Summary Information

Title: Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad. Eau Claire Depot: Records
Inclusive Dates: 1880-1969

Creator:

• Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad. Eau Claire Depot

Call Number: Eau Claire Mss BI; Eau Claire Micro 27; Micro 1167

Quantity: 27.2 c.f. (28 archives boxes, 14 flat boxes) and 16 reels of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:

Housed at the Area Research Center, William D. McIntyre Library, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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

UW-Eau Claire McIntyre Library / Eau Claire Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Records documenting the railroad's facilities, operations, and personnel in the Eau Claire region including extensive information on agriculture, businesses, and communities in west central Wisconsin. The Eau Claire Depot served as a regional headquarters. Its records contain correspondence of the depot agent with local community agents and with the head office in St. Paul; reports on community business conditions, needs, and the role of the railroad in local industry; blueprints of railroad buildings and trackage and of area businesses; extensive employee case files and performance records; and information on a 1922 strike and threatened strikes in 1946 and 1948.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ec00bi

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