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COLLECTION SUMMARY
Title:
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company
collection
Dates:
1913-1918
Creator:
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company
Physical Description:
1.47 linear feet—4 containers
Collection number:
MA 33
Language:
Collection material in English.
Repository:
South Dakota State University Archives, Hilton M. Briggs
Library, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.
Abstract:
Collection is composed of a compilation of various
communications of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad during
1913 to 1918, including regular daily telegraph correspondence as well
as way-bill information and communication with shipping customers.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Provenance:
The collection originated from the Madison, S.D. Railway Depot and was
then donated to Prairie Village of Madison. The barn in which Prairie
Village kept the records burned down but the records were salvaged. The
collection was then donated to SDSU Archives in 2003.
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to research without restrictions.
Items in this collection do not
circulate and may be used in-house only.
Copyright Status:
Copyright 2008 by South Dakota State University and SDSU Archives.
Please credit the SDSU Archives if you copy or reproduce material from
this finding aid.
It is the responsibility of anyone reproducing material
to determine the copyright holders and obtain permission from them if
necessary. Archives staff will provide available copyright information
on request. Please note that most collections, especially those received
before 1997, may not have complete information on file. (Revised 15 SEP
2003)
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item]. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Company collection, MA 33, South Dakota State University Archives, South
Dakota State University, Brookings, S. D.
Processing Information:
This collection was damaged in a fire and so most records were
difficult to handle. Because of this, all records received were
photocopied and only a few samples of the originals were kept from each
category of the collection. Some unique samples were encapsulated for
easier handling and display.
This collection was processed by Megan Sikkink on 26
February 2003 with revisions on July 9, 2008 (cjg).
SELECTED SEARCH TERMS
The following terms have
been used to index the description of this collection in the
subject guide.
They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or
location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
Subjects:
BACKGROUND NOTE
The Milwaukee Road, officially the Chicago, Milwaukee,
St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (CMSP&P RR) was a Class I railroad that
operated in the Midwest and northwest of the United States from 1847
until its acquisition by and merger with the Soo Line railway in
1985–1986. The company went through several official names and faced
bankruptcy several times in that period. While the railroad does not
exist as a separate entity anymore, it is still commemorated in
buildings like the historic Milwaukee Road Depot in Minneapolis,
Minnesota and in railroad hardware still maintained by rail fans, such
as the Milwaukee Road 261 steam locomotive.
The Milwaukee Road appeared as the Milwaukee and Waukesha
Railroad when incorporated in 1847, but soon changed its name to
Milwaukee and Mississippi. After three years, the first train ran from
Milwaukee to Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, and the first passenger train ran on
February 25, 1851. In 1874 the name was changed to Chicago, Milwaukee,
and St. Paul. By 1887, the railroad had lines running through Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, and the upper peninsula of Michigan.
SCOPE and CONTENTS NOTE
The
collection provides a variety of different communications and report
information, and is an excellent source to view original documentation.
However, the collection is not a complete record of all communications
and so is not an effective source for researching specific transactions,
etc.
ARRANGEMENT of the RECORDS
The collection is organized into folders each containing
a different form of communication used by the railroad company. The
beginning of the collection contains all photocopied material. The
middle of the collection contains the encapsulated material, and the end
of the collection contains the samples of original records.
Box 1.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
7 Reports |
[n.d.] |
|
2 |
37 Daily Telegraph Car Report |
1914 |
|
3 |
49 Report |
1914 |
|
4 |
Accident and Injury Report |
1915 |
|
5 |
Bill of Loading Memorandum |
1915 |
|
6 |
Cannon Ball Coal Company Flyer |
[n.d.] |
|
7 |
Cars Departing Station |
1913-1918 |
|
8 |
C.D. Report |
[n.d.] |
|
9 |
Claim Ticket |
[n.d.] |
|
10 |
Clearance Card |
1918 |
|
11 |
Conductor Connections Report |
1913-1918 |
|
12 |
Conductor Delay Report |
1913-1917 |
|
13 |
Correspondence |
1913-1917 |
|
14 |
Daily Connections Report (32 Report) |
1913-1918 |
|
15 |
Daily Crop and Car Report |
1917 |
|
16 |
Daily Report of Cars on Hand |
1918 |
|
17 |
Diversion Form |
1917 |
|
18 |
Empty Car Slip |
1913 |
|
19 |
F.C.O. Car Request Form |
[n.d.] |
|
20 |
Foreign Car Disposition |
1913 |
|
21 |
Freight Agent Form |
1917 |
|
22 |
Inner-Company Correspondence |
[n.d.] |
|
23 |
Load and Empty Report |
1918 |
|
24 |
L.P.T. Car Request |
1917 |
|
25 |
Operator's Order Blank |
[n.d.] |
|
26 |
Report of Car and Engine Failure |
1914-1918 |
|
27 |
5pm Company Coal Report |
1918 |
|
28 |
Telegrams |
1913-1918 |
|
29 |
Telegrams |
1913-1918 |
|
30 |
Telegrams |
1913-1918 |
|
31 |
Telegrams |
1913-1918 |
Box 2.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
Telegrams |
1913-1918 |
|
2 |
Telegrams |
[n.d.] |
|
3 |
Train List |
[n.d.] |
|
4 |
Train Order Forms |
[n.d.] |
|
5 |
Train Register Check |
[n.d.] |
|
6 |
Unloading Tally |
[n.d.] |
|
7 |
Way-Bill Correction Form |
1917 |
|
8 |
Work Sheet Madison, SD |
1913 |
|
9 |
Standard Way Bill |
[n.d.] |
|
10 |
CM&SP Railroad Samples Encapsulated |
[n.d.] |
|
11 |
CM&SP Railroad Samples Encapsulated |
[n.d.] |
Box 3.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
32 Report—Sample |
[n.d.] |
|
2 |
49 Report—Sample |
[n.d.] |
|
3 |
Cars Departing Station—Sample |
1913-1918 |
|
4 |
Conductor Connection Report—Sample |
[n.d.] |
|
5 |
Conductor Connection Report—Sample |
[n.d.] |
|
6 |
Conductor Delay Report—Sample |
[n.d.] |
|
7 |
Correspondence |
[n.d.] |
|
8 |
Daily Crop and Car Report—Sample |
1917 |
|
9 |
Diversion Form—Sample |
1917 |
|
10 |
Foreign Car Disposition—Sample |
1913 |
|
11 |
Inner-Company Correspondence—Sample |
1917 |
|
12 |
Load and Empty Report—Sample |
[n.d.] |
|
13 |
L.P.T. Car Request—Sample |
1917 |
|
14 |
Operator's Order Blank—Sample |
1914 |
|
15 |
Report of Cars Arriving—Sample |
1917 |
|
16 |
Report of Car and Engine Failures—Sample |
[n.d.] |
|
17 |
Telegrams—Sample |
1913-1918 |
|
18 |
Telegrams—Sample |
1913-1918 |
|
19 |
Telegrams—Sample |
1913-1918 |
Box 4.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
Telegrams—Sample |
1913-1918 |
|
2 |
Telegrams—Sample |
1913-1918 |
|
3 |
Telegraphic Report of Accident—Sample |
[n.d.] |
|
4 |
Train List—Sample |
[n.d.] |
|
5 |
Train Order Reports—Sample |
[n.d.] |
|
6 |
Unloading Tally—Sample |
[n.d.] |
|
7 |
Work Sheet Madison, SD—Sample |
1913 |
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