Title: Carl R. Gray Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1848-1955

Creator:

• Gray, Carl R., 1889-1955

Call Number: Mss 319; PH 1933; PH 1935; PH 1936; PH 1937; PH 1967; PH 1973; PH 1974; PH 1975; PH 1997; PH 2018; PH 2022; PH 2023; PH 2028; PH 2030; PH 2033; PH 2034; PH 2035; PH 2036; PH 2038; PH 2048; PH 2049; PH 2051; PH 2055; PH 2072; PH 2098; PH 2133; PH 4205; PH 4238

Quantity: 40.7 c.f. (32 record center cartons, 3 archives boxes, 9 flat boxes and 6 volumes), 1092 photographs, 162 pieces of ephemera, and 2.7 c.f. of photographs and ephemera (6 archives boxes, 1 flat box and 3 folders)

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:

Papers, 1848-1955, of General Carl R. Gray, railroad executive with the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad, brigadier general and director of military railroads for the European Theater of Operations during World War II, and head of the Veterans Administration from 1948 to 1953. The papers primarily document his lifelong work and interest in railroads; his professional career; the history of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, the Chicago & North Western, and other railroad companies; and the history of U.S. Army military railroad operations in Europe and North Africa, 1942-1945.

Language: English

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Mrs. Carl R. Gray, Hudson, Wisconsin; Mrs. C. Maxwell Dieffenbach, Wyoming, Ohio; and Carl R. Gray Jr. The manuscript materials were received from General Gray's estate in 1955 and include materials once in the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway company museum which became defunct in the 1940s. Accession Number: M59-152

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.
	Series: Visual Materials, 1848-1945	⇧
PH 1933	Locomotive and railroad photographs, circa 1853-1925 Physical Description: 27 photographs (1 folder)  Scope and Content Note: Photographs of locomotives and railroad related material from 1853-1923, from a disassembled scrapbook assembled circa 1925 by Charles C. Rowell, a locomotive engineer for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad.
PH 1935	“Views of the North-Western Line,” circa 1890 Physical Description: 54 photographs (1 volume)  Scope and Content Note: Photographs from an album entitled “Views of the North-Western Line” of locations along the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad, including views of sites and activities in Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Nebraska, circa 1890.
PH 1936	Railroad contruction gang photographs, 1936 Physical Description: 67 photographs (1 folder)  Scope and Content Note: Photographs related to a railroad construction gang of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad at work, 1936.
PH 1937	Railway Business Women's Association of the Twin Cities photographs and ephemera, 1932-1936 Physical Description: 78 photographs and 162 pieces of ephemera (1 folder)  Scope and Content Note: Photographs and ephemera related to the activities of the Railway Business Women's Association of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota), 1932-1936.
PH 1967	Career of Gray photographs and clippings, 1933-1944 Physical Description: 0.2 c.f. 1 archives box)  Scope and Content Note: Photographs and newspaper clippings from scrapbook related to the career of Gray, 1933-1944.
PH 1973	Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolig & Omaha Railroad photographs and clippings, 1848-1944 Physical Description: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box)  Scope and Content Note: Photographs and newspaper clippings from scrapbook related to the operations and equipment of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad, 1848-1944.
PH 1974	Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad photographs and clippings, circa 1875-1940 Physical Description: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes)  Scope and Content Note: Photographs and newspaper clippings from five scrapbooks related to the employees, operations, and equipment of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad, circa 1875-1940.
PH 1975	Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad golden jubliee photographs and clippings, 1937 Physical Description: 0.4 c.f. (1 flat box)  Scope and Content Note: Scrapbook of photographs, programs, and newspaper clippings related to the golden jubilee celebration of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad, June 6, 1937.
PH 1997	Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad portait photographs of officials, circa 1880-1930 Physical Description: 53 photographs (1 folder)  Scope and Content Note: Portrait photographs of officials of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad, circa 1880-1930.
PH 2018	What the Memory of William Mann Revealed,, 1921 Physical Description: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)  Scope and Content Note: Privately published book, What the Memory of William Mann Revealed, [Rhinebeck, New York, Rhinebeck Gazette, ©1921] which recounts an imaginary conversation with the “ghost” of William Mann, an early New England railroad engineer, illustrated with 26 photographs of engineers and locomotives, circa 1830-1880.
PH 2022	“Tyner Lake Tragedy”: skit photographs, 1913 Physical Description: 6 photographs (1 folder)  Scope and Content Note: Photographs of a skit, probably at an outing of railroad officials, entitled “Tyner Lake Tragedy” depicting the overthrow and death of a tyrant, with characters played by Gilbert A. Wood, Richard Todd, and George H. Macrae, September 26, 1913.
PH 2023	Railroad bridges photographs, circa 1895-1930 Physical Description: 42 photographs (1 folder)  Scope and Content Note: Photographs of railroad bridges and their construction for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and South Dakota, circa 1895-1930.
PH 2028	Locomotive wrecks photographs, 1894-1934 Physical Description: 65 photographs (1 binder)  Scope and Content Note: Photographs related primarily to locomotive wrecks of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad in Wisconsin, 1894-1934.
PH 2030	Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad group photographs, 1894-1934 Physical Description: 5 photographs (1 folder)  Scope and Content Note: Panoramic and banquet group photographs primarily depicting employees of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad in Wisconsin, 1894-1934.
PH 2033	Collision wreckage photographs, 1899 September 20 Physical Description: 42 photographs (1 folder)  Scope and Content Note: Photographs of the collision wreckage of two frieght trains of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad, and a collapsed bridge near Windom, Minnesota, September 20, 1899.
PH 2034	Railroad tracks, St. Paul, Minnesota photographs, 1890 Physical Description: 12 photographs (1 folder)  Scope and Content Note: Photographs of the railroad tracks between Third Street and Dale Street in St. Paul, Minnesota, July 1890.
PH 2035	Hayward, Wisconsin flood photographs, 1941 August 29 Physical Description: 8 photographs (1 folder)  Scope and Content Note: Photographs of streets, a railroad station, and tipped over railway cars in a flood at Hayward, Wisconsin, August 29, 1941.
PH 2036	Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad offices, shops and employee photographs, 1877-1934 Physical Description: 112 photographs (1 archives box)  Scope and Content Note: Photographs of offices, shops, and employees of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad, primarily in Minnesota and Wisconsin, 1877-1934.
PH 2038	Railroad snow condition photographs, 1886-1931 Physical Description: 221 photographs (1 binder)  Scope and Content Note: Photographs of snow conditions along the railroad lines of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad, primarily in the northwestern United States, 1886-1931.
PH 2048	Railroad station and depot photographs, 1880-1933 Physical Description: 102 photographs (1 binder)  Scope and Content Note: Photographs of railroad stations and depots, including images of the construction of a new railway yard and terminal in Minneapolis, Minnesota, related to the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad, 1880-1933.
PH 2049	Locomotive wrecks and railroad construction photographs, 1875-1928 Physical Description: 131 photographs (1 binder)  Scope and Content Note: Photographs of locomotive wrecks and railroad construction, primarily related to the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad, 1875-1928.
PH 2051	“A Century of Progress Exposition Chicago: Official Pictures in Color,” 1934 Physical Description: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)  Scope and Content Note: Booklet entitled “A Century of Progress Exposition Chicago: Official Pictures in Color” (1934). Includes images of the grounds and buildings of the exposition.
PH 2055	Railroad wreck,Merrillan, Wisconsin photographs, 1943 December 5 Physical Description: 13 photographs (1 folder)  Scope and Content Note: Photographs of a wreck at Merrillan, Wisconsin, of an engine and train of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad, December 5, 1943.
PH 2072	Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad employee activities photographs, 1915-1942 Physical Description: 12 photographs (1 folder)  Scope and Content Note: Panoramic photographs related to the activities of employees of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad, 1915-1942.
PH 2098	Locomotives photographs, 1891-1940 Physical Description: 14 photographs (1 folder)  Scope and Content Note: Photographs of locomotives of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad, 1891-1940.
PH 2133	United States military railroad operations in Europe photographs, 1942-1945 Physical Description: 55 photographs (1 folder)  Scope and Content Note: Photographs of United States military railroad operations in Europe during World War II, including images of equipment and personnel, 1942-1945.
PH 4205	Fishing, hunting and tourism in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota photographs and postcards, circa 1900-1940 Physical Description: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box)  Scope and Content Note: Approximately 280 photographs and postcards of fishing and hunting scenes and other outdoor activities in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota, circa 1900-1940, including scenes of tourist cottages and resorts, people posing with their catches, and scenic views. Both snapshots and commercial views are included. See contents list in box.
PH 4238	Scrapbook, circa 1893-1933 Physical Description: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)  Scope and Content Note: Scrapbook of railroad wrecks and railroad men's obituaries, compiled by George Ireton Jr., circa 1893-1933, consisting of approximately 15 clippings and photographs depicting wrecked bridge, smoking train wreckage, Illinois Central Railway clearance order and a time card supplement from the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway.