Railroad Commission of Wisconsin: Railroad Commissioner's Letterbooks, 1874-1907


Summary Information
Title: Railroad Commission of Wisconsin: Railroad Commissioner's Letterbooks
Inclusive Dates: 1874-1907

Creator:
  • Railroad Commission of Wisconsin
Call Number: Series 1253

Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (2 record center cartons and 1 archives box)

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Letterpress copies of outgoing correspondence of the Board of Railroad Commissioners and the Railroad Commissioner. The records include letters to complainants and railroads about rate changes, freight classifications, service, passes, railroad legislation, traffic hazards, land grants, opinions of the Attorney General, examination of railroad properties and books, railroad reports, and railroad maps and publications.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ser01253
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Biography/History

See the Agency History in the catalog.

Arrangement of the Materials

Chronological.

Administrative/Restriction Information
Acquisition Information

Accession Number: 1952/01/25


Contents List
Series 1253
Box   1
Volume   1
1874 May 1-1876 February 9
Box   1
Volume   2
1876 March 4-1879 May 29
Box   1
Volume   3
1879 May 4-1882 February 9
Box   1
Volume   4
1882 February 16-1887 January 6
Box   1
Volume   5
1887 April 22-1891 February 4
Box   1
Volume   6
1891 February 5-1892 April 30
Box   1
Volume   7
1892 April 30-1893 November 21
Box   1
Volume   8
1893 November 21-1895 January 8
Box   2
Volume   9
1895 January 12-1895 February 19
Box   2
Volume   10
1895 February 20-1897 July 6
Box   2
Volume   11
1897 July 7-1898 December 24
Box   2
Volume   12
1899 January 4-1899 November 20
Box   2
Volume   13
1899 November 21-1901 March 13
Box   2
Volume   14
1901 March 13-1902 December 29
Box   2
Volume   15
1902 January 6-1903 September 23
Box   2
Volume   16
1903 September 24-1904 March 11
Box   2
Volume   17
1904 March 14-1904 December 10
Box   3
Volume   18
1904 December 12-1905 April 11
Box   3
Volume   19
1905 April 11-1906 July 9
Box   3
Volume   20
1906 July 13-1907 January 7