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Container	Title
Mss 319	Series: Papers, 1864-1955
	Transportation Corps Historical Records - European Theater of Operations
Box 1 Folder 1-4	U S. Army Transportation Corps Activities in North Africa, Italy, France, & Germany (1942-1945)
Box 1 Folder 5-7	Historical report of Transportation Corps operations in France, 1944
Box 1 Folder 8-18	The U S. Army In World War Two -- The Technical Services - The Transportation Corps -- Volume III -- Activities in Overseas Commands
Box 1 Folder 19	U.S. Army Transportation Corps. Statistical summary of operations in Europe, 1942-1945
	Military Railway Service (MRS) Historical Records - Headquarters and Grand Divisions Operating in the European Theater
Box 2 Folder 1-5	Headquarters of the Military Railway Service, 1942-1945
Box 2 Folder 6-7	1st Military Railway Service, January-August 1945
Box 2 Folder 8	2nd Military Railway Service, February-July 1945
Box 2 Folder 9	3rd Military Railway Service, August-December 1950
Box 2 Folder 10-12	701st Railway Grand Division, 1943-1944
Box 2 Folder 13-14	703rd Railway Grand Division, 1940-1945
Box 2 Folder 15-16	704th Railway Grand Division, 1942-1945
Box 2 Folder 17	706th Railway Grand Division, February-July 1945
Box 2 Folder 18	707th Railway Grand Division, February-August 1945
Box 2 Folder 19	708th Railway Grand Division, February-July 1945
Box 2 Folder 20	709th Railway Grand Division, February-March 1945
Box 2 Folder 21	710th Railway Grand Division, February-July 1945
Box 2 Folder 22	Military Railway Service -- list of unit histories
	Railway Operating Battalions in the European Theater
Box 3 Folder 1-34	Operational records and histories of Railway Operating Battalions 711 to 759, 1942-1945
	MRS Subsidiary Units
Box 4 Folder 1-31	Operational histories of units attached to MRS, 1942-1945
Box 4 Folder 32-38	Rosters of officers serving with the MRS, deceased personnel, and officers with civilian railroad experience, 1942-1945
	MRS General Orders/Special Orders/Tables of Organization
Box 5 Folder 1-2	General Orders 1 through 59, 1943-1950
Box 5 Folder 3-5	Special Orders 1 through 239, 1943-1945
Box 5 Folder 6	Unit Statistics, 1945
Box 5 Folder 7	Awards and decorations to MRS personnel, 1942-1945
Box 5 Folder 8-23	Tables of Organization and Equipment for all types of subsidiary units which composed the MRS, 1921-1945
Box 5 Folder 24-28	Charts outlining Tables of Organization and Equipment
Box 5 Folder 29-30	Correspondence relating to the reorganization of MRS, 1945-1954
	MRS and General Carl Gray
Box 6 Folder 1-2	Report on the organization of the MRS, 1945
Box 6 Folder 3	Military Railway Service Organization Charts
Box 6 Folder 4	Organizational study of the MRS, 1949
Box 6 Folder 5	Criticism of MRS operations during World War II, 1948-1949
Box 6 Folder 6-7	Special Orders for General Carl Gray, 1942-1951
Box 6 Folder 8-10	Reports on General Gray's inspection trips, 1943-1945
Box 6 Folder 11-15	Reports, charts, and plans on MRS operations, 1942-1945
Box 6 Folder 16-18	Reconnaissance reports of railway conditions, 1942-1945
Box 6 Folder 19-22	Records of General Gray's entertainment fund, 1943-1945
Box 6 Folder 23-24	Records of the MRS Chorus, 1943-1945
Box 6 Folder 25-26	MRS ephemera including cards, menus, and notes, 1943-1945
	MRS Manuals and Publications
Box 7 Folder 1-4	Training manuals relating to railway operations
Box 7 Folder 5	Military railway operating procedures
Box 7 Folder 6-7	Military railway equipment data manuals
Box 7 Folder 8	Radio scripts about the Military Railway Service, 1943-1945
Box 7 Folder 9	Military railway related newsletters and publications, 1943-1948
Box 7 Folder 10	American Rails In Eight Countries -- The Story Of the 1st Military Railway Service, 1944
Box 7 Folder 11	Military Railway Service reunions, 1945-1955
Box 7 Folder 12	Miscellaneous
Box 7 Folder 13-15	Typescript of Railroading in Eighteen Countries: The Story of American Railroad Men Serving in the Military Railway Service, 1862-1953
Box 7 Folder 16	Research material for railroading book
Box 7 Folder 17-20	Correspondence and photographs for railroading book
	Correspondence, Clippings, and Ephemera
Box 8-10	Personal and professional correspondence, 1910-1953
	Reports on Foreign Railways
Box 11-14	Reports, charts, diagrams, reconstruction plans, and publications on the railways of the following countries or regions: North Africa, Great Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Portugal, the Soviet Union, Japan, Manchuria, Greece, Iraq, Iran, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, the Balkans, and South America Note: The largest component of records refers to MRS operations in Italy and North Africa, 1942-1950.
Box 15	Maps of European railroad systems from WWII period
Box 16	Booklets, pamphlets, and manuals about military railroading, and rail reconstruction in Europe, 1942-1945
	Scrapbooks
Box 17 Folder 1-5	Scrapbooks of Carl Gray, 1908-1934
Box 18 Folder 1	Photographic scrapbook, 1930s-1950s
Box 18 Folder 2	Scrapbook on inauguration of President Truman, 1949
Box 18 Folder 3	Scrapbook of letters of congratulation addressed to Carl Gray on being honored by Temple Ohabei Shalom, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1950
Box 18 Folder 4	Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, 1930s-1940s
Box 19-20 Folder 1-6	Scrapbooks containing correspondence, photographs, clippings, brochures, and ephemera, 1940s
	Miscellaneous
Box 21 Folder 1	Carl Gray, Jr. biographical material
Box 21 Folder 2	Carl Gray, Sr. biographical material
Box 21 Folder 3-4	Carl Gray speeches and articles
Box 21 Folder 5	Chicago & Northwestern Railway medal of heroism awarded to Arnold Haack of Superior, Wisconsin, 1937
Box 21 Folder 6	West Wisconsin Railway ephemera
Box 21 Folder 7	Soo Line Railway history
Box 21 Folder 8	Spooner-Shell Lake, Wisconsin baseball game, 1895
Box 21 Folder 9	Miscellaneous invitations and brochures
	MRS Publications
Box 22 Folder 1-2	Roadway Track Plans & Structures, 1942
Box 22 Folder 3	Area Railway Maps, 1942
Box 22 Folder 4	Theater Railway Maps, 1942
	Scrapbooks
Box 23 Folder 1	Oversize scrapbook of St. Paul, Minnesota Winter Carnival, 1936-1941
Box 23 Folder 2	Oversize scrapbook of President Eisenhower inauguration, 1953
	Ledger Books
Box 24 Folder 1-2	Birchwood, Wisconsin station correspondence and train books, 1901-1905
Box 24 Folder 3	Elroy, Wisconsin conductor's train register book, 1895-1897
Box 24 Folder 4	Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin telegrams received and sent, 1887
Box 24 Folder 5	Green Bay & Lake Pepin Railway, freight car record book, 1873-1876
	Records of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company
Box 25 Folder 1	Railroad circulars and notices, 1915-1935
Box 25 Folder 2	Correspondence of Frank Salmon, conductor in the Nebraska Division, 1900-1940
Box 25 Folder 3	Reminiscences of William H. Neal, locomotive engineer, Minnesota Valley Railroad, 1867-1908
Box 25 Folder 4	Reminiscences of E.T. Abbot, civil engineer, 1873-1882
Box 25 Folder 5	Reminiscences of H.W. Truelsen, clerk, 1910-1920
Box 25 Folder 6	Reminiscences of Allan Burdick, station master, 1882-1928
Box 25 Folder 7	Employees Roll of Honor newsletter, 1938-1941
Box 25 Folder 8	Destruction of General Office Building, St. Paul, 1889
Box 25 Folder 9	Report on development of passenger traffic, 1938
Box 25 Folder 10	Conductor's freight record book, 1894
Box 25 Folder 11	Claim department records, 1918
Box 25 Folder 12	Conductor's Life Insurance Association records, 1880s
Box 25 Folder 13	History of the mechanical department, 1871-1905
Box 25 Folder 14	History of the railroad's telegraphy section, undated
Box 25 Folder 15	Correspondence and clippings on employee picnics, undated
Box 25 Folder 16	Omaha Railway baseball team, 1929-1930
Box 25 Folder 17	Miscellaneous circulars
Box 25 Folder 18-19	Records of Veteran Employees Association meetings, 1926-1941
Box 25 Folder 20	Miscellaneous correspondence, 1914-1915
Box 25 Folder 21	Tissue copies of telegraphed train orders, 1880s
Box 25 Folder 22	Train schedules and time tables, 1880s-1930s
Box 25 Folder 23	Omaha Railway monthly bulletin (volume 1, number 1), 1884
Box 25 Folder 24	Employee rosters, 1930s
Box 25 Folder 25	Rosters of general officers and station agents
Box 25 Folder 26	Lists of freight traffic
Box 25 Folder 27	Lists of company locomotives
Box 25 Folder 28	Corporate history by A.J. McClure, 1936
Box 25 Folder 29	Corporate history, unattributed typescript, 1940
Box 25 Folder 30-33	Miscellaneous clippings, brochures, correspondence, and circulars
Box 25 Folder 34	Train speed record form, 1885
Box 25 Folder 35	Miscellaneous
Box 25 Folder 36	Locomotive reports, 1884-1885
	Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway and Other Railroads
Box 26 Folder 1-6	Clippings, brochures, correspondence, and circulars
	Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Box 26 Folder 7	Route maps, 1880s
Box 26 Folder 8	Timetables, 1880s-1930s
Box 26 Folder 9	Newsletter, 1944
Box 26 Folder 10	Streamlined trains, 1934-1935
Box 26 Folder 11	Union Pacific Railroad, streamlined trains clipping file, 1934
Box 26 Folder 12	Minnesota & Wisconsin Railroad, timetable, 1901
Box 26 Folder 13	Sault Ste. Marie & Southwestern Railroad, timetable, 1891
Box 26 Folder 14	The Milwaukee Road, streamlined train file, 1935
Box 26 Folder 15	Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad, brochure, 1935
Box 26 Folder 16-17	St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad, correspondence, 1864-1881
Box 26 Folder 18	Wabash Railroad Veterans Association, bulletin, 1926
Box 26 Folder 19	St. Paul, Stillwater, & Taylor Falls Railroad, annual report, 1878
Box 26 Folder 20	Fremont, Elkhorn, Missouri Valley, Sioux City, & Pacific Railroad, testimonial banquet, 1877
Box 26 Folder 21	Great Northern Railway Brochures, 1933-1937
Box 26 Folder 22	Omaha Railway Schedules, 1879-1933
Box 26 Folder 23	Covington, Columbus, & Black Hills Railroad, freight record, 1877
Box 26 Folder 24	Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad, timetable, 1878
Box 26 Folder 25	Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie, & Atlantic Railroad, timetable, 1884
Box 26 Folder 26	Watonwan Valley Railroad, timetable, 1889
Box 26 Folder 27	Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, engineers rule book, 1890
Box 26 Folder 28-29	Association of American Railroads, miscellany
Box 26 Folder 30	Minneapolis and St. Paul area train switching tariff list, 1890
Box 26 Folder 31	Plans for railroad bridge over Des Moines River, undated
	Miscellaneous Railroading and Carl Gray Records
Box 27 Folder 1-5	Correspondence and forms from the Omaha Railway museum, 1931-1940
Box 27 Folder 6-8	Railroad biographies, 1940
Box 27 Folder 9-12	Miscellaneous
Box 27 Folder 13	Membership records for the Omaha Railway Unit of the Chicago & Northwestern Athletic Association, 1931
Box 27 Folder 14	Card file of references to correspondence and legal claims as well as general subject index to Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway
	Diaries, Notebooks, Memoranda
Box 28 Folder 1	Twenty-five annual diaries published by the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1874-1917
Box 28 Folder 2	Two unidentified diaries from the superintendent's office of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway
Box 28 Folder 3	Diary of train engineer W.H. Neal, 1871-1880
Box 28 Folder 4	Diary of Henry Neal, 1868-1870
Box 28 Folder 5	Diary of H.M. Pearce, 1898
Box 28 Folder 6	Diary of George Lowe, 1871
Box 28 Folder 7	Diary of H.W. Smith, St. Paul, 1888
Box 28 Folder 8-17	Miscellaneous time and payroll books
Box 28 Folder 18	Memoranda books of railroad superintendent L.F. Slaker, 1898
Box 28 Folder 19	Record book of assorted railroad passes, 1872-1873
Box 28 Folder 20-25	Legal memoranda books from the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway, 1894-1924
Box 28 Folder 26	Two freight record books, 1873-1883
Box 28 Folder 27	Free transportation record book, 1890-1897
Box 28 Folder 28	Freight tonnage record book, 1895-1898
Box 28 Folder 29	Passenger tariff record book, 1872
Box 28 Folder 30	Freight car seal record book, 1895
Box 28 Folder 31	Two books of passes from the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway, 1877-1903
Box 28 Folder 32	Employee passes from the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway, 1870s-1890s
Box 28 Folder 33	Box containing annual passes from various railroads, 1890-1920
Box 28 Folder 34	Excess baggage collections book, 1885-1898
	Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Impression Copy Books
Box 29 Folder 1	C.W. Porter, Secretary, 1881-1882
Box 29 Folder 2	G.V. Morgord, Superintendent, 1882-1883
Box 29 Folder 3	J.E. House, Superintendent, 1877-1880
Box 29 Folder 4	E.W. Winter, Superintendent, 1877-1878
Box 29 Folder 5	C.L. Catlin, Legal Department, 1879-1883
Box 29 Folder 6	General Solicitor, 1885
Box 30-32 Folder 1-8	Railroad circulars of appointment and promotion, 1870s-1920s
	Scrapbooks and Ledger Books
Box 33 Folder 1	Train order book, Omaha, 1882
Box 33 Folder 2	Record book of claims from fire and accident, 1902-1916
Box 33 Folder 3-4	Scrapbooks of circulars of appointment
Box 34 Folder 1	Train register, Nebraska, 1881-1882
Box 34 Folder 2	Two impression copy expense books, St. Paul, 1883-1904
Box 34 Folder 3	Impression copy expense book, Omaha, 1881-1882
Box 34 Folder 4	Telegraph operator's message book, St. Paul, 1898
Box 34 Folder 5	Accident record book, 1884-1885
Box 34 Folder 6	Two employee time books, Duluth, 1895-1902
Box 34 Folder 7	Tools record book, Nebraska, 1883-1884
Box 34 Folder 8	Time book, undated
Box 34 Folder 9	Message book of J.E. House, Superintendent, 1880-1881
Box 34 Folder 10	Payroll book, Omaha, 1881-1882
Box 34 Folder 12	Accident register book, 1916-1922
Box 35 Folder 1	Omaha Railway Safety Department, 1913-1928
Box 35 Folder 2-3	Omaha Railway Business Woman's Association, 1936-1941
Box 36 Folder 1	St. Paul & Sioux City Railway freight book, undated
Box 36 Folder 2	Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway payroll books, 1878-1880
Box 37 Folder 1	St. Paul, Stillwater & Taylor's Falls Railway mortgage book, 1881
Box 37 Folder 2	Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway train movement record, 1884
Box 37 Folder 3	Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway station agent's book, 1880-1882
Box 37 Folder 4	Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway trainmen's time book, 1887
Box 38 Folder 1	Merillan, Wisconsin station freight record books, 1881-1885
Box 38 Folder 2	Spooner, Wisconsin conductor's train record book, 1909
Box 39 Folder 1	Minnesota Valley Railway financial summaries book, 1927
Box 39 Folder 2	Chicago & Northwestern Railway atlas of company's track system, 1907
Box 40	Minnesota Valley Railway accounts book, 1853-1869
Box 41	Green Bay & Minnesota Railway ledger book, undated
Box 42 Folder 1-4	Veterans Administration scrapbooks, 1948-1953
	Miscellaneous
Box 43 Folder 1	Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Veterans Association correspondence, 1920s-1930s
Box 43 Folder 2	Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway property inventories, 1880s
Box 43 Folder 3	Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway circulars and tariffs, 1880s-1890s
Box 43 Folder 4	United States Railroad Administration calendar, 1919
Box 44 Folder 1-8	Miscellaneous photographs
	Volumes
Volume 1	Semi-official trip to Europe by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gray, 1950
Volume 2-6	Five scrapbooks with decorative covers containing clippings, brochures, and photographs associated with the construction of Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals, inspection trips by Gray as VA Administrator, as well as brochures and other printed material Note: One volume is filled with letters of congratulation upon his appointment from prominent railroad, business, government, and military officials, 1948-1953.