Corporate records, 1862-1962.

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Corporate records, 1862-1962.

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Histories and related papers (1852-1962); minutes of stockholders and directors meetings of the main line (1862-1895) and of the First Division (1864-1895); stock and bond records (1862-1895), including stock certificates; annual reports to the Railroad Commissioner of Minnesota (1875-1879); subject files (1868-1881, 1888, 1891) of the New York Office, particularly those of John S. Kennedy and Company; legal records (1871-1888), including case files relating to bankruptcies and the Dutch bondholders committee; contracts (1862-1876); land department circulars and related papers (1863-1879); First Division operating reports (1872-1879); purchase books (1871-1880); voucher abstracts (1866-1884) First Division branch line vouchers (1864-1868); miscellaneous financial records (1862-1879); monthly construction estimates (1871); personnel records for shop employees, engineers and firemen (1873-1879); payroll records (1869, 1871, 1876-1878); equipment history records (1868-1883); and station records for Elk River, Minnesota (freight received, 1863-1866, and freight forwarded, 1869-1871), Hancock, Minnesota (freight received, 1871-1877), and Cokato, Minnesota (freight received, 1873-1879).

approximately 20.0 cubic feet.

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7959465

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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