GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY (U.S.). AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.). Agricultural Development Department, creator.
Title:Agricultural Development Department records. Great Northern Railway corporate records.
Dates:1913-1968.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Subject files, and crop reports and summaries, created by the Great Northern administrative department responsible for improving agricultural practices and developing agricultural production throughout the northwestern states.
Quantity: 43 cubic feet. (43 boxes).
Location:See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Agricultural System Map The records contain much information on irrigation and the development of water resources, improvement of crop and livestock breeds, the eradication of crop and livestock pests, tilling and fertilization practices, development of agricultural credit mechanisms, land settlement progress, and innovations in farming processes and machinery. Crop reports, especially, contain much statistical data on agricultural production throughout the region.


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Expand/CollapseARRANGEMENT

These documents are organized into the following sections:

General Agricultural Development Agent's Subject Files
Crop Reports and Summaries


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Agricultural Development Department Records. Great Northern Railway Corporate Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 2177; 3802; 3803; 3804; 3805; 3806; 3807; 3808; 3809; 3810; 3811; 3812; 3813; 3814; 3815; 3816; 3817; 3818; 3819; 3820; 3821; 3822; 3823; 3824; 3825; 3826; 3827; 3828; 3829; 3830; 3831; 3832; 3833; 3834; 3835; 3836; 3837; 3839; 3840; 3841; 3842; 3843

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017199080104294

Work on the Great Northern railway company records was supported with funds by the Northwest Area Foundation, the Grotto Foundation, and the Jerome Foundation.


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Expand/CollapseGENERAL AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGENT'S SUBJECT FILES

This series is an incomplete set of the subject files of the General Agricultural Development Agent. Many of the files were apparently destroyed. Files of Edwin C. Leedy and E. B. Duncan are represented.

Records consist of correspondence and miscellaneous papers.


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132.K.8.3B1File no. 100. Rain making - seeding clouds, 1948-1952.
File no. 100-1. Bureau of Reclamation, 1946-1953. 6 folders.
File no. 100-2. National Reclamation, 1947-1953. 6 folders.
File no. 100-3. International Joint Commission, 1948-1953. 2 folders.
File no. 100-4. Arkansas Valley Authority, 1937-1945.
File no. 100-6. Reclamation project, postwar, 1942-1945.
File no. 100-7. National rivers and harbors, 1942.
File no. 100-8. Western States Development Association, 1941-1948.
File no. 100-9. Central Valley Authority, 1941-1949.
File no. 100-10. Great Plains Committee, 1936-1943. 2 folders.
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132.K.8.4F2File no. 100-11. Water Facilities, 1940-1942.
File no. 100-13. Tennessee Valley Authority, 1945-1950.
File no. 100-14. St. Lawrence River Project, 1941-1953.
File no. 100-15. Irrigation projects, 1941-1945.
File no. 100-18. Valley Authority Reclamation, 1946-1952.
National Reclamation Association.
North West Scientific Association.
File no. 100-19. Hell's Canyon dams Army Engineer's report 308, 1947-1952.
File no. 100-20. Pacific Water Council, 1952.
File no. 101-100. Underground water, 1950.
File no. 101-101. Inland Waterways Corporation, 1944.
File no. 101-200. Irrigation Reports: North Dakota, 1950-1951.
File no. 101-200-1. North Dakota Water Supply, 1946-1950. 2 folders.
File no. 101-200-3. Minot water, 1950.
File no. 101-201. Missouri Valley Water Projects, 1945-1954. 14 folders.
File no. 101-201-1. Missouri Basin development, 1944-1954. 4 folders.
File no. 101-201-2. Missouri Valley Authority, 1945.
File no. 101-201-8. Water resources, 1945-1950. 5 folders.
Missouri River Authority.
Columbia River Authority.
File no. 101-201-11. Report: Flood control, Missouri River, 1943.
File no. 101-201-13. Missouri Valley Development Association, 1933-1937.
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132.K.8.5B3File no. 101-201-16. National Water Conservation Conference, 1948-1953. 8 folders.
File no. 101-300. Montana Reclamation Program, 1942-1954. 14 folders.
File no. 101-301. Saco Divide, 1944-1953. 2 folders.
File no. 101-302-A. Crown Butte Project.
File no. 101-303. Marias Project Tiber Dam, 1948-1952.
File no. 101-304-A. Fort Peck Barge Line, 1941-1944.
File no. 101-307-C. Lower Big Muddy, Roosevelt County.
File no. 101-308-C. Shotgun Creek, Roosevelt County, 1940.
File no. 101-310-F. Upper Big Muddy, Sheridan County.
File no. 101-311-F. Flathead County Projects, 1940-1941.
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132.K.8.6F4File no. 101-313-F. Deep Creek Storage Project, 1940.
File no. 101-317. Musselshell Water Facilities Area, 1941-1942.
File no. 101-318. Fresno Dam, Montana irrigation, 1940-1941.
File no. 101-321. Yellowstone Valley Project, 1943-1949.
File no. 101-323. Glen Lake Project, 1947.
File no. 101-325. Indian irrigation appropriation, 1940.
File no. 101-326. Poplar River Irrigation Project, 1940.
File no. 101-327. Canyon Ferry, 1947-1954.
File no. 101-334. Nolan Project, 1950-1951.
File no. 101-400. Washington reclamation and irrigation, 1940-1953. 3 folders.
File no. 101-401. Columbia Basin Project, Washington State, 1946-1954. 20 folders.
File no. 101-401-1. Columbia River, Washington State, 1948-1954. 2 folders.
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132.K.9.1B5File no. 101-401-2. Columbia Basin Authority Compact, 1947-1953. 3 folders.
File no. 101-401-4. Columbia River and its tributaries, 1944-1948.
File no. 101-401-5. Columbia Basin meetings, 1944.
File no. 101-401-5. Columbia Basin, Bonnerville Power Administration Building.
File no. 101-401-7. Columbia Basin account.
File no. 101-402. Okanogan Project, 1949.
File no. 101-404. Monse Project, 1939-1941.
File no. 101-406. Rosa Project, 1940.
File no. 101-407. Chief Joseph Dam, 1948-1952. 2 folders.
File no. 101-500. United States Army Engineers reports, 1944-1945.
File no. 101-501. Klamath Falls, 1941-1943.
File no. 101-600. E. W. Rising Memoranda, 1951.
File no. 101-700. South Dakota reclamation, 1946-1952.
File no. 101-800. Irrigation projects along Great Northern Railway, 1939-1954. 4 folders.
Folder 2, Agricultural System Map Digital version, Agricultural System Map
File no. 101-900. Railway company-agricultural and mineral, 1949.
File no. 102. Drainage publications requests, 1950.
File no. 102-30. Fort Belknap drainage, 1940-1947.
File no. 102-40. Colville River Flood Control Association, 1949.
File no. 104. Flood water control, 1940-1948.
File no. 105. Water power and pump irrigation, 1947-1953.
File no. 106. Power, 4 folders.
File no. 106-C. Central Power Electric Co-op, 1946-1952. 3 folders.
File no. 117. Experimental plots, 1920-1938.
File no. 123. L. W. Hill: personal, 1917-1937. 2 folders.
File no. 150. Chamber of Commerce, 1925-1934.
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132.K.9.2F6File no. 151. American Railway Development Association, 1929-1938. 5 folders.
File no. 151-1. American Regional Division Association, 1931-1934.
File no. 152. Farm Credit Administration, 1933-1936.
File no. 153. Land for sale and rent, 1928-1934. 10 folders.
File no. 153-A. Federal Land Bank, Spokane, Washington, 1925-1931.
File no. 153-C. Back to the land, 1929-1932. 6 folders.
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132.K.9.3B7File no. 153-4-W. Wenatchee Park colonization, F. W. Schultz, 1924-1932.
File no. 156. Farm Credit Administration pamphlets, 1935-1939.
File no. 157. Purebred-sire Special Train: Bovine, 1928. 3 folders.
File no. 157 [A]. Turkeys and chickens, 1927-1930. 4 folders.
File no. 157-1. Poultry, turkeys, chickens, eggs, 1928-1937. 6 folders.
File no. 157-8. Carnation bulls, 1924-1930. 3 folders.
File no. 158. Lime fertilizer, 1926-1929.
File no. 162. Dairy and agricultural improvement methods, 1929-1937. 5 folders.
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132.E.1.1B8File no. 162. Dairy and agricultural improvement methods, 1915-1929. 3 folders.
File no. 162-H. James K. Wallace livestock meetings, 1932.
File no. 162-1. Shelter belts projects; strip farming, 1932-1934. 20 folders.
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132.E.1.2F9File no. 163. Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Company: farming, 1929-1933. 2 folders.
File no. 163-5. Kenneth C. Miller: Seattle Railway Company, Oregon settlers, 1933-1936.
File no. 163-5-A. Spokane, Portland and Seattle inquiries, 1931-1936. 2 folders.
File no. 167. Sheep and lamb orders, 1931-1936. 14 folders.
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132.E.1.3B10File no. 167. Sheep and lamb orders, 1929-1933. 6 folders.
File no. 167-A. Agricultural Credit Corporation, 1930-1932. 2 folders.
File no. 167-1. General sheep file, 1930-1934. 7 folders.
File no. 167-1-A. Reports to H. H. Brown regarding feeder lambs, 1926-1933. 3 folders.
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132.E.1.4F11File no. 167-2. Oregon sheep files; feeder lambs, 1931-1934. 21 folders.
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132.E.1.5B12File no. 167-2-A. Land and cattle feeder tours and lamb improvement demonstrations, 1932-1934. 2 folders.
File no. 167-3. Feeder cattle, 1931-1933. 4 folders.
File no. 167-4. Lambs: inquiries and quotations, 1931.
File no. 167-7. Grazing file: Taylor Grazing Act, 1930-1935. 2 folders.
File no. 167-8. Wool growers and stock growers, 1931-1934. 3 folders.
File no. 169-12. Subsistence homestead, 1932-1935. 3 folders.
File no. 173. Sugar beets, 1931-1936. 8 folders.
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132.E.1.6F13File no. 173-1. Sugar beets: newspaper clippings, 1935-1938. 3 folders.
File no. 173-2. Sugar beets: advertising, 1935-1937.
File no. 173-3. Sugar beet factory at Great Falls, Montana, 1931-1937. 3 folders.
File no. 173-4. Sugar beet: labor, 1934-1937. 2 folders.
File no. 173-5. Sugar beet: pulp, 1931-1934.
File no. 176. Wheat, oats, barley, rye: rust, 1935-1939. 2 folders.
File no. 176-1. Seed smut: Northwest Crop Improvement Association, 1931-1933. 2 folders.
File no. 176-3. Barberry: Rust Prevention Council, 1918-1934. 2 folders.
File no. 184. Potatoes, 1924-1938. 9 folders.
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132.E.1.7B14File no. 184. Potatoes, 1927-1936. 16 folders.
File no. 184-4. Minnesota and South Dakota seed potato samples to southern states, 1933-1937.
File no. 184-6. Potato tour: Red River Valley, 1934-1936. 2 folders.
File no. 184-7. Reports to Mr. Brown regarding potato development, 1931-1936. 6 folders.
File no. 185. Weeds, 1929-1939. 2 folders.
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132.E.1.8F15File no. 185-1. Weeds, control: printed material, sow thistle, etc., 1922-1938. 3 folders.
File no. 191. Northwest Crop Improvement Association, 1931-1936. 3 folders.
File no. 198. Reports of business secured: H. R. Brown and W. P. Kenney, 1928-1932. 3 folders.
File no. 198-A. Material for Great Northern Company annual report, 1925-1939. 3 folders.
File no. 198-7. Monthly reports to W. P. Kenney, 1924-1929. 4 folders.
File no. 198-12. Emigrant movable reports from agents, 1926-1929. 3 folders.
File no. 199. Great Northern Railway Company campaign regarding land settlement along railway route, 1922-1935. 10 folders.
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132.E.1.9B16File no. 200. Conservation, 1939-1953. 6 folders.
File no. 200-2. Land uses: Montana, Idaho, 1940-1945.
File no. 200-3. Land uses: Washington, Oregon, 1940.
File no. 200-201. Land policy: utilization, conservation, 1940-1950. 4 folders.
File no. 201. Soil erosion: conservation, 1940.
File no. 201-B. Livestock grazing, 1930-1946.
File no. 202. Soil fertilizers, 1938-1955. 18 folders.
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132.E.1.10F17File no. 202-B. Manure, 1940-1943.
File no. 202-1. Commercial fertilizer: handling, 1945-1950.
File no. 202-3. Peat for fuel, fertilizer, packing, 1940-1950.
File no. 202-4. New agriculture, 1946-1947.
File no. 202-5. Nitric Acid, 1946-1947.
File no. 203. Tree planting by Great Northern Railway, 1942.
File no. 204. Various types of fertilizers, 1932-1936.
File no. 204- [A]. Land clearing, 1940-1952.
File no. 204-1. Giant bulldozers clear land: K. E. Soder, 1946-1947.
File no. 204-2. Itasca: cut over land, Stoddard cruise survey, 1946-1953. 3 folders.
File no. 204-3. Itasca County, Northeast Minnesota development suggestions, 1947-1948.
File no. 205. Land settlement along various railway routes, 1941-1948. 2 folders.
File no. 205-A. Northern Pacific Railway Company land settlement and development, 1941-1942.
File no. 205-2. Land settlement: Montana, Idaho, 1940.
File no. 206. Soil survey: Northwest states, 1927-1949. 12 folders.
File no. 206-A. Soil survey: news clips, miscellaneous, 1937-1938. 3 folders.
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132.E.2.1B18File no. 206-1. Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, 1935-1938. 2 folders.
File no. 206-2. Northwest newspaper clippings, 1935-1938. 2 folders.
File no. 206-3. Montana news clippings, 1937-1938. 2 folders.
File no. 206-4. Washington State newspaper clippings, 1935-1938. 5 folders.
File no. 206-5. South Dakota newspapers and clippings, 1937.
File no. 206-7. Oregon news clippings, 1936-1938.
File no. 206-9. Great Northern Railway news clippings, 1937-1938.
File no. 207. Livestock: sheep and cattle, 1932-1936. 3 folders.
File no. 208. Feeder sheep, 1934-1936. 2 folders.
File no. 209. Pure bred sires; pure bred sire trains, 1932-1936. 2 folders.
File no. 210. Quotations: feeder lambs and sheep, 1935-1936.
File no. 211. Inquiries for feeder lambs and sheep, 1935. 3 folders.
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132.E.2.2F19File no. 213. Feeder cattle, 1933-1936.
File no. 215. Feeder lambs, sheep and cattle movement reports, 1934-1936. 4 folders.
File no. 218. Livestock feeders, 1931-1934. 2 folders.
File no. 222. Minnesota livestock sanitation boards and associations, 1930-1936. 2 folders.
File no. 229. Grazing: sheep and cattle; restrictions; national forests and reservations, 1933-1935.
File no. 263. Government farm relief and soil conservation programs, 1932-1936. 2 folders.
File no. 274. Rural rehabilitation: Montana, 1934-1937. 3 folders.
File no. 280. Reconstruction finance and regional agricultural credit corporations, 1932-1938. 2 folders.
File no. 280-1. Reconstruction finance: regional agricultural credit corporations; news clippings, 1932-1937.
File no. 300. Livestock, 1939-1952. 2 folders.
File no. 300-1. Livestock Inspections, 1944-1945.
File no. 301. Cattle, 1942-1952. 3 folders.
File no. 301-D. Livestock: Feed and nutrition, feeder lambs, feeding demonstrations, 1940-1947.
File no. 301-5. Cattle sales and shows, 1951-1953. 2 folders.
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132.E.2.3B20File no. 301-6. Livestock loss prevention, 1940-1948. 2 folders.
File no. 303-1. Wool, 1940-1949. 2 folders.
File no. 303-3. Purebred sheep: sales and show, 1940-1946.
File no. 303-4. Feeder tours: demonstrations; movement, 1939-1949. 2 folders.
File no. 303-5. Sheep shows and sales, 1939-1952. 2 folders.
File no. 303-6. Loss prevention: disease cures, 1941-1946.
File no. 303-7. First National Bank, sheep sales reports, 1950-1952.
File no. 305. Horses, 1940-1949.
File no. 306. Goats, 1942-1949.
File no. 307. Livestock marketing, 1940-1950. 2 folders.
File no. 307-1. Co-operative marketing, 1939-1945.
File no. 307-2. Central Co-op Association, 1940-1952.
File no. 308. Marketing: commission merchants, brokers, 1939-1942.
File no. 400. Horticulture: fruits and vegetable prospectus, 1943-1952.
File no. 401. Potatoes, 1951-1955. 4 folders.
File no. 401-B. Potatoes: certified seed, 1940-1951.
File no. 401-1. Potato rates: special rate maps, 1940-1951. 2 folders.
File no. 401-3. D. L. Piazza Brokerage Company: fruit and vegetable, 1942-1945.
File no. 403-1. Apples, 1947-1952. 2 folders.
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132.E.2.4F21File no. 403-2. Cherries and peaches, 1951-1952.
File no. 403-3. Soft fruits and berries, 1942-1951.
File no. 403-8. Grape juice, growers, Welch's Company, 1945-1952. 2 folders.
File no. 404. Nuts, 1945-1953.
File no. 407. Medicinal herbs, 1940-1943.
File no. 408. Wild flowers: utilitarian possibilities (for example: milkweed-life jacket filler; Russian dandelion-rubber), 1942-1950.
File no. 414-1. Milk River settlers: development and accomplishments, 1924-1931. 4 folders.
File no. 414-3. Chinook and Harlem land: option agreements, 1921-1922.
File no. 440. Washington State irrigation, 1916-1938. 8 folders.
File no. 447. Wenatchee Project: East Wenatchee, 1921-1932.
File no. 501. Wheat, 1947-1955. 11 folders.
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132.E.2.5B22File no. 501-H. Helix Milling Company: wheat protein, 1950-1951.
File no. 501-1. Wheat-stern Sawfly pest and Rescue Sawfly-resistant wheat, 1945-1950. 2 folders.
File no. 501-2. Buckwheat: Rutin, 1946-1947.
File no. 501-3. Barley, 1951-1953. 3 folders.
File no. 501-4. Straw pulp paper, 1949-1951.
File no. 503. Flax: linen, 1950-1952.
File no. 503-2. Hemp, 1942-1950.
File no. 503-5. Paper box: straw utilization, 1947.
File no. 504. Hay, alfalfa, grass, 1951-1952.
File no. 505. Peas and beans, 1940-1952. 3 folders.
File no. 505-1. Northwest Seed and Truck Corporation Laboratory, 1944-1947.
File no. 506. Mustard, Hops, 1939-1949. 2 folders.
File no. 508. Feed Industry Council: regarding supplies, needs, surveys, 1947.
File no. 515. North Dakota: farming, 1933.
File no. 528. Montana: Great Northern Railway, 1926-1937. 2 folders.
File no. 528-1. Montana irrigation pamphlets, 1924-1929.
File no. [530?]. Silo pamphlets, 1923.
File no. 550. Farm building: information, 1946-1952.
File no. 551. Farm equipment machinery, 1940-1951. 2 folders.
File no. 552. Mechanized farming, 1943-1949.
File no. 575. Soldiers, service men: land lottery, 1952.
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132.E.2.6F23File no. 600. Sugar beets, 1949-1953. 12 folders.
File no. 600-3. Western Beet Grower's Association, 1949-1954. 2 folders.
File no. 600-4. Mr. E. W. Rising, 1927-1952.
File no. 600-5. Sugar beets: Red River Valley, 1951-1953. 3 folders.
File no. 600-6. Sugar beet legislation, 1946-1951. 2 folders.
File no. 700. Chickens, 1941-1952.
File no. 702. Turkeys, 1939-1950.
File no. 800. Weeds, 1939-1952. 3 folders.
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132.E.2.7B24File no. 900. Brewery sanitation.
File no. 901. Grasshoppers, 1936-1951. 5 folders.
File no. 902. Little Cherry disease, Cherry Fruit Fly, 1947-1950.
File no. 1000. Mine, farm, forest, 1944.
File no. 1001. Lumber forests, 1950-1954. 7 folders.
File no. 1002. Minerals and mines, 1946-1953.
File no. 1005-11. Lignin, 1946.
File no. 1005-21. Alcohol from wood, grains, waste, etc., 1944-1951.
File no. 1006. Casein, 1942-1944.
File no. 1101-4. Creameries, cheese, condensing plant, 1940-1952.
File no. 1101-5. Canneries: general, 1945-1951. 2 folders.
File no. 1101-5-W. Canneries: West End, 1949-1952. 2 folders.
File no. 1101-7. Grain storage elevators, and related material, 1943-1952. 3 folders.
File no. 1101-10. Potato warehouses: starch plant washers, and related material, 1942-1945.
File no. 1101-10-1. Investigation storage construction locations and produce disposition; Northwood investigation, Traffic Department, potato warehouse, and related material, miscellaneous, 1943-1947.
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132.E.2.8F25File no. 1101-10-2. Potato warehouses, 1942-1951.
File no. 1101-10-3. Potato warehouses: starch plants Montana, South Dakota, Oregon, washers, and related material, 1942-1943.
File no. 1101-10-4. Potato warehouse: starch glucose plants, 1942-1952.
File no. 1200. Advertisement, 1939-1952. 7 folders.
File no. 1200-2. Advertising: special editions, 1939-1949.
File no. 1200-3. Advertising: public relations E. F. Flyn, 1939-1944.
File no. 1200-5. The Building of the Northwest: James J. Hill; Great Northern Train, 1912-1953. 3 folders.
File no. 1200-7. Monthly Newsletter to the Fieldmen idea, 1952.
File no. 1201. Great Northern Bulletins: distributions, 1940-1952. 4 folders.
File no. 1203. 4-H Club: Future Farmers of America National and miscellaneous, 1940-1952. 2 folders.
File no. 1203-1. 4-H Club: Future Farmers of America, Minnesota, 1946-1952. 3 folders.
File no. 1203-2. Future Farmers of America: 4-H Club, North Dakota, 1948-1952. 3 folders.
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132.E.2.9B26File no. 1203-3. Future Farmers of America: 4-H Club, Montana, 1943-1953. 5 folders.
File no. 1203-4. Future Farmers of America: 4-H Club, Washington, 1943-1952.
File no. 1203-5. Future Farmers of America and 4-H Club, O. M. Plummer Memorial Scholarship Fund, 1942-1946.
File no. 1203-[6]. Contributions: miscellaneous, 1939-1954.
File no. 1206-1. Civic associations: Minnesota, 1939-1953. 7 folders.
File no. 1206-2. Civic associations: North Dakota, 1947-1952.
File no. 1206-3. Civic associations: Montana, 1947-1952. 4 folders.
File no. 1206-4. Civic associations: Washington state, 1939-1953. 3 folders.
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132.E.2.10F27File no. 1206-4-1. Pacific Northwest United, 1946.
File no. 1206-5. Civic associations: Oregon, 1943-1953.
File no. 1206-7. Civic associations: South Dakota, 1948-1954. 4 folders.
File no. 1207-2. Northwest Claims Conference meeting in Midwest, 1947-1953. 2 folders.
File no. 1207-3. Northwest Perishable: Loss Prevention short course, West coast, 1948-1952.
File no. 1207-4. National Conference on handling agricultural perishables, 1949-1953.
File no. 1207-5. Government reparations case: over-charged on government freight, 1948.
File no. 1208. Window display: miscellaneous exhibits, Budd's office, 1946-1952.
File no. 1208-A. International Livestock Show: Hay and Grain Show, Chicago, Illinois, 1939-1952. 2 folders.
File no. 1208-1. Meetings, conventions, 1939-1943.
File no. 1208-2. Fairs, shows, exhibits: North Dakota, 1939-1945.
File no. 1208-2-A. All American Turkey Show: North Dakota, 1939-1943.
File no. 1208-3. Fairs and shows: Montana, 1940-1951.
File no. 1208-4. Fairs, shows, exhibits: Washington, 1939-1951.
File no. 1209. Sheep and cattle, 1943-1953. 4 folders.
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132.E.3.1B28File no. 1209-2. Photographic cuts, 1942-1946.
File no. 1210. Canada, 1940-1948.
File no. 1212. Tours, conferences and conventions, 1947-1952.
File no. 1212-1. Wheat League, 1944-1947.
File no. 1212-2. Commodity Organizations, 1948-1949.
File no. 1213. National Catholic Rural Life Conference, 1940.
File no. 1214. Mr. Leonard G. Ball, 1940-1949.
File no. 1217. Experimental demonstration plots, 1940-1946.
File no. 1218. Exhibit train: agricultural demonstration train tours, 1941-1952.
File no. 1219. Films and slides, 1946-1952. 2 folders.
File no. 1219-1. Motion pictures, 1943-1945.
File no. 1219-2. Labor films: sugar films, 1943-1945.
File no. 1220. Farm income, 1941-1954. 2 folders.
File no. 1221. Corporate owned farm land, abstract of bulletin, 1942.
File no. 1222. Farm labor, 1944-1951.
File no. 1222-2. Farm labor: North Dakota, 1943-1945.
File no. 1222-3. Farm labor: Montana, 1943-1946.
File no. 1222-3-A. Farm labor: Prison Camp, conscientious objectors, 1943-1945.
File no. 1222-4. Farm labor: Washington state, 1943-1946.
File no. 1222-5. Farm labor: Oregon, 1944.
File no. 1223. J. J. Hill: life, 1905-1940.
File no. 1224. Freight trains or motor trucks, 1940-1952. 2 folders.
File no. 1225. Legislation regarding railways, 1946-1948.
File no. 1225-1. Great Northern Railway, 1945-1951. 4 folders.
File no. 1226. Great Northern Railway: freight rates, freight cars, 1929-1952.
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132.E.3.2F29File no. 1226-A. Free freight movement, 1939-1942.
File no. 1226-1. Freight Container Bureau, 1939-1942.
File no. 1227. Extensions, spurs, branch line crossings, 1948-1951. 3 folders.
File no. 1230. Great Northern Railway miscellaneous, regarding agriculture: land settlement, weather, immigration, history, novels, and related material, 1946-1954. 8 folders.
File no. 1230-A. Mr. M. S. O'Neal, Christmas trees, Pomeroy, Washington; Mrs. M. Davis, Bonner's Ferry, writer, 1940-1944.
File no. 1231. State of Minnesota county agents: Agricultural College, 1946-1953. 3 folders.
File no. 1232. North Dakota agents State: college, banks, county, 1947-1952.
File no. 1233. Montana State: college, banks, county agents, 1950-1952.
File no. 1234. Washington State: college, banks, county agents, 1947-1953.
File no. 1235. Oregon State: college, banks, county agents, 1939-1953. 2 folders.
File no. 1236. Idaho State: college, banks, county agents, 1940-1951.
File no. 1237. South Dakota State: college, banks, county agents, 1940-1952. 2 folders.
File no. 1238. County agents, colleges, miscellaneous, off line, 1939-1952.
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132.E.3.3B30File no. 1239. American Railway Association: trucking, 1951-1953. 4 folders.
File no. 1239-2. Association of Western Railways: trucks, 1946-1953. 4 folders.
File no. 1239-5. Public Affairs Institute: Dewey Anderson, The Railway Monopoly, 1951.
File no. 1240. Annual passes: railway train, 1951-1953. 3 folders.
File no. 1241. Trip passes: railway train, 1951-1953. 2 folders.
File no. 1243. Telegraph, telephone, railway train, 1939-1952.
File no. 1244. Passenger traffic, 1947-1952.
File no. 1245. Dismantled box cars, coaches, 1940-1947.
File no. 1246. Payroll increases: back pay statements vacations, 1939-1951. 3 folders.
File no. 1246-S. Strikers, switchman's, 1950-1951.
File no. 1246-1. Railways: payroll increases back pay statements; force, 1951-1953. 2 folders.
File no. 1246-2. Great Northern Railway: office bulletins general office bulletins, 1939-1952.
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132.E.3.4F31File no. 1246-3. Authorized force, 1950-1952. 2 folders.
File no. 1246-10. Vacation and sick leave report, 1952-1954. 2 folders.
File no. 1247. Office expenses, 1920-1952. 3 folders.
File no. 1247-1. Office equipment: all offices, 1948-1952.
File no. 1247-2. Typewriters, adding machines: chairs Great Northern Railway, 1939-1952. 2 folders.
File no. 1247-3. St. Paul Office: tile floor, 1945-1947.
File no. 1248. Bees, honey, 1940-1950.
File no. 1249. Sea food, oysters, fish, 1939-1949. 2 folders.
File no. 1250. Mr. E. B. Duncan, 1951-1954. 3 folders.
File no. 1251-1-A. Mr. Paul T. DeVore papers, 1940-1954.
File no. 1251-8-A. Mr. R. V. Backstrom, 1949-1952. 2 folders.
File no. 1251-8-B. Mr. R. V. Backstrom: white copies, 1949-1953. 2 folders.
File no. 1252. Fargo, North Dakota office, 1944-1953. 2 folders.
File no. 1252-1-A. Mr. Paul C. Wagner: personal file, 1940-1952. 2 folders.
File no. 1252-1-B. Mr. Paul C. Wagner: white copies, 1948-1953. 2 folders.
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132.E.3.5B32File no. 1252-2-A. Mr. E. M. Gregory: personal file, 1940-1952. 2 folders.
File no. 1252-2-B. Mr. E. M. Gregory: white copies, 1948-1953. 2 folders.
File no. 1253. Great Falls office: Montana, Mr. E. M. Gregory contacts and projects sheet, 1940-1953. 3 folders.
File no. 1253-A. Great Falls, Montana office space, 1945-1948.
File no. 1253-1. Mr. Fred Sanborn: contracts and projects sheet, 1953.
File no. 1253-1-B. Mr. Fred Sanborn: white paper copies, 1952-1953.
File no. 1253-2. Mr. D. P. Thurber: termination, 1939-1951.
File no. 1253-3. Mr. C. E. Jarrett: contacts and projects sheet, 1953.
File no. 1253-3-B. Mr. C. E. Jarrett: white copies, 1952-1953.
File no. 1253-4. Mr. M. L. Buchanan, 1951.
File no. 1254. Seattle office, 1940-1951. 2 folders.
File no. 1254-S. Seattle stenographer: Miss Eva Miller, 1939-1940.
File no. 1254-2. Mr. Alva J. Haley: Seattle, Washington, 1945-1953. 2 folders.
File no. 1255. Personal files: Messrs. E. B. and E. N. Duncan and G. J. Cannon, 1939-1951. 8 folders.
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132.E.3.6F33File no. 1255-Car. Automobile, 1939-1951. 2 folders.
File no. 1255-S. Stenographer: Spokane - Seattle, Mrs. Virginia G. Jones, 1939-1940.
File no. 1255-1. Mr. E. N. Duncan, 1949-1952. 4 folders.
File no. 1255-1-A. Mr. E. N. Duncan: salary, expense, bonds, reports, 1942-1951.
File no. 1255-1-B. Mr. E. N. Duncan: tissue copies, 1946-1951. 3 folders.
File no. 1255-2. Mr. F. F. Whitely: Spokane, Washington weekly and monthly reports, 1944-1946.
File no. 1255-2-A. Messrs. F. F. Whitely and E. B. Duncan correspondence, 1944-1947.
File no. 1255-2-B. Mr. F. F. Whitely: tissue copies, 1945-1946.
File no. 1255-3-A. Mr. C. R. Ranney, 1945-1946.
File no. 1255-4. Mr. W. Randolph Green: Agricultural Development Department, weekly reports, 1945-1946.
File no. 1255-4-A. Mr. W. Randolph Green: personal file, 1945-1946.
File no. 1255-4-B. Messrs. E. B. Duncan and W. Randolph Green tissue copies, 1945-1946.
File no. 1255-5. Mr. Everett H. Thomas: Spokane, Washington Agricultural Development Department, 1946-1952. 6 folders.
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132.E.3.7B34File no. 1255-5-B. Mr. Everett H. Thomas: tissue copies, 1946-1952. 4 folders.
File no. 1255-[6]. Mr. Ralph A. Watson: advance itinerary, 1951.
File no. 1255-7-B. Mr. L. A. Richardson: activities reports, 1952-1954.
File no. 1256-AR. Annual reports: agricultural development agent, 1951-1953.
File no. 1256-1. Staff meeting, 1953.
File no. 1256-2. Stockholder's reports, 1946-1948. 2 folders.
File no. 1256-2-55-DS. Annual report, 1955-1956.
File no. 1256-3. Joint miscellaneous letters to agricultural development agent, 1940-1955.
File no. 1256-5. Agricultural development agent: programs and reports, 1950-1953. 2 folders.
File no. 1256-6. Agricultural development agent: policy and programs, 1939-1947. 2 folders.
File no. 1256-7. Expense accounts, 1952.
File no. 1256-8. Agent's monthly reports, 1951-1955. 3 folders.
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132.E.3.8F35File no. 1256-9. Agent's daily reports, 1953-1954. 16 folders.
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132.E.3.9B36File no. 1256-9-1. Mr. Paul Wagner: daily report, 1952. 2 folders.
File no. 1256-9-2. Mr. E. M. Gregory: daily report, 1952. 2 folders.
File no. 1256-9-3. Mr. Fred Sanborn: daily report, 1952. 2 folders.
File no. 1256-9-4. Mr. Charles E. Jarrett: daily report, 1952. 2 folders.
File no. 1256-9-5. Mr. E. B. Duncan: daily report, 1952. 2 folders.
File no. 1256-9-6. Mr. Ralph V. Backstrom: daily report, 1952. 2 folders.
File no. 1256-[10]. Survey report on Fort Peck, Montana and Pocatello, Idaho sites, 1949. 3 folders.
File no. 1257. National economic outlook: farming, and related topics, 1939-1954. 7 folders.
File no. 1257-1. Land Settlement: Japanese, 1944-1945.
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132.E.3.10F37File no. 1258. Supportive methods: government, railway and other, 1939-1953. 4 folders.
File no. 1258-1. Deductions: pension, social security numbers, 1937-1952.
File no. 1258-2. Deductions: bonds, 1942-1946.
File no. 1258-3. Insurance, 1939-1954. 4 folders.
File no. 1258-4. Deductions: Community Chest and Red Cross, 1949-1953.
File no. 1259. Montana irrigation: experience and recommendation letters regarding land, farming, and related material, 1940-1945.
File no. 1260. Taxes, 1944-1950.
File no. 1261. Rural electrification, 1945-1947.
File no. 1262. War housing shortage regarding industrial centers, and related material, 1944.
File no. 1263. Foreign lines, 1943-1953. 5 folders.
File no. 1263-2. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railway, 1939-1951.
File no. 1263-3. Burlington, 1941-1945.
File no. 1263-4. Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway, K. C. Miller, 1939-1952.
File no. 1263-5. Union Pacific, 1939-1951. 4 folders.
File no. 1263-6. Canadian Lines, 1940-1951.
File no. 1263-7. Central of Georgia Railway Company, 1943-1952.
File no. 1263-8. Nickel Plate, 1945.
File no. 1263-9. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, 1939-1952. 2 folders.
File no. 1263-11. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, 1937.
File no. 1264. Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1940-1947.
File no. 1265-3. War emergency, 1943.
File no. 1265-4. Supersonic Research, Pacific Northwest, 1943-1952.
File no. 1265-5. Navy piers in Astoria, Oregon: air fields tissue copies, 1943.
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132.E.4.1B38File no. 1266. Successful farming, 1939-1954. 8 folders.
File no. 1269. Land development, West, including history of Great Northern Railway, 1947-1950. 2 folders.
File no. 1270. Resettlement, rehabitulation [?]: general, 1940-1949.
File no. 1271. Minnesota: rehabitulation [?], resettlement, 1939.
File no. 1273. Montana: planning board, water conservation, public works project, 1940.
File no. 1276. Idaho: resettlement, rehabitulation [?], 1939.
File no. 1278. Alaska, 1940-1951.
File no. 1279. Fairway Farms, Inc.: farm foundation, 1942-1953. 2 folders.
File no. 1281. United States Department of Agriculture, 1940-1953. 3 folders.
File no. 1281-5. Farm policy: production and marketing, 1944-1950.
File no. 1282. Farm Manager's Association, Northwest, 1939-1952. 2 folders.
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132.E.4.2F39File no. 1283. Imports and exports, 1925-1947. 2 folders.
File no. 1284. Government agencies, 1943-1945.
File no. 1285. Pacific Northwest Advisory Board.
File no. 1286. Traffic: staff, passenger, freight meetings, 1942-1953.
File no. 1286-1. Gasoline: expense account, company car agricultural development agent, 1942-1952.
File no. 1287. Safflower and rapeseed, 1942-1951. 2 folders.
File no. 1287-1. Sunflower, 1938-1951. 2 folders.
File no. 1288. Flowers for beautifying grounds, and related material, 1941-1950.
File no. 1289. Soy beans, 1939-1952. 3 folders.
File no. 1290. New industries for Columbia Basin sites, and related material, 1939-1952. 4 folders.
File no. 1290-1. Mr. J. R. Simplot: entrepreneur, Idaho, 1944-1946.
File no. 1290-4. Columbia Basin, 1946.
File no. 1290-5. Business opportunities along Great Northern line, 1946-1947.
File no. 1291. Northwest crop improvement, 1939-1953. 5 folders.
File no. 1292. Blackfoot Indians, 1939-1951.
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132.E.4.3B40File no. 1294. Farm loans: Government, 1941-1951.
File no. 1295. Great Northern Railway announcements, 1951-1952. 2 folders.
File no. 1296. Mr. Charles McChesney, entrepreneur, 1942-1950.
File no. 1297. Guide to United States Government Publications, 1949.
File no. 1298. Material for annual report of agricultural development agents, 1941-1946.
File no. 1299. Railway development and agricultural upbuilding, 1939-1951. 3 folders.
File no. 1382. Statements: freight revenue station earnings; carload shipment of cattle, sheep and hogs, grain, 1921-1956. 8 folders.
File no. 1382-4. Miscellaneous railway shipments: origins and terminations, 1946-1948.
File no. 1383. Maps, 1937-1954. 9 folders.
File no. 1384. Crop reports, 1948-1954. 6 folders.
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132.E.4.4F41File no. 1384. Crop reports, 1948-1953. 7 folders.
File no. 1385. Railway Age, 1946-1951. 4 folders.
File no. 1387. Population trends: United States of America, 1944-1953. 2 folders.
File no. 1389-2. War Food Administration, 1944.
File no. 1391. Snow survey, 1943-1945.
File no. 1393. Crop and GFO, 1939-1954. 19 folders.
Includes two reports.
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132.E.4.5B42Special File No. 1. Association of Western Railways reference file: miscellaneous, 1952-1954. 2 folders.
Special File No. 2. Forests: Western and Canadian (British Columbia), 1942-1953. 23 folders.
Special File No. 3. Miscellaneous pamphlets and printed material, 1920-1948.
Special File No. 4. German and Dutch pamphlets, 1913.

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Expand/CollapseCROP REPORTS AND SUMMARIES

Crop reports: There are two or three reports per month, beginning with spring planting and ending with fall harvesting. They provide data on weather, soil and crop conditions since the last report; parasitic problems and control measures; progress of the season's field work; expected plantings of various field crops, the progress of each throughout the growing season, and harvest projections.

Crop summaries: There are two or three summaries per season commenting in very general terms (often statistical) on the progress of various crop types, projected harvests, and comparisons with the previous season.

Reports and summaries are both divided into several reporting areas, usually Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa, Montana, and the Western District (West of Troy, Montana). Each area receives a separate synoptic paragraph.

The reports become more detailed as they become more recent. Some also contain mentions of fruit and livestock conditions and expectations.


Location
132.E.6.8FVolume 1, May 9, 1932-September 9, 1946.
Volume 2, April 1947-September 1956.
Volume 3, April 1957-September 1963.
Volume 4, 1964-1968.

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Expand/CollapseCATALOG 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:
Agricultural pests -- Northwestern States.
Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Northwestern States -- Statistics.
Crop improvement -- Northwestern States.
Crop yields -- Northwestern States.
Irrigation -- Northwestern States.
Irrigation farming -- Northwestern States.
Livestock -- Breeding -- Northwestern States.
Livestock -- Diseases -- Northwestern States.
Railroads -- Northwestern States -- Management.
Soil management -- Northwestern States.
Water in agriculture -- Northwestern States.
Agricultural credit -- Northwestern States.
Organizations:
Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.).
Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.). -- Agricultural Development Department.
Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.). -- Immigration and Agricultural Development Department.
Occupations:
Farmers -- Northwestern States.

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