RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE COMMISSION:
An Inventory of Its Elevator and Warehouse Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
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| Creator: |
Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Minnesota.
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| Title: | Elevator and Warehouse Records. |
| Dates: | 1893-1965. |
| Language: | Materials in English. |
| Abstract: | Files regarding the licensing, regulation, and operations of grain elevators and public
storage warehouses. |
| Quantity: | 4.65 cubic feet (3 boxes and 2 partial boxes). |
| 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]. Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Minnesota. Elevator and Warehouse Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: none; 990-110; 990-158
Processing Information:
Processed by: Lydia Lucas and Heidi Zimmermann, 1999, 2002.
Catalog ID number: 9989859740204294
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| Location | Box |
| 104.I.12.13B | 1 | Country Elevator Applications, 1897-1909. 1 box. |
| | | Annual application forms for grain elevators along railroad lines. This is a 50% sample of the original series of applications. Forms for the first year that was present (1897) and every odd-numbered year thereafter were retained. |
| | | 1897. 3 folders. |
| | | 1899. 4 folders. |
| | | 1901. 4 folders. |
| | | 1903. 4 folders. |
| | | 1905. 3 folders. |
| | | 1907. 1 folder. |
| | | 1908-1909. 1 folder. |
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| 126.J.4.3 | 2 | Local Warehouse Index. 1 volume in folder. |
| | | Indexes both sections of Elevator and Warehouse Record, 1893-1903 (below). Alphabetical by station (town) name. Gives station name, railroad, county, and page numbers. |
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| | Elevator and Warehouse Record, 1893-1908. 2 volumes. |
| | | Page title: “Elevators and Warehouses on Right of Way of xxxx Railroad, xxxx Division. For each railroad, gives station name, name of elevator (often left blank), kind of elevator (horse, steam, gas, etc.), capacity in bushels, name of owner (person or firm), and date(s) and number(s) of license(s). |
| | | 1893-1898, 1899-1903 (some 1904). 1 volume containing 2 sections. |
| | | 1904-1908. 1 volume. |
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| 126.J.4.4 | 3 | Annual Reports of Receipts and Shipments by Local Warehouses in Minnesota, 1909-1914. 3 double-oversize volumes. |
| | | Entries are by railroad within each volume. For each railroad, contains entries giving report number; station; county; owner or lessee, amounts (bushels?) of wheat, oats, barley, rye, flax, and corn received and shipped; and amounts of local dockage and terminal dockage. |
| | | Appraisal note: Retained for grain quantities and as a record of local ownership of warehouses. |
| | | For year ending June 30, 1909. 1 volume. |
| | | | Includes 1912. |
| | | For year ending June 30, 1910. 1 volume. |
| | | | Covers 1910 and 1911. |
| | | For years 1913 and 1914. 1 volume. |
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| 104.I.17.2F | 4 | List of Public Local Warehouses, 1913-1914. 1 folder. |
| | | Several lists, one for each railroad. Each list gives station name, number of elevators, names of elevators, and rate per 100 pounds (mostly not filled in). |
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| | Applications for Local Elevators, 1915-1916. 8 folders. |
| | | Application forms for licenses to operate local warehouses (elevators), filled in with data on location (railroad, station, county), capacity, name of firm and its officers, and address of owner or manager. |
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| | Warehouse Subject Files, 1939-1965. 8 folders. |
| | | Functions of the Local Grain Warehouse Department, undated and 1939-1951. |
| | | | Assorted letters and reports. |
| | | Inspection Reports, 1945-1963. |
| | | | Printed, filled-in forms from the Public Storage Warehouse Division, giving location and physical description of warehouses, protection and safety provisions, storage conditions, and related data. |
| | | Licensed Warehousemen Lists, 1962-1964. |
| | | Public Warehouses Rules and Regulations Adoption, 1947-1952. 2 folders. |
| | | St. Paul Chamber of Commerce Transport and Warehouse Section Newsletters, 1964-1965. |
| | | Uniform System of Warehousemen’s Accounts Hearing, 1959. |
| | | | Hearing notices, proposal for a uniform system of accounts for warehouses, notes, and related data. |
| | | Warehouse Tariff Correspondence, 1941-1945. |
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| | Warehouse Tariffs, 1919-1948. 4 folders. |
| | | Printed tariffs issued by the Minnesota-Northwest Warehousemen’s Association, the Minneapolis Transfer Men’s Association, the Duluth Security Storage and Van Company, and the Commission concerning warehouse storage rates, accessorial charges on household goods and office furniture, transport of household goods, storage and handling rates for merchandise, and minimum class commodity and distance rates. |
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| 104.I.13.11B | 5 | Correspondence Regarding Legal Matters, 1903-1947, 1951, 1961. 4 folders. |
| | | Correspondence with the State of Minnesota Legal Department and others, and copies of state Attorney General opinions, regarding the operation of elevators, the definition of “public elevator,” and aspects of RRWC oversight and regulation. |
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| | Attorney General Opinions, 1941-1948. 1 folder. |
| | | Regarding the licensing and operation of public storage warehouses. |
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| | Interpretation of Warehouse Law, 1941-1963. 1 folder. |
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| | George T. Simpson, Special Counsel, 1916, 1930, 1940-1957. |
| | | More legal correspondence and opinions. |
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| | Correspondence Regarding Legislation, 1938-1941. |
| | | Correspondence and copies of bills regarding grain dealers’ activities, price posting, and federal legislation affecting state inspection and regulation of grain warehouses. |
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| | Warehouse Law: Rulings, Opinions, Conferences, 1915-1926, 1939, 1959. 2 folders. |
| | | Correspondence regarding regulation of warehousemen; correspondence regarding, and lists of, licensed bonding companies/agents; copies of document in a St. Louis County district court case contesting the power of the RRWC to license and regulate storage warehouses (1915 and ff.); transcript of a conference between representatives of storage warehousemen and members of the RRWC regarding rules and laws affecting the conduct of the warehousing business (1939). |
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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:
- Grain -- Grading -- Minnesota.
- Grain elevators -- Minnesota.
- Grain elevators -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Railroad stations -- Minnesota.
- Railroads -- Minnesota.
- Transportation -- Minnesota.
- Warehouses -- Minnesota.
- Warehouses -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota. Attorney General.
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