Corporate records, 1874-1961.

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Corporate records, 1874-1961.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/666035447

Histories (1879-1961), assorted historical papers regarding mortgages, bonds, and land grant proceeds (1879-1940s), samples of corporate tickets and forms (1879-1899), printed charters, mortgages, codes and agreements (1879-1940); minutes of stockholders and directors meetings (1879-1959), the executive committee (1879-1890), the local administration committee (1889), the advisory board (1896-1898), and the finance committee (1887-1889); correspondence of Second Vice President Henry D. Minot (1883-1887), President Samuel Hill (1891-1894) and Comptroller Adolphus H. Bode (1883-1885); letterpress books of President Samuel Hill (1891-1895), Second Vice President William Pitt Clough (1888), Treasurer Edward Tatnall Nichols (1902-1910), and General Freight Agent W.S. Alexander (1881); annual reports to the United States Department of Interior (1888-1899), the Interstate Commerce Commission (1888-1907), and the regulatory agencies of Minnesota (1880-1907), Dakota Territory (1885-1889), North Dakota (1890-1907), South Dakota (1890-1907), Montana (1907), and Washington (1907); minutes (1879-1881), cash book (1879-1889) and deed records of lands granted (1879-1897) of the railway trustees; capital stock, bond, and dividend records (1879-1959); land records including record of lands acquired (1879-1895), land and town lot sales and receipts (1880-1940), and miscellaneous records (1885-1920); subject files of land attorney Thomas R. Benton (1874-1922 [bulk 1892-1909]), depot and plat maps (ca. 1883) of the Right of Way, Land and Tax Department; records of the Land Department, including letters received (1875-1876, 1878-1891) especially of Special Commissioner Edward Sawyer and circulars and related papers (1879-1905, 1916) including advertising broadsides; general circulars (1881-1920, 1938, 1940); and financial records, including general ledgers and journals (1879-1959), balance sheets (1879, 1885-1907), material and labor expense records (1881-1888), abstracts of vouchers (1879-1907) on microfilm (M551), and bills (1879-1897), tax registers (1880s), and miscellaneous financial records (1879-1906); personnel records for general manager agents, station men and trainmen (1882-1883); and traffic records, including passenger (1887, 1890) and freight (1882-1889) tariffs and traffic statistics (1889), freight and passenger car mileage records (1881-1882) and construction abstracts (1880-1891) of a railroad operating in Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Montana.

Approximately 90 cubic feet.

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7959494

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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