NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. STATISTICAL DEPARTMENT:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Northern Pacific Railway Company. Statistical Department, creator. | |
| Title: | Statistical Department records. Northern Pacific Railway Company records. | |
| Dates: | 1950-1966. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Statistical reports, correspondence, stenographers' minutes, reports, working papers, and research projects of the Statistical Dept. of the Northern Pacific Railway Company. | |
| Quantity: | 4.0 cubic feet (4 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Miscellaneous statistical reports and working papers prepared during work on the proposed merger (1950-1963) and during the Interstate Commerce Commission [ICC] transcontinental divisions case (1953-1966).
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Statistical Department Records. Northern Pacific Railway Corporate Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 6706; 6707; 6708; 6709; 6710; 6712
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017199210104294
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.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
CONSOLIDATION OF GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY [GN]; NORTHERN
PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY [NP]; CHICAGO, BURLINGTON AND QUINCY RAILWAY COMPANY
[CB&Q]; AND THE SPOKANE, PORTLAND AND SEATTLE RAILWAY COMPANY [SP&S]
FILES: STATISTICAL REPORTS, 1950-1963
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| 135.I.19.1B | 1 | Statistical reports, 1962-1963: | |||||||||||
| Comptroller. | |||||||||||||
| Freight accounts. | |||||||||||||
| Cost and statistics. | |||||||||||||
| Disbursements. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous dining car operations. | |||||||||||||
| Northern Pacific management report. | |||||||||||||
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| 136.E.17.6F | 2 | Commodity statistics for individual railroads, 1957. 3 volumes. | |||||||||||
| Reports: | |||||||||||||
| Freight traffic originated and terminated by states for each road, 1955 and 1960. 7 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Railroad carload traffic, 1950-1961. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Financial, operating and traffic statistics, 1950-1961. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Trend of freight traffic, 1950-1961. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| State statistics, 1950-1961. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Public interest consolidation study instructions, 1957-1959. | |||||||||||||
TRANSCONTINENTAL DIVISIONS CASE, ICC DOCKET NO. 31503, 1953-1966
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| 135.I.18.9B | 1 | Stenographers' minutes before the ICC, February-May 1957; March-October 1958. | |||||||||||
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| 135.I.18.10F | 2 | Correspondence, research projects, working papers, memoranda, and reports, 1953-1966. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Railroads -- Mergers -- Northwestern States.
- Railroads -- Freight -- Rates -- Northwestern States.
- Railroads -- Northwestern States -- Statistics.
- Document Types:
- Statistics.
- Organizations:
- Northern Pacific Railway Company.
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