Title: Thomas H. Ploss Research Files
Inclusive Dates: 1959, 1967-1982

Creator:

• Ploss, Thomas H.

Call Number: M86-606; Audio 1485A

Quantity: 5.2 c.f. (5 record center cartons and 1 archives box) and 7 tape recordings

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Research material gathered by Thomas Ploss of Chicago, Illinois, for his book The Nation Pays Again, an unfavorable record of the dissolution of his former employer, the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad (The Milwaukee Road). Files include reports to stockholders, Interstate Commerce Commission briefs and exhibits, Securities and Exchange Commission hearing transcripts and audio recordings, and internal records of the Burlington Northern Railroad, whom Ploss considered an antagonist. There are also some notes and correspondence related to drafts of the book and the personalities involved in the case.

Language: English

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Thomas H. Ploss, Chicago, Illinois. Accession Number: M86-606

M86-606	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company Application for Inclusion in Burlington Northern, Inc., before the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1976
Box   1 Volume   I-VI	Exhibits to application
Box   1 Volume   II-III	Prepared testimony in support of application
Box   1	Brief of petitioner
Box   1	Appendix to the brief
	Testimonies
Box   1	R.F. Kratochwill
Box   1	I.H. Benham
Box   1	W.L. Smith (President)
Box   1	William J. Quinn (Chairman of the Board and CEO)
Box   2 Volume   I-II	Opening brief of trustee
Box   2 Volume   I-II	Appendix to the brief
Box   2	Appendix to the brief Volume IA and Table of Contents to Volume II of Appendix to brief
Box   2 Volume   I	Reply brief of Trustee
Box   2	Rulemaking concerning Traffic Protective Conditions in Railroad Consolidation Proceedings
Box   2	Exceptions to Order and Recommendations of Judge Glennon, November 1976
Box   2	Finance Docket number 21498 (sub. no. 4)
Box   2	Notice of Filing, Stickney Corporation, Rosenstein
Box   2	Special Review of Milwaukee Land Company, 1978
Box   2	Antitrust review
Box   2	Federal Reporter, Milwaukee Road vs. Interstate Commerce Commission, miscellaneous
Box   2	Court proceedings, by-laws, et cetera
Box   2	Annual reports, 1959, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1975
Box   2	Annual and special meetings of stockholders, 1968-1970, 1974
Box   3	Interstate Commerce Commission briefs, replies, and exception, 1968-1969
Box   3	U.S. Court of Appeals brief, Shane vs. Milwaukee Road and Franz
Box   3	Brief, Affadavit, Petition, et cetera, 1976-1982
Box   3	Interstate Commerce Commission documents, correspondence, et cetera, 1975-1982
Box   3	Examiner's Report, Finance Docket number 24182, 1968
Box   3	Exhibits, testimony, finance dockets
Box   3	Milwaukee Road reports to stockholders, 1967-1980, other reports, pamphlets
Box   3	Correspondence, Burlington Northern, Interstate Commerce Commission, et cetera, 1972-1982
Box   3	Inspection trip, 1976
	Burlington Northern
Box   3	Milwaukee Road, inclusion case, 1980 Physical Description: 8 folders
Box   5	Milwaukee Road, inclusion case, 1980 (continued)
	Board of Directors presentations, Lorentzsen
Box   4	1972-1976
Box   4	1975-1976 and reports, minutes
Box   4	, 1972-1975 and correspondence
Box   4	Monthly merger reports, 1970-1973
Box   4	Internal documents Physical Description: 4 folders
Box   5	Internal documents (continued) Physical Description: 2 folders
Box   5	The Milwaukee Road Magazine, 1977, Trains magazine, , July 1973
Box   5	Securities and Exchange Commission transcripts
Box   5	Press, et cetera
Box   6	Court proceedings, Securities and Exchange Commission, Offer to Purchase, et cetera
	Research and writings
Box   2	Background on Milwaukee Road case
	Personality research
Box   2	A-O
Box   2	Quinn-Wirtz
Box   2	Testimony, statements, news, et cetera
Box   2	Comments on drafts of The Nation Pays Again
Box   3	“The Demise of the Milwaukee Road: Assassination or Suicide?”, Ploss, 1980
Box   5	Notebooks Physical Description: 3 notebooks
Box   5	Notecards, pamphlets
	Audio recordings of interviews/depositions before the Securities and Exchange Commission
1485A/1	Ben Heineman, 1981
1485A/2-3	Rosenstein, 1982
1485A/4-5	Garrett Jr./Wirtz
1485A/6-7	PSP, February 28, 1981