Railroad engineering

Scope and Contents FULL FINDING AID (PDF)Corporate records arranged in five functional sub-groups of executive files; legal files; engineering records; property accounting; and real estate and industrial development records. Record series of the executive sub-group include minutes (1905-1915, 1947-1975); annual reports (1884-1908, 1915-1932, 1941, 1948-1975); subject files (1900-1984); monthly letters to the Board of Directors (1921-1972); correspondence (1913-1976); corporate files of associated railroads (1910-1975); liquidation files (1968-1984); and stock ledgers (1853-1864; 1906-1933). In the legal sub-group are: subject files (ca. 1925-1979); correspondence (1969-1976); contracts (1900-1910, 1930, 1950-1960); merger files-Union Pacific (1963-1975); merger files-other railroads (1920-1980); litigation files (1830-1960); legislation files-state level (1908-1920); and...

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Black and white original prints of Arapaho, Oklahoma Territory and state, including photographs of businesses, street scenes, parades, and a reunion of Union and Confederate Army veterans.

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The Northern Pacific Railway Company had a great influence on the history of the northwestern frontier. The company was a pioneer in business and encouraged farming and other development along it routes. This collection is divided into three sections, corporate history including minutes and bylaws, the labor section which tells the story of the workers on the railroad and the third section documents the company's efforts to recruit settlers along its routes. The lines that were built in these years stretch from Lake Superior to Puget Sound, crossing the states and territories of Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.

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Black-and-white original prints of tornado damage in Snyder, Oklahoma; members of the Welch family; and businesses, banks, and street scenes in Haileyville and Cement, Oklahoma; Shreveport, Louisiana; Rouse, Colorado; and Groesbeck and Ralls, Texas. Unpublished finding aid available.

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Black and white original prints of railroad construction near Okay, Oklahoma, and mining activties near Bromide, Oklahoma.

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Black and white original prints of railroad construction near Okay, Oklahoma, and mining activties near Bromide, Oklahoma.

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Black and white original prints of railroad construction near Okay, Oklahoma, and mining activties near Bromide, Oklahoma.

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Black and white original prints of railroad construction near Okay, Oklahoma, and mining activties near Bromide, Oklahoma.

Scope and Contents FULL FINDING AID (PDF)Historical society. Dismantling files (1981-1987), contract and easement listings(1981-1987), inventory records by sub-division (1980-1985), review committee reports of land sales by city (1981-1984), motor vehicle reports (1972-1987), purchasing and sales files (1971-1986), engineering files (1930-1986), law department files (1906-1984), VPO contracts (1879-1984), tax and stock reports to states (1910-1984), card files containing information on locations of gas, water, sewer pipe lines (1914-1984), daily reports concerning the 35 day strike by the clerk's union (BRAC) (1979), inspection trip reports concerning the Southern Division of the railroad (1969-1976), records concerning railroad operations at El Reno, OK (1977-1979), Rock Island general orders - Southern Division (1972-1977), and other records of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific...

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Black and white original prints of railroad construction near Okay, Oklahoma, and mining activties near Bromide, Oklahoma.

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Black and white original prints of oil wells, railroad construction and the towns of Kiefer and Shamrock, Oklahoma. The collection also includes scenes of Sacred Heart Mission. Rose Mary Burt Wyatt Manuscript Collection also in repository.

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Black and white original prints of railroad construction near Okay, Oklahoma, and mining activties near Bromide, Oklahoma.

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Black and white copy prints of Shawnee, Indian Territory, including photographs of a trade union parade, businesses, a cotton gin, and railroad construction.