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Pamphlets relating to the general history of railroads in Minnesota, 1926-

Title: Pamphlets relating to the general history of railroads in Minnesota, 1926-

The Minnesota Historical Society Pamphlet Collection contains pamphlets and printed ephemera relating to the relation of highway transportation to the railroads, return on investment, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51676840 View

Rice, Henry M. (Henry Mower), 1816-1894. Henry M. Rice and family papers, 1824-1966.

Title: Henry M. Rice and family papers, 1824-1966.

Correspondence (including letterpress books), newspaper clippings, legal papers, genealogical materials, and related miscellany pertaining to Rice, a Minnesota territorial and state public official and entrepreneur, his wife Matilda, and members of their family. Rice's letters as territorial delegate to Congress (1854-1857) discuss federal land surveying, mail service, Fort Snelling, a fort at Pembina, and other aspects of territorial development and governance. Other letters discuss the Civil War and slavery, Indian affairs, and occasionally Rice's various business ventures. Also present are biographical sketches of fur traders, collected by Rice; papers concerning the court-martial of Horace P. Rugg, 59th New York Volunteers (1864-1909); and a letterpress book (1869) consisting largely of Rice's letters to Gardner Colby, W.H.C. Folsom, and others concerning surveys, land acquisition, and financing of the Bayfield and St. Croix River Railway Company, and other railroad matters. Papers for 1901-1966 are chiefly those of the Robert (Auerbach) Rice family, with data on Robert's position as superintendent of the St. Paul Union Depot and with several brokerage firms, the change of the family name from Auerbach to Rice, and the careers of other family members. There are also family recipe books, as well as two diaries, a real estate list, a scrapbook, and a Norwegian language notebook of Frederick D. Rice.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 cu. ft. (7 boxes, including 18 v.)

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Horner, Frederick Cecil, 1887-1974. Papers, 1917-1960 (bulk 1922-1940).

Title: Papers, 1917-1960 (bulk 1922-1940).

Personal and business files consisting of correspondence, diaries, memoir, memoranda, reports, speeches, printed matter, newspaper clippings, and photographs, relating to Horner's career in transportation, chiefly as an executive with General Motors Corporation. The collection reflects the development of motor truck and bus transportation in the U.S. and abroad and efforts to coordinate these modes with railroad transport. Includes material on Horner's involvement with General Managers' Association of New York, Joint Committee of Railroads and Highway Users, National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, National Transportation Committee (headed by Calvin Coolidge), National Transportation Conference (1923), Society of Automotive Engineers, and World Engineering Congress in Tokyo (1929). Topics include transportation legislation, regulation, safety, and taxation. Also includes material relating to Horner's involvement with various New York City civic organizations such as the Charity Organization Society's tenement housing committee and the Regional Plan Association's transportation committee. Correspondents include William Wallace Atterbury, Bruce Barton, Ralph Budd, William James Cunningham, Pierre S. Du Pont, Herbert Hoover, Pyke Johnson, Charles Franklin Kettering, Thomas H. MacDonald, James David Mooney, John J. Raskob, Eddie Rickenbacker, Alfred P. Sloan, Edward R. Stettinius, and Alfred H. Swayne.

ArchivalResource: 30.4 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31816491 View

Stevens, John F. (John Frank), 1853-1943. Papers of John F. Stevens, 1914-1942.

Title: Papers of John F. Stevens, 1914-1942.

Correspondence, clippings, reprints, and biographical papers. The papers include material concerning the building of the Great Northern Railway (1889-1903); the planning, organizing and equipping for construction of the Panama Canal (Chief Engineer of the Canal, 1905-1907); of the American Railway Advisory Commission in Russia, and the Inter-Allied Technical Board in charge of Russian railways; planning system of railways for Spain; promoting and building the Oregon Trunk Railway extension into California; and his discovery of the Marias Pass in the Rocky Mountains, and his opinion of the possibilities of the monorail. Correspondents include William C. Gorgas, John W. Weeks, Paul Miliukov, Charles Evans Hughes, and Ralph Budd.

ArchivalResource: 80 items.1 container.

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President's records., Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.), ., 1872-1970.

Title: President's records. . Great NorthernRailway Company (U.S.) 1872-1970.

Correspondence and subject files, letterpress books, miscellaneousoperating statistics (1946-1968), notes and manuscripts on Great Northern history, and othermaterials created by the Great Northern president's office.

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United States. Council of National Defense. Advisory Commission. Records, 1940-1941.

Title: Records, 1940-1941.

Correspondence, memoranda, press releases, minutes, reports, publications and clippings relating to the Commission and its divisions including agriculture, consumer protection, housing, industrial materials, labor, legal, price stabilization, production, research and statistics, state and local cooperation, transportation, and tax and finance. Commission members were Ralph Budd, Chester C. Davis, Harriet Elliott, Leon Henderson, Sidney Hillman, William S. Knudsen, William H. McReynolds, and Edward R. Stettinius, Chairman.

ArchivalResource: 14 linear ft.

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Great Northern Railway Company records., 1854-1970.

Title: Great Northern Railway Companyrecords. 1854-1970.

The corporate records of the St. Paul-based Great NorthernRailway, its predecessors, and its subsidiaries and affiliates, document itsoperations across the northern tier of western states for more than one hundredyears, until its 1970 merger with the Northern Pacific, the Chicago, Burlington andQuincy, and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle that formed the Burlington Northern.

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http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00901.xml View

Whistler, George William, 1822-1869. Report to Count Kleinmichel on gauge of track to be used in the St. Petersburg and Moscow Railroad : manuscript, 1842, 1944.

Title: Report to Count Kleinmichel on gauge of track to be used in the St. Petersburg and Moscow Railroad : manuscript, 1842, 1944.

Photostat copy of original manuscript report by George Whistler to Count Kleinmichel on the gauge of track to be used in the St. Petersburg and Moscow Railroad. Also includes typescript copy of the manuscript and a copy of a letter from Ralph Budd offering the copies to the Newberry Library (1944).

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (19 leaves) ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52249640 View

Frederick Cecil Horner Papers, 1917-1960, (bulk 1922-1940)

Title: Frederick Cecil Horner Papers 1917-1960 (bulk 1922-1940)

Transportation engineer and executive with General Motors Corporation. Correspondence, diaries, memoir, memoranda, reports, speeches, printed matter, newspaper clippings, and photographs documenting Horner's career in transportation, chiefly as an executive with General Motors Corporation.

ArchivalResource: 26,600 items; 75 containers plus 5 oversize; 30.4 linear feet

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Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.). President. President's records, 1872-1970.

Title: President's records, 1872-1970.

Correspondence and subject files, letterpress books, miscellaneous operating statistics (1946-1968), notes and manuscripts on GN history, and other materials created by the GN president's office.

ArchivalResource: 1,275.0 cu. ft.

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Miscellaneous pamphlets regarding Ralph Budd.

Title: Miscellaneous pamphlets regarding Ralph Budd.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270714626 View

Carey, Charles Henry. Charles Henry Carey papers, 1896-1940.

Title: Charles Henry Carey papers, 1896-1940.

Papers include: Correspondence (1918-1939), published articles (1890-1930), and speech and lecture materials (1896-1930) related to many judicial and cultural interests pursued by Carey in his professional and private life; papers also contain notecards from his cartographic collection and a bail booklist (1893-1894) of early Oregon settlers. Files deal with the following organizations: Oregon Historical Society, Oregon Bar Association, American Bar Association, Committee on Reform of Judicial Procedure, Portland Art Museum, and Multnomah Law Library. Correspondents include J. Neilson Barry, Ralph Budd, A.N. Bush, Frederick V. Holman, Thompson Coit Elliott, J.W. Knowles, John Francis Logan, Charles H. Martin, Ernest Boyd MacNaughton, John Hipple Mitchell, Harvey W. Scott, C.E.S. Wood, and Ella Young.

ArchivalResource: 6 cu. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39161180 View

Hess, George H. (George Henry), 1873-1954. George H. Hess and family papers, 1864-1948.

Title: George H. Hess and family papers, 1864-1948.

Correspondence, financial records, and printed materials documenting Hess's career as comptroller of the Great Northern Railway Company (1920-1946); his correspondence with St. Paul (Minn.) business leaders and business-oriented social clubs (1915-1946); correspondence and financial papers detailing his personal investments and finances (1910-1948); his Minnesota and U.S. income tax returns (1936-1948); and papers relating to his dime novel collection (1908-1946).

ArchivalResource: 11.5 cu. ft. (27 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122560033 View