 79 x 69 cm. Scale 1:211,179. | |||||||||||||
| Thomson Stationery Co. Limited plan of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia / compiled by Hermon & Burwell, surveyors and engineers, from official plans and surveys, Oct. 1st, 1907. Vancouver, B.C.: Thomson Stationery Co. Ltd., 1907. 1 map: linen; 56 x 105 cm. Scale 1:9,036. | |||||||||||||
| Idaho / issued by State Bureau of Immigration, Labor, and Statistics, Boise, Idaho, 1907. Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., engravers, 1907. 1 map: color; 54 x 36 cm. Scale 1:1,647,360. | |||||||||||||
| City of Saskatoon, Province of Saskatchewan, western Canada, official plan / issued by Saskatoon Board of Trade, March 1, 1910. Winnipeg: Stovel Company, map engravers and publishers, 1910. 1 map; 89 x 74 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan. 1 map: color; 72 x 107 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Northern Saskatchewan. 1 map: color; 94 x 84 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Southern Saskatchewan. 1 map; 89 x 135 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Northeastern Canada / James White, geographer. Ottawa: Department of Interior, Railway Lands Branch, undated. 1 map; color; 89 x 115 cm. Scale 1:2,217,600. | |||||||||||||
| Manitoba, map showing disposition of lands prepared in the Railway Lands Branch, F.C.C. Lynch, superintendent, corrected to January 1st, 1912 / J.E. Chalifour, chief geographer. Ottawa: Department of the Interior, 1912. 1 map: color; 106 x 87 cm. Scale 1:792,000. | |||||||||||||
| Northern Pacific Ry., Oct. 31, 1908. 1 blueprint; 51 x 125 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Map of Manitoba shewing [i.e. showing] provincial government lands for sale, March 1908. Winnipeg: Bulman Bros. Litho, 1908. 1 map: color; 69 x 107 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| Map of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta showing the number of quarter sections available for homestead entry in each township, corrected to January 1, 1912. preliminary edition. Ottawa: Department of the Interior, 1912. 1 map: color; 61 x 87 cm. Scale 1:2,217,600. | |||||||||||||
| Map of western portion of Canada and United States showing properties of Western Canada Development Co. / drawn by G.T. Brown, St. Paul. 1 map; 87 x 50 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Maps of Canada showing precipitation, snowfall, temperature, etc. / compiled under the direction of James White, geographer. Ottawa: Department of the Interior, Railway Lands Branch, undated 20 maps on one sheet: color; 65 x 95 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Sectional map no. 6, Canadian Pacific Railway Co., shewing [i.e. showing] lands for sale in part of northern Alberta. Winnipeg: Land Department, May 1906. 1 map: color; 77 x 59 cm. Scale 1:506,880. | |||||||||||||
| Map of the Dominion of Canada / James White, F.R.G.S. geographer. Ottawa: Department of the Interior, 1908. 1 map: color; 66 x 94 cm. Scale 1:6,336,000. | |||||||||||||
| Atlas of Canada. No. 7, minerals / James White, F.R.G.S. geographer. Ottawa: Department of the Interior, Railway Lands Branch, undated. 1 map: color; 46 x 97 cm. Scale 1:6,336,000. | |||||||||||||
| Northern Canada / James White, F.R.G.S. geographer. Ottawa: Department of the Interior, Railway Lands Branch, approximately 1910. 1 map: color; 74 x 115 cm. Scale 1,584,000. | |||||||||||||
| Includes Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta. | |||||||||||||
| Map of Dominion of Canada / R.E. Young, D.L.S., chief geographer. Ottawa: Department of the Interior, 1910. 1 map: color, linen; 74 x 115 cm. Scale 1:6,336,000. | |||||||||||||
| Central and southern Manitoba. 8 maps: color; mounted on one linen sheet; each map 27 x 40 cm. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 7 | Washington state plat and U.S. Geological Survey maps, 1890-1898. | |||||||||||
| Anderson's new guide map of city of Seattle and environs, Washington / compiled from latest official records by O.P. Anderson and Co., engineers and draughtsmen, July 1890. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts, lithographer, 1890. 1 map: color; 86 x 76 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Plat of Everett, Snohomish County, Washington / prepared and published by The Everett Land Company; George E. Montandon, chief engineer; Alex G. Paschke, draftsman. Washington, D.C.: Norris Peters Co., May 1892. 1 map: color; 69 x 102 cm. | |||||||||||||
| New map of the Puget Sound Country; second revised edition 1891 / compiled by Chas. H. Baker & Co. 1 map: color; 87 x 56 cm. Scale 1:380,160. | |||||||||||||
| Skyhomish quadrangle, Washington / R.U. Goode, geographer; G.E. Hyde, topographer. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Geological Survey, 1898. 1 map: color, linen; 49 x 54 cm. Scale 1:90,000.Contour interval 100 x 500 feet. | |||||||||||||
| Whitney's map of the city of Tacoma and environs, Washington, 1890 / compiled by Frederick G. Plummer, civil engineer. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts, lithographer, 1890. 1 map: color; 107 x 69 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Gilman's addition to the city of Seattle / Thomson and White, engineers. approximately 1892. 1 map: color; 66 x 95 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Shows proposed purchase of additional ground south of Salmon Bay and terminal grounds of Great Northern Railway. | |||||||||||||
| Portion of a map of Seattle. Approximately one-half map: color; 74 x 46 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Map of portion of New Westminster District with adjacent islands and part of Vancouver Island / drawn at the Land and Works Department. Victoria, B.C.: Land and Works Department, 1906. 1 map: color; 72 x 100 cm. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 37 | Minnesota maps, 1879-1909. | |||||||||||
| Red River plat map, approximately 1879. 1 map: linen; 39 x 25 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Red River plat map, undated. 1 map: linen; 59 x 16 cm. Scale 1:4,800. | |||||||||||||
| Map of part of original town of Fergus Falls, Minnesota showing property of the Red River Roller Mills, undated. 1 map; color, linen; 39 x 35 cm. Scale 1:2,400. | |||||||||||||
| Map of part of original Town of Fergus Falls, Minnesota showing property of the Red River Roller Mills, undated. 1 linen map: color; 32 x 50 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Milaca, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota / surveyed by John Grondal in August 1884. 1 map: color, linen; 58 x 101 cm. Scale 1:1,200. | |||||||||||||
| Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota: Brown, Treacy & Sperry Co., undated. 1 map: color; 24 x 21 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Milaca, Minnesota 1898. St. Paul, Minnesota: The Mille Lacs Lumber Co., 1898. 1 map: color, linen; 94 x 72 cm. Scale 1:3,600. | |||||||||||||
| Sectional land map of northeast Minnesota showing lands belonging to Saint Paul and Duluth Railroad Company, May 1, 1897. 1 map; 92 x 84 cm. | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway sectional map showing lands remaining unsold August 15, 1898. St. Paul, Minnesota: H.M. Smyth Print Co., 1898. 1 map: color; 60 x 31 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Sectional map showing lands for sale in Morrison, Mille Lacs, Kanabec, Benton, Sherburne, and Anoka Counties, Minnesota / by the Eastern Minnesota Land Co., Milaca, Minnesota; corrected to June 1, 1901. St. Paul: Warwick & Roan, 1901. 1 map: color; 64 x 49 cm. | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway sectional map showing lands remaining unsold July 1, 1904. St. Paul, Minnesota: H.M. Smyth Print Co., 1904. 1 map: color; 60 x 31 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Minnetonka Game Refuge / compliments of Minnesota Game and Fish Protective League. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Shedd &Wright Mfg. Co., 1909. 1 map; 49 x 54 cm. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 38 | Minneapolis, Minnesota maps, 1886-1906. | |||||||||||
| Johnson's rearrangement of Washburn Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota / by D. Taylor, civil engineer. undated. 1 blueprint: 49 x 42 cm. Scale 1:1,800. | |||||||||||||
| Brackett property, Minneapolis, Minnesota, undated. 1 blueprint; 32 x 53 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Brackett property, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Minneapolis: Walter H. Perrott, undated. 1 blueprint; 32 x 54 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Brackett property, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1891. 1 blueprint; 21 x 49 cm. Scale 1:60. | |||||||||||||
| Brackett property, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1886. 1 blueprint; 32 x 30 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| Topographical sketch, block 12, Remington's third addition to Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 1906 / by Frank H. Nutter, park engineer. 1 blueprint; 44 x 33 cm. Scale 1:480. | |||||||||||||
| Part of East Minneapolis, Minnesota, approximately 1903. 1 blueprint; 37 x 54 cm. Scale 1:600. | |||||||||||||
| Mississippi River property, Minneapolis, Minnesota, undated. 1 blueprint; 20 x 60 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Minneapolis, Minnesota, approximately 1902. 1 blueprint; 73 x 34 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Kittson estate land held in trust for James J. Hill, J.S. Kennedy, et. al., between Nicollet Avenue and Second Street NE. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 39 | Maps of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1882-1902. | |||||||||||
| Brackett properties, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 16, 1882. 1 map: color, linen; 39 x 50 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Lots 5, 6, 7, 8 of block 20, Roberts and Randall's addition to St. Paul / surveyed by D.L. Curtice, civil engineer, August 22, 1883. 1 map: linen; 39 x 49 cm. | |||||||||||||
| The Motor Line Minneapolis, Lyndale and Minnetonka Railway and connections with Lake Minnetonka, Minneapolis and St. Paul. Minneapolis: I. Monasch, approximately 1885. 1 map; 18 x 44 cm. Scale 1:126,720. | |||||||||||||
| Washburn Park 1886 comprising parts of section 15 township 28 north range 24 West, Minneapolis, Minnesota / H.W.S. Cleveland, architect; Spalding & Carr, engineers and draughtsmen. 1 map: photocopied; 41 x 51 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Washburn Park 1886 comprising parts of section 15 township 28 north range 24 West, Minneapolis, Minnesota / H.W.S. Cleveland, architect; Spalding & Carr, engineers and draughtsmen. 1 map: color; 74 x 74 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Brackett property, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1886. 1 map: linen; 27 x 33 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Brackett property, Minneapolis, Minnesota, undated. 1 map: linen; 32 x 32 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Map of Remington's third addition to Minneapolis, approximately 1891. 1 map: linen; 49 x 42 cm. Scale 1:4,800. | |||||||||||||
| New state capitol grounds in St. Paul, 1902. 1 map: linen; 49 x 56 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Mississippi River property, Minneapolis, Minnesota, undated. 1 map: linen; 21 x 60 cm. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 43 | Military maps, 1872-1913. | |||||||||||
| Map showing camp for veterans at the 50th anniversary Battle of Gettysburg and vicinity / prepared in the office of chief quartermaster, camp of veterans 50th anniversary, Battle of Gettysburg, 1913. 1 map; 68 x 44 cm. Scale 1:4,800. | |||||||||||||
| Map of military reservation at Fort Abraham Lincoln. Department of Dakota: Office of Engineers, October 28, 1872. 1 map: color, pen on onionskin; 47 x 26 cm. Scale 1:48,000. | |||||||||||||
| Plat map of Lucy Welch and Seymour Labathe properties, October 10, 1872. 1 map: pencil on onion skin; 44 x 27 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| Lucy Welsh and Seymour Labathe properties? 1 map: linen; 77 x 92 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 45 | Dakota Territory, Iowa, and Pennsylvania maps, 1886-1909. | |||||||||||
| Land plat map of Detroit, Brown Co., Dakota, 1886. 1 map: tissue paper; 61 x 46 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| South Dakota, 1886-1887. 1 map: color, linen; 74 x 112 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| State of Idaho / compiled from the official records of the General Land Office and other sources under the direction of I.P. Berthrong, chief of drafting division, G.L.O., 1909; revised and drawn by Charles J. Helm. Washington, D.C.: Andrew B. Graham Co., lithographers, 1909. 1 map: color, linen ; 117 x 77 cm. Scale 1:760,320. | |||||||||||||
| Plan of the south part of Preston, Park, Wayne County, Penna. / L.S. Collins, surveyor; Charles Eliot, landscape architect. Boston: Heliotype Printing Co., September 12, 1890. 1 map; 33 x 56 cm. Scale 1:3,517. | |||||||||||||
| Erie Railroad and connections. Chicago: Poole Bros., undated. Part of a railroad timetable; 21 x 32 cm. | |||||||||||||
| South side of mine face, Lehigh, Iowa, 1897. 1 map: tissue paper; 61 x 46 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| Great Northern addition to Bonner's Ferry, 1892. 1 map: linen; 23 x 42 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| Kootenai River area. | |||||||||||||
| Pembina Land District, Dakota Territory, undated. 3 maps; 44 x 36 cm. each. Scale: 1 inch to 40 chains. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 46 | Nebraska and Oregon plat maps, 1903-1910. | |||||||||||
| Map of the French-Glenn Live Stock Co. property, Harney Co., Oregon, San Francisco: Britton & Rey, lith., approximately 1905. 1 map: color; 111 x 72 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| Portland simplex map and guide 1910 edition. Portland, Oregon: Simplex Publishing Co., 1910. 1 map: 122 x 82 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| Nebraska map displaying the proposed line, a connection between the lines of the B & M. in Nebraska and the Great Northern at Sioux City. 1 map: linen; 31 x 65 cm. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 47 | Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Iowa state plat maps, 1890-1915. | |||||||||||
| Great Northern addition to Bonner's Ferry, Kootenai Co., Idaho. Spokane, Washington: Stanley & Hovan, c.e., undated. 1 blueprint; 28 x 58 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| Original town of Bonner's Ferry / surveyed and platted by S.B. Waight. 1 blueprint; 41 x 41 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| Great Northern addition to Bonner's Ferry. 1 blueprint; 22 x 41 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| Plat of depot grounds at Bonner's Ferry and Great Northern addition to Bonner's Ferry, December 30, 1892. 1 blueprint; 32 x 56 cm. Scale 1:2,400. | |||||||||||||
| Seattle & Montana Ry. Co. map showing land purchased from Smith's Cove Land Co. on the 14th day of November 1890. 1 blueprint; 24 x 59 cm. Scale 1:2,400. | |||||||||||||
| Southwest quarter section 17, township 25 north, range 43 east William meridian. 1 blueprint; 44 x 41 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| Map of Bell Park and vicinity . Spokane: U. B. Hough, approximately 1892. 1 blueprint; 38 x 35 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| Miners' and transportation scale. St. Johnsbury, Vermont: E. T. Fairbanks & Co., approximately 1897. 1 blueprint; 46 x 38 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Map of Clarion, County Seat of Wright County, Iowa, January 1, 1890 / J.S. Boyd, c.e. 1 blueprint; 33 x 41 cm. Scale 1:2,400. | |||||||||||||
| Mason City & Fort Dodge Railroad list of bridges complete to December 1, 1900. 1 blueprint; 87 x 23 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Print showing the strip proposed to be deeded for armory site, Seattle. 1 blueprint; 32 x 55 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Block 368 Seattle tide lands. Drawing no. 1334B, issue no. 8. Seattle: Moran Bros. Company, engineers & Shipbuilders, June 5, 1901. 1 blueprint; 41 x 54 cm. Scale 1:1,200. | |||||||||||||
| Section of country lying north and west of the Great Northern Road near Spokane. 1 blueprint: color; 33 x 28 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Willard addition to Great Falls, Montana. Great Falls: MacDonald Nissler Co. general engineering, approximately 1911. 1 blueprint; 46 x 56 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| Great Falls electric properties general plan of water power development, April 29, 1907 / traced by H.H. Cochrane; M. Hebgen, engineer in charge. 1 blueprint; 61 x 92 cm. Scale 1:240. | |||||||||||||
| King and Putnam 100 ton stamp mill. 1 blueprint; 56 x 66 cm. Scale 1:2,400. | |||||||||||||
| King and Putnam 100 ton stamp mill. 1 blueprint; 56 x 40 cm. Scale 1:2,400. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 60 | Minnesota territory and state maps, 1855-1912. | |||||||||||
| Johnson's Minnesota and Dakota / by Johnson and Ward. 1 map: color; 36 x 46 cm. Scale 1:2,534,400. | |||||||||||||
| Railroad commissioner's map of Minnesota / corrected to February 1, 1912. Chicago: George F. Cram, 1912. 1 map: color, linen; 122 x 80 cm. Scale indeterminable. | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota 1855. New York: J.H. Colton & Co., 1855. 1 map: color; 33 x 44 cm. Scale 1:2,534,400. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov9 | 18 | Roads in Ramsey County, Minnesota / J.H. Armstrong, county surveyor. St. Paul, Minnesota: Ramsey County Highway Department, February 1916. 1 blueprint; 153 x 87 cm. | |||||||||||
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| A2/ov9 | 19 | Roads in Ramsey County, Minnesota / John B. Irvine, surveyor. St. Paul, Minnesota: Ramsey County Highway Department, undated. 1 blueprint; 89 x 69 cm. | |||||||||||
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| A2/ov9 | 48 | New map of the Puget Sound country, second revised edition, 1891 / Chas. H. Baker & Co., compilers. Chicago: A. Zeese & Co., Engravers, 1891. 1 map: color, linen; 87 x 51 cm. Scale 1:380,160. | |||||||||||
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| A2/ov9 | 49 | Fairhaven, Washington, 1891, presented by the Fairhaven Land Co. / sketch of B.W. Pierce. San Francisco: Elliott Pub. Co., 1891. 1 lithograph; 72 x 107 cm. | |||||||||||
BLUEPRINT PLANS
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| A2/ov10 | 11 | Roughsedge's patent moulds for concrete houses and buildings, 1911. | |||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 40 | Proposed Macalester College, 1910. | |||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 42 | Equitable Building, New York, office floor plan, April 28, 1914. | |||||||||||
| Yacht Ranger, December 13, 1915. | |||||||||||||
| Proposed car ferry plans, June 26, 1915. | |||||||||||||
| Unnamed ship plans, June 13, 1908. 2 items. | |||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 44 | H. A. Turner's patented sliding and folding second floor for stock cars, February 17, 1903. | |||||||||||
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| A2/ov9 | 20 | Proposed yacht, September 26, 1907. | |||||||||||
SPEECHES AND WRITINGS
Series is comprised primarily of published pamphlets either written by James J. Hill or concerning Hill and his business ventures. Many of the pamphlets are printed versions of public speeches given by Hill. Also included are typed manuscripts written by Hill and newspaper clippings concerning Hill's speeches, containing both editorial comments on the speeches and full reprinted texts.
Published Material by James J. Hill
| 22.I.3.6 | Lists of addresses and papers of James J. Hill, after 1916. | ||||||||||||
| Bound compendiums: | |||||||||||||
| Addresses of James J. Hill, volumes I and II, 1902-1916. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Addresses by James J. Hill, 1902-1916. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Highways of Progress. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1910. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
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| Speech of Mr. James J. Hill Delivered Before the Railroad Committee of the House of Representatives, St. Paul, Minn., January 28, 1885. St. Paul: Pioneer Press Company, 1885. | |||||||||||||
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| Address delivered before the Waterways Convention, West Superior, Wisconsin, August 7, 1889. Pages 11-13 of Proceedings of the Waterways Convention. | |||||||||||||
| The Present Values of Real Property as Affected by the Money Standard, Delivered at the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce Banquet, January 14, 1898. St. Paul: The Pioneer Press Company, 1898. Partial photocopy. | |||||||||||||
| History of Agriculture in Minnesota: From the Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Vol. VIII, Part 3. May 10, 1898. | |||||||||||||
| 22.I.3.7 | Proceedings of the Tri-State Grain Growers, Fargo, N. Dak. January 23-24-25-26, 1900. Fargo: Brown & Gage, 1900. | ||||||||||||
| Includes "Speech of Mr. James J. Hill." | |||||||||||||
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| The nation's debt to railroads, by James J. Hill. approximately 1902-1903. Pages 253-260 of unknown publication. | |||||||||||||
| "Chapter IV: Combinations and the Public," The Trust: Its Book. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1902. | |||||||||||||
| Address of James J. Hill to the Illinois Manufacturers' Association of Chicago, June 4, 1902. | |||||||||||||
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| Proceedings of the First State Irrigation Congress Held at Bismarck, N. D., October 20th and 21st, 1903. | |||||||||||||
| Includes address by James J. Hill. | |||||||||||||
| Statement of Mr. James J. Hill to the U.S. Senate regarding regulation of railway rates, 1905. Pages 701-756 of unknown publication. | |||||||||||||
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| "The Future of our Oriental Trade," The World's Work. August 1905. | |||||||||||||
| Paper Prepared by Mr. James J. Hill on Irrigation Read at National Irrigation Congress, Portland, Oregon, August 21, 1905. | |||||||||||||
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| The Great Northern Railway System. March 1, 1906. | |||||||||||||
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| The Nation's Future: Address Delivered by Mr. James J. Hill at the Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, Minnesota, September 3, 1906. | |||||||||||||
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| Development of the Northwest: Address Delivered by Mr. James J. Hill Before the Chicago Commercial Association, October 6, 1906. | |||||||||||||
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| Chicago's Interest in Reciprocity with Canada: Address Delivered by Mr. James H. Hill before the Merchants' Club of Chicago, November 10, 1906. | |||||||||||||
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| Railroad Problems: Difficulties and Needs of Transportation in the United States. Statement made by James J. Hill Before the Interstate Commerce Commission, Minneapolis, Minn., December 20, 1906. | |||||||||||||
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| The Transportation Problem of the United States: Letter of Mr. James J. Hill to Hon. John A. Johnson, Governor of Minnesota, January 14, 1907. | |||||||||||||
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| Address delivered by Mr. James J. Hill before the Kansas City, Mo., Commercial Club, November 19, 1907. | |||||||||||||
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| Address delivered by Mr. James J. Hill before the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, Washington, D.C., December 5, 1907. | |||||||||||||
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| The Natural Wealth of the Land and Its Conservation: Address Delivered by Mr. James J. Hill, White House, Washington, at the Conference on the Conservation of Natural Resources, May 13-15, 1908. New York: Evening Post Job Printing Office. | |||||||||||||
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| Address Delivered by Mr. James J. Hill at the Memorial Day Exercises, Auditorium St. Paul, Minn., May 30, 1908. | |||||||||||||
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| A Talk by James J. Hill to the Children of Crookston, September 17, 1908. | |||||||||||||
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| Address by Mr. James J. Hill at the Dedication of Stephens Hall, Crookston, Minn., September 17, 1908. | |||||||||||||
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| Address Delivered by Mr. James J. Hill Before the Farmers' National Congress, Madison, Wisconsin, September 24, 1908. Also a Congressional Record reprinting the text of the speech. | |||||||||||||
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| The Future of Rail and Water Transportation: Letter of James J. Hill Read at the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois, October 7-9, 1908. Also full convention proceedings. | |||||||||||||
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| Address delivered by Mr. James J. Hill at the One Hundred and Fortieth Annual Banquet of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, November 19, 1908. Also full banquet program. | |||||||||||||
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| 5th Annual Report of the Canadian Club of Winnipeg, 1908-1909. | |||||||||||||
| Includes "Reminiscences of early Winnipeg" by Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal and James J. Hill. | |||||||||||||
| North Dakota Farmers' Institute Annual No. 9. Grand Forks, North Dakota: Evening Times, 1909. | |||||||||||||
| Includes "Address of Hon. J. J. Hill at Richland County Fair Held at Wahpeton Sept. 24" by James J. Hill. | |||||||||||||
| 22.I.3.8 | Address delivered by Mr. James J. Hill at the Twentieth Annual Commencement Exercises of the School of Agriculture of the University of Minnesota, March 24, 1909. | ||||||||||||
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| Address of Mr. James J. Hill Read at the Ceremonies for Unveiling a Statue of the Late William Colvill, Colonel of the First Regiment of Minnesota Volunteers, in the State Capitol at St. Paul, Minnesota, March 31, 1909. | |||||||||||||
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| Address Delivered by Mr. James J. Hill at the Opening of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Seattle, Washington, June 1, 1909. | |||||||||||||
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| Address Delivered by Mr. James J. Hill at the Thirty-Fifth Annual Convention of the American Bankers Association, Chicago, September 14, 1909. Also Campbell's Scientific Farmer, November 1909, containing a reprint of the same speech. | |||||||||||||
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| Speech of J. J. Hill on President Taft's Day at the Montana State Fair at Helena, Sept. 27, 1909. | |||||||||||||
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| The World's Work. Volume 19, Nos. 1-3 and Volume 20, No. 1. November 1909-May 1910. 4 volumes in 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Issues contain "Highways of Progress," a series of articles by James J. Hill. | |||||||||||||
| Campbell's Scientific Farmer. Lincoln, Nebraska: The Campbell Soil Culture Company, December 1909. | |||||||||||||
| Contains "The Imperative of Better Farming," by James J. Hill. | |||||||||||||
| Address Delivered by Mr. James J. Hill at the National Corn Exposition, Omaha, Neb., December 9, 1909. | |||||||||||||
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| Yale Alumni Weekly. 1910. | |||||||||||||
| Commencement issue, includes speech by James J. Hill. | |||||||||||||
| The Conservation of Capital: Address of Mr. James J. Hill at the Minnesota Conservation and Agricultural Development Congress, St. Paul, March 17, 1910. | |||||||||||||
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| Address delivered by Mr. James J. Hill Before the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, St. Paul Auditorium, June 17, 1910. | |||||||||||||
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| Traffic Growth and Terminal Needs: Paper by James J. Hill Read at the Convention of the Millers' National Federation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 22, 23 and 24, 1910. | |||||||||||||
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| Address Delivered by Mr. James J. Hill at the National Conservation Congress, St. Paul, Minnesota, September 5-9, 1910. | |||||||||||||
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| Paper by James J. Hill Read at the Portland Fair and Live Stock Exposition, Portland, Oregon, September 5-11, 1910. | |||||||||||||
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| The Editorial Review. Volume 4, No. 1. New York: The Editorial Review Company, January 1911. | |||||||||||||
| Includes "Trade Reciprocity Between Canada and the United States" by James J. Hill. | |||||||||||||
| Address Delivered by Mr. James J. Hill Before the Chicago Association of Commerce, Chicago, Illinois, February 15, 1911. | |||||||||||||
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| Quarterly Journal of the University of North Dakota. North Dakota: The University of North Dakota, March 1911. | |||||||||||||
| Includes "The Future of the Northwest" and "Proper Land Cultivation and Production" by James J. Hill. | |||||||||||||
| Address delivered by Mr. James J. Hill Before the Illinois Bankers Association, Springfield, Illinois, October 11, 1911. | |||||||||||||
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| The Great Northern and the Northwest: James J. Hill's Letter to the Stockholders on Retiring from the Chairmanship of the Board of Directors. July 1, 1912. | |||||||||||||
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| 22.D.2.6 | Minnesota's Agriculture: Address Delivered by Mr. James J. Hill at the Second Minnesota Conservation and Agricultural Development Congress, Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 19, 1912. | ||||||||||||
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| The Country's Need of Greater Railway Facilities and Terminals: Address Delivered by Mr. James J. Hill at the Annual Dinner of the Railway Business Association, New York City, December 19, 1912. | |||||||||||||
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| The Use and Abuse of Credit: Address delivered by Mr. James J. Hill before the St. Paul Association of Credit Men at Their Annual Banquet at the St. Paul Hotel, February 11, 1913. | |||||||||||||
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| The American Review of Reviews. Volume 47, No. 281. New York: The Review of Reviews Co., June 1913. | |||||||||||||
| Includes "The Reservoir Method of Flood Prevention" by James J. Hill. | |||||||||||||
| The Financier. Volume 101, No. 1507A. New York: June 18, 1913. | |||||||||||||
| Includes the proceedings of the 20th annual convention of the New York State Bankers Association with a speech by James J. Hill. | |||||||||||||
| Industry Credit and Banking: An Address by James J. Hill Delivered at the Convention of the American Bankers Association, Boston, October 9, 1913. | |||||||||||||
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| The Commercial and Financial Chronicle. New York: William B. Dana Company, October 18, 1913. | |||||||||||||
| Includes the proceedings of the Convention of the American Bankers' Association with "Agriculture in the United States" by James J. Hill. | |||||||||||||
| Investment Bonds: An Address by James J. Hill Delivered at the Convention of Investment Bankers Association of America, Chicago, October 30, 1913. | |||||||||||||
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| A Nation's Need: Six Articles by James J. Hill. Chicago: The Chicago Record-Herald, 1914. | |||||||||||||
| The Future of Foreign Trade: Paper by Mr. James J. Hill Read at the National Foreign Trade Convention, Washington, D.C., May 27-28, 1914. | |||||||||||||
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| Credit and Railways After the War: Paper by Mr. James J. Hill Read at a Meeting of the Business Men's League of St. Louis, October 7, 1914. | |||||||||||||
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| The Outlook for Business: Address by Mr. James J. Hill at the Annual Dinner of the Chamber of Commerce of Rochester, New York, December 5, 1914. | |||||||||||||
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| Freedom for Our Foreign Trade: Paper by Mr. James J. Hill Read at Second National Foreign Trade Convention, St. Louis, Missouri, January 21-22, 1915. | |||||||||||||
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| The Northwestern Buzzer. Volume 3, No. 6. St. Paul: Northwestern Electric Equipment Company, February 1915. | |||||||||||||
| Includes "Electricity, the Most Adaptable Physical Force" by James J. Hill. | |||||||||||||
| How to Help Business: Paper by Mr. James J. Hill Read at the Annual Dinner of the Traffic Club of Chicago, Ill., February 25, 1915. Also an issue of The Way-Bill containing the text of the speech. | |||||||||||||
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| Association Men. Volume 40, No. 7. New York: International Committee of Young Men's Christian Associations, April 1915. | |||||||||||||
| Includes "The Value and the Need of Thrift" by James J. Hill. | |||||||||||||
| The Publisher and his Public: Paper by Mr. James J. Hill Read at the Twenty-fifth Annual Dinner of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, New York City, April 22, 1915. | |||||||||||||
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| Preparedness for Peace. April 9, 1916. | |||||||||||||
| Written for and published in the New York Times Magazine, | |||||||||||||
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| Vivid Thoughts: Selected from "Highways of Progress." Chicago: The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., approximately 1921. | |||||||||||||
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| 22.H.6.4 | The South American and El Norte Americano. New York: South American Pub. Co., September 1915. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| One issue is in English, the other is in Spanish. Each contains "Our Trade with South America" by James J. Hill. | |||||||||||||
Manuscript Material
| 22.D.2.7 | Manuscript material by James J. Hill, 1893-undated 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 22.D.2.8 | Manuscript material by James J. Hill, undated and March 1913-1916. | ||||||||||||
Newspaper Clippings
| 22.D.2.9 | Editorial comments and full speech texts, 1883-1916. | ||||||||||||
| 22.I.2.5 | Newspaper comments on "What we must do to be fed," 1909. 2 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Scrapbook, January 20, 1907-September 24, 1908. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Clippings and address texts. | |||||||||||||
| 22.I.3.1 | Scrapbook, October 1908-June 1913. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Volumes C and D; includes inventory of addresses. | |||||||||||||
Published Material About James J. Hill
| 22.H.6.4 | Northwestern Illustrator. Volume 2, No. 7. Minneapolis and St. Paul: July 1893. | ||||||||||||
| Harper's Weekly. Volume 46, No. 2362. New York: Harper & Brothers, March 29, 1902. | |||||||||||||
| The Saturday Evening Post. Volume 174, No. 3. Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Company, April 26, 1902. | |||||||||||||
| Includes "James J. Hill and His School for Railroad Presidents" by Paul Latzke. | |||||||||||||
| 22.D.2.6 | Broncho Bill, Teddy (in Five Canters). Los Angeles: May 12, 1903. | ||||||||||||
| James J. Hill. 1904. | |||||||||||||
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| Spearman, Frank H. "The Hill Lines." A Chapter from the Book by Frank H. Spearman "The Strategy of Great Railroads." New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. | |||||||||||||
| Leslie's Weekly. Volume 101. No. 2625. New York: Judge Company, December 28, 1905. | |||||||||||||
| Includes "Notable Tribute to a Famous Railway Magnate" by Conde Hamilton. | |||||||||||||
| The Winning West: An Illustrated Review of Western Events. Volume 1, No. 3. Omaha, Nebraska: The Overland Publishing Co., August 1907. | |||||||||||||
| The Bellman Minneapolis: The Bellman Company, January 11, 1908. | |||||||||||||
| The Pacific Monthly. Portland, Oregon: The Pacific Monthly Company, January 1909. | |||||||||||||
| Includes "The Story of the 'North Bank' Road" by Lute Pease. | |||||||||||||
| Hubbard, Elbert. Little Journeys to the Homes of Business Men: James J. Hill. East Aurora, New York: The Roycrofters, December 1909. | |||||||||||||
| 22.D.3.1 | United States Steel Corporation Hearings Before the Committee on Investigation of United States Steel Corporation, House of Representatives. Nos. 48 and 49. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1912. 2 volumes in 1 folder. | ||||||||||||
| Includes testimony of James J. Hill. | |||||||||||||
| The FQA: Exponent of American Philosophy. Volume 9, No. 1. East Aurora, New York: Elbert Hubbard, April 1912. | |||||||||||||
| King, W. L. Mackenzie. The Canadian Method of Preventing Strikes and Lockouts: Address by Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King, Former Canadian Minister of Labor, Delivered at the Annual Dinner of the Railway Business Association, December 19, 1912. | |||||||||||||
| Creeds of Great Business Men. Chicago: International Harvester Company of America, 1913. | |||||||||||||
| James Jerome Hill. St. Paul: 1913. | |||||||||||||
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| The Leviathan. Philadelphia: Main Belting Company, July 1913. | |||||||||||||
| Includes "James J. Hill - Whose Faith Built an Empire." | |||||||||||||
| Macalester College Bulletin. St. Paul: President T. Morey Hodgman, June 1914. | |||||||||||||
| Co-operation of Foreign Trade: Testimony of John D. Ryan, Esq. Representing the Committee on Co-operation in Foreign Trade of the National Foreign Trade Council of John D. Ryan, James A. Farrell and James J. Hill Before the Federal Trade Commission, New York Custom House, June 3, 1915. New York: The National Foreign Trade Council, 1915. | |||||||||||||
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| The Harvard Graduates' Magazine. Boston: The Harvard Graduates' Magazine Association, March 1916. | |||||||||||||
| Includes "The Hill Professorship of Transportation" by Howard Elliot. | |||||||||||||
| Western Magazine. St. Paul and Minneapolis: Edmond L. DeLestry, June 1916. | |||||||||||||
| "The Close of an Epic," The Bellman. Volume 20, No. 516. Minneapolis: The Bellman Company, June 3, 1916. | |||||||||||||
| Great Northern Railway Employees' Safety Magazine. Volume 3, No. 3. July 1916. | |||||||||||||
| Includes "James Jerome Hill." | |||||||||||||
| "Memorial of James J. Hill," Commercial Club of Saint-Paul Bulletin. Volume 3, No. 4. August 1, 1916. | |||||||||||||
| The World's Work. Volume 32, No. 6. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, October 1916. | |||||||||||||
| Includes "The Life of James J. Hill," part 1, by Joseph G. Pyle. | |||||||||||||
| "The Tall Oak," The Missouri Farmer. October 15, 1916. | |||||||||||||
| The World's Work. Volume 33, No. 2. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, December 1916. | |||||||||||||
| Includes "The Life of James J. Hill," part 3, by Joseph G. Pyle. | |||||||||||||
| Budd, Ralph, W. L. Darling, and John F. Stevens. "Memoir of James J. Hill," Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers. February 1917. | |||||||||||||
| Denlinger, Henry K. American Prophets: James J. Hill, The Utilitarian Prophet. April 1917. | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota History. Volume 2, No. 5. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, February 1918. | |||||||||||||
| Includes "James J. Hill" by Joseph G. Pyle. | |||||||||||||
| Ball, Walter L. Jim Hill and Bill MacAdoo. 1920. | |||||||||||||
| Woodlock, Thomas. Great Northern-Northern Pacific-Burlington Affiliation Justified. December 4, 1921. | |||||||||||||
| Frewen, Moreton. "James J. Hill and Edward H. Harriman on the Exchanges with the Orient and as Silver Advocates," Manufacturers Record. February 23, 1922. | |||||||||||||
| The Outlook. Volume 134, No. 12. New York: The Outlook Company, August 8, 1923. | |||||||||||||
| Includes "And They Said it Couldn't be Done" by Sherman Rogers. | |||||||||||||
| Klagstad, August. Portraits in Oil. St. Paul: Webb, 1923. | |||||||||||||
| Flandrau, Grace. Red River Trails. St. Paul: M'Gill-Warner Co., 1925. | |||||||||||||
| Reeve, Budd. Growing Dawn: What it is and All About it. 1926. | |||||||||||||
| Red River Aggie. Crookston, Minnesota: Senior Class of the Northwest School of Agriculture, March 1926. | |||||||||||||
| 22.D.5.1 | Cairns, Charles. Under Two Flags: Address Before Toronto Passenger Club, Toronto, Ontario, April 16, 1929. | ||||||||||||
| Program of 61st Annual Convention of the Minnesota State Fire Association. St. Paul: Victory Printing Co., June 1933. | |||||||||||||
| Flynn, Edward F. James J. Hill - Empire Builder: Address by Edward F. Flynn, Director of Public Relations, Great Northern Railway Company, Before the Noon Luncheon of the Twin City Market Week, St. Paul, Minnesota, August 2, 1939. | |||||||||||||
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| Cunningham, William J. "James J. Hill's Philosophy of Railroad Management," Bulletin of the Business Historical Society. Volume 15, No. 5. Boston: November 1941. | |||||||||||||
| Rice, E.O. "Great Northern's Crack Train - 'Empire Builder,'" The Railroad Evangelist. Volume 4, No. 8. November 1942. | |||||||||||||
| Eversull, Dr. Frank L. Empire Builder - and a Part of His Empire. 1945. | |||||||||||||
| Merrill, Horace Samuel. "Notes and Documents: Ignatius Donnelly, James J. Hill, and Cleveland Administration Patronage," The Mississippi Valley Historical Review. December 1952. | |||||||||||||
| Carrothers, John Carroll. "Hot Foot: The Story of a Ship," United States Naval Institute Proceedings. Annapolis, Maryland: U.S. Naval Institute, February 1956. | |||||||||||||
| Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The Collection of James J. Hill: A Loan Exhibition Celebrating the Minnesota Statehood Centennial, April 15-June 1, 1958. | |||||||||||||
| American Heritage. Volume 9, No. 4. New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., June 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Includes "The Legend of Jim Hill" by Stewart H. Holbrook. | |||||||||||||
| Is history bunk or good business? By Rev. James P. Shannon, June 9, 1961. | |||||||||||||
| From sternwheelers to iron horses by Rev. James P. Shannon, June 28, 1962. | |||||||||||||
| Reflections: James Jerome Hill. Milwaukee: E. F. Schmidt Company, October 1964. | |||||||||||||
| The First Word. Volume 5, No. 6. St. Paul: First Bank Stock Corporation, June 1966. | |||||||||||||
| Includes "James J. Hill's Great Adventure." | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota History. Volume 41, No. 4. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1968. | |||||||||||||
| Includes "James J. Hill and the Trade with the Orient" by Edward Schonberger. | |||||||||||||
| Journal of the West. Volume 17, No. 4. Manhattan, Kansas: Ag Press, October 1978. | |||||||||||||
| Includes "James J. Hill: Entrepreneur in the Classic Mold" by Albro Martin. | |||||||||||||
| Frame, Robert M. James J. Hill's St. Paul: A Guide to Historic Sites. St. Paul: James Jerome Hill Reference Library, 1988. | |||||||||||||
| Western Ideas of Practical Conservation: Reproduced from the Editorial and News Columns of Prominent Western Papers. Helena, Montana: Independent Publishing Company Press, undated. | |||||||||||||
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| Murray, F. Alister. The Book of Ted: or, Roosevelt and the Railroads in Scripture. undated. | |||||||||||||
| Barrett, Geo. L. The End of the Track. Lakota, North Dakota: American Print, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Lyngblomsten, undated. | |||||||||||||
NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
Series is comprised of newspaper tear sheets and clippings, both loose and in scrapbooks, containing articles concerning James J. Hill and his business ventures. A subseries is comprised of material regarding Hill's death in 1916.
| 22.I.3.2 | Newspaper clippings, 1893-1913. 6 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 22.I.2.6 | Clippings, 1894-August 1895. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.H.6.4 | Clippings, 1909. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Includes some photographs. | |||||||||||||
| Clippings no. 1, 1887-1904. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Includes some correspondence. | |||||||||||||
| 22.C.4.1 | Clippings no. 2, 1905-April 1906. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.C.5.1 | Clippings no. 3, April-September 1906. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.C.5.2 | Clippings no. 4, October 1906-January 1907. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.C.5.3 | Clippings no. 5, January-July 1907. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.C.5.4 | Clippings no. 6, September 1907-May 1908. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.C.6.1 | Clippings no. 7, May 1908-February 1909. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.C.6.2 | Clippings no. 8, February-September 1909. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.C.6.3 | Clippings no. 9, August 1909-April 1910. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.C.6.4 | Clippings no. 10, September 1909-January 1913. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 22.B.6.4 | Clippings no. 11, December 1912-May 1916. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 62 | "Dinner at Glacier Park hotel in honor of James J. Hill's 75th birthday," The Sunday Oregonian, September 21, 1913. | |||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 64 | Special section on the new Railroad Building, The St. Paul Daily News, August 29, 1915. | |||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 41 | The Saint Paul Daily Press, featuring William Windom's speech "The Northern Pacific Railway: its effect upon the public credit," January 27-February 3, 1869. 7 newspapers. | |||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 49 | "The gathering of the governors of the states at Washington", The New York Times, May 24, 1908. | |||||||||||
| The Daily Pioneer Press issue in celebration of completion of the Great Northern transcontinental line, June 8, 1893. | |||||||||||||
| 22.D.2.1 | Regarding death of James J. Hill: | ||||||||||||
| In Memoriam James J. Hill, 1916. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 22.C.4.2 | Volume 1, May-August 1916. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by state in which newspaper is located: Alabama-Nebraska. | |||||||||||||
| 22.C.4.3 | Volume 2, May-June 1916. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by state in which newspaper is located: New Jersey-Wisconsin. | |||||||||||||
| 22.C.4.4 | Clippings, May-June 1916. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Includes U.S. and Canadian newspapers. | |||||||||||||
| 22.I.3.3 | Newspaper clippings, 1916. | ||||||||||||
| 22.I.3.4 | Newspaper clippings, 1916. | ||||||||||||
| 22.D.5.1 | Biographical clippings files: | ||||||||||||
| Donald Smith, Lord Strathcona, 1909-1914. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Charles Elliot Perkins, November 1907. | |||||||||||||
| E. H. Harriman's testimony, February-April 1907. | |||||||||||||
PHOTOGRAPHS AND GRAPHIC MATERIAL
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| 22.D.2.3 | Nos. 194-405. | ||||||||||||
| 22.D.2.4 | Nos. 406-489. | ||||||||||||
| 22.I.2.2 | Nos. 490-621. | ||||||||||||
| 22.D.2.4 | Nos. 622-730. | ||||||||||||
| 22.D.2.5 | Nos. 731-800. | ||||||||||||
| 22.D.4.2 | Nos. 801-875. | ||||||||||||
| 22.C.4.5 | Nos. 876-895. | ||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 66 | Nos. 905-911. | |||||||||||
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| 22.D.2.5 | Nos. 913-972. | ||||||||||||
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| A2/ov10 | 66 | No. 973. | |||||||||||
| 22.D.2.5 | Nos. 974-1023. | ||||||||||||
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| A2/ov9 | 102 | No. 1024. | |||||||||||
| 22.D.3.9 | Nos. 1025-1041. | ||||||||||||
CLOSED ORIGINALS
Letterpress Books
| Originals closed to general use. Researchers are directed to use microfilm copies. | |||||||||||||
| 20.J.3.1 | Personal and Private (Series P): | ||||||||||||
| Volumes P-1 - P-4, February 2, 1877-September 11, 1879. 4 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 20.J.3.2 | Volumes P-5 - P-8, September 24, 1879-January 11, 1884. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.3.3 | Volumes P-9 - P-11, January 11, 1884-March 14, 1885. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.3.4 | Volumes P-12 - P-14, March 15, 1885-October 22, 1886. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.3.5 | Volumes P-15 - P-17, October 22, 1886-May 1902. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.3.6 | Volumes P-18 - P-21, June 1902-May 26, 1911. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.3.7 | Volume P-22, May 27, 1911-June 10, 1916. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Volumes P-23 - P-25, June 21, 1890-May 29, 1892; June 24-December 22, 1895; January 30-June 21, 1897; October 14, 1898. 2 volumes, 14 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 20.J.3.8 | Volumes P-26 - P-28, October 16, 1901-February 20, 1906. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.3.9 | Volumes P-29 - P-30, February 20, 1906-February 24, 1916. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Volume P-31, December 16, 1896-March 13, 1897. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 20.J.4.1 | Pre-Railroad Business (Series B): | ||||||||||||
| Volumes B-1 - B-4, April 2, 1866-May 26, 1876. 4 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 20.J.4.2 | Volumes B-5 - B-8, May 16, 1876-March 27, 1878. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.4.3 | Railroads (Series R): | ||||||||||||
| Volumes R-1 - R-3, June 25, 1879-October 7, 1880. 3 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 20.J.4.4 | Volumes R-4 - R-6, October 6, 1880-April 23, 1883. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.4.5 | Volumes R-7 - R-9, April 23, 1883-November 26, 1886. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.4.6 | Volumes R-10 - R-12, November 26, 1886-February 7, 1889. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.4.7 | Volumes R-13 - R-14, February 15, 1889-June 9, 1890. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Volume R-15, June 11-October 21, 1890. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 20.J.4.8 | Volumes R-16 - R-17, August 7, 1895-June 8, 1898. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Volumes R-18 - R-20, June 25, 1879-February 22, 1884. 3 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 20.J.4.9 | Volume R-21, May 17, 1881-January 3, 1882. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Volumes R-22 - R-23, January 22, 1877-December 20, 1879. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 20.J.5.1 | Volumes R-24 - R-25, October 2, 1888-April 1, 1890. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Volumes R-26 - R-27, December 4, 1879-December 15, 1881. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 20.J.5.2 | Volumes R-28 - R-29, January 22, 1886-July 20, 1887. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Volume R-30, May 3-July 24, 1881. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 20.J.5.3 | Volumes R-31 - R-32, January 2-March 10, 1882; June 4-October 20, 1885. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.5.4 | Volumes R-33 - R-35, February 16-July 15, 1887. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.5.5 | Volume R-36, July 15-September 29, 1887. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Volume R-37, June 30, 1881-May 7, 1889. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 20.J.5.6. | Farms (Series F): | ||||||||||||
| Volumes F-1 - F-2, September 23, 1884-March 21, 1889. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Volumes F-3 - F-4, January 15, 1886-October 31, 1889. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 20.F.4.6 | Volume F-5, June 30, 1909-October 18, 1910. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Volume F-6, September 30, 1909-October 31, 1910. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 20.J.5.5 | Volume F-7, April 14-November 13, 1911. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 20.F.4.6 | Volume F-8, April 30-November 11, 1911. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.6.1 | Private Secretary's Correspondence (Series S): | ||||||||||||
| Volumes S-1 - S-3, February 15-December 14, 1886. 3 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 20.J.6.2 | Volumes S-4 - S-6, December 14, 1886-September 13, 1887. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.6.3 | Volumes S-7 - S-9, September 12, 1887-April 24, 1888. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.6.4 | Volumes S-10 - S-12, April 24, 1888-January 17, 1889. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.6.5 | Volumes S-13 - S-15, January 17-October 4, 1889. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.6.7 | Volumes S-16 - S-18, October 4, 1889-June 13, 1890. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.6.8 | Volumes S-19 - S-21, June 13, 1890-February 21, 1891. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.4.8 | Volumes S-22 - S-24, February 23-July 7, 1891. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.4.9 | Volumes S-25 - S-27, July 7-November 12, 1891. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.5.1 | Volumes S-28 - S-29, November 13, 1891-February 13, 1892. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.5.2 | Volumes S-30 - S-32, February 14-October 15, 1892. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.K.2.1 | Volumes S-33 - S-34, October 15, 1892-March 15, 1893. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.K.2.2 | Volumes S-35 - S-37, March 16-August 22, 1893. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.K.2.3 | Volumes S-38 - S-40, August 22, 1893-January 30, 1894. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.K.2.4 | Volumes S-41 - S-43, January 30-August 20, 1894. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.K.3.1 | Volumes S-44 - S-46, August 20, 1894-March 2, 1895. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.K.3.2 | Volumes S-47 - S-49, May 2-August 13, 1895. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.K.3.3 | Volumes S-50 - S-52, August 13-December 27, 1895. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.K.3.4 | Volumes S-53 - S-56, December 27, 1895-June 9, 1896. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.K.4.1 | Volumes S-57 - S-60, June 9, 1896-January 2, 1897. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.K.4.2 | Volumes S-61 - S-64, January 2-August 5, 1897. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.K.4.3 | Volumes S-65 - S-68, August 5, 1897-March 12, 1898. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.K.4.4 | Volumes S-69 - S-72, March 12-October 24, 1898. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.K.5.1 | Volumes S-73 - S-76, October 24, 1898-June 5, 1899. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.K.5.2 | Volumes S-77 - S-80, June 5-December 10, 1899. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.K.5.3 | Volumes S-81 - S-84, December 10, 1899-June 7, 1900. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.K.5.4 | Volumes S-85 - S-88 June 7-December 24, 1900. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.K.6.1 | Volumes S-89 - S-92, December 24, 1900-June 25,1901. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.K.6.2 | Volumes S-93 - S-96, June 25, 1901-January 10, 1902. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.K.6.3 | Volumes S-97 - S-100, January 10-June 28, 1902. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.K.6.4 | Volumes S-101 - S-104, June 30-December 30, 1902. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.5.3 | Volumes S-105 - S-108, December 30, 1902-May 26,1903. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.5.4 | Volumes S-109 - S-112, May 26-December 4, 1903. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.5.5 | Volumes S-113 - S-116, December 4, 1903-June 23, 1904. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.5.6 | Volumes S-117 - S-120, June 23, 1904-March 8, 1905. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 21.K.2.1 | Volumes S-121 - S-124, March 9-November 17, 1905. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 21.K.2.2 | Volumes S-125 - S-128, November 17, 1905-July 16, 1906. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 21.K.2.3 | Volumes S-129 - S-132, July 16, 1906-March 22, 1907. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 21.K.2.4 | Volumes S-133 - S-136, March 23-December 27, 1907. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 21.K.3.1 | Volumes S-137 - S-140, December 28, 1907-September 8, 1908. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 21.K.3.2 | Volumes S-141 - S-144, September 8, 1908-June 23, 1909. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 21.K.3.3 | Volumes S-145 - S-148, June 23, 1909-March 22, 1910. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 21.K.3.4 | Volumes S-149 - S-152, March 22-November 14, 1910. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 20.J.3.9 | Volume S-153, November 14, 1910-January 2, 1911. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 21.K.4.1 | Volumes S-154 - S-157, January 3-July 29, 1911. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 21.K.4.2 | Volumes S-158 - S-161, July 29, 1911-January 26, 1912. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 21.K.4.3 | Volumes S-162 - S-165, January 26-June 29, 1912. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 21.K.4.4 | Volumes S-166 - S-169, July 1-December 14, 1912. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 21.K.5.1 | Volumes S-170 - S-173, December 16, 1912-June 2, 1913. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 21.K.5.2 | Volumes S-174 - S-177, June 2-November 1, 1913. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 21.K.5.3 | Volumes S-178 - S-181, November 1, 1913-March 17, 1914. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 21.K.5.4 | Volumes S-182 - S-185, March 17-August 7, 1914. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 21.K.6.1 | Volumes S-186 - S-189, August 7-December 31, 1914. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 21.K.6.2 | Volumes S-190 - S-193 January 2-June 8, 1915. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 21.K.6.3 | Volumes S-194 - S-197, June 9-December 28, 1915. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 21.K.6.4 | Volumes S-198 - S-201, December 29, 1915-July 6, 1916. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.3.8 | Other Companies and Individuals (Series O): | ||||||||||||
| Volumes O-1 - O-3, October 6, 1882-April 24, 1885. 3 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Volume O-4, February 13, 1897-October 14, 1898. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 22.F.3.9 | Volumes O-5 - O-8, October 15, 1898-April 9, 1903. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.4.1 | Volumes O-9 - O-12, April 11, 1903-March 12, 1912. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.4.2 | Volumes O-13 - O-14, March 13, 1912-June 24, 1915. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Volumes O-15 - O-16, March 31, 1898-April 12, 1899. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 22.F.4.3 | Volumes O-17 - O-20, April 12, 1899-January 23, 1901. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 22.F.4.4 | Volumes O-21 - O-22, January 23, 1901-August 25, 1902. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Volume O-23, March 26, 1886-April 20, 1895. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume O-24, January 5-November 1, 1894. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 22.F.4.5 | Volume O-25, January 4, 1900-May 13, 1901. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Volumes O-26 - O-27, October 11, 1909-July 22, 1910. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Letters concern real estate matters, primarily in Minnesota. | |||||||||||||
| Volume O-28, January 1884-December 31, 1887. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
Duplicates
| Closed to general use. | |||||||||||||
| 22.D.3.2 | Printed James J. Hill speeches and writings, 1885-1910. | ||||||||||||
| 22.D.3.3 | Printed James J. Hill speeches and writings, undated and 1910-1939. | ||||||||||||
RELATED MATERIALS
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:
- Railroads.
- Persons:
- Burke, Thomas, 1849-1925, author.
- Chisholm, Archibald M., author.
- Farrer, Gaspard, author.
- Gibson, Paris, 1830-1920, author.
- Hanna, Marcus Alonzo, 1837-1904, author.
- Hill, Louis Warren, d. 1948, author.
- Hill, Mary Theresa Mehegan, 1846-1921, author.
- Hill family.
- Kennedy, John S. (John Stewart), 1830-1909, author.
- Kittson, Norman W. (Norman Wolfred), 1814-1888, author.
- Mount Stephen, George Stephen, Baron, 1829-1921, author.
- Nichols, Edward Tatnall, 1852-1934, author.
- Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, Baron, 1820-1914, author.
- Tuck, Edward, author.
- Organizations:
- Constance Mining Company (Washington).
- Great Falls Water Power and Townsite Company (Great Falls, Mont.)
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
- Kootenai Railway and Navigation Company.
- Lake Minnetonka Navigation Company.
- Mille Lacs Lumber Company.
- Montana Central Railway Company.
- Red Mountain Consolidated Mining Company.
- Red River Roller Mills.
- St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.
- St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company.
- Places:
- Humboldt (Minn. : Farm)
- North Oaks (Minn. : Farm)
- Northcote (Minn. : Farm)
- Document Types:
- Maps.
- Photographs.
- Microforms.
- Occupations:
- Businesspeople.
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