gr00115.xml RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE COMMISSION: An Inventory of Its Express Rates Registers at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Alex Kent Encoding funded by the generous support of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Government Records

 Finding aid encoded by Alex KentNovember 2010 Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Minnesota. Express rates registers. 1905-1953. Materials in English. Registers of applications by express companies for changes in rates on various commodities transported by them. Information recorded may include file number, date of application, name of express company,classification information, merchandise, changes requested, date of hearing, date of granting or denying the application, commodity rates, terminal switching charges, block numbers, express stations, collection and delivery limits, rules and circulars, and remarks. 0.5 cu. ft. (2 partial boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. CATALOG HEADINGS

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: Freight and freightage -- Rates -- Minnesota. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Minnesota. Express Rates Registers. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

 Accession Information:

Accession number: None; 2007-50

 Processing Information:

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: 001737746

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 108.J.11.7B Register, 1905-1912.

Entries are found on pages 29-36; with scattered prior pages containing indexes, by company name, to the register, listing for each company the commodities and their page and file numbers.

 106.F.9.5B-2 Register, circa 1910-1953.

Entries are found on pages 1-7, 98-128, and 150-159.