Union Pacific Railroad Company records, 1890-1960.

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Union Pacific Railroad Company records, 1890-1960.

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Records, primarily of the Law Department of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, located in Portland, Oregon. Includes correspondence, ledgers, letterpress copy books, legal records, and records, 1921-1960, pertaining to the Montgomery Ward and Company labor dispute and strike. Also included are reports from subsidiary railroad and traction companies, including the Northern Pacific Terminal Company of Oregon, Oregon and Washington Railroad Company, Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company, Oregon Short Line Railway Company, Oregon Steam Navigation Company, Portland Electric Power Company, Portland Traction Company, Rose City Transit Company, San Francisco and Portland Steamship Company, and the Washington and Idaho Railroad Company.

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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