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Series: Correspondence
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Box
1
Folder
1
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1929-1950
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Box
1
Folder
2
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1951-1953
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Box
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Folder
3
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1954-1961
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Series: Writings by Arthur W. Large
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Box
1
Folder
4
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“My Historical Work with Reference to the Rock Island Railroad”
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Address before Washington Delegation, 1930
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Series: History by States
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Arkansas
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Rock Island, Stuttgart, and Southern Railroad Co,; Stuttgart and Rice Belt Railroad Co.; Stuttgart and Southern Railroad Co.; Rock Island Lines South of Little Rock
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Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana
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Box
1
Folder
6-7
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History of the Rock Island Railroad in these states
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Research material and Historical notes
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Arizona - Rock Island Railroad in: The Valley of the Sun
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Box
1
Folder
10
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California - Rock Island Railroad in: The Golden State
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Colorado
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Box
2
Folder
1-2
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History of the Colorado Midland Railroad Co. and related histories
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Box
2
Folder
3
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History of the Rock Island Railroad in: The Centennial State
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Illinois
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Brief Condensed History of the Rock Island Railroad in the Rock Island-Davenport Area
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Brief History of Rock Island, Ill. and the Rock Island Area from 1673-1951, with special reference to the Rock Island Railroad
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Box
2
Folder
6
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Historical notes about the Rock Island Railroad
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Railroad Yards, Terminals, and Shops at Rock Island, Ill.
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Box
2
Folder
8
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The Rock Island Railroad in: Illinois
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Rock Island Railroad in: Ottawa, Ill.; First Train, Chicago to Joliet; Ottawa to Peru; La Salle to Peru; Peru to Bereau; The Peoria Line; Centennial Celebration, 1952; Englewood, Ill.
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Iowa
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Burlington, Cedar Rapids, and Northern Railway Co.
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Box
2
Folder
10
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Its Predecessor companies, Subsidiary and Related Companies
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Box
2
Folder
11
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Twenty years of litigation following receivership
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Box
2
Folder
12
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Grinnell and Early Mississippi and Missouri and Rock Island Railroad History
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History of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids, and Northern Railway Co.
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Box
2
Folder
13
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Final copy
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Box
2
Folder
14
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Financial
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Box
3
Folder
1
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History of the Rock Island and its predecessor, affiliated, and Subsidiary Co.
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History of the Rock Island Railroad in: Iowa
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Box
3
Folder
2
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Preliminary copies
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Box
3
Folder
3
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To be revised
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Box
3
Folder
4
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History of the Rock Island Railroad in the Des Moines Area
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Box
3
Folder
5
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Incomplete material; various articles
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Research materials
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Washington, Iowa to Oskaloosa, and other Lines in that Section; the Leavenworth Line
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Kansas
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Box
3
Folder
8
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Chicago, Kansas, and Nebraska Railroad Co.; Topeka, Salina, and Western Railroad Co.; Misc.
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Box
3
Folder
9
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Historical notes; Abilene to Salina; History of the Liberal, Kansas to El Paso, Texas Line; State's Development and Settlement with Reference to the Rock Island Railroad
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Box
3
Folder
10-11
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History of the Rock Island Railroad in: Kansas
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Box
3
Folder
12
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Three Important and Related Events; Civil War . . . , 1862
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Minnesota
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Box
4
Folder
1
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Hollandale Colony
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Box
4
Folder
2
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The State's Settlement and Development with Reference to the, Rock Island Railroad
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Mississippi
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Box
4
Folder
3
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History of the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Co. and Branches and Main Rock Island Line from Kellogg, Iowa to Council Bluffs
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History of the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Co. and Related Matters
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Box
4
Folder
4-5
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Parts I-II
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Box
4
Folder
6
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Preliminary and incomplete
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Box
4
Folder
7
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Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Co., Misc. pages, Liberal, Seward County, Kansas
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Missouri - History of the Rock Island Railroad in
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Box
4
Folder
8
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The Rock Island Railroad in Northwestern Missouri, St. Louis - Kansas City Line; State's Settlement and Development with Reference to the Rock Island Railroad
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Box
4
Folder
9
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Miscellaneous and original copies
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Nebraska
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Box
4
Folder
10
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History of the Rock Island Railroad in
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Box
4
Folder
11
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Rock Island Railroad in: Historical Notes
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Box
5
Folder
1
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New Mexico - Rock Island Railroad in; Charters, Corporations, and Construction; Connecting Railroads and Related matters
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Box
5
Folder
2
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Ohio - Ashtabula Train Wreck, Dec. 29, 1876
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Oklahoma
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Box
5
Folder
3
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Mining by Gibson
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Box
5
Folder
4
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Building the Fort Reno (El Reno) to Oklahoma City Line
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Box
5
Folder
5
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Choctaw and Gulf Railroad Co.: Mileage in Oklahoma; Branch Line Mileage; Coal Mining and Coal Leases
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Box
5
Folder
6
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Choctaw's Place in History; Oklahoma City; Building the Rock Island Lines into Elk City; Choctaw Coal and Railway Co.; W.P. Fletcher, Lonoke, Ark.
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Box
5
Folder
7
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Dardanelle and other Railroads
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Box
5
Folder
8
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History and Misc. matters
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Box
5
Folder
9-10
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History of the Rock Island Railroad in Oklahoma
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Box
5
Folder
11
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Research and Notes
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Box
5
Folder
12
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Revised Tables and Articles
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Box
5
Folder
13
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Rock Island Railroad in; Choctaw System in; From “History of Oklahoma” by Hall; Choctaw, Oklahoma, and Gulf Railroad Co. in
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Box
5
Folder
14
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Settlement and Development; Rock Island with Reference to Geology; History of the Rock Island Railroad in
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Texas
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Box
6
Folder
1
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Brief Corporate and Construction History of Railroad Mileage between El Paso and Santa Rosa, New Mexico and Tucumcari, and New Mexico and Dawson
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History of the Rock Island Railroad in
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Box
6
Folder
2-3
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Parts I-II
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Box
6
Folder
4
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Working material
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Box
6
Folder
5
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State's Settlement and Development with Reference to the Rock Island Railroad
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Box
6
Folder
6
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Miscellaneous - Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, and Arizona
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Series: History of the Departments
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Box
6
Folder
7
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History of the Accounting Department
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Box
6
Folder
8
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History of the Engineering Department
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Box
6
Folder
9
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History of the Freight Traffic Department
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Box
6
Folder
10
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History of the Irrigation Department (also Flood Control, Reclamation, and Water Conservation)
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Box
6
Folder
11
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History of the Law Department
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Box
6
Folder
12
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History of the Office of Agricultural Agent and of the Industrial Agricultural Department
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Box
6
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13
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History of the Office of Assistant to the President and Lists of Vice-Presidents not connected with any Department
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Box
6
Folder
14
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History of the Office of Chief Surgeon
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Box
7
Folder
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History of the Office of Engineer Capital Expenditures and Valuation Engineer
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Box
7
Folder
2
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History of the Office of Manager, Mail, Baggage, and Express Traffic
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Box
7
Folder
3
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History of the Office of Secretary-Treasurer (Financial Department)
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Box
7
Folder
4
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History of the Office of Signal Engineer
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Box
7
Folder
5
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History of the Office of Superintendent of Communications
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Box
7
Folder
6
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History of the Operating Department
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Box
7
Folder
7
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History of the Pass Bureau (Department)
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Box
7
Folder
8
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History of the Passenger Traffic Department
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Box
7
Folder
9
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History of the Personnel and Public Relations Department
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Box
7
Folder
10
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History of the Purchasing Department
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Box
7
Folder
11
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History of the Real Estate and Tax Department
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Box
7
Folder
12
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History of the Safety Department
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Series: History of the Presidents
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Box
7
Folder
13
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List of Presidents of the Rock Island Railroad
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Box
7
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14
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Administration of Leon M. Allen
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Box
7
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15
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Administration of Charles W. Durant
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Box
7
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16
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Administration of John D. Tarrington
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Box
7
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17
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Administration of James E. Gorman
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Box
7
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18
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Administration of John Bloomfield Jervis
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Box
7
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19
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Administration of Benjamin Winchell, Henry Mudge, and Warren Purdy
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Box
8
Folder
1-2
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Series: Winning of the West, Parts I and II
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Series: General Subject Files
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Box
8
Folder
3
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American Railway Development Association, A Brief History of
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Box
8
Folder
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Brief Abstract of Letters received by Secretary and Treasurer of the Rock Island Railroad from 1916 to March 31, 1951
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Box
8
Folder
5
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Chicago Terminal Division Matters
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Box
8
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6
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General Grenville M. Dodge
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Box
8
Folder
7
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Famous Rock Island Case with Reference to the Issuance of New Capital Stock
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Box
8
Folder
8
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Financial and Corporate matters of the Rock Island Railroad
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Box
8
Folder
9
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First Sleeping car on the Rock Island Railroad; First Rock Island Dining Cars; Suburban Lines; John C. Bonnell
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Box
8
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10
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Historical Record of those in Executive Charge on Immigration, Colonization, and Agricultural and General Development work since 1854
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Box
8
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11
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History of Advertising by the Rock Island Railroad
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Box
8
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12
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History of the Family of Doctor Emil Isadore Hennig
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Box
8
Folder
13
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History of Industrial Development along the Rock Island Lines
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Box
8
Folder
14
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History of Railroad Development Work on the Rock Island Railroad
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Box
9
Folder
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History of the Rock Island Railroad, Biographical - Joseph Sheffield, Henry Tarnam Nelson and James Elwood, George and John Bonnelle, E. H. Woodman, L. C. Teitch, T. H. Beacom, W. B. Ogden, N. B. Judd, Joseph Reynolds, H. H. Porter, Allen Manvel, Benjamin Brewater, D. Dows, Ambrose C. Fulton, and Russell Miller
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Box
9
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History of the Rock Island Railroad with Reference to the Durant Family
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Box
9
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Land Grants - History of Land Grants accruing to Predecessors of the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Co.
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Box
9
Folder
4
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Locomotives on the Rock Island Railroad
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Box
9
Folder
5
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Dwight Lyman Moody and John V. Farwell
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Box
9
Folder
6
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Peoria and Bureau Valley Railroad Co.
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Box
9
Folder
7
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Race for the Trans-Continental Mails; Union Pacific Railroad reaches Promontory Point, Utah; Rock Island second Western Railroad to establish the Railroad Post Office System; Run for the 1871 Mail Contract
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Box
9
Folder
8
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Railroads - Letter to Rockwell Hereford; Preliminary statement; Building the Rock Island; the Railroad as a Development Agency
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Box
9
Folder
9
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Rock Island Bridge
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Rock Island Railroad
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Box
9
Folder
10
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Associations or Organizations in which membership was held
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Box
9
Folder
11
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Railroad Rails, Steel Railroad Rails
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Box
9
Folder
12
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70th Anniversary; Industrial Department; Personnel Department, New Equipment; James E. Gorman; 1931 Rock Island Report
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Box
9
Folder
13
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Valuation Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission
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Misc. Biographical Research
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Box
9
Folder
14
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Kirkwood McConarey Family; Major Ralph Hall
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Box
9
Folder
15
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Misc. Materials and Research Articles
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