BURLINGTON NORTHERN INC.:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
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| Creator: |
Burlington Northern Inc.,
creator.
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| Title: | Burlington Northern Inc.
records. |
| Dates: | 1968-1994. |
| Language: | Materials in English.
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| Abstract: | Printed materials, bylaws, financial and annual reports,
board meeting agendas, management and strategic planning related materials, line
inspection tour briefing books, papers regarding the sale of office buildings, and
retirement plan information of Burlington Northern, Inc. and some of its
subsidiaries. |
| Quantity: | 5.6 cubic feet (6 boxes), 1 master film
reel: sound, optical, color; 16 mm., 1 user video file: MP4 (251.3 MB), 1 master
audio disc: 33 1/3 rpm, stereo. ; 7 inch, and 1 user audio file: MP3 (9.1 MB). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf
locations. |
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here].
Burlington Northern Inc. Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 13,246; 13,443; 16,688; 16,907; 17,342
Location of Master Files:
Digital masters of film recording and audio disc are maintained on the Society's
secure digital collections storage servers and are managed and preserved in
accordance with archival best practices.
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).
Digital video and audio transferred from the master film recording and master
audio disc by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes
(October 2019).
Catalog ID number: 990075261620104294
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| Location | Box |
| 129.A.3.1B | 1 | Bylaws, 1980, 1981. |
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| | Background information, undated. |
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| | Press kit: Background information, 1970. |
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| | Annual reports, 1969-1980, 1991, 1993, 1994. 5 folders. |
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| | Quarterly reports to stockholders, undated, 1973-1981. 4 folders. |
| | | Includes year end reports. |
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| | Burlington Northern news, 1970-1981. 8 folders. |
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| | Burlington Northern newsletter,
1970-1971. |
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| | Burlington Northern internal telephone directory 1977. |
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| Location | Box |
| 129.A.3.2F | 2 | Board of Directors: Meeting agendas, 1979-1980. 15 volumes. |
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| | Directory of directors, circa 1975. |
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| | Highlights of five-year plan, 1978-1982. 1 volume. |
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| | Booz, Allen, and Hamilton, Inc.: Recommended Top Management Organization Plan
for Burlington Northern, March 1968. 3 volumes. |
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| | Haskin and Sells report to Burlington Northern board, 1977. 1 volume. |
| | | In compliance with Securities and Exchange Commission directive. |
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| | Northtown classification yard brochure, circa 1976. |
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| | Strategic planning: Executive compensation, memoranda, and
data, undated and 1979-1981. |
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| | Miscellaneous reports, 1977-1980. |
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| Location | Box |
| 129.A.3.3B | 3 | Finance Committee meeting agendas, 1979-1980. 2 folders. |
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| | BN executives' line inspection tours, 1971-1978. 6 folders. |
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| | Bankers tour, September 24-27, 1979. 2 folders. |
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| | Burlington Northern office buildings: |
| | | Papers relating to the sales of Burlington Northern's office buildings.
Includes correspondence, notes, property diagrams, copies of abstracts of
title, other legal documents regarding land ownership, and newspaper
clippings relating to the history of these properties. |
| | | These papers belonged to Robert H. Brokopp, Sr. (1921-2012), who served as a
real estate consultant overseeing the state of these properties. He had
formerly been an official in the real estate office of Burlington
Northern. |
| | | General Office Building abstract of title and sale, 1980, 1984-1989. 5 folders. |
| | | | Building located at Fifth and Jackson streets, St. Paul. |
| Location | Box |
| 129.A.3.4F | 4 | | Old Great Northern Office Building, 1984-1985. |
| | | | Building located at Kellogg and Broadway, St. Paul. |
| | | St. Paul Union Depot sale, 1984-1986. |
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| | General Office Building background, 1980. |
| | | Includes photographs. |
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| | Burlington Northern subsidiaries: |
| | | Subsidiaries and affiliates background information, 1980-1981. |
| | | BN Transport Inc. financial statements, 1981. |
| | | BN Transport Inc. reports, 1975, 1981. |
| | | Burlington Northern Air Freight Inc.: Corporate planning
program, 1972. 2 folders. |
| | | Burlington Northern Air Freight Inc.: Financial statements, January-February 1981. |
| | | Annual reports of the Colorado and Southern Railway Company, 1971. |
| | | Miscellaneous printed material. |
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| | Advertising note pad, 1977. |
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| | Annual report of Burlington Northern Inc. to the Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1971. |
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| | Miscellaneous time tables and schedules, 1968-1978. 2 folders. |
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| Location | Box |
| 129.A.3.5B | 5 | Special operations instructions, 1968, 1970. 2 folders. |
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| | Retirement planning, 1970-1975. 2 folders and 1 volume. |
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| | Sample passenger ticket, 1972. |
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| | Miscellaneous printed materials, undated and 1970s, 1978, 1979, circa 1983. 14 folders. |
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| Location | Box |
| 129.A.3.6F | 6 | Applications of WRPI Trust, Western Railroad Properties Incorporated,
and Chicago and North Western Transportation Company for Federal
Assistance...Burlington Northern Inc. comments, August 11, 1980. |
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| | Signal department: |
| | | Signal aspects and indications, July 1971. |
| | | Signal standard plan books, May 15, 1980, March 1, 1982. 2 volumes. |
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| | Sound and visual material: |
| | | Portrait of a railroad, 1974. 1 master audio disc (13 minutes, 31 seconds): analog, 33 1/3 rpm,
stereo. ; 7 inch and 1 user audio file: MP3 (9.1 MB). |
| | | | Music from the promotional film of the same name. |
| | | | Michael Small, composer. |
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Digital version
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| Location | |
| Shelf Q-11-B (Room B-105.7) | | | Big trains rolling, 1955. 1 master film reel (25 minutes, 16 seconds): sound, optical,
color; 16 mm. reversal positive print and 1 user video file: MP4 (251.3
MB). |
| | | | A story of transporting materials on freight trains and people on
passenger trains across America, presented by the Great Northern
Railway. |
| | | | Written by Carl Dudley and Herman Boxer, photographed by Edward Nutton,
S.S.C. and Edwin E. Olson, edited by Ernest Floor, narrated by Art
Gilmore, and original music by Howard Jackson. |
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Digital version
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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 -- Branch lines.
- Railroads -- Management.
- Railroads -- Mergers.
- Persons:
- Lorentzsen, Norman Martin, 1916- ,
author.
- Brokopp, Robert H., 1921-2012, author.
- Organizations:
- BN Transport Inc.
- Burlington Northern Air Freight Inc.
(Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad Company.
- Colorado and Southern
Railway.
- Great Northern Railway.
- Northern Pacific Railway.
- Spokane, Portland, and Seattle
Railway.
- Document Types:
- Motion pictures (visual works).
- Audio recordings.
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