00887.xml NORTHERN PACIFIC BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION: An Inventory of Its Corporate Records at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Manuscripts Collection

 Finding aid encoded by J. HuebscherMay 2011 Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Northern Pacific Beneficial Association. Corporate records. 1882-1971. Materials in English. Minutes (1907-1934), cash books (1882-1949), statements of operations (1898-1899, 1950-1956), photographs, and miscellaneous materials documenting a series of hospitals organized for the medical care of Northern Pacific employees. 14.25 cubic feet (10 oversize boxes and 2 volumes) See Detailed Description for shelf locations. HISTORICAL NOTE

Organized in 1882, the Association provided medical, surgical and hospital care for Northern Pacific employees, centralized in the creation of 7 hospitals: Brainerd, Minnesota (1882); Missoula, Montana (1888); Tacoma, Washington (1905); Glendive, Montana (1913); Pasco, Washington (1914); Staples, Minnesota (1919); and St. Paul, Minnesota (1921)--the last of which supplanted the Brainerd hospital.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Health maintenance organizations. Railroads -- Branch lines. Railroads -- Employees -- Health and hygiene. Organizations: Northern Pacific Railway Company (U.S.) Document Types: Photographs. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Northern Pacific Beneficial Association. Corporate records. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession number: Many

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Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 001737884

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 136.D.12.5B Operating statements: November 1898-November 1899.

Only a small number of the single-page, monthly accounting statements are present.

 1950-1951. 1951-1956. Deed for land, 1904.

Concerns property in Tacoma.

 Property title abstract, October 12, 1905.

Concerns property in Tacoma, Washington, owned by the Northern Pacific Hospital Association.

 Mortgage records, 1957.

Materials regarding loan for land in Ramsey County.

 Photograph album, circa 1900.

Contains interior and exterior views of the Northern Pacific Employees' Sanatorium and Hospital in Brainerd.

 Miscellaneous materials, 1899-1971.

Includes a letter (1881) from the superintendent of the first Northern Pacific Beneficial Association hospital to Herman Haupt; photographs of two early physicians; constitution and bylaws (1916, 1959); miscellaneous board memoranda and related documents, photographs, and new stories (1921) relating to the opening of the St. Paul Northern Pacific Beneficial Association hospital; and two annual reports (1918, 1955).

 Cash Books: Volume 1, 1882-1885. Volume 2, 1886-1888. Volume 3, 1888-1892. Volume 4, 1892-1895. 132.H.6.1B-1 Volume 5, 1896-1900. Volume 6, 1900-1903. Volume 7, 1903-1905. 136.D.12.6F Volume 8, 1905-1907. Volume 9, 1907-1909. Volume 10, 1909-1911. Volume 11, 1911-1912. Volume 12, 1913-1914. 136.D.12.7B Volume 13, 1914-1915. Volume 14, 1916-1917. Volume 15, 1917-1918. Volume 16, 1918-1919. Volume 17, 1919-1920. 136.D.12.8F Volume 18, 1921-1922. Volume 19, 1922-1923. Volume 20, 1923-1924. Volume 21, 1925-1925. Volume 22, 1925-1926. 136.D.13.1B Volume 23, 1926-1927. Volume 24, 1927-1929. Volume 25, 1929-1930. Volume 26, 1930-1931. Volume 27, 1931-1932. 136.D.13.2F Volume 28, 1932-1933. Volume 29, 1933-1934. Volume 30, 1934-1935. Volume 31, 1935-1936. 136.D.13.3B Volume 32, 1936-1937. Volume 33, 1937-1938. Volume 34, 1938-1939. Volume 35, 1939-1940. 136.D.13.4F Volume 36, 1940-1942. Volume 37, 1942-1943. Volume 38, 1943-1944. Volume 39, 1944-1945. 136.D.13.5B Volume 40, 1945-1946. Volume 41, 1946-1947. Volume 42, 1947-1948. Volume 43, 1948-1949. 137.J.19.2F Minutes: Volume 44, 1907-1921. Volume 45, 1922-1934.