RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE COMMISSION:
An Inventory of Its Railroad Records, Miscellaneous at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Minnesota. | |
| Title: | Railroad records, miscellaneous. | |
| Dates: | 1864-1941 (bulk 1864-1917). | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Railroad Commissioner's record book (1864-1874), recording lands conveyed, leased, or contracted to be sold by railroad companies; indexes to railroad stations (undated) and names of railroads from 1862-1935 (1935), Railroad Commissioner's Map of Minnesota (1909); Chief Engineer analyses of construction history and gratuities received by original railroad construction entities (1917); map showing coal and grain rates (1899); list of incorporated railroads not built, 1853-1925 (compiled in 1941); and return of gross earnings of railroads (1882-1903). | |
| Quantity: | 2.1 cubic feet (2 boxes, 3 partial boxes, and 1 map tube). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
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. Railroad Records, Miscellaneous. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: None; 993-8; 985-143; 977-1; 2009-60
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: 003658871
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 108.J.17.1B-1 | Railroad Commissioner’s Record Book A, 1864-1874. 1 volume. | ||||||||||
| Records lands conveyed, leased, or contracted to be sold by railroad companies. For each railroad, it lists the land conveyances occurring in each year, giving purchaser, county, and legal description. | |||||||||||
| Southern Minnesota Railroad Company, pages 1-35, 1866-1874. | |||||||||||
| Winona and St. Peter Railroad Company, pages 100-129, circa 1866-1872. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Central Railroad Company, pages 200-233, 1869-1872. | |||||||||||
| Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad Company, pages 300-338, 1869-1872. | |||||||||||
| 1st Division, St. Paul and Pacific, pages 400-499, 1864-1872. | |||||||||||
| St. Paul and Sioux City, pages 500-562, 1865-1872. | |||||||||||
| Northern Pacific, pages 600-604, 1872. | |||||||||||
| 1st Division, St. Paul and Pacific, pages 640-648, 1864-1872. | |||||||||||
| 108.J.17.1B-1 | Indexes to Railroad Stations, undated. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||
| Entries in each volume are alphabetical by town, noting railroad and county, and citing a page number. What volumes they index is unknown. | |||||||||||
| 106.C.6.2 | Railroad Commissioner’s Map of Minnesota, 1909. 2 items. | ||||||||||
| Printed map, noted as corrected to May 1, 1909. | |||||||||||
| Chief Engineer. Analyses of Construction History and Gratuities Received by Original Railroad Construction Entities Comprising Present-Day [1917] Minnesota Railroads. 8 items in 1 folder; 15 x 17 in. | |||||||||||
| Blueprint copies of original drawings and statistical tables, with brief explanatory narratives. | |||||||||||
| 106.J.3.23 | Map Showing Coal and Grain Rates, 1899. 1 item in map tube; 71 x 50 in. | ||||||||||
| Map showing railroad lines’ grain and coal rates in effect March 1 1899. Color coded to indicate mileage from railroad stations to Duluth and Minneapolis, and coal and grain rates. | |||||||||||
| 104.I.13.5B | List of Incorporated Railroads Not Built, 1853-1925, compiled 1941. | ||||||||||
| Includes railroad name, incorporation date, starting point, and destination. | |||||||||||
| Selected correspondence of Engineer Dwight C. Morgan, 1906-1912. | |||||||||||
| Commission correspondence with Morgan, 1906-1908. | |||||||||||
| Chicago Great Western Railroad, 1906-1908. | |||||||||||
| Duluth Beltline Railway, 1906-1910. | |||||||||||
| Electric Short Line (Minneapolis to Medicine Lake), 1911. | |||||||||||
| Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester, and Dubuque Electric Traction Company, 1909-1912. | |||||||||||
| Known as the Dan Patch Electric Line. | |||||||||||
| Index of Names of Railroads Which Have Been Organized and Constructed, 1862-1935, compiled 1935. | |||||||||||
| Includes names of proposed railways and logging railroads (non-carriers), with dates of organization and names of present owners or operators in the state of Minnesota. | |||||||||||
| 123.H.4.6F-1 | Return of Gross Earnings of Railroads, 1882-1903. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||
| Indexed. | |||||||||||
| B, 1882-1886. | |||||||||||
| C, 1886-1894. | |||||||||||
| 123.H.4.6F-2 | 1894-1903. | ||||||||||
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:
- Coal -- Transportation -- Minnesota.
- Grain -- Transportation -- Minnesota.
- Railroad land grants -- Minnesota.
- Railroads -- Minnesota -- Finance.
- Railroads -- Minnesota -- Maps.
- Railroads -- Minnesota -- Design and construction.
- Railroads and state -- Minnesota.
- Railroads -- Freight -- Rates -- Minnesota.
- Railroad stations -- Minnesota.
- Document Types:
- Maps -- Minnesota.
- Functions:
- Regulating.
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