Bruce Barton Papers, 1881-1967

Contents List

Container Title
Series 1310
Part 1 (Series 1310): Original Collection, 1874-1989
Physical Description: 128.0 cubic feet (300 archives boxes and 8 records center cartons) 
Arrangement of the Materials: In overlapping chronological segments, thereunder alphabetical by railroad, and thereunder chronological.
Series: 1874-1946
Reports of All Railroads
Box   A
Volume   1
1881
Box   A
Volume   2
1882
Box   B
Volume   3
1883
Box   B
Volume   4
1884
Abbottsford and Northeastern
Box   1
1890-1898
Box   2
1899-1909
Box   3
1910
Ahnapee and Western
Box   3
1893-1900
Box   4
1901-1910
Box   5
1911-1918
Box   6
1919-1928
Box   7
1929-1936
Box   8
1937-1938
Ashland, Odanah and Marengo
Box   9
1907-1915
Box   10
1916-1921
Box   10
Bayfield, Lake Shore and Western, 1905
Bayfield Transfer Railroad
Box   10
1899-1903
Box   11
1904-1913
Box   12
1914-1932
Big Falls Railroad
Box   12
1895-1897
Box   13
1898-1909
Box   14
1910-1919
Cazenovia Southern
Box   14
1911-1912
Box   15
1914-1937
Chicago, Burlington and Northern
Box   15
1887-1890
Box   16
1891-1899
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Box   16
1899
Box   17
1900-1910
Box   18
1911-1917
Box   19
1918-1925
Box   20
1926-1933
Box   21
1934-1938
Chicago, Fairchild and Eau Claire River
Box   21
1887-1890
Box   22
1891-1893
Box   23
1894-1896
Chicago, Harvard and Geneva Lake
Box   23
1899-1905
Box   24
1906-1914
Box   25
1915-1930
Chicago, Lake Shore and Eastern
Box   26
1896-1906
Box   27
1907-1914
Chicago and Lake Superior
Box   28
1898-1908
Box   29
1909-1913
Chicago, Madison and Northern
Box   29
1888-1890
Box   30
1891-1898
Box   31
1899-1902
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Box   31
1875-1897
Box   32
1898-1907
Box   33
1908-1913
Box   34
1914-1918
Box   35
1919-1926
Box   36
1927-1928
Chicago and Northwestern
Box   36
1874-1892
Box   37
1893-1899
Box   38
1900-1908
Box   39
1909-1914
Box   40
1915-1919
Box   41
1920-1928
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
Box   42
1887-1897
Box   43
1898-1908
Box   44
1909-1915
Box   45
1916-1923
Box   46
1924-1928
Box   46
Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis, 1878
Chicago, Wisconsin and Minnesota
Box   46
1887-1891
Box   47
1892-1899
Box   47
Chippewa Falls and Western, 1877-1878
Chippewa River and Menomonie
Box   48
1891-1900
Box   49
1901-1902
Box   49
Chippewa River and Northern, 1904-1910
Chippewa Valley and Northern
Box   49
1904-1905
Box   50
1906-1915
Box   51
1916-1918
Box   51
John Davis Lumber Company, 1905-1910
Box   51
Delco and Northern Railroad, 1929-1936
Dells and Northeastern
Box   51
1936-1944
Box   52
1945-1946
Drummond and Southwestern
Box   52
1892-1901
Box   53
1902-1911
Duluth, Messaba and Northern
Box   53
1916
Box   54
1917-1925
Box   55
1926-1937
Duluth Short Line
Box   55
1889-1894
Box   56
1895-1899
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic
Box   56
1890-1893
Box   57
1894-1903
Box   58
1904-1913
Box   59
1914-1920
Box   60
1921-1930
Box   61
1931-1938
Duluth, Superior and Western Terminal
Box   61
1897
Box   62
1898-1908
Box   63
Duluth and Winnipeg, 1893-1896
Dunbar and Wausaukee
Box   63
1898-1903
Box   64
1904-1911
Box   65
1912-1918
Eastern Railroad Company of Minnesota
Box   65
1889-1891
Box   66
1892-1900
Box   67
1901-1907
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern
Box   67
1909-1911
Box   68
1912-1914
Box   68
Ettrick Railroad Company, 1930-1937
Box   68
Ettrick and Northern, 1917-1927
Fairchild and Northeastern
Box   68
1897-1898
Box   69
1899-1909
Box   70
1910-1919
Box   71
1920-1930
Box   71
Fond du Lac, Amboy and Peoria, 1877-1878
Box   71
Galena and Southern Wisconsin, 1875-1877
Box   71
Glenwood and Northeastern, 1899-1900
Box   71
Glenwood and Northern, 1903-1905
Box   302
Fox Valley Electric Railway Company, 1899 and 1902
Box   72
Goodyear, Neillsville and Northern, 1890-1894
Grand Trunk Milwaukee Ferry Company and Grand Trunk Western
Box   72
1910-1912
Box   73
1913-1919
Grand Trunk
Box   74
1920-1928
Box   75
1929-1938
Great Northern
Box   76
1902-1910
Box   77
1911-1915
Box   78
1916-1922
Box   79
1923-1930
Box   80
1931-1936
Box   81
1937-1938
Box   81
Green Bay and Minnesota, 1874-1878
Green Bay and Western
Box   81
1897-1898
Box   82
1899-1908
Box   83
1909-1916
Box   84
1917-1925
Box   85
1926-1928
Green Bay, Winona and St. Paul
Box   85
1887-1893
Box   86
1894-1896
Hawthome, Nebagamon and Superior
Box   86
1899-1906
Box   87
1907-1908
Hazelhurst and Southeastern
Box   87
1897-1904
Box   88
1905-1914
Hillsboro and Northeastern
Box   89
1904-1913
Box   90
1914-1932
Box   90
William Holmes and Sons Logging Railroad, 1900-1904
Illinois Central
Box   91
1903-1911
Box   92
1912-1916
Box   93
1917-1924
Box   94
1925-1938
Interstate Transfer
Box   94
1915-1919
Box   95
1920-1929
Box   96
1930-1936
Box   97
1937-1938
Iola and Northern
Box   97
1897-1903
Box   98
1904-1912
Box   99
1913-1914
Kewaunee, Green Bay and Western
Box   99
1892-1898
Box   100
1899-1909
Box   101
1910-1917
Box   102
1918-1926
Box   103
1927-1938
Kickapoo Valley and Northern
Box   103
1892-1897
Box   104
1898-1899
La Crosse and Southeastern
Box   104
1905-1912
Box   105
1913-1925
Box   106
1926-1933
Lake Superior Terminal and Transfer
Box   107
1888-1897
Box   108
1898-1908
Box   109
1909-1916
Box   110
1917-1925
Box   111
1926-1934
Box   112
1935-1938
Laona and Northern
Box   112
1906-1911
Box   113
1912-1938
Box   114
Lincoln and Oneida County, 1907-1910
Marathon County Railroad Company
Box   115
1906-1915
Box   116
1916-1927
Marinette, Tomahawk and Western
Box   116
1897-1904
Box   117
1905-1912
Box   118
1913-1924
Box   119
1925-1933
Box   120
1934-1938
Box   120
Marshfield and Southeastern, 1896-1900
Mattoon Railroad Company
Box   121
1896-1908
Box   122
1909-1912
Box   122
Menomonie Railroad Company, 1887-1892
Milwaukee, Bay View and Chicago
Box   123
1891-1895, 1908-1912
Box   124
1913, 1914
Box   124
Milwaukee, Dexterville and Northern, 1887-1888
Box   124
Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western, 1877-1893
Milwaukee and Lake Winnebago
Box   125
1889-1891
Box   126
1892-1899
Box   126
Milwaukee, Menomonie Falls and Western, 1890-1891
Box   127
Milwaukee and Northern, 1887-1893
Milwaukee and Superior
Box   127
1892-1894
Box   128
1895-1900
Box   128
Mineral Point Railroad Company, 1875-1878
Mineral Point and Northern
Box   128
1905-1908
Box   129
1909-1919
Box   130
1920-1928
Box   131
1929-1930
Box   131
Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic, 1887
Box   131
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Ashland, 1899-1905
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie
Box   131
1888-1890
Box   132
1891-1899
Box   133
1900-1909
Box   134
1910-1915
Box   135
1916-1923
Box   136
1924-1928
Box   136
Minneapolis, St. Croix and Wisconsin, 1887-1888
Box   136
Minneapolis and Wisconsin, 1893-1895
Box   137
Minnesota and Wisconsin, 1896-1900
Northern Pacific
Box   137
1887-1891
Box   138
1892-1900
Box   139
1901-1910
Box   140
1911-1916
Box   141
1917-1925
Box   142
1926-1933
Box   143
1934-1938
Northwestern Coal Railroad Company
Box   143
1895-1901
Box   144
1902-1910
Box   145
1911-1919
Box   146
1920-1928
Box   147
1929-1938
Oshkosh Transportation Company
Box   148
1891-1896
Box   149
1897-1906
Box   150
1907-1913
Box   151
1914-1922
Box   152
1923-1930
Box   153
1931-1938
Packwaukee and Montello
Box   154
1890-1892
Box   155
1893-1899
Box   155
Penakee Railroad Company, 1888
Box   155
Pine River Valley and Stevens Point, 1877-1878
Port Edwards, Centralia and Northern
Box   155
1892-1893
Box   156
1894-1895
Box   156
Prairie Farm and Southwestern, 1911-1917
Prairie du Chien and McGregor
Box   156
1874-1889
Box   157
1894-1897
Box   158
Rice Lake and Menomonie, 1898-1899
Robbins Railroad Company
Box   158
1904-1911
Box   159
1912-1941
Box   160
Sault Ste. Marie and Southwestern, 1887-1892
Box   160
Sheboygan and Fond du Lac, 1875, 1877
Stanley, Merrill and Phillips
Box   160
1905-1907
Box   161
1908-1916
Box   162
1916-1924
St. Cloud, Grantsburg and Ashland
Box   162
1887-1892
Box   163
1893-1899
Box   163
St. Paul and Duluth, 1899-1900
St. Paul, Eastern and Grand Trunk
Box   164
1890-1893
Box   165
1899
Box   165
Superior Beltline and Terminal, 1893-1894
Superior and Southeastern
Box   165
1905-1911
Box   166
1912-1934
Box   167
Tomahawk and Eastern, 1912-1920
Box   168
Tony and Northeastern, 1904-1905
Box   168
Washburn, Bayfield and Iron River, 1899
Waupaca - Green Bay Railroad Company
Box   168
1908-1911
Box   169
1912-1920
Box   170
1921
Box   170
Western Union Railroad Company, 1874-1878
Box   170
West Range, 1892-1905
Box   171
West Wisconsin, 1875-1877
Whitcomb and Morris
Box   171
1897-1907
Box   172
1908-1918
Winona Bridge Railroad Company
Box   173
1893-1903
Box   174
1904-1910
Box   175
1911-1918
Box   176
1919-1938
Wisconsin and Chippewa
Box   177
1892-1894
Box   178
1895-1898
Wisconsin Central
Box   178
1875-1890
Box   179
1891-1893
Box   180
1894-1898
Box   181
1899-1908
Box   182
1908-1915
Box   183
1916-1925
Box   184
1926-1928
Wisconsin Central, Park Falls Spur of Roddis Lumber and Veneer Company
Box   184
1905-1910
Box   185
1911-1932
Wisconsin and Michigan
Box   186
1895-1905
Box   187
1906-1915
Box   188
1916-1925
Box   189
1926-1934
Box   190
1935-1938
Box   190
Wisconsin and Minnesota, 1887-1888
Wisconsin and Northern
Box   190
1907-1910
Box   191
1911-1921
Box   192
Wisconsin and Northwestern, 1908-1920
Wisconsin, Pittsville and Superior
Box   192
1887-1888
Box   193
1889-1890
Box   193
Wisconsin, Ruby and Southern, 1907-1910
Box   193
Wisconsin Valley, 1874-1878
Box   193
Wisconsin Western, 1900-1902
Box   302
Wisconsin Traction, Light, Heat and Power Company, 1902
Box   194
Wisconsin Western, 1903-1907
Series: 1928-1957
Ahnapee & Western
Box   195
1939-1946
Box   196
1947-1952
Chicago & Northwestern
Box   197
1929-1936
Box   198
1937-1944
Box   199
1945-1948
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Box   199
1939-1941
Box   200
1942-1949
Box   201
1950-1952
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific
Box   201
1928-1932
Box   202
1933-1939
Box   203
1940-1946
Box   204
1947-1948
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Box   204
1929-1934
Box   205
1935-1942
Box   206
1943-1948
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range
Box   206
1939
Box   207
1940-1947
Box   208
1948-1952
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic
Box   208
1939-1940
Box   209
1941-1947
Box   210
1948
Grand Trunk Western, including Muskegon R.R. and Navigation Co.
Box   210
1939-1944
Box   211
1945-1950
Box   212
1951-1952
Grand Trunk - Milwaukee Car Ferry Co.
Box   212
1939-1950
Box   213
1951-1952
Grand Trunk Western - Pennsylvania Car Ferry Operating Agency
Box   213
1939-1946
Box   214
1947-1952
Great Northern
Box   214
1939-1940
Box   215
1941-1947
Box   216
1948-1952
Green Bay and Western
Box   216
1929
Box   217
1930-1937
Box   218
1945
Box   219
1946-1952
Box   220
Hillsboro and North Eastern, 1939-1952
Illinois Central
Box   220
1939-1940
Box   221
1941-1947
Box   222
1948-1952
Kewaunee, Green Bay and Western
Box   222
1939-1940
Box   223
1941-1947
Box   224
1948-1952
Lake Superior Terminal and Transfer R. R. of the State of Wisconsin
Box   225
1939-1946
Box   226
1947-1952
Laona and Northern
Box   226
1939-1941
Box   227
1942-1952
Marinette, Tomahawk and Western
Box   227
1939-1942
Box   228
1943-1949
Box   229
1950-1952
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Sault Ste. Marie R.R.
Box   229
1929-1933
Box   230
1934-1941
Box   231
1942-1947
Box   232
1948
Northern Pacific
Box   232
1939-1944
Box   233
1945-1950
Box   234
1951-1952
Northwestern Coal
Box   234
1939-1944
Box   235
1945-1951
Box   236
1952-1954
Oshkosh Transportation
Box   236
1939-1943
Box   237
1944-1951
Box   238
1952-1957
Winond Bridge
Box   238
1939-1944
Box   239
1945-1952
Wisconsin Central
Box   239
1929-1933
Box   240
1934-1942
Box   241
1943-1948
Railway Express Agency
Box   241
1939-1940
Box   242
1941-1948
Box   243
1949-1952
Series: 1949-1964
Box   244
Ahnapee and Western Rail Co., 1953-1964
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy R.R. Co.
Box   244
1953
Box   245
1954-1959
Box   246
1960-1964
Box   246
Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railway Co., 1959-1963
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific R.R. Co.
Box   247
1949-1953
Box   248
1954-1958
Box   249
1959-1964
Box   250
Chicago, N.Shore & Milwaukee, 1958-1962
Box   250
Chicago & North Western, 1960-1961
Chicago & North Western and Subsidiaries
Box   250
1962
Box   251
1963-1964
Chicago & North Western
Box   251
1949-1952
Box   252
1953-1958
Box   253
1959
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway
Box   253
1949-1953
Box   254
1954-1957
Duluth, Missabe, & Iron Range
Box   254
1953-1956
Box   255
1957-1963
Box   256
1964
Duluth, So. Shore & Atlantic
Box   256
1949-1953
Box   257
1954-1959
Box   258
1960
Box   258
Grand Trunk Milwaukee Car Ferry, 1953-1964
Grand Trunk Western R.R. Co.
Box   259
1953-1958
Box   260
1959-1963
Box   261
1964
Box   261
Grand Trunk Western-Pennsylvania Car Ferry, 1953
Great Northern R.R. Co.
Box   261
1953-1957
Box   262
1958-1964
Green Bay & Western
Box   263
1953-1959
Box   264
1960-1964
Hillsboro & No. Eastern R.R. Co.
Box   264
1953-1956
Box   265
1957-1964
Illinois Central R.R. Co.
Box   265
1953-1956
Box   266
1957-1962
Box   267
1963-1964
Kewaunee, Green Bay & Western R.R. Co.
Box   267
1953-1958
Box   268
1959-1964
Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer
Box   268
1953-1956
Box   269
1957-1964
Box   269
Laona & Northern R.R. Co., 1953-1964
Box   270
Marinette Tomahawk & Western, 1953-1964
Box   271
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Transportation, 1958-1963
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie
Box   271
1949-1952
Box   272
1953-1958
Box   273
1959-1960
Box   273
Municipality of East Troy, 1958-1964
Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Box   274
1953-1958
Box   275
1959-1964
Railway Express Agency Inc.
Box   276
1953-1960
Box   277
1961-1964
Box   277
Soo Line R.R. Co., 1961-1964
Box   278
Winona Bridge R.R. Co., 1953-1964
Wisconsin Central R.R. Co.
Box   278
1949-1950
Box   279
1951-1955
Box   280
1956-1960
Series: 1965-1989
1965
Box   281
Ahnapee and Western Railway Company
Box   281
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Box   281
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific
Box   281
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
Box   281
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company
Box   281
Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway Company, including Duluth, Rainy Lake and Winnipeg Railway Company
Box   281
Grand Trunk Milwaukee Car Ferry Company
Box   281
Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company
Box   281
Great Northern Railroad Company
Box   281
Green Bay and Western Railroad Company
Box   281
Hillsboro and North Eastern Railway Company
Box   282
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Box   282
Kewaunee, Green Bay and Western Railroad Company
Box   282
The Lake Superior Terminal and Transfer Railway Company
Box   282
Laona and Northern Railway Company
Box   282
Marinette, Tomahawk and Western Railroad Company
Box   282
Municipality of East Troy Railroad
Box   282
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Box   282
Railway Express Agency, Inc.
Box   282
Soo Line Railroad Company
Box   282
Winona Bridge Railway Company
1966
Box   282
The Ahnapee and Western Railway Company
Box   282
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Box   282
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific
Box   282
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company
Box   283
Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway Company, including Duluth, Rainy Lake and Winnipeg Railway Company
Box   283
Grand Trunk Milwaukee Car Ferry Company
Box   283
Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company
Box   283
Great Northern Railway Company
Box   283
Green Bay and Western Railroad Company
Box   283
Hillsboro and North Eastern Railway Company
Box   283
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Box   283
Kewaunee, Green Bay and Western Railroad Company
Box   283
The Lake Superior Terminal and Transfer Railway Company
Box   283
Laona Northern Railway Company
Box   283
Marinette, Tomahawk and Western Railroad Company
Box   283
Municipality of East Troy Railroad
Box   283
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Box   283
Railway Express Agency, Inc.
Box   283
Soo Line Railroad Company
Box   283
Winona Bridge Railway Company
1967
Box   284
Ahn-Hil
Box   285
Ill-Win
1968
Box   286
Ahn-Gre
Box   287
Hil-Win
1969
Box   288
Ahn-Dul
Box   289
Gra-Win
1970
Box   290
Ahn-Gra
Box   291
Gre-Win
1971
Box   292
Ahn-Gra
Box   293
Gre-Win
1972
Box   294
Ahn-Dul
Box   295
Gra-Win
1973
Box   296
Ahn-Gra
Box   297
Gre-Win
1974
Box   298
Ahn-Dul
Box   299
Gra-Win
1975
Box   300
Ahn-Dul
Box   301
Gra-Win
1976
Box   303
Ahnapee and Western Rail Co. - Winona Bridge Railway Company
1977
Box   303
Ahnapee and Western Rail Co. - Hillsboro and North Eastern Railway Company
Box   304
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Co. - Winona Bridge Railway Company
1978
Box   304
Ahnapee and Western Rail Co. - Winona Bridge Railway Company
1979
Box   304
Ahnapee and Western Rail Co. - Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway Co.
Box   305
Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific - Winona Bridge Railway Company
1980
Box   305
Ahnapee and Western Rail Co. - Wisconsin and Southern Railroad Co.
1981
Box   305
Ahnapee and Western Rail Co. - Wisconsin and Southern Railroad Co.
1982
Box   305
Ahnapee and Western Rail Co. - Wisconsin and Southern Railroad Co.
1983
Box   306
Brillon and Forest Junction Railroad Co. - Wisconsin and Southern Railroad Co.
1984
Box   306
Ahnapee and Western Rail Co. - Wisconsin and Southern Railroad Co.
1985
Box   306
Ahnapee and Western Rail Co. - Wisconsin and Southern Railroad Co.
1986
Box   306
Ahnapee and Western Rail Co. - Wisconsin and Southern Railroad Co.
1987
Box   306
Ahnapee and Western Rail Co. - Wisconsin and Southern Railroad Co.
1988
Box   306
Ahnapee and Western Rail Co. - Wisconsin and Southern Railroad Co.
1989
Box   306
Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad Co. - Wisconsin and Southern Railroad Co.
2005/087
Part 2 (2005/087): Additions, 1998-1999
Physical Description: 0.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Annual reports, 1998-1999.
Box   1
A-T
Box   2
U-W
2005/112
Part 3 (2005/112): Additions, 1976-1997
Physical Description: 1.0 cubic foot (1 records center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: Alphabetically-arranged annual reports, 1976-1997, of railroads that operated in Wisconsin, together with reports, 1996-1997, of the Madeline Island Ferry.
Box   1
Annual reports, 1976-1997
Box   1
Madeline Island Ferry reports, 1996-1997
2006/170
Part 4 (2006/170): Additions, 2000
Physical Description: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Annual reports, 2000.
Box   1
Annual reports, 2000
2017/010
Part 5 (2017/010): Additions, 1985-2008
Physical Description: 1.0 cubic foot (1 records center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: Annual reports from railroads that operated in Wisconsin, 1985-1993 and 2005-2008, along with reports of the Madeline Island Ferry.
Box   1
Folder   1
1985-1987
Box   1
Folder   2
1988
Box   1
Folder   3
1989
Box   1
Folder   4
1990
Box   1
Folder   5
1991
Box   1
Folder   6
1992
Box   1
Folder   7
1993
Box   1
Folder   8
2005
Box   1
Folder   9
2006
Box   1
Folder   10
2007
Box   1
Folder   11
2008
2018/011
Part 6 (2018/011): Additions, 2009-2012
Physical Description: 1.0 cubic foot (1 records center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: Annual reports of railroad companies doing business in Wisconsin submitted to the Commissioner on printed forms showing detailed financial, physical, and operational information for each road and separately for that portion of raid located in Wisconsin. The records report on company histories, directors and officers, stockholders, corporate structure, incorporation dates, revenues, expenses, income statements, balance sheets, property accounts, and traffic and operating statistics. Companies are arranged alphabetically and grouped together by year.
Box   1
Folder   1
2008-2009
Box   1
Folder   2
2009-2010
Box   1
Folder   3
2010-2011
Box   1
Folder   4
2011-2012
Box   1
Folder   5
2012
2018/116
Part 7 (2018/116): Additions, 1858-1968
Physical Description: 1.0 cubic foot (1 records center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: Annual reports of railroad companies doing business in Wisconsin submitted to the Commissioner on printed forms showing detailed financial, physical, and operational information for each road and separately for that portion of road located in Wisconsin. The records report on company histories, directors and officers, stockholders, corporate structure, incorporation dates, revenues, expenses, income statements, balance sheets, property accounts, and traffic and operating statistics. Companies are arranged alphabetically.
Box   1
Folder   1
Ahnapee and Western Railway Company, 1947-1958
Box   1
Folder   2
Chicago and North Western Railroad Company, 1860-1878
Box   1
Folder   3
Chicago and Saint Paul Railroad Company, 1858, 1874-1878
Box   1
Folder   4
Chicago, Kenosha and Milwaukee Railway Company, 1866 and 1907
Box   1
Folder   5
Chippewa Falls and Western Railway Company, 1876-1877
Box   1
Folder   6
Green Bay and Minnesota Railroad Company, 1871, 1873, 1874-1876
Box   1
Folder   7
Kenosha, Rockford and Rock Island Railroad Company, 1808, 1859-1861
Box   1
Folder   8
La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad Company, 1858, 1860-1862, 1864-1865
Box   1
Folder   9
La Crosse, Trempealeau and Prescott Railroad Company, 1860-1862, 1872-1873
Box   1
Folder   10
Laona and Northern Railway Company, 1947-1947, 1956
Box   1
Folder   11
Madison and Portage Railroad Company, 1872-1877
Box   1
Folder   12
Milwaukee and Beloit Railroad Company, 1858, 1870
Box   1
Folder   13
Milwaukee and Chicago Railroad Company, 1858-1863
Box   1
Folder   14
Milwaukee and Fond du Lac Airline Railroad Company, 1858
Box   1
Folder   15
Milwaukee and Horicon Railroad Company, 1858-1859, 1861-1862
Box   1
Folder   16
Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad Company, 1858-1860
Box   1
Folder   17
Milwaukee and Northern Illinois Railroad Company, 1859-1860
Box   1
Folder   18
Milwaukee and Northern Railway Company, 1871-1873
Box   1
Folder   19
Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien Railway Company, 1861-1866
Box   1
Folder   20
Milwaukee and Western Railroad Company, 1861-1862
Box   1
Folder   21
Milwaukee, Lakeshore and Western Railway Company, 1872-1877
Box   1
Folder   22
Milwaukee, Minnesota Railroad Company, 1959, 1961, 1965-1968
Box   1
Folder   23
Milwaukee Southern Railroad Company, 1908
Box   1
Folder   24
Milwaukee, Watertown and Baraboo Valley Railroad Company, 1858-1860
Box   1
Folder   25
Mineral Point Railroad Company, 1858-1859, 1851-1870, 1872-1877
Box   1
Folder   26
New Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company, 1863-1873
Box   1
Folder   27
North Western Union Railway, 1871, 1873, 1909
Box   1
Folder   28
Northern Pacific Railway Company, 1907, 1916-1917, 1919-1921, 1923-1924
Box   1
Folder   29
Northern Pacific Railway Company, 1925-1932
Box   1
Folder   30
Northern Pacific Railway Company, 1933-1935, 1937-1942
Box   1
Folder   31
Northern Wisconsin Railway Company, 1869-1870, 1872-1876
Box   1
Folder   32
Prairie du Chien Railway Company, 1872-1877
Box   1
Folder   33
Sheboygan and Fond du Lac Railroad Company, 1861-1877
Box   1
Folder   34
Sheboygan and Mississippi Railroad Company, 1859-1860
Box   1
Folder   35
Saint Croix and Lake Superior Railroad Company, 1858-1860, 1862-1867, 1870-1873
Box   1
Folder   36
Superior and Saint Croix Railroad Company, 1859-1869
Box   1
Folder   37
Superior and State Line Railroad Company, 1859-1869
Box   1
Folder   38
West Wisconsin Railway Company, 1877
Box   1
Folder   39
Western Union Railroad Company, 1866-1877
Box   1
Folder   40
Wisconsin Central Railroad Company, 1859-1863, 1876-1877
Box   1
Folder   41
Wisconsin Valley Railroad Company, 1873-1876