Great Northern Railway Corporate Records.
Corporate records of the St. Paul-based Great Northern, its predecessors, and its subsidiaries and affiliates, documenting their operations across the northern tier of western states for more than one hundred years, until its 1970 merger with the Northern Pacific, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle that formed the Burlington Northern.
MNHS call number: Digital finding aid
Northern Pacific Railway Corporate Records.
Corporate records of the St. Paul-based Northern Pacific, its predecessors, and its subsidiaries and affiliates, documenting their operations across the northern tier of western states for more than one hundred years, until its 1970 merger with the Great Northern, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle that formed the Burlington Northern. Records include minutes, reports, correspondence and subject files, financial and accounting records, photographs, engineering drawings, land records, engineering and valuation records, advertising literature, timetables, publications, and many other materials documenting the principal staff and operating departments.
MNHS call number: Digital finding aid
Soo Line Railroad Company Corporate Records.
Records of Minneapolis-based Soo Line Railroad Company, a grain and timber products carrier serving the upper Midwest and providing U.S. connections for the Canadian Pacific Railway. The collection includes subject files from several staff and operating departments; directors', stockholders', and executive committee minutes; annual reports to government agencies; maps and structural drawings; corporate record books; stock certificates and transfer records; news clippings; timetables; videocassettes; and photographs.
MNHS call number: Digital finding aid
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