Corporate records, 1886-1982 (bulk 1903-1974).

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Corporate records, 1886-1982 (bulk 1903-1974).

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Personnel files (39 cu. ft.) and financial and miscellaneous records (26.5 cu. ft.) of the Saint Paul Union Stockyards Company, a firm providing livestock transportation and stockyard services to the meat packing industry in the vicinity of South St. Paul (Minn.) from 1886 to the 1980s; and financial and other records of related companies (13.5 cu. ft.). The records of the Saint Paul Union Stockyards Company include historical background materials (including information on the rival Twin City Stock Yards at New Brighton, Minn., and the Minnesota Transfer Railway); annual reports, minutes of meetings, and stockholders records; personnel records (mostly 1930s-1960s?); ledgers, journals, financial statements, construction ledgers, and other accounting records; correspondence, transcripts, and other materials related to Packers and Stockyards Docket 1211 (1955-1961) in which the company sought permission to charge higher rates for its services; and real estate and equipment appraisal volumes (1919, 1923, 1956). Records of related companies include financial and other records of the Stockyards Terminal Railway (1907-1910), the St. Paul Bridge and Terminal Railway Company (1908-1943), and the Stockyards Railway Company (1941-1970s); and miscellaneous materials related to the Billings Union Stockyards (Mont., 1940s-1961), the Union Stockyards Company of Fargo (N.D., 1959-1965), the United Stockyards Corporation (1952-1966), the Canol-Randolph Corporation (1959-1966), the St. Paul Livestock Exchange (1940), and the South St. Paul Livestock Market Institute (1954-1966).

80.5 cubic feet (73 boxes and 2 oversize rolls).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 6778178

Related Entities

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Stockyards Terminal Railway (Minn.).

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Billings Union Stockyards (Billings, Mont.).

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Saint Paul Union Stockyards Company (South Saint Paul, Minn.).

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Canol-Randolph Corporation.

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St. Paul Livestock Exchange (Minn.).

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South St. Paul Livestock Market Institute (South Saint Paul, Minn.).

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St. Paul Bridge and Terminal Railway Company.

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Union Stockyards Company of Fargo (N.D.).

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United Stockyards Corporation.

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Twin City Stock Yards (New Brighton, Minn.)

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Stockyards Railway Company (Minn.).

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Minnesota Transfer Railway Company.

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The Minnesota Transfer Railway Company, was incorporated in 1883 under the impetus of James J. Hill, who felt a need for a centralized terminal and transfer network to serve the nine major railway lines entering Minneapolis-Saint Paul. The company was authorized to operate railway lines in Ramsey, Hennepin, and Anoka counties, and to provide terminal and transfer service to its nine owner lines: the Great Northern Railway Company; Northern Pacific Railway Company; Chicag...