Container
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Title
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Mss 201
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Part 1 (Mss 201): Original Collection, 1844-19547.6 c.f. (9 archives boxes, 11 flat boxes) This collection contains fragmentary documentation of two aspects of the Milwaukee Road in the 1930s--the Public Relations Department and a railroad museum for which the department collected a disparate group of records. The Public Relations Department files consist of biographical material, correspondence, and subject files concerning the history of the railroad. Correspondence concerning requests for data on the history of the Milwaukee Road is scattered throughout this series. The biographical material includes articles, clippings, and some letters of early prominent officials and employees of the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad, including John Hogan, employee of the Milwaukee Road for 83 years; George R. Peck, general solicitor of the railroad, and others. The E. O. Reeder collection of obituary notices of railroad officials and employees, 1879-1934, can also be found here. The departmental correspondence file, 1929-1936, concerns requests for historical data and routine operations of the department. The subject files give a fragmentary picture of the history of the Milwaukee Road and its activities in Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, and Wisconsin between 1847 and 1940. Included in these files are pamphlets, a term paper by Helen M. Garvey (University of Chicago student, 1909), clippings, and articles. The materials collected for the railroad museum are predominantly bound volumes, reports, circulars, and scrapbooks which were gathered for museum displays. These records are very fragmented, being only samplings of record series. They include correspondence, 1856-1954, and letterpress volumes, 1883-1896, as well as building, maintenance, and operation records generated by the Milwaukee Road between 1888 and 1902. There is also a sampling of financial records of the Milwaukee line and eight other railroads with which it merged. Scrapbooks which contain clippings, early correspondence, vouchers, and receipts; miscellaneous reports; and a subject file on the Custer Creek Wreck (June 19, 1938) make up the remainder of this collection.
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Series: Public Relations Department
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Biographical Material
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Box/Folder
1/1
Volume
1
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Colonel W. J. Boyle's Scrapbook, 1894-1906
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John Hogan
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Box/Folder
1/2
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Articles, 1838-1948
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Box/Folder
1/3
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Clippings, 1932-1938
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Box/Folder
1/4
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Correspondence, 1930-1938
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Box/Folder
1/5
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J. H. Leavitt, Published letters, 1854-1861
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Box/Folder
1/5
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Alexander Mitchell, 1817-1887
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Box/Folder
1/6
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George R. Peck, 1843-1923
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E. O. Reeder Clippings, 1895-1927
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Box/Folder
1/7
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A-H
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Box/Folder
2/1
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L-W
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Box/Folder
2/2
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Miscellany: Onward Bates, Clark A. Stewart, and Charles Lapham
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Box/Folder
2/3
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Correspondence, General, 1929-1936
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Subject Files concerning Railroads
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Box/Folder
2/4
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History, 1844-1940
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Box/Folder
2/5
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Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, undated
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Box/Folder
2/6
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Wisconsin, articles and correspondence, 1847-1940
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Box/Folder
3/1
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Wisconsin, general, undated
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Box/Folder
3/2
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Wisconsin, Milwaukee clippings, undated
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Series: Collected Materials
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Correspondence
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Box/Folder
3/3
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General, 1856-1954
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Box
3
Volume
2
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Incoming, Letterpress book of Company officers, 1895-1903
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Box
3
Volume
3
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A.H. Field, Letterpress book, Outgoing, 1883-1896
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Box
4
Volume
4
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J.F. Field, Letterpress book, Outgoing, 1881-1890
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Circulars
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Box/Folder
4/1
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1868-1903
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Box
4
Volume
5
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1867-1869
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Box
4
Volume
6
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1867-1888
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Box
5
Volume
7
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1882-1884
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Box
6
Volume
8
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1888-1892
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Financial Records of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul Railway
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Box
7
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Bills Register
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Box
7
Volume
9
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Cash Book, Prairie du Chien Division, 1876-1878
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Box/Folder
8/1
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Dividends, 1879-1885; Annual Report, , 1929; Certificates, , 1870-1898
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Box/Folder
8/2
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Payrolls, Minneapolis Division, 1890-1909; Payroll, Passenger Department, , 1901-1903
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Box/Folder
8/3
Volume
11
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Payroll and Time Books, Illinois, 1880-1913
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Box
8
Volume
10
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Journal of Expenses, 1879
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Financial Records of Other Railroads
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Box
8
Volume
12
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Chicago, Des Moines, and Mississippi Railroad Ledger, 1874-1875
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Box
9
Volume
13
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Chicago and Pacific Railroad (Stillman Valley) Cash Book, 1876-1880
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Box
9
Volume
14
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Des Moines, Northern, and Western Railroad Company Freight Received, 1896-1898
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Box
10
Volume
15
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La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad (Kilbourn City) Freight Received, 1858-1859
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Box
10
Volume
16
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Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway (Kilbourn City) Freight Received, 1864-1865
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Box
11
Volume
17
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Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway (Lac Division) Freight Received, 1873-1875
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Box/Folder
12/1
Volume
18
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Minnesota Central Railway Company (Faribault Station) Freight Received, 1866-1867
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Box
11
Volume
19
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Racine and Mississippi Railroad Freight Received, 1855-1856
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Box
20
Volume
20
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Southern Minnesota Railroad (Wells Station) Freight Received, 1873-1875
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Box/Folder
12/2
Volume
21
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Western Union Railroad Ticket Sales, 1872-1875
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Building Records
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Box/Folder
12/3
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Standard plans, instructions, and blueprints, undated
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Box/Folder
12/4
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Depot Construction, 1888
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Box/Folder
12/5
Volume
22
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La Crosse Division, 1902
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Maintenance Records
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Box/Folder
12/6
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Grade Crossings, circa 1894
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Box
13
Volume
23
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Railroad Crossings Index, circa 1894
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Box
13
Volume
24
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Railroad Crossings (Volume I), circa 1894
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Box
14
Volume
25
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Railroad Crossings (Volume II), circa 1894
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Box
14
Volume
26
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Railroad Crossings (Volume III), circa 1894
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Operation Records
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Box/Folder
15/1
Volume
27
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Arrival and Departure List (Portage, Wisconsin) 1868-1869
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Box/Folder
15/2
Volume
28
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Car Movement Record (Illinois), 1878
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Box/Folder
15/3
Volume
29
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Message and Order Book (Iowa Division), 1889
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Box/Folder
15/4
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Train Orders, 1880-1898
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Box/Folder
15/5
Volume
30
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Telegraph Register (Iowa), 1896
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Box
16
Volume
31
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Train Register and Correspondence, 1885-1892
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Box/Folder
17/1
Volume
32
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Train Transfer Order Book, 1887
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Box/Folder
17/2
Volume
33
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Train Register (Horicon, Wisconsin), 1902-1903
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Reports
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Box/Folder
17/3
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Condition of the Southern Minnesota Railroad Company, circa 1856
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Box/Folder
17/3
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Mileage Statement, 1928
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Box/Folder
17/3
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Roster of the 13th U.S. Army Engineers, 1917-1919
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Scrapbooks
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Box/Folder
17/4
Volume
34
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Milwaukee Road, 1911-1917
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Box/Folder
17/5
Volume
35
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Wisconsin Valley Division, 1890-1894
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Box
18
Volume
36
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Miscellany
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Subject File: Custer Creek Wreck
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Correspondence
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Box/Folder
19/1
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General, 1938-1939
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Box/Folder
19/2-3
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To newspaper editors from Railroad president, 1938
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Box/Folder
19/4-6
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Clippings, 1938
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M97-098
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Part 2 (M97-098): Additions, 1902-1903 0.1 c.f. (4 sheets in an oversize folder) : Blueprints for the C. M. & St. P. passenger depot at Marinette, Wisconsin, drawn in 1902-1903 by J. U. Nettenstrom, architect. Included are floor and foundation plans, elevations, and cross sections.
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M2001-199
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Part 3 (M2001-199): Additions, 1879 0.1 c.f. (2 sheets in an oversize folder) : Additions, 1879, consisting of blueprints for the railroad's roundhouse and machine shop at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, including floor plans, elevations, and cross sections.
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