NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. COMPTROLLER:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: Northern Pacific Railway Company. Comptroller, creator.
Title:Comptroller's records. Northern Pacific Railway Company records.
Dates:1867-1970.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Correspondence and subject files (1870-1951), annual reports to regulatory agencies (1883-1967), corporate accounting records (1867-1970), and other miscellaneous records created or compiled by the Northern Pacific administrative unit responsible for the accounting, auditing, and statistical analysis functions of the railway company.
Quantity: 375.0 cubic feet.
Location:See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Northern Pacific North Coast Limited crossing Stone Arch bridge, Minneapolis, 1950

Extensive subject files document the finances and operations of branch lines and other subsidiaries, the Northern Pacific Railroad's receivership and reorganization (1893-1897), and the valuation of all corporate physical property ordered in 1917, as well as many other subjects relating to the management of the corporation. Full runs of basic accounting records document in detail the company's financial history. Annual reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission [ICC] and state regulatory agencies contain much statistical and financial data on company assets and operations. A variety of miscellaneous files include land records, equipment records, payroll records, and contract and lease records.


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Expand/CollapseARRANGEMENT

These documents are organized into the following sections:

Correspondence and subject files
M. P. Martin, Northwestern Improvement Company Comptroller, correspondence files, 1898-1914
Subject files, 1897-1951
Auditor's correspondence, 1896-1897, 1903
Receivership subject files, 1870-1908
Assistant Auditor, Valuation subject files and related records, 1872-1941
Annual Reports to regulatory agencies
Of Telegraph Department to Interstate Commerce Commission, 1889-1914
To Interstate Commerce Commission, 1914-1967
To Idaho, 1912-1958
To State of Minnesota, 1876-1966
To State of Montana, 1907-1958
To State of North Dakota, 1885-1958
To State of Oregon, 1885-1946
To State of Washington, 1905-1958
To State of Wisconsin, 1883-1958
Financial records
New York Office general journals, 1868-1896
New York Office general ledgers, 1879-1896
Auditor's general journals, 1872-1899
Auditor's general ledgers, 1867-1897
Receiver's liquidation accounts ledgers, 1892-1903
Abstracts of construction expenditures, 1899-1919
Brief outline of general balance sheet accounts, circa 1930s
Receiver's bank cash books, October-December 1895
Northern Pacific Railway Company and Northern Pacific Land Department journals, ledgers, and cashbooks, 1867-1956
Freight receipt ledger and journals, 1887-1895
Northern Pacific statements of accounts and related statements, 1882-1970
United States Railroad Administration statement of accounts, 1918-1920
Northern Pacific Statement of Values, January 1, 1909
Bills Audited registers and indexes, 1872-1879
Record of bills issued from Auditor, 1882-1883
Northern Pacific Railroad operating expenses and earnings, May-August 1873
Registers of payroll and transfer vouchers, 1903-1919
Gross ton miles statistics, 1908-1942
Equipment trusts, Northwestern Improvement Company and Cuyuna Realty Company, 1951-1967
Equipment trust details, 1947-1950
Annual passenger statements, Northern Pacific and M&I, 1894-1955
Freight commodity statistics, 1947-1960
Northern Pacific Land Dept. records
Northern Pacific Land Department annual reports, 1933-1950
Northern Pacific Irrigation Company land department records, 1902-1908
Cuyuna Iron Ore District reports by Carl Zapffe, 1922-1928
Land Department registers of vouchers, 1897-1951
Northern Pacific and Northwestern Improvement Company lease index, 1900-1956
Northern Pacific and Northwestern Improvement Company mineral rights index, 1952-1953
Schedule of deeds and leases executed, 1927-1928
Northern Pacific Land Department, analysis of land grant deductions of traffic terminating on the Northern Pacific Railway, 1939-1940
Land Department record of deferred payments due on contracts, 1916-1951
Record of Deferred accounts, 1893-1928
Record of mining leases and royalties, 1929-1957
Oil Development Dept.
Balance sheets, 1953-1969
Equipment
Historical record of railroad cars: Northern Pacific and St. Paul & Duluth, undated
Historical record of locomotives, Nos. 101-300, undated
Fuel records, 1894-1919; 1924-1926; 1940-1945; 1953-1964
Locomotive mileage reports, 1943-1947
Equipment destroyed, 1895-1913
Northern Pacific equipment renewal fund, 1910-1949
St. Paul & Duluth equipment renewal fund, 1907-1908
Employee and Payroll
Payroll, overtime, and overtime percentages comparative statements, 1964-1966
Pension study, 1934
Record of payrolls audited, 1895-1908
Payroll registers, 1926-1963
Mexican employee registrations, 1943-1945
Report to ICC of employees, service and compensation, 1921-1967
Classified report of persons employed and wages paid, 1900
Standard force statements, 1925-1966
Contracts and Leases
Lease records, 1900-1920
Contract and lease records, 1871-1904
Contract and lease records, 1910-1925
Miscellaneous
Reorganization records: General lien and prior lien bonds, 1870-1970s
Miscellaneous records of affiliated companies, 1927-1964
Personal injury records, 1901-1930
Suit records, 1909-1931
US Railroad Administration circulars, 1918-1920
Record of ties put in tract, 1891-1902


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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]. Comptroller's records. Northern Pacific Railway Company records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Microfilm Production:

M373: Historical record of locomotives. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1979. 1 microfilm reel.

Microfilm available for sale or interlibrary loan from the Minnesota Historical Society.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: unknown; 104; 199; 200; 201; 202; 203; 204; 205; 206; 207; 255; 2282; 6180; 6181; 6316; 6317; 6318; 6319; 6320; 6321; 6322; 6323; 6324; 6325; 6326; 6327; 6328; 6329; 6630; 6632; 6633; 6334; 6335; 6336; 6337; 6338; 6339; 6340; 6341; 6342; 6343; 6344; 6345; 6346; 6347; 6348; 6349; 6350; 6351; 6352; 6353; 6354; 6355; 6356; 6618; 6619; 6718; 6719; 6720; 6721; 6723; 6724; 6725; 6726; 6727; 6728; 6729; 6730; 6731; 6732; 6733; 6734; 6735; 6736; 6737; 6738; 6739; 6740; 6741; 6742; 6788; 6789; 7117; 7123; 7124; 7241; 7245; 7246; 7298; 7315; 7316; 7319; 7320; 7344; 7345; 7347; 7356; 7357; 7358; 7359; 7360; 7361; 7362; 7363; 7364; 7365; 7373; 7375; 7377; 7509; 7510; 7511; 7513; 7514; 8465; 8470; 8477; 8478; 8479; 8480; 8481; 8482; 8483; 8484; 8485; 8486; 8487; 8488; 8489; 8490; 8491; 8492; 8493; 8494; 8495; 8496; 8497; 8498; 8556; 8614; 8720; 8721; 8722; 8814; 8915; 8987; 9639; 9640; 9679; 9690; 9691; 9739; 9740; 9851; 9892; 10,126; 10,127; 10,265; 10,266; 10,267; 10,268; 10,269; 10,270; 10,271; 10,272; 10,273; 10,274; 10,275; 10,276; 10,277; 10,278; 10,279; 10,280; 10,281; 10,282; 10,283; 10,284; 10,285; 10,286; 10,287; 10,288; 10,289; 10,290; 10,305; 10,422; 10,423; 10,424; 10,425; 10,539; 10,540; 10,541; 10,542; 10,543; 10,544; 10,545; 10,546; 10,547; 10,548; 10,549; 10,550; 10,551; 10,552; 10,553; 10,555; 10,562; 10,563; 10,564; 10,565; 10,566; 10,660; 10,661; 10,663; 10,665; 10,667; 10,675; 10,676; 10,677; 10,680; 10,685; 10,690; 10,692; 10,693; 10,694; 10,695; 10,698; 10,706; 10,717; 10,728; 10,729; 10,730; 10,731; 10,732; 10,733; 10,764; 10,765; 10,766; 10,767; 10,768; 10,769; 10,770; 10,771; 10,772; 10,773; 10,774; 10,775; 10,776; 10,777; 10,778; 10,779; 10,780; 10,781; 10,782; 10,783; 10,784; 10,785; 10,786; 10,787; 10,788; 10,789; 10,790; 10,791; 10,792; 10,793; 10,794; 10,795; 10,796; 10,797; 10,798; 10,799; 10,800; 10,801; 10,802; 10,803; 10,804; 10,805; 10,814; 10,815; 10,816; 10,817; 10,818; 10,930; 10,931; 10,932; 10,933; 10,934; 10,935; 10,936; 10,961; 10,962; 10,963; 10,970; 10,971; 10,973; 11,520; 11,526; 11,527; 11,528; 11,529; 11,530; 11,531; 11,532; 11,533; 11,534; 11,535; 11,536; 11,537; 11,538; 11,539; 11,540; 11,731; 11,732; 11,733; 11,734; 17,130

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017199050104294

Work on the Northern Pacific Railway Company records was supported with funds granted by the Northwest Area Foundation, the Grotto Foundation, and the Jerome Foundation.


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Expand/CollapseCORRESPONDENCE AND SUBJECT FILES

Expand/CollapseM. P. Martin, Northwestern Improvement Company [NWI] Comptroller, correspondence files, 1898-1914

This series consists of correspondence between M. P. Martin as comptroller of NWI and the following individuals and/or companies. Subjects relate to leases, deeds, tariffs, finances, shipments, branch lines, stock and stockholders, mail delivery, and express service.
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137.K.12.3B1J. C. Roth, Superintendent of North Yakima & Valley Railway Company, 1913.
North Yakima & Valley Railway Company, 1910-1912.
W. G. Johnson, Northern Pacific Auditor Disbursements and Assistant Comptroller, 1903-1914.
H. C. Nutt, Northern Pacific General Manager and President of Port Townsend Southern Railroad and Olympic Peninsula Railway, 1907-1911.
I. A. Nadeau, Northern Pacific General Agent and President of Port Townsend Southern Railroad and Seattle & San Francisco Railway & Navigation Company, 1902-1907.
George T. Reid, Northern Pacific Western Counsel and President of Port Townsend Southern Railroad; North Yakima & Valley Railroad and Klickitat Valley Development Company, 1909-1914.
Thomas Cooper, Northern Pacific Land Commissioner and Assistant to President, 1910-1912.
O. L. Hanson, Superintendent of Northern Pacific Irrigation Company, 1903-1904, 1907-1908.
H. A. Gray, Northern Pacific Comptroller, 1903-1914.
Klickitat Valley Development Company, 1910-1912. 3 folders.
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Company, 1905-1911. 3 folders.
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137.K.12.4F2R. H. Relf, Assistant Secretary, Northern Pacific and Northwestern Improvement Company, 1904-1914. 8 folders.
Miscellaneous folder 1:
C. W. Brewster note, 1905-1909.
C. W. Bunn, Northern Pacific General Counsel, 1904-1908.
P. F. Clark, President of North Yakima & Valley Railway Company, 1910-1911.
Miscellaneous folder 2:
W. L. Darling, Northern Pacific Chief Engineer, 1903-1907.
George Donald, President Yakima National Bank, 1905-1907.
J. J. Donavan, General Superintendent, Bellingham Bay & British Columbia Railroad, 1903-1906.
D. J. Galvin, Auditor, Yellowstone Park Assistant, 1904.
C. E. Gaylord, Ticket Agent, Columbia River & Northern Railway Company, 1904-1907.
W. H. Gemmell, Northern Pacific Assistant Secretary and Minnesota & International [M&I] General Manager, 1898-1907.
Miscellaneous folder 3:
I. N. Gray, Vice President, Washington Railway & Navigation Company and President, Portland Vancouver & Yakima Railway Company, 1903.
R. J. Hubbard, Trainmaster, Washington & Columbia River Railway Company, 1904-1905.
Interstate Commerce Commission, 1903-1909.
Northwestern Commercial Company and Northwestern Steamship Company, 1904-1905.
Interest on balances in western banks, 1905-1910.

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137.K.12.1B1File No. 2, Correspondence regarding sale of land and issuance of deeds, Northern Pacific, NWI, and Washington Central Railway Company, 1918-1922. 2 folders.
File No. 6, NPBA statements of operations, 1918-1920. 2 folders.
File No. 19, Idaho Development Company, blueprint of Leadore, Idaho townsite, 1914.
File No. 49, NWI, miscellaneous correspondence, 1918-1919. 3 folders.
File No. 85, Dilworth Hotel, miscellaneous correspondence, 1919-1920.
File No. 331-2, Camas Prairie Railroad Company, audit of accounts, 1909-1925.
File No. 331-3a, Duluth Union Depot & Transfer Company, audit of accounts, 1923-1924.
File No. 331-5a, Northern Pacific Land Dept. contracts and sales records showing balances of deferred payments, 1924-1925, 1927, 1929-1930.
File No. 331-8a, Midland Railway Company of Manitoba, audit of accounts, 1903-1925.
File No. 331-10a, NWI, Camas Prairie and Walla Walla Valley, Seattle office, audit of accounts, 1922, 1924.
File No. 331-12a, NPBA, audit of accounts, 1925-1951. 3 folders.
File No. 331-15a, Walla Walla Valley Railway Company, audit of accounts, 1910-1927.
File No. 483-7852, M&I Railway Company, payroll, 1923.
File No. 521-3, Study of branch lines in North Dakota, 1940.
File No. 521-4, Branch line studies, War Production Board, 1942.
File Nos. 728-7852, Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Company, payroll, 1922-1924.
File No. 1002-59, List of stockholders, December 31, 1897.
File No. 1132-1, Schedules, timetables, etc., passenger train operation, 1928-1931.
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137.K.12.2F2File No. 3404, Midland Railway Company of Manitoba, reports and statements of Winnipeg Terminal, 1925-1928.
File No. 3405, Midland Railway Company of Manitoba, income account, 1913-1924.
File No. 4703, Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Railway Company, reports and statements, 1925-1927.
File Nos. 5481-7852, Lemhi Telephone Company, payroll, 1924.
File No. 8505-1, NWI, monthly statements, Cuyuna Realty Companies, 1925-1926. 2 folders.
File No. 8505-2, NWI, monthly statements, Cuyuna Realty Companies, 1927-1928. 2 folders.
File No. 8721, Lemhi Telephone Company, payrolls, 1925-1927.
Camas Prairie Railroad Company:
Operating revenues and expenses, 1916-1923. 3 folders.
Statement of tons carried, 1916-1920.
Cost of operation, 1910-1924.
Passengers carried, 1916-1921.
Mileage statistics, 1916-1917.
General balance sheets, 1916-1919.
Duluth Union Depot & Transfer Company, balance sheets, 1921-1943.
Idaho Development Company, balance sheets, 1918-1923.
NWI, salaries, 1922-1937.
Northern Pacific corporate structure chart, 1938.

Expand/CollapseAuditor's correspondence, 1896-1897, 1902

Letterpress books of letters from comptroller John Scott to auditor M. P. Martin (1896-1897), and of letters sent by Martin (1902). The volumes originally formed part of a set of corporate records maintained by the Northern Pacific secretary's office.
Location
137.H.17.9BVolume 455, Comptroller, John Scott to Auditor, M. P. Martin, May 1, 1896-September 27, 1897.
Location
136.E.8.5BVolume 460, Auditor M. P. Martin, January 25, 1902-July 3, 1902.

Expand/CollapseReceivership subject files, 1870-1908 (bulk 1893-1897)

Correspondence, financial records, legal papers, minutes, reports, and miscellany of John Scott, Northern Pacific comptroller during its 1893-1897 receivership, dealing largely with mortgages, notes and bonds, general finances, branch lines and subsidiaries, and other details of the receivership.
There are incidental data on such subjects as railroad charters, other legal arrangements, construction of the line, operating problems, traffic, and management of the land grant.
The files originally formed part of a set of corporate records maintained by the Northern Pacific secretary's office.
Arrangement: Arranged in sequentially numbered subject files, thereunder chronologically.
Related Material: Secretary: Receivers (1893): Receivers' Correspondence Pads are closely related in subject content.
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137.I.13.3B1File No. 1, First Mortgage, June 1894-January 1897.
File No. 2, Second Mortgage, October 1894-June 1896.
File No. 3, Third Mortgage and Dividend Scrip, January-November 1895.
File No. 4, Consolidated Mortgage, January 1890-April 1896.
File No. 5, Collateral Trust Notes:
General, May 1893-April 1897.
Assignments, Commissions, Subscriptions, July 1893-May 1895.
Interest, Listings, Miscellaneous, April 1894-June 1895.
File No. 6, Receivers' New Certificates, September 1894-October 1896.
File No. 7, Missouri Division Mortgage, June 1895-August 1896.
File No. 8, Pend d'Oreille Division Mortgage, June 1895-September 1896.
File No. 9, Finance, March 1890-January 1897.
File No. 10, Bills Payable and Loans, August 1893-May 1896.
File No. 11, Counsel Fees, June 1889-January 1897.
File No. 12, Payrolls and Salaries, May 1886-January 1897.
File No. 13, Mail Pay, June 1894-September 1895.
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137.I.13.4F2File No. 14:
Receivers' Minutes, October 1894-August 1896.
Receivers Minutes, Correspondence, May 1894-November 1896.
File No. 15, Annual Reports, June 1894-January 1897.
File No. 16:
Branch Roads, June 1993-November 1895.
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137.I.13.5B3Branch Roads, December 1895-October 1896.
Branch Roads, Petty Cash Book of Henry Stanton, Receiver, December 7, 1893-October 31, 1894.
File No. 17, Spokane and Palouse Railway, September 1894-October 1896.
File No. 18, Duluth and Manitoba Railroad Company, November 1894-July 1896.
File No. 19, Central Washington Railroad Company, June 1894-January 1897.
File No. 20, Northern Pacific, Fergus and Black Hills Railroad Company, October 1894-June 1896.
File No. 21, Coeur d'Alene Railway and Navigation Company, November 1894-July 1896.
File No. 22, United Railroads of Washington, February 1891-June 1896.
File No. 23, Northern Pacific and Montana Railroad Company, December 1894-April 1896.
File No. 24, Little Falls and Dakota Railroad Company, November 1894-May 1896.
File No. 25, Northern Pacific and Puget Sound Shore Railroad Company, May 1889-August 1896.
File No. 26:
Northern Pacific and Manitoba Railway Company, May 1888-October 1893.
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137.I.13.6F4Northern Pacific and Manitoba Railway Company, January 1894-April 1897.
File No. 27, Northern Pacific Coal Company, August 1887-September 1896.
File No. 28, Rocky Fork Coal Company, September 1896-January 1897.
File No. 29, Northern Pacific and Yakima Irrigation Company, November 1893-January 1896.
File No. 30, Superior Consolidated Land Company, November 1894-November 1895.
File No. 31, Lake Superior Terminal and Transfer Railway Company, November 1894.
File No. 32, Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway Company, October 1894-October 1891.
File No. 33, Northern Pacific Terminal Company of Oregon, May 1894-August 1896.
File No. 34, Missing.
File No. 35, Yellowstone Park Association, May 1887-December 1896.
File No. 36, Minnesota Transfer Railway, February 1896.
File No. 37, New Depot, Minneapolis, October 1894-June 1896.
File No. 38, Duluth Union Depot, December 1894.
File No. 39, St. Paul Union Depot, October 1894-June 1895.
File No. 40, St. Paul and Northern Pacific Railway Company, June 1878-January 1897.
File No. 41, Wisconsin Central Companies, January 1890-September 1896.
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137.I.13.7B5File No. 42, Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad Company, May 1890-December 1896.
File No. 43, Chicago and California Territory Railway Company, July 1891-January 1897.
File No. 44, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Contract, October-November 1894.
File No. 45, Earnings, June 1891-December 1896.
File No. 46, Trustee Lands, October 1894-July 1896.
File No. 47, Taxes, October 1894-October 1896.
File No. 48, Construction Expenditures, November 1894-June 1895.
File No. 49, Missing.
File No. 50, H. C. Rouse, Receiver, August 1894-December 1895.
File No. 51, Equipment Renewal Fund, August 1891-October 1896.
File No. 52, Northwest Equipment Company, October 1894-December 1896.
File No. 53, Derelict Banks, October 1893-April 1896.
File No. 54, Surety Bonds and Defalcation, November 1888-December 1896.
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137.I.13.8F6File No. 55, Griggs and Associates, December 1894-July 1895.
File No. 56, Rails, December 1894-June 1896.
File No. 57, Land Department, February 1879-December 1896.
File No. 58, American Exchange Bank, March 1893-September 1895.
File No. 59, Pullman Palace Car Company, December 1894-September 1896.
File No. 60, Western Committee, November 1894-May 1895.
File No. 61:
Insurance, December 1887-November 1896, June 1900.
Insurance-Insurance Policies, June 1895.
Insurance-Endorsement No. 8, November 1894.
File No. 62, Right of Way, September 1891-January 1896.
File No. 63, Great Northern Railway, April 1886-November 1896.
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137.I.13.9B7File No. 64:
Preferred and Common Stock, June 1879-October 1896.
Preferred and Common Stock, List of Deeds, October 1, 1895.
File No. 65, Bulletins, June 1889-September 1897.
File No. 66, Store Stock, December 1894.
File No. 67, Accounts Receivable, May 1886-October 1896.
File No. 68, Town Lots, October 1892-October 1896.
File No. 69, Duluth, Crookston and Northern, December 1889-September 1895.
File No. 70, James McNaught, June 1888-September 1897.
File No. 71:
Henry Villard and Drafts, October 1888-December 1889.
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137.I.13.10F8Henry Villard and Drafts. January 1890-April 1896, October 1907-January 1908.
File No. 72, Income TAX, March 1894-May 1895.
File No. 73, Branch Road Earning and Expense, June 1895-September 1896.
File No. 74, Paul Schulze, June 1892-December 1896.
File No. 75, Missing.
File No. 76, St. Paul Syndicate, December 1889-December 1898.
File No. 77, George S. Baxter, August 1890-September 1895.
File No. 78:
Anacortes, January 1890-December 1895.
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137.I.14.1B9Anacortes, February 1896-March-1899.
File No. 79, Olympia, March 1890-June 1897.
File No. 80, Northern Land and Development Company, November 1896-April 1897.
File No. 81, Court Matters, August 1893-January 1897.
File No. 82, Legal, January 1895-October 1896.
File No. 83, C. B. Wright Claim, October 1891-April 1894.
File No. 84, Northern Pacific Express Company, Money Order Statements, January 1870-December 1896.
File No. 85, Tide Lands, Tacoma Land Company, April 1890-September 1895.
File No. 86, Montana Union Railway Company, February 1895-March 1899.
File No. 87, Old Telegrams, Poors Manual, and Statement of Commissions Paid, July-December 1895.
File No. 88, Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, July 1895-March 1896.
File No. 89, Missing.
File No. 90, Helena and Red Mountain Railroad Company, April 1896.
File No. 91, Reorganization, January 1883-January 1897.
File No. 91, Branch Line Tax Forms, 1894.
File No. 92, Bills Payable, April 1895.
File No. 93, Soo Line, December 1891-December 1896.
File No. 94:
Northern Pacific Railway Company miscellaneous, October 1889-October 15, 1896.
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137.I.14.2F10Northern Pacific Railway Company miscellaneous, October 16, 1896-February 1897.
File No. 95, Missing.
File No. 96, Statements.
File No. 97:
Contracts, June 1886-November 1896.
Contracts, Register Numbers 79-4430.
File No. 98, Brayton Ives, August 1888-August 1895.
File No. 99, Office and Rough Sheets Prepared by W. G. J., March 1895-October 1896.
File No. 100, Oregon and Transcontinental Company, February 1882-June 1896.
File No. 101, Virginia Land and Townsite Company, September 1890-February 1896.

Expand/CollapseAssistant Auditor, Valuation subject files and related records, 1872-1941

Subject files relating to the monetary valuation of the physical properties owned by Northern Pacific and its branch lines and subsidiaries, including lands, trackage, rolling stock, bridges, buildings, and equipment. The files contain much information on the financing and construction of branch lines. Bound copies (Volumes 1-11) of mortgages, leases, and trackage agreements entered into by Northern Pacific and its branch lines, 1872-1901, are also included.
Following the numbered files is a copy of the Revised Corporate History of Northern Pacific Railway Company as of June 30, 1917 (1921), prepared in response to ICC Valuation Order No. 20. This 470-page typescript, organized alphabetically by corporate entity, summarizes the acquisition and/or construction of physical properties of all the constituent lines comprising the Northern Pacific system. It also summarizes the operations of those components, the chain of title for each, the present legal status of the corporate unit, and the location of its official records.
Related Material: All of the record series created by the Valuation Engineer pertain to the monetary valuation of Northern Pacific physical property, as well as that of its branch lines and subsidiaries. There are close relationships between those series and the Assistant Auditor, Valuation subject files.
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138.H.6.6F1File No. 1, Valuation Expenses, 1920-1934. 2 folders.
File No. 2, Valuation Committee, 1920.
File No. 3, Office Organization, 1920-1941.
File No. 4, Confidential, 1921-1940.
File No. 5, Monthly Reports, 1920-1929.
File No. 7, Requisitions, 1923-1927. 2 folders.
File No. 8, Employment Applications, 1920-1933.
File No. 9, Employees' Agreements, 1922-1930.
File No. 11, Vacancies, 1920-1931.
File No. 13, Joint Property, 1922.
File No. 14, Authority for Expenditures, 1922.
File No. 15, Telegraph Cipher, 1920-1921.
File No. 16, Requested Records, 1921-1922. 3 folders.
File No. 17, ICC Classifications, 1917-1922. 4 folders.
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138.H.6.7B2File No. 19, Subcommittee on Accounting:
a. Organization and Membership, 1920-1921.
b. Meetings and Proceedings, 1920-1921.
c. Bulletins, 1920.
d. Original Cost to Date, 1920.
e. Discount, 1920-1921.
f. Aids, 1920.
g. Valuation Order No. 3, 1920-1921.
h. Eastern and Southern Group Committee, 1920.
i. Committee Reports, 1920.
File No. 20, Property Acquired in Foreclosure, 1920.
File No. 21, Northern Pacific Beneficial Association, 1920-1937.
File No. 22, Capital Stock Issued, 1918-1927.
File No. 23, Discount Expenses on Funded Debt, 1881-1928.
File No. 24, Branch Lines, 1920-1928.
File No. 25, Kettle River Railway, 1891.
File No. 26, Assets and Liabilities, 1896-1897.
File No. 27, Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad, 1891-1927.
File No. 29, Washington and Oregon Railway, 1920.
File No. 30, Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway, 1920.
File No. 31, Northern Pacific, La Moure and Missouri River Railway, 1918.
File No. 32, Property Abandoned, 1930-1944.
File No. 34, Inventories of Records, 1891-1923. 3 folders.
File No. 36, Valuation Order No. 8, 1916-1921.
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138.H.6.8F3File No. 37, Future Adjustments, 1921-1935. 2 folders.
File No. 38, Seattle and Eastern Construction Company, 1918.
File No. 40, Minneapolis and Duluth Railroad, 1917-1920.
File No. 41, Index Money Making, 1928.
File No. 42, Valuation of Public Utilities, 1928-1933.
File No. 43, Minnesota, Dakota and Western Railway, 1930-1932.
File No. 44, Oregon and Transcontinental Company, 1884-1917.
File No. 45, Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern, 1890-1901.
File No. 46, Traffic Offices, 1917-1929.
File No. 47, Washington, Bayfield and Iron River Railroad, 1902-1921.
File No. 48, Portland and Puget Sound Railroad, 1917-1924.
File No. 49, Canyon Creek Railway, 1917.
File No. 50, American Railway Engineering Association:
a. Subcommittee No. 4, 1930.
b. Subcommittee No. 5, 1930.
c. Subcommittee No. 9, 1930.
d. Subcommittee No. 10, 1930.
e. Minutes Committee, 1930.
f. Subcommittee No. 2, 1930.
g. Subcommittee No. 3, 1930.
h. Subcommittee No. 14, 1930.
i. Outline of Work, 1930.
j. Subcommittee No. 11, 1930.
k. Subcommittee No. 13, 1930.
l. Committee XI, 1929-1932. 2 folders.
m. Subcommittee No. 6, 1930-1931.
File No. 51, Port Townsend and Southern Railroad, 1917-1931.
File No. 52a, Recapture Procedure: General, 1929-1931.
File No. 52b, Recapture Procedure: Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railway, 1931.
File No. 53, Puget Sound Construction Company, 1917.
File No. 54, Washington and Idaho Railroad, 1917.
File No. 55, Howell Bill, 1901-1917.
File No. 56, Additions and Betterments, 1929-1949.
File No. 57, Valuation Order No. 7, 1920-1924.
File No. 58, Pendleton Construction Company, 1917.
File No. 59, Washington and Columbia River Railway, 1891-1941.
File No. 60, Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, 1917.
File No. 61, Oregon and Washington Territory Railway, 1891-1917.
File No. 63, Mill Creek Flume and Manufacturing Company, 1917-1919.
LocationBox
138.H.7.1B4File No. 64, United Railroads of Washington, 1931.
File No. 65, Puget Sound and Grays Harbor Railway, 1917.
File No. 66, Tacoma, Olympia and Grays Harbor Railroad, 1917.
File No. 67, Snohomish, Skyhomish and Spokane Railway and Transportation Company, 1917.
File No. 68, Seattle and Walla Walla Railway, 1917.
File No. 69, Seattle and West Coast Railway, 1917.
File No. 71, Grantsburg, Rush City and St. Cloud, 1921.
File No. 72, Olympia and Chehalis Valley Railroad, 1890-1972.
File No. 74, Big Fork and International Falls Railway, 1916-1931. 3 folders.
File No. 75, Minnesota and International Railway, 1917-1931. 4 folders.
File No. 76, Clearwater Short Line Railway, 1921.
File No. 77, Montana Union Railway, 1887-1918.
File No. 78, Northern Pacific and Manitoba Railroad, 1888-1893.
File No. 79, Montana Railway, St. Louis and O'Fallon Railway, 1921-1934. 3 folders.
File No. 80, Superior and St. Cloud Railroad.
File No. 81, St. Paul and Duluth Railroad, 1900-1935.
File No. 82, Seattle and International Railroad, 1917-1925.
File No. 83, Spokane and Seattle Railway, 1917.
File No. 84, Washington Central Railway, 1943.
File No. 85, Monte Cristo Railway, 1924.
File No. 86, Valuation Order No. 20, 1918-1921.
File No. 87, Cost Data:
a. General, 1920-1927.
b. Structures, 1920-1944. 2 folders.
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138.H.7.2F5c. Ballast, 1920-1926.
d. Rail and Track Material, 1920-1921.
e. Track Laying and Surfacing, 1920-1925.
f. Fences and Rip-rap, 1920-1924.
g. Transportation of Men and Materials, 1920-1926.
i. Unidentified, 1920-1923.
j. Earnings and Operating Expenses, 1922-1924.
k. Ties, 1920-1928.
l. Grading, 1920-1928.
m. General Expenditures, 1920-1927.
n. Lake Park, 1921.
o. Purchasing Expenses, 1921-1922.
p. Material Yard Expense, 1927.
File No. 88, Financial History and Accounts, 1926-1932.
File No. 89, Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad, 1917.
File No. 90, Northern Pacific and Puget Sound Railroad, 1884-1920.
File No. 91, Blakely Railroad, 1917.
File No. 92, Taylors Falls and Lake Superior Railroad, 1900.
File No. 93, Grantsburg, Rush City and St. Cloud, 1920.
File No. 94, Everett and Monte Cristo Railway, 1917.
File No. 95, Valuation Order No. 23, 1920.
File No. 96, Spokane and Palouse Railway, 1887-1893.
File No. 97a, Northern Pacific and Montana Railway: General, 1888-1926.
File No. 97b, Northern Pacific and Montana Railway: Construction Reports, 1888-1889.
File No. 98, Central Washington Railroad, 1923.
File No. 99, Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 1934.
File No. 100, First Mortgage, 1870-1896.
File No. 101, Tacoma, Orting and Southeastern Railroad, 1923.
File No. 102, Funded Debt, 1878-1923.
File No. 103, General First Mortgage Bonds, 1882-1884.
File No. 104, General Second Mortgage Bonds, 1882.
File No. 105, General Third Mortgage Bonds, 1882.
File No. 106, Yakima and Pacific Coast Railroad, 1882.
File No. 107, St. Paul and Northern Pacific Railroad, 1889-1917.
File No. 108, Coeur d'Alene Railway, 1888-1889.
File No. 109, Investment in Road and Equipment, 1926-1936. 2 folders.
File No. 110, Adjustments to Account No. 701, 1890-1935. 4 folders.
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138.H.7.3B6File No. 111, Valuation Order No. 3, 1920-1932.
File No. 112, Interest During Construction:
a. General, 1921-1926.
b. Land, 1921-1925.
c. Branch Lines, 1920.
File No. 113, Portland, Vancouver and Yakima Railroad, undated.
File No. 114, Puget Sound Shore Railroad, 1884-1924.
File No. 115, Cost of Reproduction, undated.
File No. 116, Original Construction Divisions, undated.
File No. 117, Miscellaneous Surveys, 1896-1921.
File No. 118, Wisconsin Central Lines, 1920.
File No. 119, Toppenish, Simcoe and Western Railway, undated.
File No. 120, North Yakima and Valley Railway, 1907-1934.
File No. 122, Kennewick and Northern Railroad, 1919.
File No. 123, Connell Northern Railway, 1919.
File No. 124, Port Angeles and Olympia Railway, 1919.
File No. 125, Port Angeles and Peninsular Railway, 1925.
File No. 126, Olympic Peninsula Railway, 1918-1919.
File No. 127, Northern Pacific and British Columbia Railway, 1934.
File No. 128, Northern Pacific Steamship Company, 1938.
File No. 129, Washington Railway and Navigation Company, undated and 1885.
File No. 130, Valuation Order No. 16, 1919-1945. 3 folders.
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138.H.7.4F7File No. 133, Income Account, 1920-1941. 2 folders.
File No. 135, Claims Entered with ICC:
a. General, 1920-1921.
b. Basis of Claim for Interest, 1896.
c. Claims for Additional Original Cost, 1920-1921.
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138.H.7.5B8File No. 136, President's Conference Committee, 1926-1929. 8 folders.
File No. 137, Northern Transcontinental Survey, 1920.
File No. 138, Employee Directory, 1924-1933.
File No. 139, Guarantee Period Accounts, 1920-1922.
File No. 140, Accounting Circulars, 1920-1923.
File No. 141, Additions and Betterments:
a. General, 1921-1926.
b. Equipment, 1905-1922.
File No. 143, Little Falls and Dakota Railroad, 1882-1920.
File No. 144, Fargo and Southwestern Railroad, 1882-1886.
File No. 145, Jamestown and Northern Railroad, 1885-1886.
File No. 146, Sanborn, Cooperstown and Turtle Mountain Railroad, 1885-1886.
File No. 147, Rocky Mountain Railroad of Montana, 1885.
File No. 148, Industrial Tracks, 1888-1890.
File No. 149, Missoula and Bitter Root Valley Railroad, 1890.
File No. 150, Drummond and Philipsburg, 1890.
File No. 151, Helena and Northern Railroad, 1890.
File No. 152, Valuation Orders No. 2 and 10, 1920-1925.
File No. 153, Cost Plus Contracts, 1920-1922.
File No. 154, Interest on Funded Debt, undated.
File No. 155, Non-carrier Lands, 1917-1924.
File No. 156, Casselton Branch Railroad, 1882.
File No. 157, Yellowstone Park Association., 1890-1937.
File No. 158, Duluth, Pierre and Black Hills Railroad, 1890.
File No. 160, War Taxes, 1921-1922.
File No. 161, Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad, 1890-1922.
File No. 162, Henry Villard, 1917.
File No. 165, Material and Supplies, 1917-1930.
File No. 167, Signal and Interlocking Facilities, 1920-1937.
File No. 168, False Work, 1920.
File No. 170, Final Value, 1920-1930.
File No. 171, Development Cost, 1922-1927.
File No. 173, Division Accounting System, 1922-1923.
File No. 174, South Eastern Dakota Railroad, 1920.
File No. 175, Dock Property, 1890.
File No. 176, Union Depot Company of Spokane Falls, 1891.
File No. 177, Montana Branches, 1887-1888.
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138.H.7.6F9File No. 178, Green River and Northern, 1888-1933.
File No. 179, Columbia Railroad and Navigation Company, 1902-1903.
File No. 180, Disposition of Resources.
File No. 181, Transportation for Investment Credit, 1923-1937. 3 folders.
File No. 182, Northern Pacific Railway Company, 1901-1923.
File No. 183, Hartford Eastern, 1920-1925.
File No. 184, Midland Railway Company of Manitoba, 1922-1927.
File No. 185, Railway Accounting Officers Association:
a. General, 1921-1934. 3 folders.
b. Subcommittee on Valuation Accounting, 1921-1925.
File No. 186, Idaho Construction Case, 1920.
File No. 187, Southwestern Lines Evaluation Committee, 1921.
File No. 188, Securities Report, 1920.
File No. 189, Spokane Falls and Idaho Railroad, 1887-1922.
File No. 190, Jamestown and Northern Extension, undated.
File No. 191, Northern Pacific Terminal Company of Oregon, 1916-1930. 3 folders.
File No. 193, Northern Pacific Transport Company, 1932.
File No. 195, Big Fork and Northern Railroad, 1942-1943.
File No. 196, Assessments of Public Improvements, 1920-1922.
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138.H.7.7B10File No. 198, Corporate History, 1915-1921.
File No. 199, Mileage by States, 1917.
File No. 200, Local Taxes, 1919-1924.
File No. 202, General Balance Sheet, 1917.
File No. 203, St. Louis River Bridge, 1917.
File No. 204, New York Central Evaluation, 1927.
File No. 205, Miscellaneous, 1921-1938.
File No. 206, Washington Tax Case, 1929.
File No. 208, Final Settlement with Director General, 1918-1922.
File No. 209, Western Group Executive Committee, 1921.
File No. 210, Joint Facilities, 1921-1932.
File No. 211, Washington Short Line, 1887.
File No. 212, Northern Pacific Coal Company, 1886.
File No. 213, Equipment Rental Rates, 1921-1941. 3 folders.
File No. 214, Brainerd and Northern Minnesota Railway, 1915-1927. 2 folders.
File No. 216, Duluth Union Depot and Transfer Company.
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138.H.7.8F11File No. 217, Minnesota Transfer Railway.
File No. 218, Wages, 1921-1926. 2 folders.
File No. 220, Working Capital, 1921-1927. 4 folders.
File No. 222, Lake Superior Terminal and Transfer Railway, 1921-1929. 6 folders.
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138.H.8.1B12File No. 223, Northern Pacific Reorganization of 1896, 1896-1939. 3 folders.
File No. 224, Luncheon Club, 1920-1924.
File No. 225, Work Train Service, 1921.
File No. 226, Temporary Tracks, 1921.
File No. 227, Stillwater and St. Paul Railroad, 1932.
File No. 228, Midland Continental Railroad, 1921.
File No. 230, Western Dakota Railway, undated.
File No. 233, Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway, 1914-1924. 3 folders.
File No. 235, Card Systems, 1922-1932.
File No. 240, Helena, Boulder Valley and Butte Railroad, undated.
File No. 241, Statement of Accounts, 1921.
File No. 242, Oregon Trunk Railway, 1935.
File No. 245, St. Paul Union Depot Company, 1921-1935. 2 folders.
File No. 248, Northern Pacific and Manitoba Railway, 1912.
File No. 249, Government Transportation, 1922.
File No. 250, Group Insurance, 1933.
File No. 251, Value of Securities, 1917-1925.
File No. 254, Consolidation of Railroads, 1927.
File No. 256, Columbia and Palouse Railroad Company, 1924-1938.
File No. 257, Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company, 1923.
File No. 258, Tacoma Land Company.
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138.H.8.2F13File No. 259, Land Grant Law Suit, 1925-1942. 2 folders.
File No. 260, Insurance, 1924-1935.
File No. 261, New Mileage, 1924.
File No. 262, Duluth and Iron Range Railroad, 1924.
File No. 263, Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie Railway, 1922-1924.
File No. 264, Chicago Great Western Railroad, 1924-1926.
File No. 265, Northern Pacific Association, undated.
File No. 266, Shop Machinery, 1919-1931.
File No. 267, Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway, 1925.
File No. 268, Trackage, undated.
File No. 269, Jamestown and Southern Railroad, undated.
File No. 270, Walla Walla Valley Railway, 1924-1925.
File No. 271, Instructions Governing Preparation of AFEs, 1925-1926.
File No. 272, Cost of Financing, 1922-1926.
File No. 273, Going Concern Value, 1924.
File No. 275, Financial Status, undated.
File No. 276, Western Union, undated.
File No. 277, Community Chest, 1934-1937.
File No. 279, State of Washington, 1934-1937.
File No. 280, Class B Property, 1929-1939.
File No. 281, Operating Statistics, 1921-1924.
File No. 282, Great Northern Railway, 1923-1925.
File No. 288, Spokane International Railway, 1936.
File No. 290, Account No. 705, 1937-1941.
File No. 291, Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad, 1938.
File No. 292, Valuation Order No. 25, 1929-1939.
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138.H.8.3B14File No. 300, Government Loans, 1931-1938.
File No. 301, American Railway Engineers' Association, 1925-1935.
File No. 302, James River Valley Railroad, 1884-1885.
File No. 303, Gaylord and Ruby Valley, undated.
File No. 304, Helena and Jefferson County, 1883-1884.
File No. 305, Bellingham Bay and Eastern Railway, 1940.
File No. 306, Northern Pacific, Fergus and Black Hills Railroad, 1882-1927.
File No. 307, Helena and Red Mountain Railroad, 1885-1927.
File No. 308, Original Cost, 1918.
File No. 309, Firemen's Wage Case, 1927.
File No. 310, Union Depot and Transfer Company of Stillwater, 1917.
File No. 311, Earnings and Operating Expenses, 1887.
File No. 312, Resolute Oil Corporation, 1931.
File No. 313, Interest on Construction, undated.
File No. 314, Rocky Fork and Cooke City, 1887-1888.
File No. 315, Duluth Short Line Railway, 1886-1889.
File No. 316, Duluth, Crookston and Northern, 1889.
File No. 317, Centralia, Eastern Railroad, 1922.
File No. 318, Billings and Central Montana, 1925-1926.
File No. 319, Missouri River Railway, 1921.
File No. 320, Shields River Valley Railway, 1921.
File No. 321, Camp Creek Railway, undated.
File No. 322, Clealum Railroad Company, undated.
File No. 323, Northern Pacific and Cascade Railroad, undated.
File No. 324, Cuyuna Dock Company, undated.
File No. 325, Cuyuna Northern Railway, undated.
File No. 326, Wallace and Sunset Railroad, undated.
File No. 327, Gilmore and Pittsburg Railroad, undated.
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138.H.8.4F15File No. 328, Duluth Transfer Railway Company, 1921-1932.
File No. 329, Roadway Machine Account, 1921-1935.
File No. 330, Suggested Form of Protest, 1921-1928.
File No. 331, Valuation Order No. 3, 1930-1933.
File No. 332, Valuation Order No. 25, 1922-1931.
Volume 1, Contracts and Deeds, 1872-1893.
Volume 2, Contracts, Leases, and Trackage Agreements, 1879-1886.
Volume 3, Contracts and Mortgages, 1882-1888.
Volume 4, Contracts and Leases, 1885-1889.
Volume 5, Contracts and Mortgages, 1886-1890.
Volume 6, Contracts and Mortgages, 1883-1901.
Volume 7, Branch Road Contracts, 1886-1890.
Volume 8, Mortgages, 1879-1893.
Volume 9, Mortgages, 1889.
Volume 10, Traffic Contracts, Leases, and Mortgages, 1880-1887.
Volume 11, Traffic Contracts and Leases, 1882-1887.
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137.J.2.5B16Revised Corporate History of the Northern Pacific Railway Company as of June 30, 1917, August 30, 1921. 470 pages.
Prepared in accordance with Valuation Order No. 20 of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Office of the Land Assistant, St. Paul, Minnesota. Includes index and maps.

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Expand/CollapseOf Telegraph Department to Interstate Commerce Commission, 1889-1914

Annual reports, 1889-1914. 20 volumes.
Reports for 1897 and 1913 are missing.

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Annual reports for 1914 auxiliary operations, 1916, 1918-1949, 1951-1968.
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137.J.18.9B1Volume 1, 1916.
Volume 2, 1918.
Volume 3, 1919.
Volume 4, 1919.
Federal Operations.
Volume 5, 1920.
Volume 6, 1921.
Volume 7, 1922.
Volume 8, 1923.
Volume 9, 1924.
Volume 10, 1925.
Volume 11, 1926.
Volume 12, 1927.
Volume 13, 1928.
Volume 14, 1929.
Volume 15, 1930.
Volume 16, 1931.
Volume 17, 1932.
Volume 18, 1933.
Volume 19, 1934.
Volume 20, 1935.
Volume 21, 1936.
Volume 22, 1937.
Volume 23, 1938.
Volume 24, 1939.
Volume 25, 1940.
Volume 26, 1941.
Volume 27, 1942.
Volume 28, 1943.
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134.C.8.3B2Volume 29, 1944.
Volume 30, 1945.
Volume 31, 1946.
Volume 32, 1947.
Volume 33, 1948.
Volume 34, 1949.
Volume 35, 1951.
Missing 1950.
Volume 36, 1952.
Volume 37, 1953.
Volume 38, 1954.
Volume 39, 1955.
Volume 40, 1956.
Volume 41, 1957.
Volume 42, 1958.
Volume 43, 1959.
Volume 44, 1960.
Volume 45, 1961.
Volume 46, 1962.
Volume 47, 1963.
Volume 48, 1964.
Volume 49, 1965.
Volume 50, 1966.
Volume 51, 1967.
Volume 52, Annual Report of Revenues and Expenses of Auxiliary Operations to ICC, 1914.
Volume 53, 1968.

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134.C.4.6F1Annual report to Public Utilities Commission:
Volume 1, June 30, 1913.
Volume 2, June 30, 1914.
Volume 3, June 30, 1915.
Volume 4, June 30, 1916.
Volume 5, December 31, 1916.
Volume 6, December 31, 1917.
Volume 7, December 31, 1918.
Volume 8, December 31, 1918.
Federal Operations.
Volume 9, December 31, 1919.
Volume 10, December 31, 1919.
Federal Operations.
Volume 11, December 31, 1920.
Volume 12, December 31, 1921.
Volume 13, December 31, 1922.
Volume 14, December 31, 1923.
Volume 15, December 31, 1924.
Volume 16, December 31, 1925.
Volume 17, December 31, 1926.
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134.C.5.1B2Volume 18, December 31, 1927.
Volume 19, December 31, 1928.
Volume 20, December 31, 1929.
Volume 21, December 31, 1930.
Volume 22, December 31, 1931.
Volume 23, December 31, 1932.
Volume 24, December 31, 1933.
Volume 25, December 31, 1934.
Volume 26, December 31, 1935.
Volume 27, December 31, 1936.
Volume 28, December 31, 1937.
Volume 29, December 31, 1938.
Volume 30, December 31, 1939.
Volume 31, December 31, 1940.
Volume 32, December 31, 1941.
Volume 33, December 31, 1942.
Volume 34, December 31, 1943.
Volume 35, December 31, 1944.
Volume 36, December 31, 1945.
Volume 37, December 31, 1946.
Volume 38, December 31, 1947.
Volume 39, December 31, 1948.
Volume 40, December 31, 1949.
Volume 41, December 31, 1950.
Volume 42, December 31, 1951.
Volume 43, December 31, 1952.
Volume 44, December 31, 1953.
Volume 45, December 31, 1954.
Volume 46, December 31, 1955.
Volume 47, December 31, 1956.
Volume 48, December 31, 1957.
Volume 49, December 31, 1958.
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136.G.1.3B3Annual reports to State Board of Equalization:
Volume 50, 1912.
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134.C.5.2F4Volume 51, 1914.
Volume 52, 1915.
Volume 53, 1916.
Volume 54, 1917.
Volume 55, 1918.
Volume 56, 1919.
Volume 57, 1920.
Volume 58, 1921.
Volume 59, 1922.
Volume 60, 1923.
Volume 61, 1924.
Volume 62, 1925.
Volume 63, 1926.
Volume 64, 1927.
Volume 65, 1928.
Volume 66, 1929.
Volume 67, 1930.
Volume 68, 1931.
Volume 69, 1932.
Volume 70, 1933.
Volume 71, 1934.
Volume 72, 1935.
Volume 73, 1936.
Volume 74, 1937.
Volume 75, 1938.
Volume 76, 1939.
Volume 77, 1940.
Volume 78, 1941.
Volume 79, 1942.
Volume 80, 1943.
Volume 81, 1944.
Annual report to State Tax Commission:
Volume 82, 1945.
Volume 83, 1946.

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134.C.5.3B1Volume No. 1, 1876.
Volume No. 2, 1876.
Work copy.
Volume No. 3, 1877.
Volume No. 4, 1878.
Volume No. 5, 1878.
Re-operation of the Western Railroad of Minnesota.
Volume No. 6, 1879.
Volume No. 7, 1880.
Volume No. 8, 1881.
Volume No. 9, 1882.
Volume No. 10, 1883.
Missing 1884.
Volume No. 11, 1885.
Volume No. 12, 1886.
Volume No. 13, 1887.
Volume No. 14, 1888.
Volume No. 15, 1889.
Volume No. 16, 1890.
Volume No. 17, 1890.
Wisconsin Central Lines, Northern Pacific Railroad Company, Lessee.
Volume No. 18, 1891.
Volume No. 19, 1891.
Wisconsin Central Lines, Northern Pacific Railroad Company, Lessee.
Volume No. 20, 1892.
Volume No. 21, 1892.
Wisconsin Central Lines, Northern Pacific Railroad Company, Lessee.
Volume No. 22, 1893.
Volume No. 23, 1894.
Volume No. 24, 1895.
Volume No. 25, 1896.
Volume No. 26, July-August 1896.
Volume No. 27, September 1896-June 30, 1897.
Volume No. 28, 1898.
Volume No. 29, 1899.
Volume No. 30, 1900.
Volume No. 31, 1901.
Volume No. 32, 1902.
Volume No. 33, 1903.
Volume No. 34, 1904.
Volume No. 35, 1905.
Volume No. 36, 1906.
Volume No. 37, 1907.
Volume No. 38, 1908.
Volume No. 39, 1909.
Missing 1910, 1911.
Volume No. 40, 1912.
Volume No. 41, 1913.
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134.C.5.4F2Volume No. 42, 1914.
Volume No. 43, 1915.
Volume No. 44a, 1916.
For the year ending June 30.
Volume No. 44b, 1916.
For the year ending December 31.
Volume No. 45, 1917.
Volume No. 46, 1918.
Volume No. 47, 1918.
Federal Operations.
Volume No. 48, 1919.
Volume No. 49, 1919.
Federal Operations.
Volume No. 50, 1920.
Volume No. 51, 1921.
Volume No. 52, 1922.
Volume No. 53, 1923.
Volume No. 54, 1924.
Volume No. 55, 1925.
Volume No. 56, 1926.
Volume No. 57, 1927.
Volume No. 58, 1928.
Volume No. 59, 1929.
Volume No. 60, 1930.
Volume No. 61, 1931.
Volume No. 62, 1932.
Volume No. 63, 1933.
Volume No. 64, 1934.
Volume No. 65, 1935.
Volume No. 66, 1936.
Volume No. 67, 1937.
Volume No. 68, 1938.
Volume No. 69, 1939.
Missing 1940, 1941.
Volume No. 70, 1942.
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134.C.5.5B3Volume No. 71, 1943.
Volume No. 72, 1944.
Volume No. 73, 1945.
Volume No. 74, 1946.
Volume No. 75, 1947.
Volume No. 76, 1948.
Volume No. 77, 1949.
Volume No. 78, 1950.
Volume No. 79, 1951.
Volume No. 80, 1952.
Volume No. 81, 1953.
Volume No. 82, 1954.
Volume No. 83, 1955.
Volume No. 84, 1956.
Volume No. 85, 1957.
Volume No. 86, 1958.
Missing 1959-1965.
Volume No. 87, 1966.

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134.C.5.5B1Volume No. 1. June 30, 1907.
Volume No. 2, June 30, 1908.
Volume No. 3, June 30, 1909.
Volume No. 4, June 30, 1910.
Volume No. 5, June 30, 1911.
Volume No. 6, June 30, 1912.
Volume No. 7, June 30, 1913.
Volume No. 8, June 30, 1914.
Volume No. 9, June 30, 1915.
Volume No. 10, June 30, 1916.
Volume No. 11, December 31, 1916.
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134.C.5.6F2Volume No. 12, 1917.
Volume No. 13, 1918.
Volume No. 14, 1918.
Federal Operations.
Volume No. 15, 1919.
Volume No. 16, 1919.
Federal Operations.
Volume No. 17, 1920.
Volume No. 18, 1921.
Volume No. 19, 1922.
Volume No. 20, 1923.
Volume No. 21, 1924.
Volume No. 22, 1925.
Volume No. 23, 1926.
Volume No. 24, 1927.
Volume No. 25, 1928.
Volume No. 26, 1929.
Volume No. 27, 1930.
Volume No. 28, 1931.
Volume No. 29, 1932.
Volume No. 30, 1933.
Volume No. 31, 1934.
Volume No. 32, 1935.
Volume No. 33, 1936.
Volume No. 34, 1937.
Volume No. 35, 1938.
Volume No. 36, 1939.
Volume No. 37, 1940.
Volume No. 38, 1941.
Volume No. 39, 1942.
Volume No. 40, 1943.
Volume No. 41, 1944.
Volume No. 42, 1945.
Volume No. 43, 1946.
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134.C.6.1B3Volume No. 44, 1947.
Volume No. 45, 1948.
Volume No. 46, 1949.
Volume No. 47, 1950.
Volume No. 48, 1951.
Volume No. 49, 1952.
Volume No. 50, 1953.
Volume No. 51, 1954.
Volume No. 52, 1955.
Volume No. 53, 1956.
Volume No. 54, 1957.
Volume No. 55, 1958.
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134.C.4.1B4Annual report to State Board of Equalization:
No. 1, March 1, 1920, 1922.
No. 2, December 31, 1922, 1923.
No. 3, December 31, 1924, 1925.
No. 4, December 31, 1926, 1927.
No. 5, December 31, 1928, 1929.
No. 6, December 31, 1930, 1931.
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134.C.6.2F5No. 7, 1932, 1933.
No. 8, 1934, 1935.
No. 9, 1936, 1937.
No. 10, 1938.

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LocationBox
134.C.6.1B1Volume No. 1, 1885.
Volume No. 2, 1886.
Volume No. 3, 1887.
Volume No. 4, 1888.
Volume No. 5, 1889.
Volume No. 6, 1890.
Volume No. 7, 1891.
Volume No. 8, 1892.
Volume No. 9, 1893.
Volume No. 10, 1894.
Volume No. 11, 1895.
Volume No. 12, 1896.
Volume No. 13, July-August 1896.
Volume No. 14, September 1896-June 30, 1897.
Volume No. 15, 1898.
Volume No. 16, 1899.
Volume No. 17, 1900.
Volume No. 18, 1901.
Volume No. 19, 1902.
Volume No. 20, 1903.
Volume No. 21, 1904.
Volume No. 22, 1905.
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134.C.6.3B2Volume No. 23, 1906.
Volume No. 24, 1907.
Volume No. 25, 1908.
Volume No. 26, 1909.
Volume No. 27, 1910.
Volume No. 28, 1911.
Volume No. 29, 1912.
Volume No. 30, 1913.
Volume No. 31, 1914.
Volume No. 32, 1915.
Volume No. 33, June 30, 1916.
Volume No. 34, December 31, 1916.
Volume No. 35, 1917.
Volume No. 36, 1918.
Volume No. 37, 1918.
Federal Operations.
Volume No. 38, 1919.
Volume No. 39, 1919.
Federal Operations.
Volume No. 40, 1920.
Volume No. 41, 1921.
Volume No. 42, 1922.
Volume No. 43, 1923.
Volume No. 44, 1924.
Volume No. 45, 1925.
Volume No. 46, 1926.
Volume No. 47, 1927.
Volume No. 48, 1928.
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134.C.6.4F3Volume No. 49, 1929.
Volume No. 50, 1930.
Volume No. 51, 1931.
Volume No. 52, 1932.
Volume No. 53, 1933.
Volume No. 54, 1934.
Volume No. 55, 1935.
Volume No. 56, 1936.
Volume No. 57, 1937.
Volume No. 58, 1938.
Volume No. 59, 1939.
Volume No. 60, 1940.
Volume No. 61, 1941.
Volume No. 62, 1942.
Volume No. 63, 1943.
Volume No. 64, 1944.
Volume No. 65, 1945.
Volume No. 66, 1946.
Volume No. 67, 1947.
Volume No. 68, 1948.
Volume No. 69, 1949.
Volume No. 70, 1950.
Volume No. 71, 1951.
Volume No. 72, 1952.
Volume No. 73, 1953.
Volume No. 74, 1954.
Volume No. 75, 1955.
Volume No. 76, 1956.
Volume No. 77, 1957.
Volume No. 78, 1958.

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LocationBox
134.C.6.2F1No. 1, Annual reports to the State of Oregon for the year ending June 30, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889.
No. 2, Annual report to the State of Oregon, 1898-1904, 1905.
No. 3, Annual report to State Tax Commission of Oregon, 1909.
LocationBox
134.C.6.5B2Volume No. 1, 1890.
See Folder 1 for reports, 1885-1889.
Volume No. 2, 1891.
Volume No. 3, 1892.
Volume No. 4, 1893.
Volume No. 5, 1894.
Volume No. 6, 1895.
Volume No. 7, 1896.
Volume No. 8, July and August 1896.
Volume No. 9, 1897.
Volume No. 10, 1898.
See Folder 2 for report, 1898-1904, 1905
Volume No. 11, 1907.
Volume No. 12, 1908.
Volume No. 13, 1909.
Volume No. 14, 1910.
Volume No. 15, 1911.
Volume No. 16, 1912.
Volume No. 17, 1913.
Volume No. 18, 1914.
Volume No. 19, 1915.
Volume No. 20, June 30, 1916.
Volume No. 21, December 31, 1916.
Volume No. 22, 1917.
Volume No. 23, 1918.
Volume No. 24, 1918.
Federal Operations.
Volume No. 25, 1919.
Volume No. 26, 1919.
Federal Operations.
Volume No. 27, 1920.
Volume No. 28, 1921.
Volume No. 29, 1922.
Volume No. 30, 1923.
LocationBox
134.C.6.6F3Volume No. 31, 1924.
Volume No. 32, 1925.
Volume No. 33, 1926.
Volume No. 34, 1927.
Volume No. 35, 1928.
Volume No. 36, 1929.
Volume No. 37, 1930.
Volume No. 38, 1931.
Volume No. 39, 1932.
Volume No. 40, 1933.
Volume No. 41, 1934.
Volume No. 42, 1935.
Volume No. 43, 1936.
Volume No. 44, 1937.
Volume No. 45, 1938.
Volume No. 46, 1939.
Volume No. 47, 1940.
Volume No. 48, 1941.
Volume No. 49, 1942.
Volume No. 50, 1943.
Volume No. 51, 1944.
Volume No. 52, 1945.
Volume No. 53, 1946.
LocationBox
134.C.7.1B4Annual reports to the State Tax Commission of Oregon:
Volume No. 54, 1910.
See Folder 3 for report, 1909.
Volume No. 55, 1911.
Volume No. 56, 1912.
Volume No. 57, 1913.
Volume No. 58, 1914.
Volume No. 59, 1915.
Volume No. 60, 1916.
Volume No. 61, 1917.
Volume No. 62, 1918.
Volume No. 63, 1919.
Volume No. 64, 1920.
Volume No. 65, 1921.
Volume No. 66, 1922.
Volume No. 67, 1923.
Volume No. 68, 1924.
Volume No. 69, 1925.
Volume No. 70, 1926.
Volume No. 71, 1927.
Volume No. 72, 1928.
Volume No. 73, 1929.
Volume No. 74, 1930.
Volume No. 75, 1931.
Volume No. 76, 1932.
Volume No. 77, 1933.
Volume No. 78, 1934.
Volume No. 79, 1935.
Volume No. 80, 1936.
Volume No. 81, 1937.
Volume No. 82, 1938.
Volume No. 83, 1939.
Volume No. 84, 1940.
Volume No. 85, 1941.
Volume No. 86, 1942.
Volume No. 87, 1943.
Volume No. 88, 1944.
Volume No. 89, 1945.
Volume No. 90, 1946.

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LocationBox
134.C.6.6F1Volume No. 1, 1905.
Volume No. 2, 1906.
Volume No. 3, 1907.
Volume No. 4, 1908.
Volume No. 5, 1909.
Volume No. 6, 1910.
LocationBox
134.C.7.2F2Volume No. 7, 1911.
Volume No. 8, 1912.
Volume No. 9, 1913.
Volume No. 10, 1914.
Volume No. 11, 1915.
Volume No. 12, June 30, 1916.
Volume No. 13, December 31, 1916.
Volume No. 14, 1917.
Volume No. 15, 1918.
Volume No. 16, 1918.
Federal Operations.
Volume No. 17, 1919.
Volume No. 18, 1919.
Federal Operations.
Volume No. 19, 1920.
Volume No. 20, 1921.
Volume No. 21, 1922.
Volume No. 22, 1923.
Volume No. 23, 1924.
Volume No. 24, 1925.
Volume No. 25, 1926.
Volume No. 26, 1927.
Volume No. 27, 1928.
Volume No. 28, 1929.
Volume No. 29, 1930.
Volume No. 30, 1931.
Volume No. 31, 1932.
Volume No. 32, 1933.
Volume No. 33, 1934.
LocationBox
134.C.7.3B3Volume No. 34, 1935.
Volume No. 35, 1936.
Volume No. 36, 1937.
Volume No. 37, 1938.
Volume No. 38, 1939.
Volume No. 39, 1940.
Volume No. 40, 1941.
Volume No. 41, 1942.
Volume No. 42, 1943.
Volume No. 43, 1944.
Volume No. 44, 1945.
Volume No. 45, 1946.
Volume No. 46, 1947.
Volume No. 47, 1948.
Volume No. 48, 1949.
Volume No. 49, 1950.
Volume No. 50, 1951.
Volume No. 51, 1952.
Volume No. 52, 1953.
Volume No. 53, 1954.
Volume No. 54, 1955.
Volume No. 55, 1956.
Volume No. 56, 1957.
Volume No. 57, 1958.
Annual reports to Tax Commission of Washington:
Volume No. 58, 1933.
Volume No. 59, 1934.
Volume No. 60, 1935.
Volume No. 61, 1936.
Volume No. 62, 1937.
Volume No. 63, 1938.
LocationBox
134.C.7.4F4Volume No. 64, 1939.
Volume No. 65, 1940.
Volume No. 66, 1941.
Volume No. 67, 1942.
Volume No. 68, 1943.
Volume No. 69, 1944.
Volume No. 70, 1945.
Volume No. 71, 1946.

Expand/CollapseTo State of Wisconsin, 1883-1958

LocationBox
134.C.7.4F1Volume No. 1, 1883.
Volume No. 2, 1884.
Volume No. 3, 1885.
Volume No. 4, 1886.
Volume No. 5, 1887.
Volume No. 6, 1888.
Volume No. 7, 1889.
Volume No. 8, 1890.
Volume No. 9, 1891.
Volume No. 10, 1892.
Volume No. 11, 1893.
Volume No. 12, 1894.
Volume No. 13, 1895.
Volume No. 14, 1896.
Volume No. 15, July-August 31, 1896.
Volume No. 16, 1897.
Volume No. 17, 1898.
Volume No. 18, 1899.
Volume No. 19, 1900.
Volume No. 20, 1901.
Volume No. 21, 1902.
Volume No. 22, 1903.
Volume No. 23, 1904.
Volume No. 24, 1905.
Volume No. 25, 1906.
LocationBox
134.C.7.5B2Volume No. 26, 1907.
Volume No. 27, 1908.
Volume No. 28, 1909.
Volume No. 29, 1910.
Volume No. 30, 1911.
Volume No. 31, 1912.
Volume No. 32, 1913.
Volume No. 33, 1914.
Volume No. 34, June 30, 1915.
Volume No. 35, December 31, 1915.
Volume No. 36, June 30, 1916.
Volume No. 37, December 31, 1916.
Volume No. 38, 1917.
Volume No. 39, 1918.
Volume No. 40, 1918.
Federal Operations.
Volume No. 41, 1919.
Volume No. 42, 1919.
Federal Operations.
Volume No. 43, 1920.
Volume No. 44, 1921.
Volume No. 45, 1922.
Volume No. 46, 1923.
Volume No. 47, 1924.
Volume No. 48, 1925.
Volume No. 49, 1926.
Volume No. 50. 1927.
Volume No. 51, 1928.
LocationBox
134.C.7.6F3Volume No. 52, 1929.
Volume No. 53, 1930.
Volume No. 54, 1931.
Volume No. 55, 1932.
Volume No. 56, 1933.
Volume No. 57, 1934.
Volume No. 58, 1935.
Volume No. 59, 1936.
Volume No. 60, 1937.
Volume No. 61, 1938.
Volume No. 62, 1939.
Volume No. 63, 1940.
Volume No. 64, 1941.
Volume No. 65, 1942.
Volume No. 66, 1943.
Volume No. 67, 1944.
Volume No. 68, 1945.
Volume No. 69, 1946.
Volume No. 70, 1947.
Volume No. 71, 1948.
Volume No. 72, 1949.
Volume No. 73, 1950.
Volume No. 74, 1951.
Volume No. 75, 1952.
Volume No. 76, 1953.
Volume No. 77, 1955.
Volume No. 78, 1955.
Volume No. 79, 1956.
Volume No. 80, 1957.
Volume No. 81, 1958.
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134.C.8.1B4Annual reports to Tax Commission of Wisconsin:
Volume No. 82, 1900.
Volume No. 83, 1908.
Volume No. 84, 1909.
Volume No. 85, 1910.
Volume No. 86, 1911.
Volume No. 87, 1912.
Volume No. 88, 1913.
Volume No. 89, 1914.
Volume No. 90, 1915.
Volume No. 91, 1916.
Volume No. 92, 1917.
Volume No. 93, 1918.
Volume No. 94, 1919.
Volume No. 95, 1920.
Volume No. 96, 1921.
Volume No. 97, 1922.
Volume No. 98, 1923.
Volume No. 99, 1924.
Volume No. 100, 1925.
Volume No. 101, 1926.
Volume No. 102, 1927.
Volume No. 103, 1928.
Volume No. 104, 1929.
Volume No. 105, 1930.
Volume No. 106, 1931.
Volume No. 107, 1932.
Volume No. 108, 1933.
Volume No. 109, 1934.
Volume No. 110, 1935.
Volume No. 111, 1936.
LocationBox
134.C.8.2F5Volume No. 112, 1937.
Volume No. 113, 1938.
Volume No. 114, 1939.
Volume No. 115, 1940.
Volume No. 116, 1941.
Volume No. 117, 1942.
Volume No. 118, 1943.
Volume No. 119, 1944.
Volume No. 120, 1945.
Volume No. 121, 1946.

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Expand/CollapseFINANCIAL RECORDS

Expand/CollapseNew York Office general journals, 1868-1896

This set of general journals was apparently kept by the corporate treasurer's office in New York. They have been cataloged with the Comptroller's records in order that the general books of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company may be found in one place.
Related Material: A separate set of general journals for the same time period was kept by the Assistant Treasurer/General Auditor. They are described elsewhere in this collection.
LocationBox
136.G.9.3B1 October 1868-December 1874. 3 volumes.
LocationBox
136.G.9.4F2 July 1879-January 1885, February 1892-December 1894. 4 volumes.
LocationBox
136.G.9.5B3 December 1894-August 1896.
Receivers, August 1893-August 1896.

Expand/CollapseNew York Office general ledgers, 1879-1896

This set of general ledgers was apparently kept by the corporate treasurer's office in New York. They have been cataloged with the Comptroller's records in order that the general books of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company may be found in one place.
Related Material: A separate set of general ledgers for the same time period was kept by the Assistant Treasurer/General Auditor. They are described elsewhere in this collection.
LocationBox
136.G.9.7B1 July 1879-January 1885. 2 volumes.
LocationBox
136.G.9.8F2 February 1892-June 1896.
Receivers, August 1893-August 1896.

Expand/CollapseAuditor's general journals, 1872-1899

This set of general journals was apparently kept by the office of the Assistant Treasurer/General Auditor in St. Paul and Brainerd, Minnesota. They have been cataloged with the Comptroller's records in order that the general books of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company might appear in one place.
Related Material: A separate set of general journals for the same time period was kept by the corporate Treasurer in New York. They are described elsewhere in this collection.
LocationBox
138.E.5.21 July 1872-January 1874.
LocationBox
138.E.5.32 February 1874-December 1875. 2 volumes.
LocationBox
138.E.5.43 October 1875-February 1879.
LocationBox
138.E.5.54 March 1879-October 1883. 2 volumes.
LocationBox
138.E.5.65 November 1883-December 1884.
LocationBox
138.E.5.76 January 1885-June 1886.
LocationBox
138.E.5.87 July 1886-June 1889. 2 volumes.
LocationBox
136.G.9.6F8 July 1889-June 1899. 3 volumes.
LocationBox
136.G.9.7B9Receivers, August 1893-August 1896. 2 volumes.

Expand/CollapseAuditor's general ledgers, 1867-1897

This set of general ledgers was apparently kept by the office of the Assistant Treasurer/General Auditor in St. Paul and Brainerd, Minnesota. They have been cataloged with the Comptroller's records in order that the general books of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company might all be found in one place. Included with the main series of general ledgers are four volumes of auditor's ledgers which may be operating and construction ledgers.
Related Material: A separate set of general ledgers for the same time period was kept by the corporate Treasurer in New York. They are described elsewhere in this collection.
LocationBox
138.E.6.11 May 1867-September 1874. 3 volumes.
LocationBox
138.E.6.22 November 1874-April 1875.
LocationBox
138.E.6.33 September 1876-August 1878.
LocationBox
138.E.6.44 September 1878-June 1879.
LocationBox
138.E.6.55 September-December 1879.
LocationBox
138.E.6.66 July 1884-June 1891. 2 volumes.
LocationBox
136.G.10.1B7 July 1891-June 1897.
Receivers, August 1893-August 1896.
LocationBox
138.E.6.78General Ledger, July 1872-January 1875.
LocationBox
138.E.6.89General Ledger, February-December 1875.
LocationBox
138.E.7.110General Ledger, October 1875-June 1884.
Construction Ledger (?), 1890-1891.

Expand/CollapseReceiver's liquidation accounts ledgers, 1892-1903

This set of subsidiary ledgers documents the finances involved in liquidating the assets of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. The volumes are organized by accounts.
Location
136.G.9.5B 1892-1903. 2 volumes.

Expand/CollapseAbstracts of construction expenditures, 1899-1919

This series of volumes documents all expenditures made in constructing new Northern Pacific rail line during the 1899-1919 period. Each volume is organized by line section, and within each geographic section the expenditures are entered chronologically. Each line item is abstracted to show the ledger account to which it was posted.
LocationBox
138.E.7.21Volume No. 1, July 1899-June 1903.
LocationBox
138.E.7.32Volume No. 2, July 1903-June 1906.
LocationBox
138.E.7.43Volume No. 3, July 1906-June 1907.
LocationBox
138.E.7.54Volume No. 4, July 1907-June 1909.
LocationBox
138.E.7.65Volume No. 5, July 1909-June 1910.
LocationBox
138.E.7.76Volume No. 6, July 1910-June 1911.
LocationBox
138.E.7.87Volume No. 7, July 1911-June 1912.
LocationBox
138.E.8.18Volume No. 8, July 1912-June 1913.
LocationBox
138.E.8.29Volume No. 9, July 1913-June 1914.
LocationBox
138.E.8.310Volume No. 10 and 11, July 1914-June 1916.
LocationBox
138.E.8.411Volume No. 12 and 13, July 1916-December 1915.
LocationBox
138.E.8.512Volume No. 14, January-December 1919.

Expand/CollapseBrief outline of general balance sheet accounts, circa 1930s

A typed list of standard ICC-mandated accounts forming regular components of the monthly Northern Pacific balance sheets and general ledger accounts. The section for each account (one or more pages in the volume) contains an explanation of the account, its purpose, and the particular sorts of asset or liability transactions that should be posted to it.
Location
137.K.7.1BManual for Northern Pacific Accounting Employees, circa 1930s. 1 volume.

Expand/CollapseReceiver's bank cash books, October 1895-December 1895

The volumes are a record of the receivers' management of Northern Pacific funds in various bank accounts in Montana, Oregon, and Washington during the three month period covered.
Location
136.G.8.6FVolume No. 1, Montana Banks.
Volume No. 2, Oregon and Washington Banks.

Expand/CollapseNorthern Pacific Railway Company and Northern Pacific Land Department journals, ledgers, and cashbooks, 1867-1956

Location
136.E.9.3BNorthern Pacific Land Department:
Volume No. 13, Ledger A, 1882-June 1897.
Location
132.I.6.4FVolume No. 13a, 1897-1916. 1 ledger.
Volume No. 13b, 1916-1956. 1 ledger.
Volume No. 13c, 1897-1916. 1 journal.
Location
136.E.9.3BVolume No. 14, Journal No. 2, 1916-1932.
Volume No. 15, Journal No. 3, 1932-1936.
Volume No. 16, 1884-1885. 1 cashbook.
Northern Pacific Land Department, Receivers:
Volume No. 17, 1894-1896. 1 cashbook.
Volume No. 18, 1896-1900. 1 cashbook.

Expand/CollapseFreight receipt ledger and journals, 1887-1895

Location
136.F.17.4FVolume No. 1, Ledger No. 2, 1887-June 1889.
Volume No. 2, Journal No. 4, April 1888-March 1889.
Volume No. 3, Journal No. 5, April 1889-February 1890.
Location
136.F.17.5BVolume No. 4, Journal No. 7, July 1891-June 1893.
Volume No. 5, Journal No. 1, Receivers, August 1893-October 1895.

Expand/CollapseNorthern Pacific statements of accounts and related statements, 1882-1970

LocationBox
137.J.18.10F1Northern Pacific statements of accounts, February 1882-June 1891.
Includes Northern Pacific Coal Company, 1887-June 1891; Northern Pacific Express Company, 1887-June 1891. Missing September 1887, June 1889.
LocationBox
137.J.19.1B2Northern Pacific statements of accounts, July 1891-August 1893.
Includes Chicago & Northern Pacific Railroad, July 1892-July 1893; Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway, July 1892-July 1893; Puget Sound & Alaska Steamship Company, July 1892-July 1893; Northern Pacific Express Company, July 1892-August 1893; Northern Pacific Coal Company, July 1892-July 1893.
Northern Pacific result of operations, Receivers, April 1894.
Northern Pacific statements of accounts, June 1894.
Includes Northern Pacific Express Company.
Northern Pacific balance sheets, Receivers, July 1894-June 1896.
Northern Pacific Balance sheets, Company, July 1894-June 1896.
Northern Pacific gross earnings and operating expenses in detail, Receivers, July 1894-June 1895.
LocationBox
137.J.19.2F3Northern Pacific statements of accounts, June 1895.
Northern Pacific earnings, operating expenses, tax and net earnings, June 1895.
Branch lines, earnings, operating expenses, tax and net earnings, June 1895.
Northern Pacific gross earnings and operating expenses in detail, June 1895.
Northern Pacific statements of accounts, June 1896-January 1897.
Daily cash statements, 1934-1935.
LocationBox
136.B.9.9B4Volume No. 1:
Northern Pacific statement of operating results, July 1896-June 1897.
Northern Pacific statement of accounts, March-June 1897. Includes Northern Pacific Express Company, Northern Pacific Coal Company, and Puget Sound & Alaska Steamship Company.
Volume No. 2, statements of accounts including statement of operating results, July 1897-June 1898.
Statements of accounts:
Volume No. 3, July 1898-June 1899.
Volume No. 4, July 1899-June 1900.
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136.B.9.10F5Volume No. 5, July 1900-June 1901.
Volume No. 6, July 1901-June 1902.
Volume No. 7, July 1902-June 1903.
Volume No. 8, July 1903-June 1904.
LocationBox
136.B.9.11B6Volume No. 9, July 1904-June 1905.
Volume No. 10, July 1905-June 1906.
Volume No. 11, July 1906-June 1907.
Volume No. 12, July 1907-June 1908.
LocationBox
136.B.9.12F7Volume No. 13, July 1908-June 1909.
Volume No. 14, July 1909-June 1910.
Volume No. 15, July 1910-June 1911.
Volume No. 16, July 1911-June 1912.
Volume No. 17, July 1912-June 1913.
LocationBox
136.F.13.2F8Volume No. 18, July 1913-June 1915.
Volume No. 19, July 1915-1916.
Volume No. 20, 1917-1918.
LocationBox
136.F.13.3B9Volume No. 21, 1919-1920.
Volume No. 22, 1921-1922.
Volume No. 23, 1923-1924.
LocationBox
136.B.9.13B10Volume No. 24, 1925-1926.
Volume No. 25, 1927-1928.
Volume No. 26, 1929-1930.
Volume No. 27, 1931-1932.
LocationBox
136.B.9.14F11Volume No. 28, 1933-1934.
Volume No. 29, 1935-1936.
Volume No. 30, 1937-1938.
Volume No. 31, 1939-1940.
LocationBox
136.B.9.15B12Volume No. 32, 1941-1942.
Volume No. 33, 1934-1944.
Volume No. 34, 1945-1946.
Volume No. 35, 1947-1948.
LocationBox
136.B.9.16F13Volume No. 36, 1949-1950.
Volume No. 37, 1951-1952.
Volume No. 38, 1953-1954.
Volume No. 39, 1955-1956.
LocationBox
136.B.10.1B14Volume No. 40, 1957-1958.
Volume No. 41, 1959-1960.
Volume No. 42, 1961-1962.
Volume No. 43, 1963-1964.
LocationBox
136.B.10.2F15Volume No. 44, 1965-1966.
Volume No. 45, 1967-1968.
Volume No. 46, 1969-March 1970.

Expand/CollapseUnited States Railroad Administration statement of accounts, 1918-1920

Location
138.D.11.8Monthly statements of accounts, 1918-1920. 1 volume.

Expand/CollapseNorthern Pacific Statement of Values, January 1, 1909

Location
132.I.6.5BVolume No. 1:
Statement of values, January 1, 1909, on land grant lands:
Wisconsin.
Minnesota.
North Dakota.
Wyoming.
St. Paul & Northern Pacific.
Little Falls & Dakota Railroad.
Selection Rights.
Volume No. 4:
Statement of Values, January 1, 1909, for:
Idaho.
Washington.
Oregon.

Expand/CollapseBills Audited registers and indexes, 1872-1879

Location
138.D.10.2Volume No. 1, Bills Audited Register, 1872-1875.
Volume No. 2, Index to Volume No. 1.
Location
138.D.10.3Volume No. 3, Bills Audited Register, 1875-1879.
Volume No. 4, Index to Volume 3.

Expand/CollapseRecord of bills issued from Auditor, 1882-1883

Location
138.D.10.4Volume No. 4, Record of Bills Issued from Auditors Office, 1882-1883.
Includes date of bill, against whom, for what, and amount of bill.

Expand/CollapseNorthern Pacific Railroad operating expenses and earnings, May-August 1873

Location
138.D.10.4Operating expenses and earnings, May-August 1873.
Entries by accounts divided by divisions with a total of all compared with the corresponding month of 1872.

Expand/CollapseRegisters of payroll and transfer vouchers, 1903-1919

LocationBox
138.D.11.11Volume No. 1, Northern Pacific Volume No. 3, September 1903-April 1907.
Volume No. 2, Northern Pacific Volume No. 4, May 1907-May 1909.
LocationBox
138.D.11.22Volume No. 3, Northern Pacific Volume No. 5, June 1909-December 1910.
Volume No. 4, Northern Pacific Volume No. 6, January 1911-April 1912.
LocationBox
138.D.11.33Volume No. 5, Northern Pacific Volume No. 7, May 1912-May 1913.
Volume No. 6, Northern Pacific Volume No. 8, June 1913-June 1914.
LocationBox
138.D.11.44Volume No. 7, Northern Pacific Volume No. 9, July 1914-September 1915.
Volume No. 8, Northern Pacific Volume No. 10, October 1915-October 1916.
LocationBox
138.D.11.55Volume No. 9, Northern Pacific Volume No. 11, November 1916-1917.
Volume No. 10, Northern Pacific Volume No. 12, January 1918-January 1919.

Expand/CollapseGross ton miles statistics, 1908-1942

Location
137.K.12.5BMiscellaneous statistics, 1908-1942.
1912-1913.
1913-1914.
1914-1915.
1915-1916.
1916-1917.

Expand/CollapseEquipment trusts, NWI and Cuyuna Realty Company, 1951-1967

Location
137.K.12.6FEquipment trusts between NWI and Cuyuna Realty Company as vendors and Northern Pacific Railway Company, 1951, 1954-1967.

Expand/CollapseEquipment trust details, 1947-1950

Location
137.K.11.8FEquipment trust details, 1947-1950.
Includes invoice, bill of sale, certificate of Agent of Trustee, certificate of Agent of Railway Company, certificate of cost, and opinion of counsel.

Expand/CollapseAnnual passenger statements, Northern Pacific and Minnesota & International [M&I], 1894-1955

Location
137.K.12.5BAnnual passenger reports of Northern Pacific and Predecessors, 1894-1917.
Annual individual state statements, revenue by ICC accounts, 1917-1955.
Annual statement of passengers carried; passengers one mile; revenue, interstate and intrastate, 1917-1955.
Annual statements: Comparative distribution of passenger revenue by state, 1917-1955.
Annual statements: Entire line revenue by accounts with statistical analysis, 1917-1955.
Minnesota and International Railway: Annual passenger statements, 1933-1941.

Expand/CollapseFreight commodity statistics, 1947-1960

Location
136.E.8.6FInterstate Commerce Commission, Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics: Freight Commodity Statistics, Class I Railroads in the United States, Annual reports:
Volume No. 1, 1947.
Volume No. 2, 1948.
Volume No. 3, 1949.
Volume No. 4, 1950.
Volume No. 5, 1951.
Volume No. 6, 1952.
Volume No. 7, 1953.
Volume No. 8, 1954.
Volume No. 9, 1955.
Volume No. 10, 1956.
Volume No. 11, 1957.
Volume No. 12, 1958.
Volume No. 13, 1959.
Volume No. 14, 1960.

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Expand/CollapseNORTHERN PACIFIC LAND DEPT. RECORDS

Expand/CollapseNorthern Pacific Land Department annual reports, 1933-1950

Location
137.K.12.7BAnnual reports, 1933-1950.
Includes comparative statement of land dept. operations for past 3 years; comparison of deferred payment account for past 2 years; comparative statement of gross land sales and consideration received for 10 years; comparative statement of gross cancellations for 10 years; comparative statement of net operations of 10 years; comparative statement of town lots, timber and miscellaneous for 3 years; expenses; comparative statement of expenses for 3 years; taxes; comparative statement of taxes for 22 years; general summary of taxes; taxes, Minnesota iron ore properties for 4 years; land grant adjustment; statement of patents received; mineral classification; land surveys; land in national forests; selection right sales; timber fire protection; Minnesota iron ore properties; coal mining leases and coal sales; comparative statement of operations under coal leases for 3 years; mineral leases and permits; comparative statement of receipts from mineral leases for 3 years; oil and gas development; summary of oil production in Montana; oil and gas permits; oil and gas leases; receipts from oil and gas leases; irrigation and power development; land sales; timber sales and stumpage prices; comparative statement of town lot sales for 3 years; grazing and cultivation leases; land examinations; geological division; summary of scrip operations; acreage account; deferred payment account; sales and cancellations; summary of operations of Northern Pacific Land Grant; summary of operations of Northern Pacific donated townsites; and consolidated summary of Land Grant operations. Missing 1937.

Expand/CollapseNorthern Pacific Irrigation Company land department records, 1902-1908

Location
137.K.12.8FWeekly reports:
Cash received from timber and miscellaneous sales.
Payments received on land contracts.
Timber and miscellaneous sales.
Sales of town lots.
Sales of land.
Payments received on town lot contracts.
Payments received on land contracts, January 1903-August 1908.
Missing November 1906.
Location
138.C.12.4Monthly record of land sales and collections, 1903-1908. 1 volume.
Consolidated reports, May 1902-July 1908.

Expand/CollapseCuyuna Iron Ore District reports by Carl Zapffe, 1922-1928

Includes detailed reports, usually monthly, summarizing the status of the mining operations in the Cuyuna Iron Ore District of Minnesota, prepared by Carl Zapffe, Northern Pacific geologist, for the years 1922-1928.
Some of the points covered in the reports are: general situation; growth of standard companies; developments and changes in the United States; new methods; taxation; productions, exports and imports; status of the individual mines in Minnesota; and total shipments.
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137.K.12.4FReports, 1922-1928. 7 folders.

Expand/CollapseNorthern Pacific and Northwestern Improvement Company [NWI] lease index, 1900-1956

An index giving lease number, with whom, date of instrument, expiration date, for what, cancelled or renewed.
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138.C.12.4 1900-1956. 1 volume.

Expand/CollapseNorthern Pacific and NWI mineral rights index, 1952-1953

An index of the mineral rights held by Northern Pacific and Northwestern Improvement Company, listed by state, county, township and range.
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138.C.12.4 1952-1953. 1 volume.

Expand/CollapseSchedule of deeds and leases executed, 1927-1928

Related Material: See Secretary and Assistant Secretary's Registered Correspondence elsewhere in the collection for copies of like schedules for 1900-1930.
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137.K.12.7BMonthly schedules of deeds and leases executed on behalf of the Northern Pacific Railway Company, 1927-1928. 6 folders.

Expand/CollapseNorthern Pacific Land Department, analysis of land grant deductions of traffic terminating on the Northern Pacific Railway, 1939-1940

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137.K.12.7BMonthly statements by individual departments, military and nonmilitary, showing location from where shipped and destination; commodity; and the Northern Pacific revenue, with a summary sheet for each month, January 1939-August 1940, October 1940. 2 folders.
Includes Military Depts.: War and Navy, Non-military Depts: Agriculture, Commerce, Farm Credit Administration, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, Federal Housing Administration, Federal Prison Industries, Home Owners Loan, Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation, Interior, Justice, Labor, National Youth Administration, Post Office, Production Credit Corporation, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Social Security Board, Treasury, Veterans Administration, and Works Progress Administration.

Expand/CollapseLand Department record of deferred payments due on contracts, 1916-1951

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138.D.11.8Volume No. 1, Montana and Timber and Miscellaneous Receipts, 1916-1930.
Volume No. 2:
Montana, 1923-1927.
St. Paul & Northern Pacific, 1920-1930.
Idaho, 1923-1930.
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138.D.12.1Volume No. 3:
St. Paul & Northern Pacific, 1930-1951.
St. Paul & Duluth, 1930-1951.
Little Falls and Dakota, 1930-1951.
Idaho, 1930-1951.
Washington, 1930-1951.
Washington Timber and miscellaneous, 1930-1951.
Oregon, 1930-1951.
Idaho Timber and miscellaneous, 1930-1951.
Cheney, Pasco, Easton, Ellensburg, Washington, 1930-1951.
Miscellaneous receipts, Washington and Oregon, 1930-1951.
Yakima Town Lots, 1930-1951.
Hayden Lake Cottage Tracts, 1930-1951.
Smythe Lands, 1930-1951.
Volume 4:
Wisconsin, 1930-1951.
Minnesota, 1930-1951.
North Dakota, 1930-1951.
Montana, 1930-1951.
Williston and Glendive, Montana townsites, 1930-1951.
Wyoming, 1930-1951.
Montana Timber and miscellaneous, 1930-1951.
Miles City, Livingston, and Helena, Montana town properties, 1930-1951.

Expand/CollapseRecord of Deferred accounts, 1893-1928

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138.C.12.8Record of Outstanding Balances due on Land Contracts:
Volume No. 1, Western District, 1898-1902, 1916-1920.
Volume No. 2, Western District, 1904-1930.
Volume No. 3, Minnesota Division, 1897-1900.
Volume No. 4, Minnesota Division, 1897-1928.
Volume No. 5:
St. Paul and Northern Pacific, 1897-1923.
Idaho Division, 1897-1928.
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138.C.13.1Volume No. 6, Dakota Division, 1897-1900.
Volume No. 7, Pend d'Oreille Division, 1893-1898.
Volume No. 8, Pacific Division, 1893-1898.
Volume No. 9, Missouri and Montana Division, 1893-1924.
Volume No. 10, Montana Division, 1893-1899, 1918-1923.

Expand/CollapseRecord of mining leases and royalties, 1929-1957

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138.F.7.1Volume No. 1:
Cuyuna Realty Company.
Crow Wing Realty Company.
St. Paul & Northern Pacific.
St. Paul & Duluth.
Volume No. 2:
Minnesota.
North Dakota.
Montana.
Wyoming.
Idaho.
Washington.
Oregon.

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Expand/CollapseOIL DEVELOPMENT DEPT.

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138.F.7.1Balance Sheets, 1953-1969. 1 volume.
Balance sheets covering oil wells in Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming for the years 1953-1969.

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Expand/CollapseEQUIPMENT

Expand/CollapseHistorical record of railroad cars: Northern Pacific and St. Paul & Duluth, undated

Includes undated records, by car number, kept by the railroad on each car classified as to type of car usually giving the complete history which includes the builder, date built, dimensions, type of equipment, special features, record of repairs and remarks including such things as number change, sold to other companies, destroyed, etc. The cars recorded were built during the period of the 1870s to early 1900s.
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138.D.7.81Box Cars:
Volume No. 1, Nos. 2000-3999.
Volume No. 2, Nos. 4000-5999.
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138.D.8.12Volume No. 3, Nos. 6000-8999.
Volume No. 4, Nos. 9000-11,999.
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138.D.8.23Volume No. 5, Nos. 12,000-14,999.
Volume No. 6, Nos. 17,000-19,999.
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138.D.8.34Volume No. 7, Nos. 32,000-34,999.
Volume No. 8, Nos. 35,000-37,999.
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138.D.8.45Volume No. 9, Nos. 38,000-39,999.
Volume No. 10, Nos. 35,000-35,199; 40,000-40,393; Logging Flat Cars Nos. 60,000-60,189; Flat Cars Nos. 65,000-65,544.
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138.D.8.56Volume No. 11, Nos. 2000-3703 (old 11,000-12,000 Nos.), Nos. 8565-9983.
Volume No. 12, Nos. 6000-7999.
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138.D.8.67Flat Cars:
Volume No. 13, Nos. 20,000-22,999.
Volume No. 14, Nos. 23,000-25,999.
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138.D.8.78Volume No. 15, Nos. 65,000-67,999.
Volume No. 16, Nos. 68,000-69,999.
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138.D.8.89Volume No. 17, Nos. 80,000-81,999.
Volume No. 18, Nos. 20,000-21,980.
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138.D.9.110Volume No. 19, Nos. 21,981-23,884.
Coal Cars:
Volume No. 20, Nos. 50,000-52,999.
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138.D.9.211Volume No. 21, Nos. 53,000-54,999; 59,945-59,999; 70,000-70,310; 79,700-79,999.
Volume No. 22, Nos. 73,000-75,999.
Includes blueprint of side dump gondola, 1905.
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138.D.9.312Volume No. 23, Nos. 50,000-52,799.
Maintenance of Way Cars:
Volume No. 24, Nos. 30,000-31,999.
Mostly box cars.
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138.D.9.413Volume No. 25, Stock Cars, Nos. 15,000-17,999.
Volume No. 26, Lidgerwood Ballastast, Ore Dump, and stock, Nos. 82,000-84,999.
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138.D.9.514Volume No. 27, Passenger, Caboose, Sleeper, Emigrant, Mail and other miscellaneous cars, Nos. 0-1999.
Sleepers organized by name.
Volume No. 28, Passenger, Caboose, Sleeper, Emigrant, Mail and other miscellaneous cars, Nos. 1-1999.
Alphabetical list of sleepers in rear of volume.
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136.F.13.4F15Volume No. 29, Miscellaneous equipment.
Includes index on page 1.
Volume No. 30, Miscellaneous equipment.
Includes index on pages 2-5.
Volume No. 31, Miscellaneous equipment.
Includes index on inside cover.
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136.F.13.5B16Volume No. 32, Miscellaneous equipment.
Includes index on inside cover.
St. Paul and Duluth Records:
Volume No. 33, Mail, Baggage, Express, Passenger, Sleeping Cars, Caboose, Flat, Box, Stock, Wrecking, etc.
Volume No. 34, Caboose, Flat, Box, Stock, Wrecking, etc.

Expand/CollapseHistorical record of locomotives, Nos. 101-300, undated

Undated records, by engine number, kept by the railroad, giving the history of each engine from the 1880s to early 1900s. Included in the information recorded is: builder, builder number, date received, type, general description, boiler, engine truck, machinery, tender, and repair details.
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M373Microfilm:
Historical record of locomotives, Nos. 101-300. 1 microfilm reel.
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138.D.9.6Closed originals:
RESTRICTED. The original volumes are restricted. Researchers are directed to use the microfilm (M373).
Volume 1, Nos. 101-200.
Volume 2, Nos. 201-300.

Expand/CollapseFuel records, 1894-1919, 1924-1926, 1940-1945, 1953-1964

Includes records of purchases from 1894-1919 of Eastern, Illinois, Montana, Roslyn, Coast, Lignite, Red Lodge, Ravensdale and Melmont, Wingate, Bridger, and Hard coals, Briquettes, Wood, Fuel oil, and Gasoline, including from whom purchased and total dollar amount.
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136.F.13.6FVolume No. 1, Receivers, July 1894-August 1896.
Volume No. 2, September 1896-April 1906.
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138.D.9.7Volume No. 3, May 1906-January 1912.
Volume No. 4, February 1912-February 1919.
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136.B.10.5BFuel summaries, Main Line and Branch Lines, January 1924-April 1926.
Arranged monthly by division.
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138.D.9.8Package 1, Fuel Receipts and Disbursements, 1940-1945.
Includes detailed monthly reports by divisions.
Package 2, Fuel Receipts and Disbursements, 1953-1954.
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138.D.10.1Package 3, Fuel Receipts and Disbursements, 1955-1959.
Package 4, Fuel Receipts and Disbursements, 1960-1964.

Expand/CollapseLocomotive mileage reports, 1943-1947

Monthly reports of the mileage of individual locomotives by division for the years 1943-1947.
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137.K.13.4F January-June 1943.
July-December 1943.
January-June 1944.
July-December 1944.
January-June 1945.
July-December 1945.
January-June 1946.
July-December 1946.
January-June 1947.
July-December 1947.

Expand/CollapseEquipment destroyed, 1895-1913

Record of equipment destroyed, listed by type, giving the car number; date, place, and how destroyed; builder; date built; and capacity.
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137.K.13.4FVolume No. 1, 1898-1905.
Volume No. 2, 1905-1908.
Volume No. 3, 1907-1913.

Expand/CollapseNorthern Pacific equipment renewal fund, 1910-1949

Equipment classified as Freight or Work, then listed by type; car number; why, where and date destroyed; original cost; salvage, depreciation, and retirement amount.
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136.B.10.3B 1910-1914, 1916, 1921-1924, 1928, 1930, 1935-1940.
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136.B.10.4F 1941-November 1949.

Expand/CollapseSt. Paul & Duluth equipment renewal fund, 1907-1908

Equipment listed by type of car, how and date destroyed, and amount.
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136.B.10.4FVolume No. 1, May 1907-1908.

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Expand/CollapseEMPLOYEE AND PAYROLL

Expand/CollapsePayroll, overtime, and overtime percentages comparative statements, 1964-1966

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136.F.15.1BMonthly statements of departmental forces, excluding clerical and supervisory, payrolls, overtime, and percentage of overtime with the same month of the previous year, May 1964-August 1966.

Expand/CollapsePension study, 1934

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136.F.15.1BStudy of office employees, 1934.
Includes lists of employees organized by name, including amount of refund under Railroad Retirement Act; yearly earnings; month and year of birth: date and age when entering service.

Expand/CollapseRecord of payrolls audited, 1895-1908

Record of payrolls by department or division showing gross amount, deductions, and net amount.
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136.F.13.7BVolume No. 1, July 1895-August 1896.
Little Falls and Dakota, Land, and Puget Sound & Alaska Steamship Company are listed separately in the back of the volume.
Volume No. 2, September 1896-June 1898.
Little Falls and Dakota, Land, and Puget Sound & Alaska Steamship Company are listed separately in the back of the volume.
Volume No. 3, July 1898-February 1900.
Montana Union Railway listed separately.
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136.F.13.8FVolume No. 4, October 1902-October 1903.
Volume No. 5, November 1903-November 1904.
Volume No. 6, December 1904-December 1905.
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136.F.14.1BVolume No. 7, January 1906-November 1906.
Volume No. 8, December 1906-December 1908.

Expand/CollapsePayroll registers, 1926-1963

Record of payrolls by department or division showing the monthly total, gross amount, deductions, and timechecks.
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136.F.14.2FVolume No. 1, 1926-1935.
Volume No. 2, 1936-1945.
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136.F.14.3BVolume No. 3, 1946-1950.
Volume No. 4, 1951-1955.
Volume No. 5, 1956-July 1963.

Expand/CollapseMexican employee registrations, 1943-1945 Railroad Retirement Board registration cards of Mexican employees, arranged alphabetically by letter, giving name, address, date and place of birth, name of father and mother, and social security number for the years 1943-1945.

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137.B.14.9BRegistration cards, 1943-1945.

Expand/CollapseReport to ICC of employees, service and compensation, 1921-1967

Monthly report to ICC of employees, service and compensation by division: 1. Executives, officials and staff assistants; 2. Professional, clerical and general; 3. Maintenance of way and structures; 4. Maintenance of equipment and stores; 5. Transportation (other than train, engine and yard) 6. Transportation.
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136.F.14.4F1Volume No. 1, July 1921-1926.
Volume No. 2, 1927-1931.
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136.F.14.5B2Volume No. 3, 1932-1934.
Volume No. 4, 1935-1937.
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136.F.14.6F3Volume No. 5, 1938-1940.
Volume No. 6, 1941-1944.
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136.F.14.7B4Volume No. 7, 1945-1948.
Volume No. 8, 1949-1953.
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136.F.14.8F5Volume No. 9, 1953-1955.
Volume No. 10, 1961-1963.
Includes May-December and annual 1964; January, February, December and annual 1965; December and annual, 1966; and January 1967.

Expand/CollapseClassified report of persons employed and wages paid, 1900

Monthly comparative statements by division for the employee classifications in the Transportation; Maintenance of Way; Conducting Transportation; Conductors and Brakemen; and Operating Departments.
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137.I.15.2FReports, 1900.

Expand/CollapseStandard force statements, 1925-1966

Statements of positions of railroad employees, divided into two groups, other than General Offices and General Offices. Information listed on these statements include: position title, location, number of persons in each category, and rate of pay.
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136.B.10.6F1Other than General Offices:
October 1925-April 1932.
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136.B.10.7B2 July 1932-Apri1 1938.
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136.B.10.8F3 July 1938-January 1943.
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136.B.10.9B4 April 1943-July 1947.
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136.B.10.10F5 October 1947-January 1953.
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136.B.10.11B6 April 1953-April 1958.
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136.B.10.12F7 July 1958-Ju1y 1966.
General Offices:
1932-1941.
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136.B.10.13B8 1942-1952.
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136.B.10.14F9 1953-1966.
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136.B.13.4F10King Street Passenger Station, 1944-1954.
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Company, 1933-1950. 4 folders.
St. Paul Union Depot Company, 1961-1964. 2 folders.
Minnesota Transfer Railway Company, 1961-1964. 2 folders.
Camas Prairie Railroad Company, 1930-1949. 2 folders.
Northern Pacific Transport Company, 1943-1955.

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Expand/CollapseCONTRACTS AND LEASES

Expand/CollapseLease records, 1900-1920

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138.D.10.51Volume No. 1, Northern Pacific Volume No. 2, 1900-1901.
Leases recorded by month, then number and date, showing lessee, address, and nature of lease.
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138.D.10.62Volume No. 2, Northern Pacific Volume No. 3, 1902-1906.
Leases recorded by month, then number and date, showing lessee, address, and nature of lease.
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138.D.10.73Volume No. 3, Northern Pacific Volume No. 4, 1907-1914.
Arranged alphabetically by town.
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138.D.10.84Volume No. 4, Northern Pacific Volume No. 5, 1913-1920.
Arranged alphabetically by town.

Expand/CollapseContract and lease records, 1871-1904

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138.D.10.4Volume No. 1, Leases on land, 1894-1904.
Volume No. 2, Contract and lease index, 1871-1892.
Volume No. 3, Contract and lease index, 1884-1900.

Expand/CollapseContract and lease records, 1910-1925

Balances and collections on contracts numerically by number. The volume contains a list of purchaser, sales, down payment, collections and balance of each contract.
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132.I.6.5B 1910-1925. 1 volume.

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Expand/CollapseMISCELLANEOUS

Expand/CollapseReorganization records: General lien and prior lien bonds, 1870-1970s

Following the second financial collapse of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company during the 1893 Depression, the company was reorganized by a committee of bondholders, and the management of the reorganization was assumed by J. P. Morgan & Company. The reorganized firm, known thenceforth as the Northern Pacific Railway Company, was officially established on August 31, 1896, via the acquisition and reorganization of the Superior and St. Croix Railroad Company, a Wisconsin corporation. In order to finance the new company, and to retire the debt inherited from the bankrupt predecessor and its branch lines, the Northern Pacific Railway issued two separate bonds on November 10, 1896: (1) a Prior Lien Mortgage (4 percent gold bonds) having a par value of $130 Million and due January 1, 1997. (2) a General Lien Mortgage (3 percent gold bonds) having a par value of $190 Million and due January 1, 2047. $130 Million of the general lien bonds could be used to retire the prior lien issue.
The first three boxes of records contain documents emanating directly from and documenting the 1896 corporate reorganization and the two bond issues. The remaining records are primarily concerned with later efforts by the Northern Pacific and the Burlington Northern to receive federal tax credits on post-1955 taxes for previously unclaimed discount costs and financing expenses ($28,290,435) stemming from the two mortgages. The unclaimed deductions became part of the Northern Pacific's Account 80: Other Elements of Investment. The records include working papers, accounting statistics, photocopied reorganization records, reports, and exhibits pertaining to Account 80 and the amortization of reorganization bond expenses.
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129.K.14.2F1Bound Reorganization Documents:
Volume I: Northern Pacific Railroad Company annual reports, 1876-1886.
Volume II: Northern Pacific Railroad Company annual reports, 1887-1895.
Volume III: Northern Pacific Railroad Company main line mortgages (1870-1889), and collateral trust indentures, 1893.
Volume IV: Branch line mortgages, 1882-1893.
Volume V: Branch line mortgages, 1877-1890.
Volume XII: Branch line reports, construction and finance, 1895-1896.
Volume XIII: Agreements for deposits, circulars, bulletins, plan, and statements, 1880s-1890s.
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129.K.14.3B2Volume XIV: Charters, deeds, and mortgages, 1875, 1896-1897.
Volume XV: Syndicate agreements, circulars, committees, voting trusts, by-laws, statistics, and reports, 1895-1897.
Volume XVI: Reports, distribution of securities, income accounts, branch line statistics, fixed charges.
Volume XVIII: Minutes of Northern Pacific directors' meetings, 1871-1895.
Volume XIX:
Minutes of stockholders' meetings: Superior and St. Croix Railroad Company, 1871-1896.
Minutes of Northern Pacific stockholders' meetings, July-November 1896.
Volume XX: Minutes of Northern Pacific directors' meetings, 1896-1897.
Duplicate copies of minutes, which also contain printed texts of prior lien and general lien mortgages. 2 volumes.
Lease agreement between Chicago & Northern Pacific Railroad Company and Northern Pacific Railroad Company, 1892. 1 volume.
Lease agreement between Wisconsin Central Lines and Northern Pacific Railroad, 1890. 1 volume.
General Auditor's statistics, 1880s. 1 volume.
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129.K.14.4F3Correspondence and corporate and legal documents (typed copies) regarding Northern Pacific mortgages, 1890s-1940s.
Original purchase agreements for rail used in original construction of Northern Pacific Railroad, 1880s. 1 packet.
Exhibits prepared for ICC report: Cost of construction and improvement of properties acquired in 1896 reorganization. 1 packet.
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129.K.14.5B41926 accounting report to ICC on Northern Pacific valuation. 1 volume.
Replaces 1922 report.
Miscellaneous contracts, agreements, mortgage documents, and other reorganization papers, 1881-1932:
Volume 1:
Northern Pacific Railway Company:
Charter, March 15, 1870.
By-laws, as amended:
August 27, 1913.
July 25, 1917.
January 23, 1918.
April 26, 1922.
Abstract of Prior Lien and General Lien Mortgages.
Prior Lien Mortgage, November 10, 1896:
First supplement, December 16, 1898.
Second supplement, February 21, 1902.
Third supplement, December 6, 1905.
Fourth supplement, October 11, 1911.
General Lien Mortgage, November 10, 1896:
First supplement, February 21, 1902.
Second supplement, December 6, 1905.
Third supplement, November 20, 1929.
St. Paul, Duluth Division Mortgage, June 15, 1900.
First supplement, July 1, 1902.
Second supplement, July 1, 1902.
Third supplement, June 1, 1920.
Contract respecting application of Net Proceeds of St. Paul and Duluth Railroad Company Lands and Land Contracts, November 15, 1900.
Equipment Trust of 1920, May 15, 1920.
Equipment Trust of 1922, August 15, 1922.
Equipment Trust of 1925, March 15, 1925.
St. Paul and Duluth Railroad Company:
First mortgage, July 1, 1881:
First supplement, September 20, 1918.
Second supplement, July 25, 1929.
First Consolidated Mortgage, June 1, 1898.
First supplement, November 28, 1932.
Washington and Columbia River Railway Company:
First mortgage, March 1, 1895.
First supplement, November 20, 1929.
Washington Central Railway Company, First mortgage, June 1, 1898.
Minnesota & International Railway Company, First mortgage, July 1, 1903.
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Company,
First mortgage, March 1, 1911.
Agreements: Northern Pacific Railway; Great Northern Railway Company; Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Company, February 16, 1911.
Volume 2:
Syndicate agreement, J. P. Morgan & Company, Deutsche Bank, March 16, 1896.
Voting trustees agreement, December 1, 1896.
Opinion of Attorney General of United States, February 8, 1897.
Official Statement of Northern Pacific Railway Company, December 1, 1896.
Prospectus of the Northern Pacific Railway Company, December 1, 1896.
Analysis showing outstanding stocks and bonds, January 1, 1897.
Report and accounts of J. P. Morgan & Company reorganization managers, March 16, 1896.
Contract respecting application of net proceeds of St. Paul and Duluth lands, etc. Northwestern Improvement Company, Northern Pacific Railway Company, Guaranty Trust Company trustee.
Trust indenture securing Northern Pacific; Great Northern; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy collateral 4 percent bonds, July 1, 1901.
Supplement to trust indenture, November 26, 1912.
Agreement relating to Chicago, Burlington & Quincy stock, July 1, 1901.
By-laws, St. Paul & Duluth Railroad Company.
Amended June 22, 1887.
Miscellaneous unbound contracts, agreements, mortgage documents, and other reorganization and Account 80 papers, 1875-1927. 4 folders.
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129.K.14.6F5Photocopies of financial pages of Commercial and Financial Chronicle and New York Times, 1896.
Photocopies of New York office records regarding reorganization bonds.
Correspondence and working papers regarding Account 80 (Amortization of bonds and appropriate tax reductions), 1890s-1970s.
Includes copies of old New York office documents.
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129.K.14.7B6Correspondence and working papers regarding Account 80, 1890s-1970s.
Includes copies of old New York office documents.
Working papers and supporting data regarding additional tax deduction claimed for amortization of discount and expense on prior lien and general lien bonds, 1955-1962.
Correspondence regarding bond purchases for sinking fund, 1941-1949.
Final report on Northern Pacific bond discount not claimed on tax returns, 1970s.
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137.G.13.1B7A study of problems related to Account 80: Other elements of investment, October 1971. 4 volumes.
Includes data on original cost and exhibits A and B.
Schedules and working papers: ICC audit of J. P. Morgan & Company as reorganization managers of Northern Pacific Railroad Company, December 1923. 1 volume.
Extracts from engineering department annual reports regarding construction, 1881-1910. 1 volume.
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129.K.14.8FMicrofilm:
New York Times, 1896. 12 rolls, 35mm positive film.
National Archives Microfilm, Rolls NCWR 71.63, 71.49. ICC Records: Plan and agreement of reorganization of Northern Pacific and related documents filed with ICC, 1896-1897. 2 rolls, 35mm negative film.
J.P. Morgan & Company Records: Bond records regarding Northern Pacific reorganization bonds. 9 rolls negative 35mm film, 3 rolls negative 16mm film.
Records kept by J. P. Morgan & Company on sale and management of Northern Pacific reorganization bonds.

Expand/CollapseMiscellaneous records of affiliated companies, 1927-1964

This series includes records of seven companies: Chinook Motor Freight, Inc. (1955-1964); Humphries Transport Company (1939-1962); Manitoba Railway Company (1931-1939); South Counties Motor Freight Company (1957-1961); T.I.S., Inc. (1957-1962); United Transfer and Storage Company (1927-1957)[name changed from United Bell Rings Transfer and Storage Company by vote of directors on April 11, 1949]; and Zirbel Truck Lines, Inc. (1947-1962).
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135.A.20.3B1Chinook Motor Freight, Inc.:
Corporate records, 1955-1963. 2 folders.
Includes articles of incorporation, by-laws, minutes of directors and stockholders meetings, correspondence and papers regarding legal matters.
Stock certificates, 1955-1962.
Correspondence regarding tax assessment matters, 1964.
General ledger, 1958-1963.
Traffic detail, July 1958-January 1961.
Payroll books, 1961-1962.
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129.F.4.7B2Volume No 1, Cash receipt and disbursement ledger, 1961-1962.
Volume No. 2, Annual report to Washington Public Service Commission, 1959.
Volume No. 3, Annual report to Washington Public Service Commission, 1960.
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135.A.20.3B1Humphries Transport, Inc.:
Miscellaneous financial statements, 1955-1956.
Miscellaneous business licenses, 1951-1955.
Miscellaneous trial balances, December 1953-1956.
Depreciation schedules, 1949-1957.
Federal tax returns and work papers, 1939-1953.
Annual report to Tax Commission of Washington, 1947-1949, 1954, 1956.
Annual reports to ICC, 1949-1956.
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129.F.4.7B2Volume No. 1, Corporate record book, 1939-1962.
Includes articles of incorporation, by-laws, minutes of directors and stockholders meetings, and other papers.
Volume No. 2, Stock register, 1939-1954.
Volume No. 3, Stock register, 1940-1954.
Volume No. 4, Financial record book, 1955-1963.
Includes journal and ledger.
Volume No. 5, Annual report to Department of Public Service of Washington, 1943.
Volume No. 6, Annual report to Department of Public Service of Washington, 1944.
Volume No. 7, Annual report to Department of Transportation of Washington, 1945.
Volume No. 8, Annual report to Department of Transportation of Washington, 1946.
Volume No. 9, Annual report to Department of Transportation of Washington, 1947.
Volume No. 10, Annual report to Department of Transportation of Washington, 1948.
Volume No. 11, Annual report to Washington Public Service Commission, 1949.
Volume No. 12, Annual report to Washington Public Service Commission, 1950.
Includes annual report to Tax Commission of Washington.
Volume No. 13, Annual report to Washington Public Service Commission, 1951.
Includes annual report to Tax Commission of Washington.
Volume No. 14, Annual report to Washington Public Service Commission, 1952.
Includes annual report to Tax Commission of Washington.
Volume No. 15, Annual report to Washington Public Service Commission, 1953.
Includes annual report to Tax Commission of Washington.
Volume No. 16, Annual report to Washington Public Service Commission, 1954.
Volume No. 17, Annual report to Washington Public Service Commission, 1955.
Includes annual report to Tax Commission of Washington.
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135.A.20.3B1The Manitoba Railway Company:
Subject File No. 7361, Details of capital stock and funded debt outstanding on December 31, 1931, 1931-1933.
Subject File No. 7361-1, Information furnished the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Ottawa, Canada, 1938-1939.
South Counties Motor Freight Company:
Corporate record book, 1957-1958.
Includes articles of incorporation, by-laws, minutes of directors meetings.
Stock certificate book, 1957-1958.
Cash receipts and disbursements, 1959-1960.
Pay rolls, 1958-1959.
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129.F.4.7B2Volume No. 1, Financial record book, 1957-1961.
Includes general journal and ledger.
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135.A.20.3B1T.I.S. Inc.:
Corporate record book, 1951-1962.
Includes articles of incorporation, by-laws, stock certificates, stock transfer affidavits, minutes of directors and shareholders meetings, bills of sale, and other papers.
Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust file, 1958.
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129.F.4.7B2Volume No. 1, Ledger and journal, January 1957-January 1961.
United Transfer and Storage Company:
Volume No. 1, Company record book, 1927-1957.
Includes minutes of stockholders and directors meetings, licenses, miscellaneous notices and affidavits, and other records.
Volume No. 2, Stock register, 1927-1946.
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135.A.20.3B1Zirbel Truck Lines, Inc.:
Folder No. 1, Corporate record book, 1947-1959.
Includes articles of incorporation, by-laws, minutes of directors and stockholders meetings, stock selling agreements, and other records.
Folder No. 2:
Annual reports to Department of Transportation of Washington, 1947-1948.
See volumes 11-20 for other annual reports.
Annual reports to Washington Public Service Commission; 1949-1953, 1958-1959.
Annual reports to Public Utilities Commissioner of Oregon; 1948, 1952.
Annual report to Idaho Public Utilities Commission, September 30, 1952.
Annual reports to ICC, 1948-1949, 1951-1953.
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129.F.4.7B2Volume No. 1, Stock register, 1950-1954.
Volume No. 2, Journal, October 1950-September 1951.
Volume No. 3, Journal, October 1951-September 1952.
Volume No. 4, Journal, October 1952-August 1953.
Volume No. 5, Journal, January 1955-December 1962.
Volume No. 6, Journal, Truck Account, July 1950-December 1950.
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129.F.4.8F3Volume No. 7, General ledger, October 1954-December 1955.
Volume No. 8, Transport Division ledger, January 1956-December 1961.
Volume No. 9, Wood By-Products Division ledger, January-June 1957.
Volume No. 10, Receipts and disbursements ledger, 1959-1961.
Volume No. 11, Annual report to Washington Public Service Commission, 1954.
Volume No. 12, Annual report to Washington Public Service Commission, 1956.
Volume No. 13, Annual report to Washington Public Service Commission, 1957.
Volume No. 14, Annual report to Public Utilities Commissioner of Oregon, 1951.
Volume No. 15, Annual report to Public Utilities Commissioner of Oregon, 1953.
Volume No. 16, Annual report to Public Utilities Commissioner of Oregon, 1954.
Volume No. 17, Annual report to Idaho Public Utilities Commission, 1953.
Volume No. 18, Annual report to Idaho Public Utilities Commission, 1954.
Volume No. 19, Annual report to ICC, 1954.
Volume No. 20, Annual report to ICC, 1955.

Expand/CollapsePersonal injury records, 1901-1930

The personal injury records are divided into the following categories: Western Division (Idaho, Washington, Oregon) 1901-1907; Middle Division (Montana, Idaho) 1901-1907; Eastern Division (Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Montana) 1901-1907; Washington 1907-1930; Idaho 1907-1920; Montana 1908-1928; Dakota 1922-1929; and Minnesota 1917-1926. All volumes are indexed by surname of person involved and the information includes file number, date, name and occupation of individual, place of accident, train, age, nature of injury, description of accident, time disabled, remarks and settlement data. Some of the volumes are missing.
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136.F.16.6F1File Nos. 1-2424, Volume No. 1, Washington No. 1, July 1907-October 1908.
File Nos. 2425-4643, Volume No. 2, Washington No. 2, November 1908-December 1909.
File Nos. 4644-7041, Volume No. 3, Washington No. 3, November 1909-April 1911.
File Nos. 7042-8673, Volume No. 4, Washington No. 4, April. 1911-April 1912.
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136.F.16.7B2File Nos. 8674-10375, Volume No. 5, Washington No. 5, January 1912-December 1912.
File Nos. 10376-11992, Volume No. 6, Washington No. 6, December 1912-August 1913.
File Nos. 13702-15341, Volume No. 7, Washington No. 8, February 1914-October 1914.
File Nos. 15342-16095, Volume No. 8, Washington No. 9, October 1914-February 1915.
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136.F.16.8F3File Nos. 16096-17758, Volume No. 9, Washington No. 10, February 1915-October 1915.
File Nos. 17759-18080, 1-1266, Volume No. 10, Washington No. 11, October 1915-Ju1y 1916.
File Nos. 1267-2838, Volume No. 11, Washington No. 12, July 1916-March 1917.
File Nos. 2839-4921, Volume No. 12, Washington No. 13, March 1917-February 1918.
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138.D.11.74File Nos. 4922-7923, Volume No. 13, Washington No. 14, January 1918-September 1919.
File Nos. 16798-19978, Volume No. 14, Washington No. 18, October 1924-October 1926.
File Nos. 22730-25610, Volume No. 15, Washington No. 20, August 1928-September 1930.
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136.F.17.2F5File Nos. 1-1377, 1-580, Volume No. 16, Idaho No. 1, July 1907-February 1920.
File Nos. 2467-4771, Volume No. 17, Montana No. 2, December 1908-May 1910.
File Nos. 4772-6814, Volume No. 18, Montana No. 3, May 1910-May 1912.
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136.F.17.3B6File Nos. 8543-10235, Volume No. 19, Montana No. 5, July 1913-November 1914.
File Nos. 10236-11504, 1-535, Volume No. 20, Montana No. 6, November 1914-May 1916.
File Nos. 536-2325, Volume No. 21, Montana No. 7, May 1916-June 1917.
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138.D.12.27File Nos. 2326-5386, Volume No. 22, Montana No. 8, June 1917-November 1919.
File Nos. 5387-8433, Volume No. 23, Montana No. 9, November 1919-September 1922.
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138.D.12.38File Nos. 8434-11391, Volume No. 24, Montana No. 10, September 1922-June 1925.
File Nos. 11392-14267, Volume No. 25, Montana No. 11, June 1925-June 1928.
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138.D.12.49File Nos. 2770-5889, Volume No. 26, Minnesota No. 10, June 1917-May 1919.
File Nos. 11734-14838, Volume No. 27, Minnesota No. 13, July 1923-February 1926.
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138.D.12.510File Nos. 3501-6309, Volume No. 28, Dakota No. 5, August 1922-March 1929.
File Nos. 3869-7575, Volume No. 29, Middle Division No. 7, July 1901-February 1905.
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138.D.12.611File Nos. 7576-10439, Volume No. 30, Middle Division No. 8, February 1905-April 1907.
File Nos. 10440-10787, Volume No. 31, Middle Division No. 9, April 1907-June 1907.
File Nos. 10068-13634, Volume No. 32, Eastern Division No. 16, July 1901-April 1903.
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138.D.12.712File Nos. 13635-16397, Volume No. 33, Eastern Division No. 17, April 1903-November 1904.
File Nos. 16400-19075, Volume No. 34, Eastern Division No. 18, November 1904-May 1906.
File Nos. 19076-21980, Volume No. 35, Eastern Division No. 19, May 1906-June 1907.
File Nos. 21981-22209, Volume No. 36, Eastern Division No. 20, June 1907.
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138.D.12.813File Nos. 5566-9228, Volume No. 37, Western Division No. 10, July 1901-December 1903.
File Nos. 9229-11858, Volume No. 38, Western Division No. 11, January 1904-December 1905.
File Nos. 11859-14771, Volume No. 39, Western Division No. 12, January 1906-April 1907.
LocationBox
138.D.13.114File Nos. 14772-15374, Volume No. 40, Western Division No. 13, April-June 1907.

Expand/CollapseSuit records, 1909-1931

The suit records include losses for personal injuries, stock, fire, baggage and miscellaneous claims for 1909-1931 which resulted in legal cases covering the entire Northern Pacific line. Information recorded includes: file number, name, town and state, occupation, cause of accident, nature of injury, jurisdiction, status when sued, attorney, result, date and amount of settlement, and remarks.
Location
138.D.13.1Volume No. 41, June 1909-1922.
Volume No. 42, 1922-1931.

Expand/CollapseUS Railroad Administration circulars, 1918-1920

Includes mimeographed/printed copies of circulars and general orders issued by the Regional director and the Director General of the U.S. Railroad Administration, 1917-1920.
Location
134.L.19.4FVolume No. 1, Regional Director, Circulars, 1-143, January-July 1918.
Volume No. 2, Regional Director, Circulars, 1-97, July 1918-February 1920.
Volume No. 3, Director General, General Orders, 1-65, Circulars, 1-88, February 1918-September 1919, December 1917-December 1919.
Volume No. 4, Miscellaneous, 1918-1919.
Arranged by division/department. Originally kept in the Disbursement Accounting department records.
General subject index.

Expand/CollapseRecord of ties put in tract, 1891-1902

Location
136.F.15.1BVolume No. 2, Record of Ties Put in Track, 1891-1902.
Includes a monthly record by state and division listing the number of ties by type of wood and total cost.

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MHS Audio-Visual Library, Oral History Interviews:

Interview with Walter H. Goodyear, February 19, 1969: An oral history interview conducted by Helen M. White, MHS, with Goodyear, an employee of the Northern Pacific Freight Revenue Accounting Department. The interview focuses on Goodyear's railroad career, and on the organization and operation of the department, 1926-1968. 2 sound cassettes.

Interview with David T. Nicoll, June 26, 1969: An oral history interview conducted by Helen M. White, MHS, with Nicoll, an employee of the Northern Pacific Passenger and Station Accounting Department. The interview contains information on a variety of topics including Nicoll's own career (1942-68); competition of railroads with other transportation systems; safety factors involved in railroad transportation; accounting changes over the years, and the "new" accounting system; the Northern Pacific budgeting system; customer service; and railroad revenues. 1 sound reel tape, 2 hours.

Please see reference librarians for location of the interviews.

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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:
Accounting departments -- Minnesota.
Bookkeeping records.
Corporate reorganizations -- Minnesota.
Railroad land grants -- Northwestern States.
Railroads and state.
Railroads -- Northwestern States -- Branch lines.
Railroads -- Northwestern States -- Cost of operation.
Railroads -- Northwestern States -- Design and construction--Costs.
Railroads -- Northwestern States -- Finance.
Railroads -- Northwestern States -- Statistics.
Railroads -- Taxation -- Northwestern States.
Railroads -- Valuation -- Northwestern States.
Organizations:
Northern Pacific Railway Company.
Northern Pacific Railway Company -- Reorganization.
Northern Pacific Railway Company -- Accounting.
Northwestern Improvement Company.
United States. Interstate Commerce Commission.

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