GEORGE THERON SLADE AND FAMILY:
An Inventory of Their Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Slade, George Theron, 1871-1941, creator. | |
| Title: | George T. Slade and family papers. | |
| Dates: | 1805-1968 (bulk 1895-1968). | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Diaries, correspondence, photographs, biographical information, and files of George T. Slade, a son-in-law of James J. Hill and general manager of the Northern Pacific Railway Company, his wife Charlotte, and other members of their extended family. | |
| Quantity: | 2.5 cubic feet (3 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Slade worked for the Great Northern Railway (1893-1899 and 1903-1907); for the Erie and Wyoming Valley Railroad Company (1899-1903); as general manager of the Northern Pacific Railway Company (1907-1918); as director general of the U.S. Army Transportation Corps in western Europe (1918-1919); and as an official of the Northern Pacific Railway and other businesses (circa 1919-1940). His wife Charlotte was a daughter of St. Paul railroad magnate James J. Hill.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The papers include information on Slade's railroad work, and about his family life and his relationship to the James J. Hill family. They include Slade's World War I correspondence (1918-1919); his diaries and journals; a record book (1924-1941) of wild game killed at the Slade hunting lodge near Harker Lake, Kidder County, North Dakota, and papers relating to the property and its eventual use by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a wildlife refuge; and a diary and a scrapbook kept by Charlotte Slade.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. George T. Slade and Family Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 12,072; 12,073; 12,343; 12,511; 16,639; 16,956
Processing Information:
Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Catalog ID number: 990017376450104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| 152.I.6.1B | 1 | George T. Slade: | |||||||||
| Autobiographical sketch, 1934. | |||||||||||
| C. B. Strong letter to sister, September 3, 1855. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, undated and 1805, 1831, 1845-1929. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Includes letters (1850s) of George Patten Slade (1845- ) to his mother; letters of George Theron Slade to his mother Cornelia Wheeler Strong Slade (1844- ), including numerous letters written while he was with the U.S. Army Transportation Corps in France in 1918-1919; and correspondence between Mary T. Hill and Charlotte Elizabeth (Hill) Slade and their children and grandchildren. An 1805 letter from Sally W. Barnes (?) to her uncle Justus P. Wheeler discusses family matters, and an 1831 letter to Theron Rudd Strong (1802-1873) from his father Martin Strong (1788-1838) details family business matters. Includes letters (1840s) to Cornelia Barnes (?)Strong (1816-1894) from her parents, and letters (1912) from Y. Tsukumae of Japan regarding plants and gardening. | |||||||||||
| Diaries and journals: | |||||||||||
| Travel diaries: | |||||||||||
| Middle East, 1895. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Europe, 1922. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Diaries, October 1907-January 1919. 3 volumes. | |||||||||||
| Journal kept by George T. Slade while director general of the Transportation Corps., March 6-November 14, 1918. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Pocket diaries, 1918-1940. 24 volumes. | |||||||||||
| Northern Pacific Railway Company: | |||||||||||
| General correspondence, 1929-1938. | |||||||||||
| Executive committee, 1934-1938. | |||||||||||
| Consolidation, 1925-1930. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 152.I.6.2F | 2 | Committee of directors, western railroads, commission plan, 1932-1938. | |||||||||
| Director's correspondence, 1929-1939. | |||||||||||
| Directors' resolution commending George T. Slade upon his resignation, November 19, 1919. | |||||||||||
| Railroad arbitration correspondence, 1929-1939. | |||||||||||
| Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company, Ltd. correspondence, 1928-1940. | |||||||||||
| Northern Securities Company correspondence, 1925-1938. | |||||||||||
| World War I correspondence, 1918-1919. 6 folders. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence concerning railroad work, 1899-1919. | |||||||||||
| Photographs and miscellany, 1900, circa 1918. | |||||||||||
| Includes timetable (1900) for the Wyoming and Erie Valley Railroad Company, and business cards of Great Northern officials featuring Indian names used by them when meeting at Glacier National Park. | |||||||||||
| Slade hunting lodge (Harker Lake, North Dakota): | |||||||||||
| Game book, 1924-1941. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous papers, 1912-1968. | |||||||||||
| Woodrow Wilson letter to George T. Slade, November 19, 1919. | |||||||||||
| George Norman Slade railroad manuals: | |||||||||||
| Consolidated Code of Transportation Rules, General Instructions, and Catechism, 1939. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Pertains to Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Spokane, Portland & Seattle, Union Pacific, and Milwaukee Road. | |||||||||||
| Railroad Curves and Earthwork. 1920. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Pocket companion for engineers, architects and builders, 1923. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 153.I.17.7B | 3 | Charlotte Elizabeth Hill: | |||||||||
| Diary, 1893-1894. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Written by Charlotte while a student at a New York boarding school, January-June 1893, with scattered entries to October 1894. Details school and social activities and family matters. | |||||||||||
| Scrapbook, 1888-1892. 1 volume (covers only) and 6 folders. | |||||||||||
| Letters, invitations, memorabilia, programs, report cards, and drawings created or kept by Charlotte while in New York boarding schools. Also includes some items relating to her sister Clara. | |||||||||||
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:
- Hunting -- North Dakota.
- Hunting lodges -- North Dakota.
- Wildlife refuges -- North Dakota.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Persons:
- Hill family.
- Hill, James J. (James Jerome), 1838-1916.
- Slade, Charlotte Elizabeth, 1877-1923, author.
- Slade family.
- Organizations:
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
- Northern Pacific Railway Company.
- United States. Army. Transportation Corps.
- Document Types:
- Diaries.
- Photographs.
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