01030.xml NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. STATISTICAL DEPT.: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by staff. Funded by grants from the Northwest Area Foundation, the Grotto Foundation, and the Jerome Foundation, 2011-June 2012. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Manuscripts Collection

 Finding aid encoded by Meagan Kellom, November 2011. Finding aid written in English OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Northern Pacific Railway Company. Statistical Dept. Statistical Dept. records. Northern Pacific Railway Company records. 1950-1966. Materials in English. Statistical reports, correspondence, stenographers' minutes, reports, working papers, and research projects of the Statistical Dept. of the Northern Pacific Railway Company. 4.0 cubic feet (4 boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Miscellaneous statistical reports and working papers prepared during work on the proposed merger (1950-1963) and during the Interstate Commerce Commission [ICC] transcontinental divisions case (1953-1966).

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[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Statistical Dept. records. Northern Pacific Railway Company records. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 6706; 6707; 6708; 6709; 6710; 6712

 Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 001719921

Work on the Northern Pacific Railway Company records was supported with funds granted by the Northwest Area Foundation, the Grotto Foundation, and the Jerome Foundation.

CATALOG HEADINGS

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Topics: Railroads - - Mergers -- Northwestern States. Railroads -- Freight -- Rates -- Northwestern States. Railroads -- Northwestern States -- Statistics. Organizations: Northern Pacific Railway Company. DETAILED DESCRIPTION Consolidation of Great Northern Railway Company [GN]; Northern Pacific Railway Company [NP]; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway Company [CB&Q]; and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Company [SP&S] Files: Statistical Reports, 1950-1963 135.I.19.1B1Statistical reports, 1962-1963: Comptroller. Freight accounts. Cost and statistics. Disbursements. Miscellaneous dining car operations. Northern Pacific management report. 136.E.17.6F2Commodity statistics for individual railroads, 1957.3 volumes. Reports: Freight traffic originated and terminated by states for each road, 1955 and 1960.7 volumes. Railroad carload traffic, 1950-1961. 1 volume. Financial, operating and traffic statistics, 1950-1961.2 volumes. Trend of freight traffic, 1950-1961.1 volume. State statistics, 1950-1961.1 volume. Public interest consolidation study instructions, 1957-1959. Transcontinental Divisions Case, ICC Docket No. 31503, 1953-1966 135.I.18.9B1Stenographers' minutes before the ICC,February-May, 1957; March-October, 1958. 135.I.18.10F2Correspondence, research projects, working papers, memoranda, and reports, 1953-1966.