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