RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE COMMISSION:

An Inventory of Its Subject Files at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator:Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Minnesota.
Title:Subject Files.
Dates:circa 1933-1962.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Subject files documenting a wide variety of topics dealt with by the commission, including strikes, railroad accidents, telephone and freight rates, warehouses, rural electrification, street railways, track and bridge maintenance, orders, and legislation relating to grain, railroad, telephone, truck, and farm storage. Also photographs depicting various scenes relating to these topics.
Quantity:4.8 cubic feet (4 boxes and 2 partial boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Minnesota. Subject Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 377; 977-1; 979-52; 2010-10

Processing Information:

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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: 007220416


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Location
104.I.13.12FNational Association of Railroads and Utilities Commissioners.
Minneapolis strike situations.
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad Company.
Railroad accident reports.
Telephone rate complaints.
Telephone Department.
Tri-State Telephone Company rate case.
Weights and Measures Departmenet.
Truck permits.
Municipal ownership.
Miscellaneous file.
Railroad legislation.
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad Company dismemberment proceedings.
Grain Superintendent-Minneapolis.
Grain legislation.
Livestock scale testing.
Local Warehouse Department.
Freight rates.
G. H. Lund: Personnel matters.
Personnel applications.
Location
104.I.13.13BTrain lengths.
Grain legislation.
National Resources Board.
Telephone legislation.
Truck legislation.
Truck bulletins.
Public utilities.
Rural electrification.
Grain matters.
State Planning Board, 1934.
State Planning Board correspondence.
State Planning Board reports.
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104.I.13.14FStreet railways.
Railroad matters.
Public utilities legislation.
Truck matters.
Farm storage legislation, 1935.
Farrell, G. R.: Reports, 1936.
Frazer-Lemke Refinancing Bill, 1935-1936.
Grain matters: Scabby barley, 1929-1935.
Emergency freight charges, 1935-1936.
Rye tariff rates, 1934.
Local Warehouse Department, 1935-1936.
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company, 1935-1936.
People's Lobby, 1934-1936.
Railroad track and bridge maintanence, 1935.
Minneapolis grade separation, 1934-1935.
Minnesota transfer, 1936.
K. K. Solberg, 1936.
Survey of railway tracks, 1934.
Grain inspection, 1935-1936.
Grain Appeal Board.
Proposed freight rate increase, 1934-1936.
Freight Rates: Reduction on potatoes, 1935-1936.
Freight Rates: Iron ore, 1936.
Grain matters, 1929-1936. 2 folders.
Location
112.G.15.4FOrders, November 1941-November 1943. 2 volumes.
Location
104.I.9.2FOrders, 1961-1962.
Applications and report of the Commission, 1921, 1961-1962.
Correspondence, Governor's Office, 1961.
Handbook relating to the Commission, 1917; Official Minnesota Grain Grades Handbook, 1959-1960. 2 items in 1 folder.
The History of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission, 1943.
Written by Martin W. Odland.
History, Powers and Duties, Methods of Operation, Personnel and Financial Data Relating to the Railroad and Warehouse Commission 1871-1952, July 1, 1962.
Location
123.H.4.7B-1Photographs, circa 1950s.
Black and white photographs depicting various scenes such as railroad operations, telephones, loading and shipping of grain, gas and oil meter inspections, grain inspections and livestock weighing, and a group photograph of Commissioners P. Kenneth Peterson, Paul A. Rasmussen and Ronald L. Anderson. Most of the photographs contain a description but are undated.

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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:
Animal industry -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
Gas-meters -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
Grain trade -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
Grain trade -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
Railroad law -- Minnesota.
Railroads -- Minnesota -- Accidents.
Railroads -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
Railroads -- Freight -- Rates -- Minnesota.
Railroads -- Maintenance and repair -- Minnesota.
Rural electrification -- Minnesota.
Scales (Weighing instruments) -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
Street-railroads -- Minnesota.
Strikes and lockouts -- Minnesota.
Telephone -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
Telephone -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
Telephone -- Rates -- Minnesota.
Transportation -- Minnesota.
Trucking -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
Trucking -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
Trucking -- Rates -- Minnesota.
Warehouses -- Minnesota.
Types of Documents:
Photographs.

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