northern pacific railway company records, 1870-1968

Northern Pacific Railway Company Records,1870-1968

Overview of the CollectionCreator Northern Pacific Railway Company

Title Northern Pacific Railway Company RecordsDates 1870-1968 (inclusive)

1870 1968Quantity 228.5 linear feet, 24 moving image items, 32 oversize volumes,

and 3 oversize boxes., (412 boxes, 20 film reels, 4 VHS tapes, 32oversize volumes, and 3 oversize boxes.) : Materials in this collectionare generally in good structural condition but are quite dusty. Mostmaterials were housed in poor conditins prior to donation to theArchives. Such materials accumulated extensive amounts of dust andpollens; some sustained minor water damage; and several boundvolumes are shedding leather debris.

Collection Number Mss 128Summary The Northern Pacific Railway Company was a transcontinental

railroad that crossed Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Montana,Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. This collection includes bothbound and unbound correspondence, construction and expensereports, financial ledgers, right-of-way descriptions and maps, activitylogs, publicity materials (including photographs and film reels), andpersonnel records created by employees of the Northern PacificRailway Company and its subsidiary lines between the years 1870and 1968--though materials are predominantly from the late 1880sthrough the early 1940s.

Repository University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and SpecialCollectionsArchives and Special CollectionsMaureen and Mike Mansfield LibraryUniversity of Montana32 Campus Dr. #993659812-9936Missoula, MTTelephone: 406-243-2053Fax: [email protected]

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Historical NoteThe first survey for a northern route to the Pacific was conducted by the War Department in 1853.The Northern Pacific Railroad Company was organized in 1864 with Josiah Perman as president.Construction began at Carlton, Minnesota, in February 1870, with an initial operation of 125 miles. Thatsame year, construction began at Kalama, Washington Territory, near Portland, Oregon, and that linewas extended to New Tacoma, Washington Territory, by 1873. The company was reorganized in thewake of financial troubles in 1875. The western and eastern lines joined at Gold Creek, Montana, in1883. The real completion date was 1888 when the tunnel through Stampede Pass, Washington, wasopened, replacing a switchback line over that pass. The company was reorganized for a second time in1896 as the Northern Pacific Railway Company.

The company’s lines were organized into divisions. According to the 1881 annual report, the divisionswere as follows:

Wisconsin Division: Brainerd, Minnesota to Dulluth, Minnesota

Minnesota Division: Minnesota/North Dakota border to Great Lakes

Dakota Division: Bismarck, North Dakota to North Dakota/Minnesota border

Missouri Division: Bismarck, North Dakota to Miles City, Montana

Yellowstone Division: Miles City, Montana to Livingston, Montana

Rocky Mountain Division: Livingston, Montana to Missoula, Montana

Clark’s Fork Division: Missoula, Montana to Montana/Idaho border

Pend D’Oreille Division: Montana/Idaho border to Ainsworth, Washington

Cascade Division: Ainsworth, Washington to Tacoma, Washington

Pacific Division: Tacoma, Washington to Portland, Oregon

The geographic boundaries of divisions changed over time. They were originally based on the distancean engine could go before it needed service and fuel, a distance that became greater with changes inengine technology.

Under its charter, the Northern Pacific could not build branch lines to feed into the main line. In orderto meet its needs for feeder lines and other cooperative transportation ventures, the main companyformed separate corporations to construct connecting lines. These small rail and other transportationlines were then sold to the parent company, which under its charter was able to acquire previouslyconstructed lines.



The Astoria and Columbia River Railroad Company was incorporated on April 4, 1895. It operatedbetween Seaside and Goble, Oregon, from May 1898 to March 1911. Its predecessor was theSeashore Railroad Company. By 1909 it was an operating subsidiary of the Spokane, Portland andSeattle Railway Company until the two companies merged in 1911.

The Camp Creek Railway Company was incorporated June 8, 1911, and built from Manhattan toAnceny, Montana. It opened its line in 1912, and sold to the NPRR in June 1914.

The Central Washington Railroad Company operated a line from Cheney to Coulee City, Washington.

The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company was incorporated on February 14, 1855.It operated main lines from Chicago, IL, to St. Paul, Minnesota, and to St. Louis, MO, and Cody,Wyoming. Like the Northern Pacific, it created and absorbed numerous branch and predecessor lines.Also like the NPRR, it became a part of the Burlington Northern Railroad Company in 1970.

The Clearwater Short Line Railway Company was incorporated on November 9, 1898, and sold to theNorthern Pacific Railway Company on June 23, 1914. Its main lines were from Riparia, Washington, toGrangeville, Stites, and Headquarters, Idaho.

The Coeur d’Alene Railway and Navigation Company was incorporated on July 6, 1886, and wasleased to the NPRR in 1888. Its main line ran from Cataldo, Idaho to the Montana state line nearMullan, Idaho. It was sold in foreclosure to the NPRR on January 26, 1897.

The Connell Northern Railway Company was incorporated on June 1, 1909. It operated betweenConnell and Adco, Washington, between in 1910 and 1914. It was sold to the NPRR on June 25, 1914.

The Drummond and Phillipsburg Railroad Company was incorporated on January 17, 1887 and sold tothe Northern Pacific and Montana Railroad Company on September 7, 1888. It operated a line betweenDrummond and Phillipsburg, Montana. There was also an extension to Rumsey, Montana, that wasabandoned in 1904.

The Dixon-Polson Line operated between Dixon and Polson, Montana.

The Gaylord and Ruby Valley Railway Company was incorporated on March 29, 1897 and sold tothe NPRR on February 28, 1899. It started a line from Renovo, Montana, to Twin Bridges, Montana;construction was completed by the NPRR.

The Great Northern Railway Company was originally the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba RailroadCompany (incorporated May 23, 1879); the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company (incorporated March10, 1862), and the Minneapolis and St. Cloud Railroad Company (incorporated March 1, 1956). Thefirst division of the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Co. completed its first line from St. Paul to Minneapolisin 1862. The Great Northern Railway Company was formed on September 18, 1889 and involved thepurchase or absorption of these and numerous other lines. Originally operating in Minnesota and theMidwest, the company completed its line from Duluth and St. Paul, Minnesota, to Everett and Seattle,Washington in 1893. It was the only line to build to the west coast without federal land grants.

The Green River and Northern Railroad Company was incorporated on September 22, 1890 andwas sold to the NPRR on April 21, 1898. It was a branch line that joined the NPRR system at PalmerJunction in western Washington state.

The Kootenai Valley Railroad Company was incorporated on October 19, 1898. Its main line ran fromBonners Ferry, Idaho, to Porthill, Idaho, on the Canadian border. It was sold to and merged into theGreat Northern Railway Company in 1913.



The Livingston-Gardner Branch operated from Livingston to Gardner, Montana.

The Missoula and Bitter Root Valley Railroad Company was incorporated on January 4, 1887. Itoperated a line from Missoula, Montana, to Grantsdale, Montana, 1888. That same year, it wasincorporated into the Northern Pacific and Montana Railroad Company.

The Missouri River Railway Company was incorporated June 13, 1906, in North Dakota. It built trackfrom Glendive to Sidney, Montana, and from Cannon Ball to Stanton, North Dakota. It was sold to theNPRR on June 20, 1914.

The Northern Pacific and Montana Railway Company was formed of the Drummond and PhillipsburgRailroad Company, the Helena and Northern Railroad Company, the Helena, Boulder Valley and ButteRailroad Company, and the Missoula and Bitter Root Valley Railroad Company in 1888. Its main linesran from Logan, Montana to Butte and from De Smet, Montana, to the Idaho state line. There were alsonumerous branch lines.

The Northern Pacific and Puget Sound Shore Railroad Company was incorporated on August 23, 1884.Its main line operated between Meeker and Seattle, Washington, with branch lines to Kennydale andfrom Kirkland Junction to Kirkland. It was sold to the NPRR on April 21, 1898.

The Peninsular Branch operated between Shelton and Gordonville, Washington.

The Port Townsend and Southern Railroad was incorporated on September 28, 1887 and operatedfrom 1890 to 1914. Its predecessor was the Olympia and Chehalis Valley Railroad Company. Its mainlines from between Tenino and Olympia and between Port Townsend and Quilcene, Washington. Themain line was sold to the NPRR in 1914; the line was then sold to Joshua Green in 1917.

The Puget Sound Shore Railroad was incorporated on August 19, 1882. It operated a line betweenStuck Junction (south of Kent, Washington) to Seattle. It was sold to the Northern Pacific and PugetSound Shore Railroad Company October 31, 1889, which was in turn sold to the NPRR on April 21,1898.

The Rocky Fork and Cooke City Railway Company was incorporated on December 10, 1886. Itoperated a line from Laurel, Montana, to Red Lodge, Montana. It was sold to and merged into theNPRR on April 21, 1898.

The St. Paul and Duluth Railroad Company was incorporated June 28, 1877. It was sold to the NPRRon June 15, 1900.

The St. Paul and Northern Pacific Railway Company was sold to the NPRR on November 2, 1896.

The Seattle and International Railway Company was incorporated on June 30, 1896. Its main line ranfrom Seattle, Washington, to Sumas, on the Washington-British Columbia border, which it purchasedas the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway Company. It operated from July 1896 to March 1901,when it was sold to the NPRR.

The Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway Company was incorporated on April 28, 1885. Its twomain lines ran from Seattle, Washington, to Sumas, on the Washington-British Columbia border,and from Spokane Falls to Davenport, Washington. It was sold in foreclosure in July 1896—theeastern portion to the Spokane and Seattle Railway Company, the western portion to the Seattle andInternational Railway Company. These were, in turn sold to the NPRR, in 1900 and 1901.

The Shields River Valley Railway Company was incorporated October 24, 1908 and built a line fromMission to Wilsall, Montana. It was sold to and merged into the NPRR on June 23, 1914.



The Spokane Falls and Idaho Railroad was formed on October 25, 1886. Its main line was from HauserJunction, near the Washington-Idaho border, to Coeur d’Alene. It operated from 1886 to 1898, when itwas sold to the NPRR.

The Spokane and Palouse Railway Company was incorporated in 1886. It operated a line fromMarshall, Washington, to Genesee and Juliaetta, Idaho from 1886 to 1899. It was sold to the NPRR onFebruary 21, 1899.

The Tacoma, Olympia and Grays Harbor Railroad Company was formed on May 7, 1890. Its main lineran between Lakeview and Ocosta, Washington, on Grays Harbor. It was sold to the United Railroadsof Washington on August 2, 1890, which was in turn sold to the NPRR on April 21, 1898.

The Washington and Columbia River Railway Company was incorporated on August 4, 1892. Itsmain line ran from Pendleton, Oregon, to Dayton, Washington, through Wallula and Walla Walla,Washington. It operated from 1892 to 1907, when it was sold to the NPRR.

The Western Dakota Railway Company was formed on June 13, 1906. It was sold to the NPRR onJune 20, 1914.

The Yakima and Pacific Coast Railroad Company was formed on May 1, 1890. It operated a line fromChehalis to South Bend, Washington. On February 13, 1892, it was sold to the United Railroads ofWashington. This was sold to the NPRR on April 21, 1898.

The Northern Pacific carried passengers and freight throughout the western United States and wascrucial part of the settlement and commerce of the area. In 1970, the Northern Pacific, the Chicago,Burlington and Quincy, and the Great Northern merged to form Burlington Northern Railroad Company.

Content DescriptionThis collection includes both bound and unbound correspondence, construction and expense reports,financial ledgers, right-of-way descriptions and maps, activity logs, publicity materials (includingphotographs and film reels), and personnel records created by employees of the Northern PacificRailway Company and its subsidiary lines between the years 1870 and 1968--though materials arepredominantly from the late 1880s through the early 1940s.

The Northern Pacific Railway Records present an extensive and detailed resource for researchingrailroad corporate management structures, land ownership histories for railroad associated properties(particularly in North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, and Washington state), economic impacts createdby railroad construction and repair, corporate investment into raw material production for cheapconstruction supplies (particularly timber), and NPRR marketing strategies spanning a period ofdramatic social and economic change in the American West. Correspondence records in this collectionprovide significant insights into prevailing railroad management structures during the late 19th and early20th Centuries--when the rail industry dominated the social, economic, and political realms of ruralAmerican life. As was common during the time period, NPRR field operation managers were requiredto be technical experts as well as administrators. The records generated and/or compiled by therailroad's engineering staff reveal this complex balance of designing construction projects, schedulingtraffic flows, and managing day-to-day operations. Rights-of-way documents, property maps, andconstruction drawings form a uniquely valuable resource for researching individual real estate historiesand large-scale settlement patterns. The financial records in this collection provide detailed accountsof occupations and pay schedules for railroad personnel, the corporation's purchases of constructionmaterials and sundry supplies (often specific to individual stations), and freight volumes carried fromthe region to national markets. The NPRR promotional department records in this collection preserve



sometimes overt and often subtle techniques intended to both create and reinforce the railroad'spreferred images of life in the Rocky Mountain West and Pacific Northwest. These promotionalmaterials form a particularly interesting body of evidence for comparison and contrast with perceptionspresented by contemporary regional literatures as well as the department's focus on highlightingagricultural abundance during periods of drought and farm foreclosures.

Materials in this collection were predominantly generated or compiled by engineering and promotionspersonnel. For the most part, engineering department recording procedures are consistent; however,the materials in sub-group 2 were generated by subsidiary and associated rail lines that reflect widelyvarrying recording policies and project goals. Additionally, NPRR engineers tended to move frequently,causing some degree of discontinuity.

Use of the CollectionRestrictions on Use

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes.Copyright not transferred to The University of Montana.

Preferred Citation

[Name of document or photograph/item number], Northern Pacific Railway Company Records, Archivesand Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.

Administrative InformationArrangement

The collection is divided into three subgroups: Engineering Department; Branch Lines, Predecessorsand Related Companies; and Advertising and Publicity Department.

The collection is further divided into sixty-one series:

Subgroup 1: Engineering Department, 165.25 linear feet and 14 oversize volumes, 1870 - 1968

Series I: Main line General, 22 linear feet and 3 oversize volumes, 1870 - 1965

Series II: Second Main Line, 33 linear feet, 1905 - 1956

Series III: Main line office, Helena, 0.25 linear feet and 5 oversize volumes, 1887 - 1893

Series IV: Idaho Division (Montana/Idaho), 1.0 linear feet, 1881 - 1900

Series V: Clarks Fork and Pend d’Oreille Division (Montana/Idaho), 3.5 linear feet, 1881 - 1910

Series VI: Missoula Division (Montana/Idaho), 6.0 linear feet, 1906 - 1909

Series VII: Missouri Division (Montana/Idaho), 4.0 linear feet, 1891 - 1912

Series VIII: Montana Division (Montana/Idaho), 1 volume, 1913



Series IX: Rocky Mountain Division (Montana/Idaho), 25.0 linear feet, 1882 - 1961

Series X: Yellowstone Division (Montana/Idaho), 0.75 linear feet, 1881 - 1953

Series XI: General Oregon/Washington, 28.0 linear feet, 1880 - 1910

Series XII: Cascade Division (Oregon/Washington), 7.5 linear feet and 3 oversize volumes, 1882 - 1892

Series XIII: Pacific Division (Oregon/Washington), 4.5 linear feet and 1 oversize volume, 1871 - 1909

Series XIV: Portland Division (Oregon/Washington), 1.25 linear feet, 1881 - 1909

Series XV: Seattle Division (Oregon/Washington), 0.25 linear feet, 1901 - 1905

Series XVI: Western Division (Oregon/Washington), 4.0 linear feet and 1 oversize volume, 1883 - 1907

Series XVII: Yakima Division (Oregon/Washington), 1.5 linear feet, 1883 - 1889

Series XVIII: Dakota Division, 2.25 linear feet, 1883 - 1910

Series XIX: Minnesota Division, 7.5 linear feet, 1881 - 1960

Series XX: Wisconsin Division, 2.5 linear feet, 1881 - 1893

Series XXI: Other Construction Projects and Unidentified, 8.5 linear feet and 1 oversize volume, 1881 -1968

Series XXII: Photographs, 2.0 linear feet, 1882 - 1959

Subgroup 2: Branch Lines, Predecessors and Related Companies, 60.75 linear feet and 18 oversizevolumes, 1881 - 1960

Series XXIII: Astoria and Columbia River Railroad Company, 1 folder, 1894 - 1898

Series XXIV: Bear Creek Western Railway Company, 1 folder, 1901 - 1910

Series XXV: Camp Creek Railway Company, 1.0 linear feet and 1 oversize volume, 1911 - 1912

Series XXVI: Central Washington Railroad Company, 4.5 linear feet and 3 oversize volumes, 1888 -1910

Series XXVII: Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, 5.5 linear feet, 1900 - 1960

Series XXVIII: Clearwater Short Line Railway Company, 15.5 linear feet, 1890 - 1910

Series XXIX: Coeur d’Alene Railway and Navigation Company, 2.0 linear feet, 1883 - 1892

Series XXX: Connell Northern Railway Company, 0.25 linear feet, 1909 - 1910

Series XXXI: Dixon-Polson Line, 0.5 linear feet, 1913 - 1958

Series XXXII: Drummond and Phillipsburg Railroad Company, 0.25 linear feet, 1887 - 1888

Series XXXIII: Gaylord and Ruby Valley Railway Company, 1.0 linear feet, 1897 - 1902

Series XXXIV: Grays Harbor and Columbia River Railway Company, 0.25 linear feet, 1901 - 1909



Series XXXV: Great Northern Railway Company, 1 oversize volume, 1909

Series XXXVI: Green River and Northern Railroad Company, 0.5 linear feet and 1 oversize volume,1887 - 1891

Series XXXVII: Kootenai Valley Railroad Company, 1 bound volume, 1890

Series XXXVIII: Livingston-Gardner Branch, 0.25 linear feet, 1922 - 1960

Series XXXIX: Manitoba Southwestern Colonization Railway, 1 folder, 1881 - 1882

Series XL: Missoula and Bitter Root Valley Railroad Company, 1 partial reel of microfilm and 2 boundvolumes, 1887 - 1888

Series XLI: Missouri River Railway Company, 8.25 linear feet, 1909 - 1912

Series XLII: Northern Pacific and Montana Railway Company, 2.0 linear feet, 1883 - 1908

Series XLIII: Northern Pacific and Puget Sound Shore Railroad Company, 1.25 linear feet, 1882 - 1891

Series XLIV: Peninsular Branch (Washington), 1.25 linear feet, 1901 - 1906

Series XLV: Port Townsend and Southern Railroad, 1 bound volume, 1906 - 1907

Series XLVI: Puget Sound Shore Railroad, 1 bound volume, 1891

Series XLVII: Rocky Fork and Cooke City Railway Company, 0.5 linear feet, 1889 - 1890

Series XLVIII: St. Paul and Duluth Railroad Company, 0.5 linear feet, 1892 - 1898

Series XLIX: St. Paul and Northern Pacific Railway Company, 0.25 linear feet, 1885 - 1887

Series L: Seattle and International Railway Company, 2 bound volumes (one is oversize), 1900 - 1904

Series LI: Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway Company, 1 bound volume, 1893

Series LII: Shields River Valley Railway Company, 2.0 linear feet, 1908 - 1910

Series LIII: Spokane Falls and Idaho Railroad, 0.25 linear feet, 1888 - 1891

Series LIV: Spokane and Palouse Railway Company, 4.0 linear feet and 4 oversize volumes, 1885 -1907

Series LV: Tacoma, Olympia and Grays Harbor Railroad Company, 3.5 linear feet and 3 oversizevolumes, 1890 - 1892

Series LVI: Tacoma Terminal Company, 2.5 linear feet, 1887 - 1893

Series LVII: Washington and Columbia River Railway Company, 0.25 linear feet, 1898 - 1902

Series LVIII: Western Dakota Railway Company, 0.5 linear feet, 1909 - 1913

Series LIX: Yakima and Pacific Coast Railroad Company, 1.0 linear feet and 3 oversize volumes, 1890- 1893

Subgroup 3: Advertising and Publicity Department, 2.5 linear feet, 24 moving image items, and 2oversize boxes, 1895 - 1950



Series LX: Moving Images, 20 16mm film reels and 4 VHS tapes, circa 1920s - 1940

Series LXI: Publicty Photographs, 2.5 linear feet and 2 oversize boxes, 1895 - 1950

Custodial History

The custodial history of these records is largely unknown. One group of records received in 1970 hadbeen stored in the Northern Pacific depot in Missoula, Montana, until their transfer to the archives afterthe creation of Burlington Northern Railroad. Some of the materials may have been discarded from theMinnesota Historical Society’s NPRR collection, or may have been received directly from the NPRR.

Acquisition Information

Gift, in part, of Burlington Northern Railroad, 1970.

Processing Note

The collection was originally received in three major and three minor accessions that were processedas LC 128, LC 141, LC 178, SC 218, SC 319, Film collection 3, and Video collection 7. Some of thephotographs had been transferred to the archives photograph collection, but a significant numberremained unprocessed.

In 2003, these collections were combined, identified, and extensively re-described. Arrangementwas based largely on the corporate divisions and arrangement identified by the Minnesota HistoricalSociety. Boxes 43-51 from LC 178, routine correspondence from the Assistant General Freight Agentin Minneapolis, Minnesota, were discarded. Authorities for Expenditure from LC 178, boxes 1-42, weretransferred to the Minnesota Transportation Museum in May 2003.

Photographs were integrated into two series according to purpose of origin. Photographs intendedas a documentary record for railway operations--for example construction projects, railroad facilities,engines, and personnel--were assigned to Series XXII. The majority of materials in Series XXII areidentified and described individually, with reference to location and date as such information couldbe established; however, the series also includes some grouped photographs recovered from aseparated collection and integrated in 2003. Photographs intended for promotional purposes--forexample promoting the agricultural abundance of the communities serviced by the railway, landscapesalong the various routes, and promotional exhibits--were assigned to Series LXI. Materials in SeriesLXI are identified and described in groups according to subject matter. However, some promotionalphotographs are present in Series XXII. These photographs were individually indentified and describedduring original processing. During 2003 reprocessing these photographs were assigned to SeriesXXII to retain their individualized research references. During original processing photographs wereassigned identification numbers according to the year and order in which they were processed. During2003 reprocessing all previously processed photographs were assigned new reference numbers toreflect their relationship within the larger collection--regardless of year. Please refer to the scope andnotes comments for Series XXII and LXI to gain further details on photograph processing.

Film and video materials that were seperated from the collection during original processing werereintegrated in 2003 as one series (LX). All collection VHS tapes are duplicates of film reels. For eachinstance of a one-to-one relationship, tapes were assigned a common reference number to the film reeloriginal. One VHS tape contains transfers of several film reels. In this one instance the VHS tape wasassigned a unique reference number.



The archives thanks Missoula railroad historians Bill and Janyce Taylor for their assistance with theprocessing.

Separated Materials

All previously separated materials were either re-integrated into the collection as described in theprocessing notes or were deaccessioned.

Related Materials

The majority of the Northern Pacific Records are held by the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul,Minnesota. Their collection includes approximately 10,600 cubic feet of records that date from 1861 to1970.

There are also numerous records held by the Minnesota Transportation Museum in St. Paul,Minnesota.

Minnesota State University in Mankato holds a collection of NPRR pamphlets.

Detailed Description of the CollectionSubgroup 1: Engineering Department, 1870-1968

165.25 linear feet and 14 oversize volumesThis subgroup contains materials generated by employees of the Engineering Department of theNorthern Pacific Railway's primary rail lines. Series III through XX contain records generated by thegeographic divisions the railway established for hierarchial management (largely defined by stateborders and more localized spurs). Series I and II contain records related to constructing and managingthe primary lines spanning these geographic divisions. Materials primarily consist of records generatedor compiled by NPRR Engineering Department managers (usually identified as "chief engineer,""assistant engineer," or "engineer in charge") regarding property acquistions, construction projects,repair work, station activities, line traffic, production numbers from subsidiary operations, and generalmanagement.

These materials provide significant primary resources for examining railroad corporate managementstructures, land ownership histories for properties associated with the main railroad lines and spurs,regional and localized economic impacts created by railroad construction and repair, and cycles ofrailroad investment into timber harvesting as a source for cheap construction materials. Information inthis series is primarily presented through general correspondence, bound financial ledgers, compiledtracking reports and narrative summaries, blue print diagrams and maps, and day books maintainedby unidentified railroad staff. Throughout this subgroup the phrase "Force Reports" in folder titlesrefers to reports filed by line engineers regarding actual and projected personnel hours (work force) forconstruction and repair projects.

Container(s) Description Dates

Series I: Main Line General22 linear feet and 3 oversize volumesThis series includes materials related to constructing andmanaging the NPRR's primary rail line, with particular

1870-1965




attention to the Montana and Idaho legs. This seriesis further divided into nine subseries highlighting someof the most intensive construction projects--such asline changes, tunnels, and re-gradings. Constructionplanning correspondence, cost estimates, materialrequisitions, progress summaries, work force reports,billing records, rights-of-way documents, and designdiagrams predominate the series. These materials forman extensive record of the railroad's contributions toand impacts upon the region over nearly 100 years.Construction records provide detailed accounts oflocal and imported supplies, work force numbers andpay schedules, large- and small-scale landscapetransformations, and land ownership patterns.This seriesalso contains a few daily logs of station activities and linetraffic, providing insights into the railroad's role within ruralcommunities. Additionally, the series includes severalfolders of collected speeches and writings. None of thespeeches in this series are attributed to an author andthey appear to be intended for delivery to local civicgroups. Most speeches are accompanied by newspaperarticles and pamphlets--apparently research sources.The speeches and writings sequence includes a few briefhistories of the Northern Pacific line and the communitiesalong its routes. These histories are written from theperspective of the Northern Pacific (such that the historyof a place tends to begin when the railroad arrived) andappear to be intended as light reading for passengers oncross-country trips. The speeches and writings sequencealso includes foreign language promotional materials--mostly Eastern European languages--promoting theagricutlural abundance of lands along the rail line.

Subseries 1: General5.25 linear feet and 3 oversize volumes

1870-1965

Box-volume

1/1 Correspondence, Dicksonson to Drummond, H.C. Magee,Assistant Engineer

1907

1/2 Correspondence, R. Gleason, Assistant Engineer 1903 - 1905

1/3 Financial Ledger, Account Balances 1881

1/4 Financial Ledger, Individual Account Balances 1883 - 1884




1/5 Financial Ledger, Individual Account Balances 1885

1/6 Financial Ledger, Accounts by Category 1893

Volume

7 Detailed Statement of Construction Expenses 1887-01 -1887-08

Box-volume

2/8 Financial Ledger, Facilities Log 1883

2/9 Pay Ledger 1882-11 -1883-04

2/10 Bills Ledger 1884-01 -1887-02

2/11 Miles Run by Engineer Parties 1872

2/12 Inventory of Stationery and Camp Supplies in St. Paul;Bills to Asst. Engineers.

1891-01 -1892-02

3/13 Seal Record 1887-01

3/14 Branch Line Reports 1896

3/15 Report of Engineering Department 1895-06

3/16 Main Line Alignment Notes 1870 - 1872

4/17 Scrapbook 1896-10 -1897-10

4/18 Newspaper Scrapbook, Attempts to Merge NorthernPacific and Great Northern Railroads

1901-10 -1909-01

4/19 Scrapbook, "Queen Marie in America," 1926 - 1927

5/20 Financial Ledger 1881-08 -1881-12




5/21 Financial Ledger 1881

5/22 Cash Book 1889-03 -1893-06

5/23 Day Book, Daily transaction summaries 1882-12 -1883-03

6/24 Financial Journal 1881-11 -1882-03

Volume

25 Expenses, Vouchers 1881-05 -1883-10

Box-volume

6/26 Financial Bills 1887-11 -1888-06

6/27 Financial Bills 1888-07 -1889-03

7/28 Financial Bills 1889-03 -1889-10

7/29 Financial Bills 1889-11 -1890-06

7/30 Financial Bills 1890-07 -1891-01

7/31 Detailed Statement of Construction Expense 1887-01 -1887-07

7/32 Contract Work 1887-07 -1887-12

8A/33 Financial Records, Construction Material 1882 - 1883

8A/34 Financial Records, Lumber Piles, Tires and WoodReceived

1882-04 -1883-03




8A/35 Financial Records, Construction Materials Book 1886-07 -1886-11

8A/36 Financial Records, Construction Materials Used 1887-01 -1896-02

8A/37 Inventory of Goods at Hope Yard 1883-12 -1884-04

8B/38 Reports and Estimates 1884-01 -1888-06

Box/Folder

8B/1 General Correspondence 1885-01-28

8B/2 Financial Records, Authorized Improvements 1892 - 1910

8C/1 Financial Records, Operating Statements 1883 - 1887

8C/2 Financial Records, Statistics 1883 - 1885

8C/3 Speeches and Writings, "Brief History of the NorthernPacific Railway"

1946

8C/4 Speeches and Writings, Circle, Montana (RedwaterBranch)

1928

8C/5 Speeches and Writings, Crop Production in North Dakota 1893 - 1898,1903

8C/6 Speeches and Writings, Fargo, North Dakota 1950

8C/7 Speeches and Writings, "First Across Montana" undated

8C/8 Speeches and Writings, Glen Ullin, North Dakota 1949, 1958

8C/9 Speeches and Writings, History of the Northern PacificRailway in North Dakota

undated

8C/10 Speeches and Writings, Historical Origins of StationNames in North Dakota, Montana, and Idaho

1912 - 1922




8C/11 Speeches and Writings, Huntley Project, Montana 1907

8C/12 Speeches and Writings, Immigration 1922 - 1965

8C/13 Speeches and Writings, Immigration Department 1927 - 1930

8D/1 Speeches and Writings, Granville Stuart, Discovery ofGold in Montana

1912-12

8D/2 Speeches and Writings, Tourists and Immigration 1924 - 1929

8D/3 Clippings, Historical Information 1930 - 1965

Subseries 2: Cabinet Gorge (Montana) Line Change3.0 linear feet

1884-1909

Box/Folder

9/1 Reports and Estimates 1884-01 -1888-06

9/2 Cabinet Line Change, Telegrams 1905-07 -1905-08

9/3 Cabinet Line Change, Telegrams 1905-05



9/6 Cabinet Line Change, General Correspondence 1905-04 -1905-07

9/7 Cabinet Line Change, General Correspondence 1905-08










10/5 Cabinet Line Change, General Correspondence 1906-03-01 -1906-04-25
















11/7 Cabinet Line Change, General Correspondence 1908-10 -1908-12 and1909-02 -1909-06

11/8 Cabinet Line Change, Force Reports 1905-07






Folder

11/14 14 Cabinet Line Change, Force Reports 1906-01



















12/2 Cabinet Line Change, Force Account Reports 1905-07 -1905-11



12/15 Expense Reports 1905-07 -1905-12

12/16 Expense Reports 1906-07 -1906-10 and1907-01 -1908-12

12/17 Return of Time 1905-07 -1905-12

12/18 Return of Time 1906-01 -1906-12

12/19 Inventory of Instruments 1905-05 -1907-03

12/20 Work Estimates 1905-06 -1906-09

12/21 Construction Progress Reports undated

13/1 Construction Progress Reports 1906-01 -1906-12





13/3 Weekly Reports of Work 1905-05-6 -1905-05-12through1905-09-24 -1905-09-30

13/4 Weekly Reports of Work 1905-10-01- 1905-10-07Through1906-01-07

13/5 Reports of Work Train 1905-12-18 -1906-01-05

13/6 Maps and Documents 1905-08 -1905-11

13/7 Maps and Documents 1906-04,1906-08 -1906-09, and1906-12

Box-volume

13/40 Outgoing Correspondence 1906-01 -1906-07


Subseries 3: Heron (Montana) Line Change1.0 linear feet

1900-1907

Box/Folder

14/1 Survey Reports 1900

14/2 General Correspondence 1905-04-1905-10







14/6 General Correspondence 1906-05 -1906-07


14/8 General Correspondence 1906-10 -1906-12 and1907-08

14/9 Force Reports 1905-09 -1906-10

14/10 Force Reports 1906-11 -1906-12

14/11 Force Reports 1907-01 -1907-02

14/12 Force Reports 1907-04 -1907-08

14/13 Return of Time 1905-10 -1905-12 and1906-01 -1906-03

14/14 Expense Reports 1904- 07 -1904-12 and1905-07 -1905-12

15/1 Expense Reports 1906-01 -1906-12

15/2 Inventory of Expenses 1906-08 -1907-01

15/3 Construction Progress Reports 1906-10 -1907-01 and




1907-04 -1907-08

15/4 Maps 1904-12,1905-10,1906-04, and1906-05

Subseries 4: Hope-Kootenai (Idaho) Line Change1.5 linear feet

1900-1905

Box/Folder

15/5 General Correspondence 1902-10-17 -1903-07-10







16/2 Material Requests 1901-10-26 -1903-08-31

16/3 Material Requests 1903-09 -1904-01

16/4 Operations Correspondence 1902-11 -1904-03-15




16/5 Operations Correspondence 1904-03-15 -1904-05-14

16/6 Operations Correspondence 1904-05-16 -1904-09-08

16/7 Operations Correspondence 1904-09-09 -1904-12

16/8 Operations Correspondence 1905-01 -1905-05

17/1 Rights of Way 1903-06-01 -1903-10-28

17/2 Rights of Way 1903-11-03 -1903-12-06

17/3 Progress Reports 1903-01 -1904-11

17/4 Contract Correspondence 1903-05-18 -1903-10-20

17/5 Telegrams 1903-06 -1903-09

17/6 Telegrams 1903-10 -1903-12

17/7 Telegrams 1904-01 1904-04

17/8 Monthly Inventory of Instruments 1902-10 -1903-12

17/9 Monthly Inventory of Instruments 1904-01 -1905-06

17/10 Maps and Diagrams 1900-08 and1904-06

Subseries 5: Noxon (Montana) Line Change1.25 linear feet

1904-1908




Box/Folder

18/1 General Correspondence 1904-08 -1905-07-31


18/3 General Correspondence 1905-10







19/3 Force Reports 1905-06 -1905-12

19/4 Force Reports 1906-01 -1906-11

19/5 Force Reports 1907-04 -1907-10

19/6 Force Account Reports 1907-08 -1907-10

19/7 Expense Reports 1905-08 1905-12




19/8 Expense Reports 1906-01 -1906-12

19/9 Inventory of Instruments 1905-01 -1905-02 and1905-07 -1905-12

19/10 Inventory of Instruments 1906-01 -1906-12 and1907-05 -1907-10

19/11 Return of Time 1905-07 -1905-12

19/12 Return of Time 1906-01 -1906-12

19/13 Return of Time 1907-03 -1907-09

19/14 Estimates of Work 1907




20/1 Contracts, Transit Reports, Level Notes, and Maps 1905-06,1905-07, and1905-08

Box-volume


20/43A Financial Records, Time Book 1908




Subseries 6: Stampede Pass Tunnel (Washington)1.5 linear feet

1884-1889

Box/Folder

21/1 Construction Estimates 1884-09 -1884-12



21/4 Progress and Force Reports 1886-05 -1886-08





22/2 Progress and Force Reports 1887-01














23/7 Weather Reports 1886-01 -1887-05

23/8 Weather Reports 1887-06 -1889-07

Subseries 7: Sunnyside (Washington) Station4.5 linear feet

1904-1907 andundated

Box/Folder















26/1 Construction Correspondence 1905-12







27/3 Construction Correspondence 1906-07 -1906-08

27/4 Construction Correspondence 1906-09 -1907-08

27/5 Pipe and Box Culverts 1905-07 -1905-12,1906-01, and1907-03

27/6 Travel Passes Correspondence 1905-08 -1906-09

28/1 Payroll 1905-09 -1906-09

28/2 Estimates of Work 1905-08 -1906-09




28/3 Return of Time 1905-08 -1906-10




29A/1 Force Reports 1905-08 -1905-12

29A/2 Force Reports 1906-01 -1906-09

29A/3 Force Account Reports 1906-06 -1906-09

29A/4 Expense Reports 1905-05 -1906-10

29A/5 Reports of Instruments 1905-03 - 1906-12 1905

29A/6 Work Train 1906-01 -1906-04 and1906-08

29A/7 Construction Progress Reports 1905-07 -1906-09

29A/8 Report of Work 1905-04 -1905-12

Box-volume

29B/43B Outgoing Correspondence 1905-04 -1905-07

29B/43C Outgoing Correspondence 1905-08 -1905-11




29B/43D Outgoing Correspondence 1905-11 -1906-04

29B/43E Outgoing Correspondence 1906-04 -1906-10

29B/43F Material Inventory Book undated

29C/43G Outgoing Correspondence: L.S. Oakes 1905-06 -1905-08

29C/43H Outgoing Correspondence: L.S. Oakes 1905-08 -1906-05

29C/43I Outgoing Correspondence: L.S. Oakes 1905-08 -1905-10

29C/43J Outgoing Correspondence: L.S. Oakes 1905-10 -1905-12

29C/43K Outgoing Correspondence: L.S. Oakes 1905-12 -1906-01

29C/43L Outgoing Correspondence: L.S. Oakes 1906-01 -1906-02

29C/43M Outgoing Correspondence: L.S. Oakes 1906-02 -1906-03

29C/43N Outgoing Correspondence: L.S. Oakes 1906-03 -1906-06

29C/43O Outgoing Correspondence, G.W. Lancaster 1906-05 -1906-08

29C/43P Outgoing Correspondence, G.W. Lancaster 1906-08 -1906-09

29C/43Q Outgoing Correspondence, H.M. Stoudt and C.J. Waddell 1906-11 -1906-12

Subseries 8: Trout Creek/Belknap (Montana)Relocation0.5 linear feet

1907-1909




Box-volume







Subseries 9: White Pine Hill/Trout Creek (Montana)Grade Revision3.5 linear feet

1907-1910

Box/Folder

31/1 Work Train Correspondence 1907-05 -1909-05

31/2 Monthly Instrument Reports 1907-02 -1909-03

31/3 Estimates of Original Cost and Northern Pacific BeneficialAssociation Elections

1907-01 -1907-06

31/4 Accounting Reports 1907-07 -1908-03







32/1 Accounting Reports 1909-06 -1910-02 and1910-12

32/2 Coal and Spurs Furnished to Contractors 1907-05 -1909-02

32/3 Releasing Cars 1907-07 -1908-12

32/4 Concrete Work 1907-05 -1908-05

32/5 Weekly Reports by Resident Engineers 1907-06 -1909-01

32/6 Weekly Reports of Chief Engineer 1907-04 and1907-08 -1909-04

32/7 Main Line 1907-05 -1908-10

32/8 Delays 1908-07 -1908-10

32/9 Line Changes 1907-03 -1907-10

32/10 Crossings, County Roads, and Telegraphs 1907-05 -1908-11

33/1 Track Laying 1907-07 -1907-09 and1908-05 -1908-07

33/2 Track Laying 1908-04 -1908-08 and1910-12




33/3 Reports of Track Laid - Heron, Trout Creek, and Belknap,Montana

1908-06 -1908-11

33/4 Bridges, Kelly Atkinson Contract 1908-05 -1909-01

33/5 Bridges and Culverts 1907-05 -1910-01



34/2 Material Requests 1908-08 -1909-04 and1910-12





34/7 Expense Reports 1907-03 -1909-01 and1910-01 -1910-12

35/1 Monthly Estimates of Work 1908-08 -1909-11

35/2 Coaling and Water Supply 1908-05 -1909-05

35/3 Travel Passes 1907-03 -1907-09




35/4 Travel Passes 1907-10 -1908-03

35/5 Travel Passes 1908-04 -1909-05

35/6 Rights of Way 1907-05 -1907-10 and1908-04 -1910-04

35/7 Progress Reports 1907-05 -1909-04

35/8 Payroll 1907-02 -1907-11 and1908-06 -1909-11

35/9 Applications 1907-02 -1908-07

35/10 Requisitions 1907-04-1909-01

35/11 Accident Reports 1907-07 -1908-10

36/1 Construction Department Bills 1907-07 -1909-02

36/2 Expenses for Porter Brothers and Welch 1908-06 -1909-02

36/3 Operating Expenses 1907-01 -1909-03

36/4 Force Reports, All Residencies 1907-05 -1909-04

36/5 Force Reports, 1st Residency 1907-05 -1908-05 and1908-09 -1908-10




36/6 Force Reports, 2nd Residency 1907-05 -1909-01

36/7 Force Reports, 3rd Residency 1907-05 -1909-01

36/8 Force Reports, Porter Brothers and Welch 1908-08-20 -1908-11-14

36/9 Force Account Reports, All Residencies 1908-07 -1909-01

36/10 Force Account Reports, All Residencies 1907-12 -1909-03

36/11 Force Account Reports, 1st Residency 1907-06 -1908-05

36/12 Force Account Reports, 2nd Residency 1907-06 -1908-09

37/1 Force Account Reports, 3rd Residency 1907-06 -1908-07






37/7 Monthly Inventory of Instruments 1907-03 -1908-08 and1909-01




37/8 Work Train 1909-01 -1909-03

Series II: Second Main Line33 linear feetThis series includes materials related to constructingand managing the NPRR's second main rail line. Aswith Series I, materials in this series exhibit particularattention to the Montana leg of the line; however,they also include records from the Minnesota andWashington state legs. This series is further divided intofive subseries--the largest of which details constructionprojects and traffic reports for the leg between Garrisonand Missoula, Montana. Survey records, constructionplanning correspondence, cost estimates, materialrequisitions, progress summaries, work force reports,billing records, rights-of-way documents, and designdiagrams predominate the series. Construction recordsdetail local and imported supplies as well as work forcenumbers and pay schedules. Correspondence recordsprovide insights into the challenges engineers faced indesigning multiple river crossings due to narrow canyons,procedures and rationales for subcontracting workprojects, and long-term operations problems (such asderailments and mud/rock slides).Subseries 2, regardingthe Garrison to Missoula leg, includes a notable sequenceof correspondence, encroachment agreements, andconstruction designs intended to mitigate the proximity ofNorthern Pacific Railroad and Milwaukee Railroad linesthrough narrow stretches of the Clark Fork River valley,particularly near Bearmouth and Clinton, Montana.

1905-1956

Subseries 1: Bozeman to Logan (Montana) Section0.5 linear feet

1910-1913

Box/Folder

38/1 Baker and Bear Creek (Montana), Profiles and Locations 1912 -1913

38/2 Bozeman to Logan (Montana) Survey, Employment 1913

38/3 Bear Creek and Bozeman to Logan (Montana) Lines 1913

38/4 Supplies and Equipment 1913




38/5 Bozeman to Logan (Montana) Survey 1910

38/6 Accounting undated

38/7 Bridge Supplies 1912

38/8 Bozeman to Logan (Montana), Golden Valley-Bear Creek,Time Slips

1913

Subseries 2: Garrison to Missoula (Montana) Section18.5 linear feet

1906-1910

Box/Folder

39/1 American Society of Civil Engineers 1907-05 -1909-05

39/2 Personal Correspondence: F. Beckwith 1906-12 -1909-05

39/3 Bridge Construction 1906-11 -1907-06




39/7 Bridge Construction 1909-02


40/1 Bulletins 1907-09 -1909-04

40/2 Circular Letters 1906-12 -1909-06




40/3 Cement Expenses 1908-08 -1909-05

40/4 Car Reports 1906-12 and1907-05 -1908-05

40/5 Car Reports 1908-06 -1909-04 and1909-07 -1909-08

40/6 Finishing the Work (report) 1909-09 -1909-11

40/7 Construction Payroll 1910-04 -1910-06

41/1 Joint Work Encroachments on Channel Changes andCreeks

1906-12 -1907-04


1907-05 -1907-12


1908-01 -1908-12


1909-01 -1909-09 and1910-01

41/5 Elevations 1907-01 -1907-12

42/1 Elevations 1908-01 -1908-12

42/2 Damage Claim, Hauswirthe 1909-03 -1910-01

42/3 Flagging, Delays, and Slow Orders 1907-07 -1909-05




42/4 Garrison Depot 1907-09 -1908-08

42/5 Division of Work at Bearmouth 1909-01 -1909-02


43/1 Employment Transportation and Passes 1906-12 -1907-09





44/1 Expense Reports 1906-11 -1907-05

44/2 Expense Reports 1907-06 -1907-08

44/3 Expense Reports 1907-09 -1907-10

44/4 Expense Reports 1907-11 -1907-12

44/5 Expense Reports 1908-01 -1908-02

45/1 Expense Reports 1908-03 -1908-04

45/2 Expense Reports 1908-05 -1908-06




45/3 Expense Reports 1908-07
















48/2 Expense Reports 1909-12 and1910-01 -1910-12

48/3 Kenyon Forgeries Case 1907-11 -1908-04

48/4 McHugh Irrigation Flume, Willis (Montana) 1907-12 -1909-03




48/5 Irrigation Crossings between Drummond and Bonita,Montana

1906 - 1909




49/2 Garrison Material Yard 1906-11 -1907-12

49/3 Garrison Material Yard 1908-01 -1909-11

49/4 Payroll 1906-11 -1907-10

49/5 Payroll 1907-11 -1908-05

50/1 Payroll and Timechecks 1907-09 -1909-04

50/2 Payroll and Timechecks 1909-05 -1910-01

50/3 Payroll 1908-06 -1909-09

50/4 Pipe and Culverts 1907-05 -1910-01

Box Folder

50 5 Joint Costs of Pipe and Culverts 1908-02 -1908-09

Box/Folder




50/6 Personnel, Transfers, Transporation, and Resignations 1907-04 -1908-06

50/7 Personnel, Transfers, Transporation, and Resignations 1908-07 -1909-09

51/1 Personnel, Applications 1906-10 -1907-01






52/1 Rights of Way, Milwaukee Encroachments and Fencing 1906-11 -1907-02












53/5 Construction, Rip Rap 1908-06 -1908-11



54/2 Steam Shovel Work 1906-12 and1907-02 -1907-09

54/3 Steam Shovel Work 1907-10 -1907-12




55/1 Steam Shovel Work 1909-01 and1909-03 -1909-05


55/3 Materials Requisitions and Cars of Materials 1906-11 -1907-03







56/2 Materials Requisitions and Cars of Materials 1909-09 -1909-12 and1910-05 -1910-07

56/3 Track Profiles and Alignment 1906-12 -1907-08



56/6 Track Profiles and Alignment 1909-05 -1909-06 and1910-01 -1910-12

56/7 Tunnels 1906-07 and1908

57/1 Tunnels 1908-08 -1909-03

57/2 Work Train Service 1907-03 -1907-12 and1908-04 -1908-12


57/4 Misc 1907-04 -1907-05









63/2 Estimates of Work, Winston Brothers 1908-08 -1908-10



64/1 Expense Reports 1906-10 -1908-03

64/2 Expense Reports 1908-04 -1908-09

64/3 Expense Reports 1908-10 -1909-01

64/4 Expense Reports 1909-02 -1909-04

65/1 Expense Reports 1909-05 -1909-08

65/2 Expense Reports 1909-09 -1910-05

65/3 Boarding and Commissary 1907-08 -1907-12

65/4 Expenses, Subcontractor - Deeks and Deeks 1907-06 -1908-12




65/5 Expenses, Subcontractor - American Bridge Company,Pitts Construction, C.M. Bolton, and Deeks and Deeks

1908-05 -1909-06

65/6 Expenses, Subcontractor - Pitts Construction 1909-07 -1909-05

66/1 Expenses, Subcontractor - Deeks and Deeks 1909-01 -1909-07


66/3 Expenses Accompanying Estimates of Work, RobertBrothers

1907-01 -1907-02 and1908-01 -1908-12


1909-01 -1909-04


1909-05 -1909-06


1909-07 -1909-11

67/2 Expenses Accompanying Estimates of Work, WinstonBrothers

1907-02 -1907-12


1908-01 -1908-08


1908-09 -1908-12


1909-01 -1909-09

68/1 Expenses, Subcontractor - Winston Brothers 1906-12 -1908-11

68/2 Expenses, Subcontractor - Winston Brothers 1908-12 -1909-08




68/3 Expenses, Subcontractor - Rosser and Whitaker 1907-10 -1909-01

68/4 Expenses, Subcontractor - Streeter and Lusk 1908-01 -1908-11

68/5 Expenses, Subcontractor - Robert Brothers 1908-06 -1909-12

68/6 Expenses, Subcontractor - Postal Telegraph Company,Rylander and Company, Brogan and Johnson, Bates andRodgers, and Palmele and Young

1907-04 -1909-03





69/4 Payroll 1907-01 and1907-04 -1907-07

69/5 Payroll 1907-08 -1907-09

69/6 Payroll 1907-10

69/7 Payroll 1907-11

70/1 Payroll 1907-12

70/2 Payroll 1908-01 -1908-04

70/3 Payroll 1908-05 -1908-08




70/4 Payroll 1908-09 -1908-12

70/5 Payroll 1909-01 -1909-05,1909-10,1909-12, and1910-01

71/1 Return of Time 1906-12 -1909-12

71/2 Work Train Reports 1907-08 -1908-04

71/3 Work Train Reports 1908-05







72/4 Equipment Failure Reports 1907-09,1907-12, and1908-04

72/5 Ballast and Grading 1908-08 -1909-06

72/6 Work By Extra Gangs # 7 1907-11

72/7 Blueprints of Bridge 103, Erie Division 1907-10

Subseries 3: Kalama to Vancouver (Washington)Section

1905-1913




6.0 linear feet

Box/Folder

73/1 Accounting, Requisitions 1905-11 -1907-12

73/2 Accounting, Requisitions 1908-01 -1909-06

73/3 Accounting, Expenses 1906-04 -1908-05

73/4 Accounting, Expenses 1908-06 -1911-08

74/1 Ballast Reports 1908-08 -1908-09

74/2 Ballast Reports 1908-10 -1908-12

74/3 Conductor's Reports 1908-10

74/4 General Construction 1906-03 -1907-12



75/2 Contracts 1907-03 -1908-07

75/3 Derailments and Wrecks 1907-10 -1908-12

75/4 Flagmen and Flagging 1907-08 -1908-11

75/5 Glenwood (Washington) Gravel Pit 1907-03 -1908-07




75/6 Injuries 1906-05 -1908-11

76/1 Instruments, Tools, and Handcars 1906-06 -1909-09

76/2 Materials 1906-07 -1907-12

76/3 Materials 1908-01 -1909-06,1910-02, and1911-02

76/4 Vancouver (Washington) Material Yard 1906-07,1907-04 -1907-11, and1908-12

76/5 Payroll, Return of Time, Employees, and Passes 1905-12 -1908-01



77/2 Reports of Progress 1906-05 -1906-08








78/1 Rails, Piles Driven, Cement, and Gravel Tests 1907-04 -1908-09

78/2 Rights of Way 1906-06 -1907-07

78/3 Rights of Way 1907-08 -1909-05

78/4 Construction Rip Rap 1907-12 -1909-03

78/5 Repairs, Track Reports 1908-09-13 -1908-11

79/1 Road Changes and Crossings 1905-08 -1906-10 and1907-03 -1907-09

79/2 County Road Changes and Crossings 1907-10 -1909-04

79/3 Sidings and Spurs 1907-08 -1909-02

79/4 Slides 1907-03 -1909-01

79/5 Summary of Line, Track Alignment, and Station Distances 1907-06 -1909-05

79/6 Surveys, Profiles, and Estimates for Line Changes 1906-06 -1908-01

79/7 Telegraph, Telephone, and Powerlines 1906 - 1909

80/1 Construction Materials, Ties 1907-02 -1909-05

Folder

80/2 2 Track Laying 1908-07 -1908-11




80/3 Water Tanks 1907-01 -1909-02

80/4 Work Train Service 1907-01 -1909-02

80/5 General Correspondence 1907-12 -1908-01 and1908-10


81/1 Force Account Reports 1907-11- 1907-12and 1908-06-1908-10

81/2 Force Account Bills, Porter Brothers and Welch 1907-09 -1908-01



81/5 Construction Progress Reports 1907-08 -1907-12 and1908-06 -1908-10

81/6 Force Reports, Various Residencies, Kalama MaterialYard Gravel Pit

1907-09 -1908-01

82/1 Force Reports, 1st and 2nd Residencies 1907-10 -1907-12 and1908-06 -1908-10

82/2 Force Reports, 3rd Residencies 1907-08 -1907-12 and1908-06 -1908-10




82/3 Summary Reports of Work 1908-06 -1908-10

82/4 Return of Time 1907-06 -1909-06

82/5 Vouchers Expense Accounts 1906-05 -1909-06

82/6 Reports of Work Train 1908-01 -1908-06 and1908-07 -1908-08

Box-volume



Subseries 4: Lake Park to Glyndon (Minnesota)Section7.5 linear feet

1906-1910

Box/Folder

84/1 Accounting 1906-03 -1906-06

84/2 Accounting 1906-07 -1906-08

84/3 Accounting 1906-09 -1906-10

84/4 Accounting 1906-11 -1906-12

84/5 Accounting 1907-01 -1907-03




85/1 Accounting 1907-04 -1907-06

85/2 Accounting 1907-07 -1907-08

85/3 Accounting 1907-09

85/4 Accounting 1907-10

85/5 Accounting 1907-11 -1907-12

86/1 Accounting 1908 - 1909

86/2 Construction 1906-03 -1906-06

86/3 Construction 1906-07 -1906-10

86/4 Construction 1906-11 -1906-12

86/5 Construction 1907-01 -1907-07

87/1 Construction 1907-07 -1907-09

87/2 Construction 1907-10

87/3 Contracts with Subcontractors 1906, 1907, and1908

87/4 Construction 1907-11 -1907-12 and1908-04 -1908-11

87/5 Construction 1909




87/6 Equipment 1906-03 -1906-06

87/7 Equipment 1906-07 -1906-09

88/1 Equipment 1906-10 -1906-12

88/2 Equipment 1907-01

88/3 Equipment 1907-02 -1907-03

88/4 Equipment 1907-04

88/5 Equipment 1907-05 -1907-06

89/1 Equipment 1907-07 -1907-09

89/2 Equipment 1907-10 -1907-12

89/3 Injuries and Death 1906

89/4 Injuries and Death 1907-01 -1907-05

89/5 Injuries and Death 1907-06 -1907-10

89/6 Inventory of Intruments with Correspondence 1906-02 -1907-11

89/7 Materials and Requisitions 1906-01 -1906-03

89/8 Materials and Requisitions 1906-04











91/4 Materials and Requisitions 1907-10 -1907-12 and1908-05 -1908-11

92/1 Personnel - Applications, Transportation, and Labor 1906-02 -1906-04

92/2 Personnel - Applications, Transportation, and Labor 1906-05


92/4 Personnel - Applications, Transportation, and Labor 1906-08

92/5 Personnel - Transportation and Labor 1906-09

92/6 Personnel - Transportation and Labor 1906-10

93/1 Personnel - Transportation and Labor 1906-11 -1906-12

93/2 Personnel 1907-01 -1907-02




93/3 Personnel 1907-03 -1907-06


93/5 Personnel - Applications, Transportation, and Labor 1907 - 1908

94/1 Steam Shovel Work - Wage and Bonus Schedules 1907-02 -1907-11

94/2 Track Work, Weekly Letters 1907-03 -1907-09

94/3 Work Train and Track Work 1907

94/4 Expenses 1906

94/5 Expenses 1907

95/1 Expenses 1909

95/2 Expenses 1910

95/3 Work Train Track Work, Weekly 1906-04 -1907-10

95/4 Work Train Track Work, Daily 1907-03 -1907-06

Subseries 5: Butte (Montana) Branch0.5 linear feet


Box/Folder

96/1 General Correspondence 1947 - 1956


96/3 Blue Prints undated






Series III: Main line office, Helena, Montana0.25 linear feet and 5 oversize volumesThis series consists entirely of bound accounting recordsmaintained by the Main Line Office in Helena, Montana.These records are statewide expense summariespresented through an account balance format--as opposedto the project-by-project budgets present in the reportscompiled by field staff.

1887-1893

Box-volume

96/52 Financial Records, Journal 1887-11 -1888-11

Volume

53 Financial Records, Journal 1888-11 -1889-08





Series IV: Idaho Division (Montana/Idaho)1.0 linear feetThis series includes bound correspondence and financialrecords generated by the Chief Engineers of the IdahoDivision of the Northern Pacific. Financial records includedetailed reports regarding contruction material costs,production numbers from the Ellisport (Idaho) lumber mill,passenger manifests, and station activities--particularlyfrom Wallace, Idaho. These latter records evidence theeconomic prominence of Wallace in the Idaho panhandleprior to the devasting forest fires of 1910 that burned

1881-1900




much of the town and transformed the region's economicpatterns.

Box-volume

97/58 Outgoing Correspondence, George A. Kyle, J.R. Stevens 1892

97/59 Outgoing Correspondence, W. B Keith, J.M. Dixon, H. J.Doolittle, Wallace, Idaho

1899 - 1900

97/60 Financial Records, Bills 1891 - 1892

97/61 Copy of Bills, Wallace, Idaho 1899 - 1900

97/62 Bills, Wallace Summit, Idaho 1899 - 1900

97/63 Day Book, Ellisport, Idaho 1882 - 1883

98/64 Lumber from Ellisport Mill 1881 - 1882

98/65 Account of Timber Received at Mill 1882 - 1883

98/66 Manifests, Wallace, Idaho 1883 - 1884

98/67 Material Used in Hangman Creek Bridge, Spokane(Washington) Yard

1889

98/68 Material Received 1891 - 1892

98/69 Track Material Charges 1888 - 1891

99/70 Distributions of Estimates 1892

Series V: Clarks Fork and Pend d’Oreille Division(Montana/Idaho)3.5 linear feetThis series consists of correspondence and financialrecords generated by the Clarks Fork and Pend d’OreilleDivision, operating in western Montana and northernIdaho. Correspondence materials primarily describe linerepair projects and traffic summaries. Financial recordsprimarily detail production numbers and shipments(incoming and outgoing) for the NPRR's lumber yard inHope, Idaho. Processed lumber from this yard was asignificant source for the railroad's construction projects

1881-1910




throughout the region. The absence of records after 1910may reflect the impact of the 1910 forest fires that heavilyimpacted the region.

Box-volume

99/71 Outgoing Correspondence 1887

99/72 Outgoing Correspondence, Charles King and HowardLoomis

1887 - 1888

99/73 Outgoing Correspondence 1890-10

99/74 Outgoing Correspondence, R.I. Gleason 1903 - 1904

100/75 Outgoing Correspondence, A.A. Murdock, Hope-Kootenailine

1904

100/76 Outgoing Correspondence, D.M. Driscoll, Hope-Kootenailine

1904 - 1905

100/77 Outgoing Correspondence, W. Ehelamson 1909 - 1910

100/78 Outgoing Correspondence, Sam Haley, A.A. McCree 1909 - 1910

100/79 Outgoing Correspondence, W.W. Mitchell 1909 - 1910


101/81 Day Journal and Data on Cars Unloaded 1904

101/82 Financial Records, Journal, Hope Yard (Idaho) 1883 - 1884

101/83 Financial Ledger, Hope Yard (Idaho) 1883




102/87 General Orders 1881 - 1883




102/88 Lumber Orders 1881 - 1883

102/89 Account of Lumber Delivered by E.L. Bonner Company 1882

103-90 Manifest of Materials Shipped 1883 - 1886

103/91 Inventory of Timber, Hope Yard (Idaho) 1883

103/92 Record of Materials Received, Spokane Falls 1887 - 1888

103/93 Material Book, Pasco Bridge 1905 - 1906

103/94 Material from Yard, Hope and Heron (Idaho) undated

103/95 Work Train Records 1904

Series VI: Missoula Division (Montana/Idaho)6.0 linear feetThis series consists of correspondence, financial,and personnel records generated by the MissoulaDivision, operating in western Montana and northernIdaho. Correspondence materials primarily describeline construction and repair projects as well as trafficsummaries. Construction records (both correspondenceand financial journals) detail local and imported suppliesas well as project progress reports. Personnel recordsin this series provide insights into the buying habitsof railroad employees who used payroll vouchers topurchase goods from the company (stations and diningcars). In addition, this series includes a file detailingnext-of-kin information for employees at the Drummond,Montana, station and may serve as a valuable resource forgeneological studies and local history surveys.

1906-1909

Box-volume

104/96 Outgoing Correspondence, Frank Beckwith, Drummond,Montana

1906 - 1907

104/97 Outgoing Correspondence, J.W. Wescott, Drummond,Montana

1906 - 1907

104/98 Outgoing Correspondence, Herbert Cole, Bonita, Montana 1906 - 1907




104/99 Outgoing Correspondence, A.E. Lichty, Bonner, Montana 1907

104/100 Outgoing Correspondence, , K.H. Sinclair, Clinton,Montana

1907

105/101 Outgoing Correspondence, Haskue, Montana 1907

105/102 Outgoing Correspondence, C.M. Perkins and H.C. Magee,Drummond, Montana

1907


1907


1907

105/105 Outgoing Correspondence, H.C. Magee, Drummond,Montana

106/106 Outgoing Correspondence, Herbert Cole, Bonita, Montana 1907


1907

106/108 Outgoing Correspondence, J.W. Wright, Drummond,Montana

1907

106/109 Outgoing Correspondence, W.O. Roach, Garrison,Montana

1907 - 1908

106/110 Outgoing Correspondence, J.W. Wright, Drummond,Montana

1907


1907


1907 - 1908

107/113 Outgoing Correspondence, Herbert Cole, Bonita, Montana 1907 - 1908

107/114 Outgoing Correspondence, W.W. Mitchell, Clinton,Montana

1907 - 1908





1907 - 1908

108/116 Outgoing Correspondence, H.M. Tremaine, Rimrod,Montana

1907 - 1908


1907 - 1908

108/118 Outgoing Correspondence, A.E. Lichty, F.H. Mudge,Bonner, Montana

1908 - 1909

108/119 Outgoing Correspondence, D.M. Driscoll, Drummond,Montana

1908 - 1909


1908 - 1909


1908 - 1909


1908 - 1909


1908

109/124 Outgoing Correspondence, Herbert Cole, Bonita, Montana 1908


1908

110/126 Outgoing Correspondence, Sam Haley, Rimrod, Montana 1908


1908


1908

110/129 Outgoing Correspondence, A.E. Lichty, Bonner, Montana 1908

111/130 Outgoing Correspondence, P.A. Tilmont, Rimrod, Montana 1908





1908 - 1909


1908 - 1909


1908

111/134 Outgoing Correspondence, P.A. Tilmont, Rimrod, Montana 1908 - 1909


1908


1909


1909


1909


1909


1909


1909


1909

112/143 Financial Records, Notebook 1906

113/144 Book of Addresses and Next of Kin for DrummondEmployees

1908

113/145 Distribution of Vouchers 1908 - 1909

113/146 Vouchers for Labor 1907






113/149 Record of Freight Bills 1907 - 1908

113/150 Bills Against the Operating Department 1909

113/151 Cost of Bridges and Culverts 1907

114/152 Construction Book 1907

114/153 Financial Records, Materials Shipped 1907 - 1908

114/154 Financial Records, Material Yard, Clinton, Montana 1909

114/155 Daily Record of Track Laying 1909

114/156 Inventory of Cars 1909

114/157 Report of Work Laboreres & Foreman 1906 - 1907

Series VII: Missouri Division (Montana/Idaho)4.0 linear feetThis series consists of construction correspondence andfinancial records generated by the Missouri Division ofthe NPRR line, operating primarily in eastern Montana.Correspondence materials primarily describe lineconstruction and repair projects. Construction recordsdetail local and imported supplies as well as projectprogress reports. This series includes progress journalsthat provide brief insights into work conditions andprocedural routines at a few construction sites.

1891-1912

Box-volume



115/160 Financial Records, Journal, Camps 4 and 1 1909 - 1912

115/161 Financial Ledger, "Mandan South" 1909 - 1911




115/162 Construction Journal, Yellowstone River Bridge 1909 - 1910

116/163 Instrument Report 1909 - 1910

116/164 Financial Records, Car Book 1909 - 1912

Series VIII: Montana Division (Montana/Idaho)1 bound volumeThis series contains one bound volume of clothing,equipment, and food supply requests from the AssistantEngineer stationed in Harlowton, Montana--a post withinthe NPRR's Montana Division.

1913

Box-volume

117/165 Outgoing Correspondence, James Derrig, Harlowton,Montana

1913

Series IX: Rocky Mountain Division (Montana/Idaho)25.0 linear feetThis series consists of correspondence, financial,personnel, and construction records generated bythe Rocky Mountain Division of the NPRR line. TheRocky Mountain Division spanned most of Montanaand this series includes several distinct and extensivesequences of materials documenting construction projects,management of multiple branch lines, constructionblueprints, internal and outgoing correspondence,and station histories. Construction records (bothcorrespondence and financial journals) detail localand imported supplies as well as project progressreports. Many contruction records in this series alsoinclude blueprint details for site preparation and design.Branch lines records include Boulder, Bozeman, CampCreek, Couer d'Alene, Phillipsburg, Red Bluff, and RubyValley. This series contains extensive blueprints forthe branch lines listed above. In addition to the branchline sequences, this series includes extensive recordsregarding redesign and repair of the Missoula to Garrisonleg.Internal correspondence records address constructionprojects, company policies, and aquisition procedures.Outgoing correspondence records predominantly detailrights-of-way inquiries, land acquisition negotiations,grazing leases for railroad properties, and frieghtnegotiations with clients. This sequence (organized by thecommunity or rail line closest to the recipient) presentsextensive documentation of land ownership patterns,

1882-1961




grazing patterns, and agricultural production numbers.Often clients compiled several years of productionnumbers into a single report to bolster their requests forfrieght rate adjustments. Station and changing yard reportsprovide detailed historical and contemporary accounts ofdesign intentions, community contributions, renovationprojects, cycles of traffic volume and spur connections,prominent managers, colorful characters associated withthe stations, and generally how the stations fit wihin thecontext of the larger community. In addition, financialand personnel records in this series lend insights into themenus offered by station cafeterias, dining cars, and workcamp cooks.

Box-volume

117/166 Outgoing Correspondence, George Donald, Missoula,Montana

1884

117/167 Outgoing Correspondence, D.M. Driscoll, Cabinet,Montana

1905 - 1906


1905

117/169 Outgoing Correspondence, Duke Hunt, Noxon, Montana 1905


1905


1905


1905 - 1906


1906



1906

118/176 Outgoing Correspondence, C.L. Einley, Noxon, Montana 1906 - 1907





1906


1906 - 1907

119/179 Outgoing Correspondence, J.C. Bredlove, Paradise,Montana

1906

119/180 Outgoing Correspondence, J.C. Bredlove, Paradise,Montana

1908


120/182 Outgoing Correspondence, M.J. Ainey, Heron, Idaho 1905



1906


1906


1906




1906

120/190 Financial Records, M.J. Ainey, Noxon, Montana undated

120/191 Financial Records, C.L. Einely, Noxon, Montana undated

120/192 Financial Ledger, Noxon, Montana and Hope, Idaho 1882 - 1883

120/193 Ledger of Items Shipped, Perma Yard, Idaho 1882

120/194 Day Book 1882 - 1883




121/195 Financial Records, Bills 1907 - 1909

121/196 Invoices, Noxon, Montana 1905

121/197 Financial Records, Line Charges 1905 - 1907

121/198 Financial Records, Meat Orders 1906 - 1907

121/199 Constuction, Horse Plains (Montana) Yard 1883 - 1884

122/200 Manifest of Material Shipped or Used 1883

122/201 Manifest of Material Shipped or Used 1883

122/202 Manifest of Material Shipped or Used 1883 - 1884

122/203 Construction Materials, Missoula (Montana) Yard 1884

123/204 Construction Materials, Horse Plains (Montana) Yard 1883

123/205 Shipping List 1883

123/206 Rough Copy of Time Returns 1883

123/207 Time Book, M.J. Ainey 1906

123/208 Car Report, D.M. Driscoll 1907

123/209 Financial Records, Bills 1905

124/1 General Correspondence, Boulder Branch 1932 - 1957

Box/Folder



124/4 General Correspondence, Bozeman Branch 1932 - 1957

124/5 General Correspondence, Bozeman Branch 1930 - 1965




124/6 General Correspondence, Camp Creek Branck 1938 - 1961

124/7 General Correspondence, Couer d'Alene Branch 1908 - 1957

124/8 General Correspondence, Couer d'Alene Branch 1908 - 1957

125/1 General Correspondence, Philipsburg Branch 1919 - 1958

125/2 General Correspondence, Red Bluffs Branch (Sappingtonto Harrison/Norris/Pony, Montana)

1934 - 1964

125/3 General Correspondence, Ruby Valley Branch 1933 - 1959

125/4 Boulder Branch Blueprints undated

125/5 Boulder Branch Blueprints undated

125/6 Bozeman Branch Blueprints undated

126/1 Camp Creek Branch Blueprints undated

126/2 Couer d'Alene Branch Blueprints and Drawings 1908 - 1957

126/3 Philipsburg Branch Blueprints undated

126/4 Red Bluff Branch Blueprints (Sappington to Harrison/Norris/Pony, Montana)

undated

126/5 Red Bluff Branch Blueprints (Sappington to Harrison/Norris/Pony, Montana)

undated

126/6 Ruby Valley Branch Blueprints undated

127/1 Correspondence, Missoula-Garrison line (Montana) 1906 - 1907

127/2 Correspondence, Missoula-Garrison line (Montana) 1908


















129/2 Correspondence, Glendive Montana 1909 - 1910

129/3 Correspondence, Glendive-Mandan line (Montana-SD) 1909 - 1910

129/4 Correspondence, Glendive Montana 1909 - 1910

129/5 Correspondence, Helena-Billings-Miles City line (Montana) 1940 - 1949

129/6 Correspondence, Missoula-Miles City line (Montana) 1940 - 1949

129/7 Correspondence, Montana towns 1940 - 1949

130/1 Correspondence, Circle-Poplar-Savage line Montana 1940 - 1949








130/6 Correspondence, Billings-Helena line Montana 1949 - 1950

130/7 Correspondence, Montana stations 1950 - 1959

131/1 Correspondence, Miles City, Montana 1950 - 1959

131/2 Correspondence, Billings, Montana 1950 - 1959


131/4 Correspondence, Red Lodge-Billings line, Montana 1950 - 1959

131/5 Correspondence, Billings-Ralpelje line, Montana 1950 - 1959

131/6 Correspondence, Glendive-Helena line, Montana 1950 - 1959






133/1 Correspondence, Colstrip, Montana 1950 - 1959

133/2 Correspondence, Glendive, Montana 1950 - 1959

133/3 Correspondence, Springdale-Wilsall line, Montana 1950 - 1959




















137/1 Correspondence, Forsyth, Montana 1950 - 1959

137/2 Correspondence, Forsyth, Montana 1950 - 1959


137/4 Correspondence, Laurel-Joliet line, Montana 1950 - 1959

137/5 Correspondence, Joliet, Montana 1950 - 1959

137/6 Correspondence, Helena-Huntley line, Montana 1950 - 1959


138/2 Correspondence, Big Timber, Montana 1950 - 1959

138/3 Correspondence, Billings-Missoula line, Montana 1950 - 1959




138/4 Correspondence, Miles City, Montana 1950 - 1959

138/5 Correspondence, Laurel-Custer line, Montana 1950 - 1959


139/1 Correspondence, Bridger, Montana 1950 - 1959

139/2 Correspondence, Red Lodge, Montana 1950 - 1959

139/3 Correspondence, Columbus, Montana 1950 - 1959

139/4 Reports, Missoula, Montana 1950 - 1959

139/5 Reports, Montana Business 1950 - 1959

139/6 Montana Reports and Correspondence 1890

140/1 Montana Financial Records, Reports, and Contracts 1909



140/4 Montana Financial and Legal Records, Reports, andContracts - Stampede Tunnel

1885

140/5 General Correspondence, Blossbury Ventilating Plant 1932

140/6 General Correspondence, Avon, Montana 1932

140/7 General Correspondence, Drummond, Montana 1931

140/8 General Correspondence, Drummond, Montana 1934

140/9 General Correspondence, Missoula, Montana 1932

140/10 General Correspondence, Drummond, Montana - Highwaycrossing

1934

140/11 General Correspondence, Missoula, Montana - MissoulaMercantile Company

1934




140/12 General Correspondence, Garrison, Montana 1932



140/15 General Correspondence, Gold Creek, Montana 1934

140/16 General Correspondence, Missoula Depot grounds andbusinesses

1931 - 1934

140/17 General Correspondence, Missoula Freight House 1931

140/18 General Correspondence, Missoula Station Lighting 1932

140/19 General Correspondence, Missoula Lunch Room 1934

140/20 General Correspondence, Missoula - Rate of Pay andDuties

1934

140/21 General Correspondence, Silver Bow County, Montana 1932

141/1 Appraisal report, Bearmouth, Montana 1966

142/1 Correspondence with the Dakota Division 1903




142/5 Correspondence with the Dakota Division 1908 - 1910

143/1 Dining Car Receipts, Paradise, Montana 1964-01 -1964-06

143/2 Dining Car Receipts, Paradise, Montana 1964-07 -1964-12

143/3 Dining Car Receipts, Helena, Montana 1964-04 -1964-07




143/4 Dining Car Receipts, Helena, Montana 1964-08 -1964-12

144/1 Dining Car Receipts, Missoula, Montana 1964

144/2 Dining Car Receipts, Fargo, North Dakota 1964-01 -1964-04



145A/1 Dining car pay deduction receipts 1964

145A/2 Meal Books, Dining car receipts 1964-08





145B/1 General Correspondence, Bitterroot Branch 1918 - 1960





145B/6 Blueprints, Bitterroot Branch undated

145B/7 General Correspondence, Couer d'Alene Branch 1908 - 1957

145B/8 General Correspondence, Livingston Branch 1932 - 1956




145C/1 General Correspondence, Livingston Branch 1932 - 1956

145C/2 General Correspondence, Livingston Branch 1932 - 1956

145C/3 General Correspondence, Livingston-Garrison Branch 1931 - 1939

145D/1 General Correspondence, Livingston-Garrison Branch 1940 - 1944

145D/2 General Correspondence, Livingston-Garrison Branch 1945


145D/4 General Correspondence, Livingston-Garrison Branch 1946 - 1948



145E/1 General Correspondence, Livingston-Garrison Branch 1950 - 1952

145E/2 General Correspondence, Livingston-Garrison Branch 1953 - 1954

145E/3 General Correspondence, Livingston-Garrison Branch 1955

145E/4 General Correspondence, Livingston-Garrison Branch,Butte, Montana

1954

145E/5 General Correspondence, Livingston-Garrison Branch,Butte, Montana

1954

145F/1 General Correspondence, Livingston-Garrison Branch,Butte, Montana

1955


1955


1955


1956





undated

145G/1 General Correspondence, Livingston-Garrison Branch 1957 - 1959

145G/2 General Correspondence, Livingston-Garrison Branch,Concrete Plant in East Helena

undated

145G/3 General Correspondence, Livingston-Garrison Branch,Concrete Plant in East Helena

undated

145G/4 General Correspondence, Livingston-Garrison Branch 1961 - 1967

145G/5 General Correspondence, Missoula Branch 1918 - 1935

145H/1 General Correspondence, Missoula Branch 1936 - 1939


145H/3 General Correspondence, Missoula Branch 1946

145H/4 General Correspondence, Missoula Branch 1947


145I/1 General Correspondence, Missoula Branch 1950





145J/1 General Correspondence, Missoula Branch 1955



145K/1 General Correspondence, Missoula Branch 1956









145L/1 General Correspondence, Missoula Branch 1961 - 1967

145L/2 General Correspondence, Missoula Branch, PavingMissoula Stockyard

1946 - 1947

145L/3 Blueprints, Bitterroot Branch undated




145M/1 Blueprints and Drawings, Livingston Branch 1932 - 1956




145N/1 Blueprints, Livingston Branch undated



145O/1 Blueprints, Livingston-Garrison Branch undated






145O/4 Blueprints, Missoula Branch undated

145O/5 Blueprints, Missoula Branch undated

145P/1 Blueprints, Missoula Branch undated




145P/5 Blueprints, Missoula Branch, Missoula Stockyard undated

145P/6 Blueprints, Missoula Branch, Cross Sections undated

145P/7 Blueprints, Missoula Branch, Paving Missoula Stockyard 1947


145Q/1 Blueprints, Missoula Branch undated




145R/1 Blueprints, Missoula Branch undated





145S/1 Blueprints, Missoula Branch undated







145T/1 Blueprints, Missoula Branch undated



Series X: Yellowstone Division (Montana/Idaho)0.75 linear feetThis series includes construction documents generatedby the Yellowstone (River) Division of the Northern PacificRailroad, operating primarily in southeastern Montana.These records consist of construction/repair projectcorrespondence and financial records. Financial recordsinclude details of materials used and projected costs. Thisseries also includes a single folder of materials regardingthe Shields River Branch of the NPRR.

1881-1953

Box-volume

146/210 Outgoing Correspondence, Billings, Montana 1891-1892

146/211 Outgoing Correspondence, Charles A. Dewar 1883-1885


146/213 Financial Records, Construction Department 1882-1883

147/214 Financial Records, Bridge Records 1881

Box/Folder

147/1 Shields River Branch (Montana) 1952-1953

Series XI: General Oregon/Washington28.0 linear feetThis series contains general correspondence, blueprints,and financial records (including station reports andcontracts) from the Washington and Oregon lines ofthe NPRR. Correspondence records primarily consistof intenal documents detailing administrative policies,

1880-1910




construction projects, land purchases, and supplyrequests as well as extensive exchanges with constructionsubcontractors, unaffiliated lines, and station supplyvendors. Within the financial records are abstracts,vouchers, payroll documents, and correspondence. Thesefinancial records compliment the correspondence files indetailing construction project logistics, personnel actions,and agreements with subcontractors and vendors. Thebound volumes of construction financial records provideextensive details on materials used, local and importedresources, work force structures, and projected costs foralternate approaches.

Box/Folder

148/1 General Correspondence, Oregon 1882 - 1884

148/2 General Correspondence, Washington and Oregon 1882 - 1887



Box-volume


Box/Folder


149/4 General Correspondence, Washington and Oregon 1886

149/5 General Correspondence, Washington 1886 - 1887

149/6 General Correspondence, Washington 1890


150/2 General Correspondence, Washington 1890's










151/3 General Correspondence, Washington, with Blueprints 1890's



152/1 General Correspondence, Washington and Oregon 1890's

152/2 General Correspondence, Washington and Oregon 1890's



























155/7 General Correspondence, Washington, with Blueprints 1895 - 1898

156/1 General Correspondence, Washington, with Blueprints 1895 - 1896




























160/1 General Correspondence, Washington, with Blueprints 1897 - 1900's




160/5 General Correspondence, Washington, with Reports andBlueprints

1898 - 1900





















188/5 General Correspondence, Washington









193/1 Reports and Contracts, Washington 1880's


193/3 Reports and Contracts, Washington and Oregon 1883 - 1887


193/5 Reports and Contracts, Washington 1882 - 1887

193/6 Reports, Contracts, and Abstracts, Washington andOregon

1883 - 1884



194/2 Reports and Contracts, Washington and Oregon 1886

194/3 Vouchers, Reports and Contracts, Washington andOregon

1885

194/4 Vouchers, Abstracts, Reports, and Contracts, Washingtonand Oregon

1885

194/5 Vouchers, Reports and Contracts, Washington andOregon

1885

194/6 Vouchers, Construction Expenses, Reports, andContracts, Washington and Oregon

1885 - 1886

195/1 Vouchers, Reports, and Contracts, Washington 1885 - 1887

195/2 Vouchers, Reports, and Contracts, Washington 1886






195/5 Vouchers, Reports, and Contracts, Washington andOregon

1886

195/6 Vouchers, Reports, and Contracts, Washington 1901 - 1902


196/2 Reports, Contracts, and Canceled Checks, Washington 1880's

196/3 Payrolls, Reports, and Contracts, Washington 1900's



197/1 Payrolls, Reports, and Contracts, Washington 1907

197/2 Reports and Contracts, Washington 1894 - 1896 andundated

197/3 Construction Reports and Contracts, Oregon 1901

197/4 Reports and Contracts, Washington 1904

197/5 Reports and Contracts, Washington 1899 - 1900

197/6 Inventory Sheets, Reports, and Contracts, Washington 1895

Series XII: Cascade Division (Oregon/Washington)7.5 linear feet and 3 oversize volumesThis series contains bound volumes of outgoingcorrespondence and financial records from the CascadeDivision of the Northern Pacific Railway, which operatedfrom south-central British Columbia through easternWashington to western Idaho. Financial records includeledgers, journals, and other materials that documentactivities at the Ainsworth Lumber Mill and constructionprojects for bridges to Ainsworth, Washington, fromKennewick to Pasco, Washington, and over the SnakeRiver. The Ainsworth Mill apparently produced largequanities of timber used for NPRR construction projectsbut also marketed to other industrial builders.

1882-1892

Volume




215 Outgoing Correspondence, Ainsworth Mill, J.G. Fairfowl 1888-07 -1885-01

Box-volume

198/216 Outgoing Correspondence, J. Donovan 1886-06 -1887-05

198/217 Outgoing Correspondence, L.L. Buck, A.S. Riffle, JonasLund

1887-12 -1889-02

198/218 Financial Journal, Kennewick Bridge (Washington) 1886-12 -1888-08

198/219 Financial Ledger 1884

198/220 Financial Ledger, Kennewick Bridge (Washington) 1886 - 1887

199/221 Day Book, Ainsworth Mill Credits 1882-11 -1884-07

199/222 Financial Records, Ainsworth Lumber Yard 1883

199/223 Manifest of Material Shipped or Used 1883-08 -1883-11

199/224 Material at Yard, Ainsworth Lumber Yard 1883-10 -1884-04

199/225 Manifest Received, Engineer Deptartment 1883-10 -1884-09

200/226 Material Received From Operating Department, AinsworthMill

1884-07 -1886-01

200/227 Construction Material, Snake River Bridge undated

200/228 Time Reports, Surfacing and Track Laying 1886 - 1887

200/229 Time Book 1891-11 -1892-01




200/230 Time Book 1891-12 -1892-02

Volume

231 Financial Journal, Ainsworth Mill, Snake River Bridge,Yakima Drive

1882

232 Index to Volume 231 1882

Box-volume

201/233 Consolidated Grading Estimates 1884-08 -1884-11

201/234 Consolidated Grading Estimates 1882-12 -1883-11

201/235 Material used, Snake River Bridge, Ainsworth SecondBridge

1889-03

Series XIII: Pacific Division (Oregon/Washington)4.5 linear feet and 1 oversize volumeThis series contains construction documents generatedby the Pacific Division of the NPRR, operating inwestern Oregon and Washington. Land acquisitioncorrespondence, construction proposals andestimates, subsidiary line communications, and mapspredominate the series. Bound volumes include outgoingcorrespondence from station engineers, financial records(such as frieght bills, transaction ledgers, and stationmaintenance vouchers) and personnel documents.

1871-1909

Box/Folder

202/1 General Correspondence, Land Acquisitions 1898

202/2 General Correspondence, Bridges 1901 - 1905

202/3 General Correspondence, Cascade Canal Company 1903-07 -1904-05

202/4 General Correspondence, Employments 1907 - 1908




202/5 General Correspondence, Work Train, Vancouver,Washington

1907 - 1908

202/6 General Correspondence, Vancouver-Kalama line,Woodland and Richfield

1906 - 1908

202/7 General Correspondence, Fairfax Branch 1901 - 1903

203/1 Estimates of Engineering Department 1895 - 1897

203/2 Estimates of Engineering Department 1897 - 1905

203/3 Approximate Monthly Estimates 1904 - 1906

203/4 Estimates at Eagle Gorge 1902

203/5 Reports, Work Train 1908

203/6 Maps 1903

Box-volume


204/237 Outgoing Correspondence, R.R. Randall 1872-05 -1872-11

204/238 Outgoing Correspondence, D.C. Sinsley, W.M. Roberts 1872-09 -1874-03

204/239 Outgoing Correspondence, Work at Kalama, Hunters, andGoble (Washington)

1889-12 -1890-08


205/241 Outgoing Correspondence, Work at Kalama, Hunters, andGoble (Washington)

1890-08 -1892-02

205/242 Outgoing Correspondence, B.B. Kelliher 1891-01 -1891-03




205/243 Outgoing Correspondence, Edison Shops (Washington),C.S. Bibler

1891-02 -1891-08

205/244 Outgoing Correspondence, M.H. Bedofe 1891-05 -1891-07

206/245 Outgoing Correspondence, J.M. Willard 1891-05 -1891-09

206/246 Outgoing Correspondence, Edison Shops (Washington),C.S. Bibler

1891-08 -1893-03



206/249 Outgoing Correspondence, Vancouver, Washington, A.F.Statler

1906-06 -1906-12

207/250 Outgoing Correspondence, Vancouver, Washington, W.C.Taylor

1906-11 -1907-05

207/251 Outgoing Correspondence, Vancouver, Washington, A.F.Statler

1908-11 -1909-05

207/252 Supply Ledger 1882-12 -1884-04

207/253 Ledger, Puyallup Yard (Washington) 1883-04 -1884-01

208/254 Vouchers and Estimates circa 1871-02 -1871-11

208/255 Freight Bills 1883-10 -1885-01

208/256 Local Bills, Tacoma, Washington 1885-08 -1887-03

208/257 Certified Bills, Tacoma, Washington 1890




208/258 Certified Bills and Copies of Estimates 1889 - 1890

208/259 Distribution Records, Edison Shops (Washington) 1891

Volume

260 Record of Expense Bills, E. H. McHenry 1891-06 -1892-07

Box-volume

209/261 Bills and Vouchers 1907-10 -1907-12

209/262 Force Account Bills 1907-12 -1908-09

209/263 Bills and Invoices 1908-09 -1909-06

209/264 Rental Collections 1895

210/265 Material Received in Cars, Edison Yard (Washington) 1891-02 -1891-08

210/266 Requisitions and Distribution of Pay Rolls for KalamaInclines, Work at Hunters and Goble (Washington)

1889-12 -1891-02

Series XIV: Portland Division (Oregon/Washington)1.25 linear feetThis series contains bound volumes of outgoingcorrespondence and financial records from the PortlandDivision of the NPRR, operating in western Oregon andsouthern Washington.

1881-1909

Box-volume






211/269 Outgoing Correspondence, J. T. Mitchell 1883-12 -1884-11

212/270 Outgoing Correspondence, W. C. Taylor 1908-06 -1909-04

212/271 Outgoing Correspondence, Telegrams 1883-03 -1884-09

212/272 Cash Book 1881-11 -1882-04

212/273 Train Order Book 1883-10 -1885-02

213/274 Manifest of Material Shipped 1883-04 -1884-01

213/275 Supplies and Materials 1883-12 -1886-01

213/276 Time Book 1884-05 -1884-06

Series XV: Seattle Division (Oregon/Washington)0.25 linear feetThis series contains two folders of constructioncorrespondence and design maps created by the SeattleDivision of the NPRR.

1901-1905

Box/Folder

214/1 General Correspondence, Construction 1901-12 -1905-06

214/2 Maps 1904, 1905

Series XVI: Western Division (Oregon/Washington)4.0 linear feet and 1 oversize volumeThis series contains general correspondence, financial,and personnel records generated by the Western Divisionof the NPRR, operating in western and central Washingtonstate. Most records in this series concern constructionand maintenance projects, providing extensive detailsabout instrumentation, materials used, work force needs,

1883-1907




and station operations. Intensive projects documentedin this series include the Hoquiam extension nearTacoma, various coal bunkers in central Washington,and reconstruction of the "Georgie Oaks" steamboat onthe Columbia River. This series also includes extensivedocumentation of negotiations with subcontractorsand unaffiliated rail lines. Most materials in this serieswere generated by the Tacoma Branch; however, otherunits are represented (such as the Clealum, Centralia,Columbia River, and Eagle Gorge branches).

Box/Folder


215/2 General Correspondence, Hoquiam Extension, Tacoma,Washington

1895, 1987-1898


1898-03 -1898-06


1898-07 -1898-09


1898-10 -1898-12


1899-01 -1907-01

216/1 General Correspondence, Instruments, Tacoma Branch 1901-01 -1901-05













217/3 General Correspondence, Coal Bunkers - Castle Rock andCarbonado, Washington

1889, 1893 -1899

217/4 General Correspondence, Accounting, Tacoma Branch 1897, 1901 -1902

217/5 General Correspondence, Coal Bunkers, Clealum Branch 1889, 1893 -1899

217/6 General Correspondence, Coal Bunkers and HannafordCreek Bridge, Centralia Branch

1897-04 -1902-02

218/1 General Correspondence, Columbia River Branch 1900-10 -1902-08

218/2 General Correspondence, Engineers Office 1883-03 -1887-05

218/3 General Correspondence, Carbonado-Fairfax line 1900-11-13 -1901-04-30

218/4 General Correspondence, Carbonado-Fairfax line 1901-05 -1901-09

218/5 General Correspondence, Rebuilding of "Georgie Oakes"Steamboat

1904-01 -1905-03

218/6 General Correspondence, Rebuilding of "Georgie Oakes"Steamboat

1905-04 -1907-03




218/7 Disbursement of Expenses, various lines 1887-01 -1887-05

218/8 Disbursement of Expenses, various lines 1887-07 -1887-10

219/1 General Correspondence, Construction of Log Culvert atBeaver Lake, Washington

1900-05

219/2 General Correspondence, Location of Post Offices 1900-07-28 -1900-10-03

219/3 General Correspondence, Contracts 1899-07 -1901-03

219/4 General Correspondence, Contracts 1901-04 -1905-05

219/5 General Correspondence, Columbia and Puget SoundRailroad Crossing and Connection at Henry's Switch(Washington)

1899-07 -1900-09

219/6 General Correspondence, Columbia and Puget SoundRailroad Crossing and Connection at Henry's Switch(Washington)

1900-10 -1903-07

219/7 General Correspondence, Progress of Work 1899-08-15 -1900-08-13

219/8 General Correspondence, Green River ConstructionCompany, Tracking Contract and Supply Cars

1899-03 -1900-04

219/9 General Correspondence, Green River ConstructionCompany, Tracking Contract and Supply Cars

1900-05 -1901-03

219/10 General Correspondence, Shipments of Outfits andMaterials

1899-08-12 -1900-01-30

219/11 General Correspondence, Shipments of Outfits andMaterials

1900-02 -1901-08

219/12 General Correspondence, Operation of Line 1900-03 -1900-11




219/13 General Correspondence, Crushed Rock and Sand Supply 1899-09 -1900-02

220/1 Time Reports 1900-07 -1900-08

220/2 Time Reports 1900-08 -1901-01

220/3 Force Reports 1899-07-22 -1899-09-09

220/4 Force Reports 1899-09-16 -1899-10-14

220/5 Force Reports 1899-10-21 -1899-11-25

220/6 Force Reports 1899-12 -1900-03

221/277 Outgoing Correspondence, C. S. Prowell 1883-04 -1884-01

221/278 Outgoing Correspondence, L. M. German 1883-10 -1884-01

Box-volume

221/279 Outgoing Correspondence, South Prairie, Washington,James Rogers

1884-11-05 -1884-11-26

Volume

280 Outgoing Correspondence, Eagle Gorge Branch, J. L.Smith

1887-04 -1887-06

Box-volume

221/281 Outgoing Correspondence, Eagle Gorge Branch 1886-06 -1886-11




221/282 Outgoing Correspondence, Eagle Gorge Branch 1886-12 -1887-03

222/283 Outgoing Correspondence, Eagle Gorge Branch, A. Wold 1887-04 -1887-12

222/284 Outgoing Correspondence, Copalis, Washington, C.C.Van Arsdol

1900-09 -1901-04

222/285 Financial Records, Order Book 1884-04 -1884-09

Series XVII: Yakima Division (Oregon/Washington)1.5 linear feetThis series contains bound volumes of outgoingcorrespondence and financial records from the YakimaDivision of the NPRR.

1883-1889

Box-volume


223/287 Outgoing Correspondence, J. L. Smith 1884-10 -1884-12

223/288 Outgoing Correspondence, H. S. Hinson 1885-02 -1885-07



224/291 Outgoing Correspondence, Ellensburg, Washington 1886-04 -1887-04


224/293 Engineers Report of Material 1885




225/294 Requisitions for Construction, Kennewick-Pasco Bridge 1887-04 -1889-01

225/295 Time Book 1885-04 -1887-08

225/296 Time Book 1885-05

225/297 Record of Progress, Profiles, and Track Reports 1884 - 1885

225/298 Wood Record 1884-10 -1885-03

Series XVIII: Dakota Division2.25 linear feetThis series contains bound volumes of outgoingcorrespondence and financial records from the DakotaDivision of the NPRR. Materials in this series particularlyhighlight operations in the communities of Valley City,Sykeston, and Jamestown, North Dakota, and Glendive,Montana.

1883-1910

Box/Folder






Box-volume

227/299 Outgoing Correspondence, Jamestown, North Dakota 1883-07 -1883-10




227/300 Outgoing Correspondence, Sykeston, North Dakota 1899-04 -1899-09

228/301 Outgoing Correspondence, Valley City, North Dakota 1906-03 -1907-03



228/304 General Correspondence, Valley City, North Dakota 1907-09 -1908-01



229/307 Financial Ledger, Yellowstone River Bridge, Glendive,Montana

undated

229/308 Car Report, Valley City, North Dakota 1907-10 -1908-01

Series XIX: Minnesota Division7.5 linear feetThis series contains correspondence and financial recordsfrom the Minnesota Division of the NPRR. Materialsinclude extensive correspondence and financial recordsgenerated by operations in Dilworth, Muskoda, andFergus Falls, Minnesota. This series also includes detailedconstruction and maintenance records, traffic reports, andvendor contracts.

1881-1960

Box/Folder

230/1 General Correspondence, Dilworth, Minnesota 1906-05-24 -1906-07-06









230/7 General Correspondence, Dilworth, Minnesota 1907-03-08 -1907-06



231/1 Expense Reports, Dilworth, Minnesota 1906-07 -1907-03



231/4 Expense Reports, Dilworth, Minnesota 1907-09-24 -1907-09-30


231/6 General Correspondence, Muskoda, Minnesota 1902-06 -1904-07






Box-volume

232/309 Outgoing Correspondence, Fergus Falls, Minnesota,Campbell

1881-04 -1881-10

232/310 Outgoing Correspondence, Fergus Falls, Minnesota,Kimball

1882-04 -1882-06


1882-06 -1882-09


1882-09-1882-12


1882-12 -1883-03

233/314 Outgoing Correspondence, Minneapolis, Minnesota,Kimball

1887-04 -1889-05


1891-10 -1892-04

233/316 Outgoing Correspondence, St. Paul, Minnesota, VanderHorck

1903-09 -1904-02

233/317 Outgoing Correspondence, St. Paul, Minnesota, FredBrowne

1906-11 -1907-06

233/318 Outgoing Correspondence, Lake City, Minnesota, Loomis 1910-06 -1910-08


234/320 Bills and Statements 1881-07 -1882-12

234/321 Estimates and Bills 1883-02 -1884-02

234/322 Force Bills 1911-10 -1912-04




234/323 Station Requisitions 1895-01 -1896-06

235/324 Records of Track Laying 1904-08 -1904-09

235/325 Records of Gravel Received 1903-02 -1903-05

235/326 Drafting Room, Notes and Surveys 1881-06 -1882-12

Box/Folder

236/1 General Correspondence 1903











237/5 Reports and Contracts, Minnesota Specification Reports 1944

237/6 Reports and Contracts, Minnesota Specification Reports 1945

237/7 Reports and Contracts 1940's - 1950's




238/1 Reports and Contracts 1942

238/2 Reports and Contracts 1942 - 1957




239/1 Reports and Contracts, Coal Contracts 1950's



239/4 Reports and Contracts 1950's

239/5 Reports and Contracts, Iron Casting Contracts 1950's

239/6 Reports and Contracts, Brass Bearings and CastingContracts

1951 - 1954




240/4 Reports and Contracts


241/1 Reports and Contracts, Dakota Division Records 1890 - 1901

241/2 Reports and Contracts, Dakota Division Records 1905






















Series XX: Wisconsin Division2.5 linear feetThis series contains outgoing correspondence andfinancial records from the Wisconsin Division of the NPRR.Correspondence and financial records were primarilygenerated by F.W.D. Holbrook, the division engineer.Financial records include operation summaries andconstruction estimates.

1881-1893

Box/Folder

244/1 Omaha Junction to Conner's Point, Estimates of Costs 1883-07 -1883-09




Box-volume

244/327 Outgoing Correspondence, F.W.D. Holbrook 1881 - 1884

244/328 Outgoing Correspondence, F.W.D. Holbrook 1882-03 -1882-06







246/335 Outgoing Correspondence, F.W.D. Holbrook 1884


246/337 Outgoing Correspondence, J. Dewar 1884-09 -1885-03

246/338 Outgoing Correspondence, J. Dewar 1884-12 -1885-05

246/339 Outgoing Correspondence, J.B. Clough 1885-01 -1885-03

247/340 Outgoing Correspondence, D. Armitage and C. Clough 1885-01 -1885-03




247/341 Records of Bills Against Wisconsin Central 1892-12 -1893-02

247/342 Financial Records, Statistics, F.W.D. Holbrook 1883

247/343 Financial Records, Statistics, F.W.D. Holbrook 1884

247/344 Contractors Estimates 1881-06 -1883-09

247/345 Construction Estimates, F.W.D. Holbrook 1882 - 1883


248/347 Construction Estimates, F.W.D. Holbrook 1883

248/348 Construction Estimates, F.W.D. Holbrook 1883


248/350 Construction Estimates 1884

248/351 Construction Estimates 1884 - 1885

Series XXI: Other Construction Projects andUnidentified8.5 linear feet and 1 oversize volumeThis series contains both unbound material and boundvolumes from various construction projects of theNorthern Pacific Railway Company as well as somematerials that could not be authoritatively identified withexisting organizational series. The series is divided intoten subseries: (1) Ainsworth Mill (BC), (2) AnacortesImprovements (Washington), (3) Butte Quarry (Montana),(4) Columbia River Bridge No. 1, Pasco-Kennewick,(Washington), (5) J.W. Kendrick: Minnesota/NorthDakota/Montana construction, (6) Lewistown OutsideYards (Idaho), (7) Seattle Extension, (8) Seattle WharfWork, (9) Superior Ore Dock (Wisconsin), and (10)Unidentified. Materials in this series include outgoingcorrespondence primarily documenting constructionprojects (subcontractor and vendor agreements) andtransportation passes. Financial records in this seriesgenerally present construction estimates and actualexpenses, cash books, and activity logs.

1881-1968




Subseries 1: Ainsworth (BC) Mill1 bound volume

1883-1884

Box-volume


Subseries 2: Anacortes Improvements (Washington)2 bound volumes

1890-1891

Box-volume

249/353 Outgoing Correspondence, H.C. Estep 1890-08 -1891-01

249/354 Outgoing Correspondence, C.E. Spring 1891-01 -1891-06

Subseries 3: Butte Quarry (Montana)1 bound volume

1894-1898

Box/Folder


Subseries 4: Columba River Bridge No. 1, Pasco-Kennewick (Washington)0.75 linear feet

1886-1909

Box/Folder



250/4 Car Reports 1905-09 -1906-11




250/5 Expense Bills 1905-05 -1905-09

250/6 Expense Bills 1905-09 -1906-10

250/7 Estimates 1886-06 -1886-12

250/8 Estimates 1887-01 -1887-05

250/9 Materials 1905-05 -1905-12

250/10 Materials 1906-01 -1906-11

250/11 Force Reports 1905-06 -1906-01

250/12 Force Reports 1906-02 -1906-11

251/1 Requisitions 1905-05 -1906-10

251/2 Inventory 1905-06 -1906-10

251/3 Overtime Record 1905-08 -1906-10

251/4 Date on Revised Classification 1909-01-13

Box-volume















Subseries 5: J. W. Kendrick: Minnesota/North Dakota/Montana Construction1 bound volume

1886-1887

Box-volume

252/366 Outgoing Correspondence, Telegrams 1886-10 -1887-12

Subseries 6: Lewiston Outside Yards (Idaho)0.5 linear feet

1906-1909

Box/Folder










253/7 General Correspondence, New Buildings 1906-09 -1908-06

253/8 Maps 1907-02 -1908-07

Subseries 7: Seattle Extension, (SwinomishReservation)2 bound volumes

undated

Box-volume

254/367 Record of Construction undated

254/368 Index to Volume 367 undated

Subseries 8: Seattle Wharf Work1 bound volume

1900

Box-volume


Subseries 9: Superior Ore Docks (Wisconsin)2.25 linear feet

1906-1914

Box/Folder







255/4 General Correspondence, Pilings 1912-11 -1913-02

255/5 General Correspondence, Dock Substructure 1912-10 -1913-08

255/6 General Correspondence, Dock Superstructure 1912-09 -1914-01

255/7 General Correspondence, Cement and Gravel 1913-02 -1913-11

255/8 General Correspondence, Grassy Point Bridge 1913-01 -1913-10

255/9 General Correspondence, Demurrage 1913-01 -1914-01

256/1 General Correspondence, Approach Trestle 1912-09 -1912-12

256/2 General Correspondence, Approach Trestle 1913-01 -1913-09

256/3 General Correspondence, Invoices and Bills 1912-11 -1914-01

256/4 General Correspondence, Payroll 1912-11 -1913-10

256/5 General Correspondence, Accounting Department 1912-10 -1914-01

256/6 General Correspondence, Rights of Way/Bill of Materials 1912-10 -1913-11

256/7 General Correspondence, Office of Sanitation 1912-10 -1913-11




256/8 General Correspondence, Freight Charges 1912-05,1912-12 -1913-12

256/9 General Correspondence, Time and Expense Checks 1912-10 -1913-04,1913-10

256/10 General Correspondence, Grading and Approach 1913-01 -1913-09

256/11 General Correspondence, Applications for Work 1907, 1912-09 -1914-01

256/12 General Correspondence, Electrical Equipment, Contractwith Burgess Electric Company

1913-02 -1913-12

256/13 General Correspondence, Northern Power Company,Crossing Power Lines

1912-11 -1913-05

256/14 General Correspondence, Plans and Specifications 1912-11 -1913-12

256/15 General Correspondence, Transportation Passes 1912-09 -1913-10




257/4 Return of Time 1912-11 -1913-12

257/5 Expenses 1912-10 -1913-02

257/6 Expenses 1913-03 -1913-06




257/7 Expenses 1913-07 -1913-09

257/8 Expenses 1913-10 -1914-01

258/1 Expenses 1912-12 -1914-01

258/2 Inventory of Instruments 1912-11 -1913-09

258/3 Payroll 1912-10 -1913-05,1913-08 -1914-01

258/4 Daily Report of Work 1913-01 -1913-02

258/5 Daily Report of Work 1913-03 -1913-05

258/6 Daily Report of Work 1913-05-03 -1913-06-14

258/7 Daily Report of Work 1913-06-15 -1913-08-15

258/8 Ore Docks on the Great Lakes Reports 1912-10 -1912-11

259/1 Tests of Gravel and Cement Reports 1913-05,1913-07 -1913-10

259/2 Demurrage Bureau Reports 1913-03 -1913-10

259/3 Monthly Meteorological Reports 1906-10 -1907-11

259/4 Inspection Reports 1912-11 -1913-12




259/5 General Correspondence and Financial Records 1912-12 -1913-10

Subseris 10: Unidentified4.0 linear feet and 1 oversize volume


Box-volume








262/377 Financial Journal, Wisconsin Central Lines 1886 - 1892

262/378 Cash Book 1880-08 -1882-11

262/379 Cash Book 1882-04 -1882-09

262/380 Cash Book 1882-11 -1883-02

262/381 Cash Book 1883-02 -1883-05




263/382 Bill Record Book 1895-01 -1896-12

263/383 Day Book 1895-11 -1897-11

263/384 Material Received 1898-04 -1899-02

263/385 Materials 1909-07 -1910-01

263/386 Time Book, Laborers 1881-05 -1881-07

263/387 Time Book, Various 1884-10 -1885-03

264/388 Time Book 1886-04 -1886-10

264/389 Time Book, Blasting Crew 1888-06 -1888-09

264/390 Time Book 1888-04 -1888-07

264/391 Time Book, Engineer and Construction Force 1887-09 -1887-12

264/392 Time Book 1887-04 -1887-07

264/393 Time Book 1904-12

264/394 Force Account 1899-07 -1900-08

265/395 Force Account 1899-07 -1900-06

265/396 Work Orders and Time Reports 1907




265/397 Force Report 1899-10 -1900-05

265/398 Claim Checks 1944-11 -1946-03

Volume

399 Ledger, Yakima and Ainsworth (Washington) 1885-07 -1885-10

Box-volume

266/400 Financial Records, Material 1905-08 -1905-09

266/401 Supplies at Various Stations undated

266/402 Distribution of General Time undated

266/403 Estimates 1885

266/404 Record of Track Laying and Grading 1887 - 1888

266/405 Timber Received 1911-01 -1912-04

Box/Folder











Series XXII: Photographs2.0 linear feet and 1 oversize boxThis series contains photographs intended as adocumentary record for railway operations--suchas construction projects, railroad facilities, engines,and work conditions--though some promotionalphotographs are present as well. Photographs in thisseries constitute a valuable resource documentinglandscapes, towns, community events, rural life, workcrews, rail infrastructures, and weather events throughoutthe high plains and montane valleys of the central andwestern United States--as well as spanning eighty years ofdramatic physical, economic, and social change. Materialsin this series exhibit several distinct sequences of imagethemes. Among these are extensive Montana bridge,station, and change yard sequences (often identified bylocation or structural number but seldom both). Billings,Bozeman, Brockway, Circle, Glendive, Lindsay, andMissoula, Montana--and their respective outlying areas--are among the communities most significantly documentedby the images in this series.Another extensive imagesequence documents the possessions, staple crops,and vistas of Mission Valley (Montana) homesteadfamilies during the late 1920s. The Mission Valleyphotographs were captured for promotional purposes,as opposed to the construction and facility imagesthat dominate this series. Another promotional imagesequence includes produce being carried to market.These promotional photographs were primarily intendedto convey perceptions of abundance and help the railroadsell rail accessible farm plots.The majority of materialsin this series are identified and described individually,with reference to location and date whenever suchinformation could be established; however, the series alsoincludes some grouped photographs recovered from aseparated collection. Photographs individually identifiedand described during original processing were assignedidentification numbers according to the year and orderin which they were processed. During reprocessing allthese photographs were assigned new reference numbersto reflect their relationship within the larger collection--regardless of year--though the original numbers arenoted in brackets for cross-reference. Photographs inboxes 396, 397, and OS1 are not individually processed.These materials are grouped by subject following the titlesimposed upon them after they were seperated from theoriginal collection and before they were donated to theK. Ross Toole Archives. The conditions and purposes

1882-1959




under which these materials were originally separated areunknown.

Box/Folder

393/1 128(XXII):1 or 70-30: Fourth of July celebration, Arlee,Montana

1929

393/1 128(XXII):2 or 71-12: Northern Pacific exhibition car; "Itsexhibits encouraged people to buy the railroad's lands"

undated

393/1 128(XXII):3 or 71-20: Charlo, Montana. "Three newoutfits of prospective new settlers just pulled in fromNebraska, not yet located but being shown over the Valleyby Northern Pacific Agents"

1919

393/2 128(XXII):4 or 71-23: Flour mill at Russell-Miller MillingCompany at Sidney, Montana

1926-07-14

393/2 128(XXII):5 or 71-25: Lumber mill in Eureka, Montana 1910

393/2 128(XXII):6 or 72-4: Display of farm machinery in theRedwater District in eastern Montana

undated

393/2 128(XXII):7 or 72-17: Northern Pacific RailwayRoundhouse under construction in Missoula, Montana

1923

393/3 128(XXII):8 or 72-199: Amalgamated Sugar Companybuilding located in Missoula, Montana

undated

393/3 128(XXII):9 or 72-201, [Negative located in folder 396/1]:W.C. Howell and family in front of their home in Charlo,Montana surrounded by dairy cows

1928

393/4 128(XXII):10 or 72-202 [Negative located in folder 396/1]:Arthur Coulter and family in front of their home in Charlo,Montana with dairy cows to the right

undated

393/5 128(XXII):11 or 72-203 [Negative located in folder 396/1]:George Watson and faimly in front of their farm home inCharlo, Montana; Barn on left with horses and dairy cowsnearby

undated




393/5 128(XXII):12 or 72-204 [Negative located in folder 396/1]:George Kelly family posed in field in Charlo, Montana withMr. Kelly sitting on horse-drawn plow

1928

393/6 128(XXII):13 or 72-205 [Negative located in folder 396/1]:"Truck loaded from West Coast with bee hives parked infront of the Larsen Real Estate Company and NorthernPacific Railway irrigration office in Charlo, Montana; Manon right is Bill Larsen, owner of Larsen Real Estate andNorthern Pacific land promoter"

1928

393/6 128(XXII):14 or 72-206, [Negative located in folder 396/1]:Amos L. Gallup family posed with dairy cows in Charlo,Montana

1928

393/7 128(XXII):15 or 72-207 [Negative located in folder 396/1]:Men of the A.L. Freyberger family posed with their farm,horse teams, and cattle in Charlo, Montana

1928-07-25

393/7 128(XXII):16 or 73-12: View of the Roundhouse fromWaterworks Hill in Missoula, Montana

1883

393/8 128(XXII):17 or 75-6083: Main lower Yellowstone canal;looking up the canal from Indian Coulee bridge

1910-07-06

393/8 128(XXII):18 or 75-6090: On dude ranch in FlatheadValley, Montana

1930-06

393/8 128(XXII):19 or 76-160: McGiffert steam log loader 1910

393/8 128(XXII):20 or 76-208: Trainload of wartime freightmoves over the line west of Missoula, Montana

undated

393/8 128(XXII):21 or 76-435: Scotch making Still in BitterrootValley, Montana

undated

393/9 128(XXII):22 or 76-436: Crow Indians at the "Villard GoldSpike Excursion," opening of the Northern Pacific Railway

1883-09-08

393/9 128(XXII):23 or 76-442: Farmer operating a horse drawnbinder, which cuts the grain and ties into bundles to beshocked and thrashed

undated




393/9 128(XXII):24 or 77-36: Harvesting apples in the BitterrootValley, Montana

1910

393/9 128(XXII):25 or 77-39: Hauling beets from Daley Farmnear Hamilton, Montana

1928-09-25

393/10 128(XXII):26 or 77-238: Testing the Bismarck Bridge overthe Missouri River

1882-10-21

393/10 128(XXII):27 or 78-308: End of the track near Fort Benton,Montana

undated

393/10 128(XXII):28 or 80-37: Northern Pacific Railway, OrofinoBranch, Whiskey Creek Bridge, Idaho

1912

393/11 128(XXII):29 or 82-195: Train wreck undated

393/11 128(XXII):30 or 82-197: Train moving past river undated

393/11 128(XXII):31 or 82-198: Derailed engine undated



393/12 128(XXII):34 or 82-204: Missoula Fairgrounds, cattle show 1928

393/12 128(XXII):35 or 82-205: Amalgamated Sugar Companyunder construction

1928

393/12 128(XXII):36 or 83-3: Northern Pacific Railway reachingthe shores of Flathead Lake near Polson, Montana

1917-12-07

393/12 128(XXII):37 or 83-81: Exhibition car used in thepromotion of settlement

undated

393/12 128(XXII):38 or 84-150: Governor J.E. Ericksonaddressing a crowd in Bozeman, Montana

1912

394/1 128(XXII):39 or 86-0011: Northern Pacific depot atGarrison, Montana; left: North Coast Limited #2, right:North Coast Limited #1

1920




394/1 128(XXII):40 or 87-0040: Dry farm, sorghum, RosebudCounty, Montana

1909

394/1 128(XXII):41 or 87-0041: Grasshopper nymphs onwoodpile

1938

394/1 128(XXII):42 or 89-299: New oil house at the NorthernPacific Railway yard in Missoula, Montana

1954-07-15

394/1 128(XXII):43 or 89-300: New oil house at the NorthernPacific Railway yard in Missoula, Montana

1954-07-15

394/1 128(XXII):44 or 89-301: Northern Pacific Freight House inBozeman, Montana

1954-12-17


1953-12-17


1953-12-17

394/2 128(XXII):47 or 89-318 [Negative located in folder 396/1]:Northern Pacific Yard Office in Missoula, Montana

1959


1959


1959


1959

394/2 128(XXII):51 or 89-322: Northern Pacific Yard Office inMissoula, Montana

1959

394/2 128(XXII):52 or 89-323: Northern Pacific Yard Office inMissoula, Montana

1959

394/3 128(XXII):53 or 89-324: Along Northern Pacific Railwayline in Missoula, Montana near round house

1959

394/3 128(XXII):54 or 89-325: Along Northern Pacific Railwayline in Missoula, Montana near round house

1952




394/3 128(XXII):55 or 89-326: Steel building at the MissoulaNorthern Pacific Railway Yard

1957-11-05

394/3 128(XXII):56 or 89-327: A Northern Pacific train at the bigcurve near Perma

1951

394/3 128(XXII):57 or 89-328: A rock slide along the NorthernPacific line

1954

394/3 128(XXII):58 or 89-329: A rock slide along the NorthernPacific line with workers

1954

394/4 128(XXII):59 or 89-330: A rock slide near St. Regis alongNorthern Pacific line

1952-02-02

394/4 128(XXII):60 or 89-331: New telephone building inSalmon, Idaho

1952-06-09

394/4 128(XXII):61 or 89-332: New telephone building nearingcompletion in Salmon, Idaho

1952-06-09

394/4 128(XXII):62 or 95-20: "Dr. Reynolds band of ewes andlambs, south Miles City in Custer Forest (Montana), sheepwagon foreground"

1931-06-20

394/4 128(XXII):63 or 95-57: Northern Pacific exhibit car undated

394/5 128(XXII):64 or 95-156: Bridge #1 1928-06-21

394/5 128(XXII):65 or 95-157: Bridge #1 1928-06-21

394/5 128(XXII):66 or 95-158: Bridge #2 1928-06-21

394/5 128(XXII):67 or 95-159: Bridge #2 1928-06-21

394/5 128(XXII):68 or 95-160: Riprap at West and Bridge #2 1928-06-21

394/5 128(XXII):69 or 95-161: Dike and riprap at channelchange, station 244

1928-06-21

394/5 128(XXII):70 or 95-162: Riprap on dike, station 244 1928-06-21




394/5 128(XXII):71 or 95-163: Riprap at channel change, station255

1928-07-03

394/5 128(XXII):72 or 95-164: Bridge at station 497 1928-09-17



394/6 128(XXII):75 or 95-167: Bridge #12 at station 876 1928-09-21

394/6 128(XXII):76 or 95-168a: Bridge #16 at station 1050 1928-09-21

394/6 128(XXII):77 or 95-168b: Bridge #16 at station 1050 1928-09-21

394/6 128(XXII):78 or 95-169: Bridge #17 at station 1061 1928-09-21

394/6 128(XXII):79 or 95-170: Bridge #22 1928-06-07

394/6 128(XXII):80 or 95-171: Bridge #22, station 1670 1928-03-16




394/7 128(XXII):84 or 95-175: Erecting Bridge #23, station 1770 1928-04-11

394/7 128(XXII):85 or 95-176: Erecting Bridge #23, station 1770 1928-04-11

394/7 128(XXII):86 or 95-177: Bridge #23, station 1770 undated

394/7 128(XXII):87 or 95-178: Portion of line near station 1770 1928-05-08

394/7 128(XXII):88 or 95-179: Work at Bridge #24, station 1820 1928-03-16











394/8 128(XXII):96 or 95-187: Looking east across Bridge #25 1928-10-03



394/8 128(XXII):99 or 95-190: East end, Bridge #25 1928-04-07

394/8 128(XXII):100 or 95-191: Bridge #25 1928-04-26






394/9 128(XXII):106 or 95-197: East end Buffalo Springscrossing

1928-03-22

394/9 128(XXII):107 or 95-198: Driving Bridge over BuffaloSprings Creek

1928-04-07

394/9 128(XXII):108 or 95-199: Bridge over Buffalo SpringsCreek

undated

394/9 128(XXII):109 or 95-200: Riprap at west end, bridge overBuffalo Springs Creek

1928-07-30

394/9 128(XXII):110 or 95-201: Bridge over Buffalo SpringsCreek, station 2385

1928-09-19




394/9 128(XXII):111 or 95-202: Bridge over Buffalo SpringsCreek, station 2385

1928-09-19



394/10 128(XXII):114 or 95-205: Bridge over Redwater atBrockway, Montana

1928-06-07


1928-06-07


1928-06-07

394/10 128(XXII):117 or 95-208: Redwater Branch (Montana)bunkhouse at intake

1927-11-23

394/10 128(XXII):118 or 95-209: Redwater Branch (Montana)bunkhouse at intake

1928-11-23

394/10 128(XXII):119 or 95-210: Unloading depot at Lindsay,Montana

1928-07-11

394/10 128(XXII):120 or 95-211: Looking east at Lindsay yard,Montana

1928-07-12

394/10 128(XXII):121 or 95-212: Depot at Lindsay, Montana 1928-07-12

394/10 128(XXII):122 or 95-213: Section house unloading atLindsay, Montana

1928-07-12

394/10 128(XXII):123 or 95-214: Movable end of loading platformat Lindsay, Montana

1928-09-21

394/11 128(XXII):124 or 95-215: Friend 1928-09-19

394/11 128(XXII):125 or 95-216: Rimrod, Montana 1928-09-26

394/11 128(XXII):126 or 95-217: Station grounds at Brockway,Montana

1928-06-07




394/11 128(XXII):127 or 95-218: Looking toward Brockway(Montana) from turnout on wye

1928-06-12

394/11 128(XXII):128 or 95-219: Loading wheat at Brockway,Montana

1928-06-12

394/11 128(XXII):129 or 95-220: Brockway (Montana) yardslooking east

1928-06-15

394/11 128(XXII):130 or 95-221: Loading grain at Brockway,Montana

1928-06-15

394/11 128(XXII):131 or 95-222: Depot at Brockway, Montana 1928-07-03



394/12 128(XXII):134 or 95-225: Elevators at Brockway, Montana 1928-07-30

394/12 128(XXII):135 or 95-226: Brockway Depot, Montana 1928-09-19

394/12 128(XXII):136 or 95-227: Stockyards at Brockway,Montana

1928-09-19

394/12 128(XXII):137 or 95-228: Brockway yards, Montana 1928-09-19

394/12 128(XXII):138 or 95-229: Brockway yards, Montana 1928-09-19

394/12 128(XXII):139 or 95-230: Channel change at station 207 1928-09-21

394/12 128(XXII):140 or 95-231: Channel change at station 207 1928-09-21

394/12 128(XXII):141 or 95-232: Current deflector at upper end ofchannel change, station 350

1928-09-11

394/12 128(XXII):142 or 95-233: Fills at stations 1712 and 1715 1928-09-26

394/12 128(XXII):143 or 95-234: Settlement of dump at station1712 after rain

1928-07-07

394/13 128(XXII):144 or 95-235: Depression in track at station1713 after rain

1928-07-07




394/13 128(XXII):145 or 95-236: Cut at station 3210, channelchange

1928-05-19

394/13 128(XXII):146 or 95-237: Fill at west end of Redwatercrossing at Brockway, Montana

1928-05-08

394/13 128(XXII):147 or 95-238: Moving buildings from Sidneyline (Montana)

1928-07-08

394/13 128(XXII):148 or 95-239: Driving east end of bridge acrossRedwater River at Circle, Montana

1928-04-19

394/13 128(XXII):149 or 95-240: Setting girders over RedwaterRiver

1928-05-19


1928-05-19


1928-05-19

394/13 128(XXII):152 or 95-243: Placing 75' girder span,Redwater Crossing at Circle, Montana

1928-05-19

394/13 128(XXII):153 or 95-244: Preparation for celebration atCircle, Montana

1928-05-25

394/14 128(XXII):154: Celebration at Circle, Montana 95-245;1928-06-02

394/14 128(XXII):155 or 95-246: Celebration at Circle, Montana 1928-06-02

394/14 128(XXII):156 or 95-247: Foley Brothers temporary tank atCircle, Montana

1928-06-07

394/14 128(XXII):157 or 95-248: Pavilion at Circle, Montana 1928-06-07

394/14 128(XXII):158 or 95-249: Loading grain at Circle, Montana 1928-06-15

394/14 128(XXII):159 or 95-250: Eastern Montana elevator atCircle, Montana

1928-06-15




394/14 128(XXII):160 or 95-251: Eastern Montana elevator atCircle, Montana

1928-06-22

394/14 128(XXII):161 or 95-252: Circle stockyards, Montana 1928-06-22

394/14 128(XXII):162 or 95-253: Temporary depot, Circle,Montana

1928-06-22

394/14 128(XXII):163 or 95-254: Depot at Circle, Montana 1928-06-28




394/15 128(XXII):167 or 95-258: Part of Crane depot 1928-07-02

394/15 128(XXII):168 or 95-259: Depot at Crane 1928-06-26

394/15 128(XXII):169 or 95-260: Water tank at Circle, Montana 1928-06-22



394/15 128(XXII):172 or 95-263: Loading wild horses at Circle,Montana

1928-07-12

394/15 128(XXII):173 or 95-264: Loading horses at Circle,Montana

1928-07-12

394/16 128(XXII):174 or 95-265: Circle yards, Montana 1928-07-12

394/16 128(XXII):175 or 95-266: Industries at Circle, Montana 1928-09-19

394/16 128(XXII):176 or 95-267: Circle Stockyards, Montana 1928-09-19

394/16 128(XXII):177 or 95-268: Circle Stockyards, Montana 1928-09-19

394/16 128(XXII):178 or 95-269: Looking west at Circle, Montana 1928-09-19




394/16 128(XXII):179 or 95-270: Circle, Montana 1928-09-29

394/16 128(XXII):180 or 95-271: Looking west from station 7 1928-09-17


394/16 128(XXII):182 or 95-273: Looking east from station 48 1928-09-17


394/17 128(XXII):184 or 95-275: Red Trail crossing, stations,57+80

1928-09-17




394/17 128(XXII):188 or 95-279: Looking upstream throughchannel change opposite station 240

1928-09-17

394/17 128(XXII):189 or 95-280: Looking downstream throughchannel change opposite station 240

1928-09-17

394/17 128(XXII):190 or 95-281: Looking upstream throughchannel change opposite station 257 showing scour ofrock

1928-09-17

394/17 128(XXII):191 or 95-282: Entrance of channel changeopposite station 257

1928-09-17

394/17 128(XXII):192 or 95-283: Riprap at channel changeopposite station 257

1928-09-17

394/17 128(XXII):193 or 95-284: Entrance of channel changeopposite station 257

1928-09-17

394/18 128(XXII):194 or 95-285: Riprap on dike opposite station277, looking east

1928-09-17

394/18 128(XXII):195 or 95-286: Dike and channel changeopposite station 277

1928-09-17




394/18 128(XXII):196 or 95-287: Looking east along channelchange opposite station 350

1928-09-17

394/18 128(XXII):197 or 95-288: Riprap at station 350 1928-06-03

394/18 128(XXII):198 or 95-289: Riprap at station 350 1928-05-19

394/18 128(XXII):199 or 95-290: Riprap and dike at channelchange opposite station 350

1928-09-17

394/18 128(XXII):200 or 95-291: Summit cut 1928-09-26

394/18 128(XXII):201 or 95-292: Summit cut looking west 1928-09-26

394/18 128(XXII):202 or 95-293: Looking west from summit 1928-09-26

394/18 128(XXII):203 or 95-294: Looking west from summit cut 1928-09-26

394/19 128(XXII):204 or 95-295: Looking west from summit 1928-09-26

394/19 128(XXII):205 or 95-296: Track through badlands 1928-09-26

394/19 128(XXII):206 or 95-297: Badlands from summit onGlendive-Circle highway

1928-09-28

394/19 128(XXII):207 or 95-298: Looking east toward branch fromnortheast corner Section 4, T15N, R54E

undated



394/19 128(XXII):210 or 95-301: Cut bank west side BuffaloSprings crossing

1928-03-22

394/19 128(XXII):211 or 95-302: View from point south of station1760

1928-05-08







394/20 128(XXII):215 or 95-306: Completed head of bank, station1947

1928-03-22





394/20 128(XXII):220 or 95-311: Looking west form station 2446 1928-09-19


394/20 128(XXII):222 or 95-313: Looking downstream throughchannel change opposite station 2760

1928-09-19

394/20 128(XXII):223 or 95-314: Riprap dike opposite station2762

1928-09-19



394/21 128(XXII):226 or 95-317: Channel change, station 3210 1928-06-07


394/21 128(XXII):228 or 95-319: Badlands from Glendive-Brockway road

undated

394/21 128(XXII):229 or 95-320: View of line in Badlands 1928-09-29

394/21 128(XXII):230 or 95-321: Riprap near mp 12, Sidneybranch

1928-05-07

394/21 128(XXII):231 or 95-322: Gravel pit spur at mp 26 1/2 1928-04-19

394/21 128(XXII):232 or 95-323: Mantry Peterson working insummit cut at station 1710

1928-02-03

394/21 128(XXII):233 or 95-324: Work in summit cut 1928-02-03




394/22 128(XXII):234 or 95-325: Work in summit cut 1928-02-21


394/22 128(XXII):236 or 95-327: Shovel in cut at station 1775 1928-03-16

394/22 128(XXII):237 or 95-328: Mantry Peterson's grader 1928-03-22

394/22 128(XXII):238 or 95-329: O'Rourke's horse drawn grader 1928-04-07

394/22 128(XXII):239 or 95-330: O'Rourke's horse drawn grader 1928-04-07

394/22 128(XXII):240 or 95-331: Foley Brothers trains, mile 7 1928-04-11

394/22 128(XXII):241 or 95-332: Summit cut looking east 1928-04-11

394/22 128(XXII):242 or 95-333: Gravel pit, mile 56 1928-05-08

394/22 128(XXII):243 or 95-334: Laying track 1928-05-08





394/23 128(XXII):248 or 95-339: Foley Brothers outfit atBroadway

1928-06-22

394/23 128(XXII):249 or 95-340: Loading gravel pit oppositemilepost 35

1928-06-28

394/23 128(XXII):250 or 95-341: Loading gravel pit oppositemilepost 35

1928-06-28

394/23 128(XXII):251 or 95-342: Gravel pit opposite milepost 35 1928-06-28

394/23 128(XXII):252 or 95-343: Ballast pit, station 370 1928-09-29





394/24 128(XXII):254 or 95-345: Wyman-Howe 1928-04-07

394/24 128(XXII):255 or 95-346: J.P. Shirley undated

Box

395 128(XXII):256 or 95-347: Looking west from station 0 1927-08-08




395 128(XXII):260 or 95-351: Fill at station 34 1927-08-08

395 128(XXII):261 or 95-352: Looking east from station 30 1927-08-19



395 128(XXII):264 or 95-355: Mouth of channel, station 340after rain

1927-09-12


395 128(XXII):266 or 95-357: Tomlinson’s grader at station 52(negative only)

1927-07-08

395 128(XXII):267 or 95-358: Highway crossing at station 52and 80 (negative only)

1927-12-07

395 128(XXII):268 or 95-359: Water pocket at station 52 and80 (negative only)

1927-07-20



395 128(XXII):271 or 95-362: Cut at station 60 1927-08-19





395 128(XXII):273 or 95-364: Waste banks at station 75 1927-08-08

395 128(XXII):274 or 95-365: Looking west opposite station126 (negative only)

1927-08-19


395 128(XXII):276 or 95-367: Buffalo Springs Creek crossing(negative only)

1927-10-07

395 128(XXII):277 or 95-368: Buffalo Springs Creek crossing(negative only)

1927-10-07

395 128(XXII):278 or 95-369: East approach, Buffalo SpringsCreek (negative only)

1927-10-27

395 128(XXII):279 or 95-370: Upper end of channel changes,station 255

1928-01-11

395 128(XXII):280 or 95-371: Mouth of channel change, station255

1928-01-11


1928-01-11

395 128(XXII):282 or 95-373: Mouth of channel change, station255 (negative only)

1928-01-11


1928-01-11

395 128(XXII):284 or 95-375: Looking west through channelchange, station 337

1927-08-08

395 128(XXII):285 or 95-376: Looking west across channelchange to roadbed, station 345

1927-08-08

395 128(XXII):286 or 95-377: Channel change, station 350,after rain

1927-09-12






395 128(XXII):289 or 95-380: Channel change at station 1033(negative only)

1928-01-10

395 128(XXII):290 or 95-381: Bridge opening at station 1465(Hay Creek)

1927-10-12


395 128(XXII):292 or 95-383: Looking west from station 1539(negative only)

1928-02-03


1928-02-03

395 128(XXII):294 or 95-385: Looking east from station 1586(negative only)

1928-01-16


1928-01-16


395 128(XXII):297 or 95-388: Cut at station 1600 1927-10-12


1928-01-16


1928-01-16


1927-08-06

395 128(XXII):301 or 95-392: Bridge opening of station 1668(negative only)

1927-10-12


1927-08-06






1927-08-08




1927-08-06

395 128(XXII):308 or 95-399: Looking east from station 1714,face of cut at station 1710 shot down

1927-08-06

395 128(XXII):309 or 95-400: Looking west from near station1710

1927-08-18

395 128(XXII):310 or 95-401: Bottom of draw at station 1712 1927-08-06

395 128(XXII):311 or 95-402: Looking down canyon at station1712 (negative only)

1927-08-18

395 128(XXII):312 or 95-403: Culvert at station 1740 1927-08-18

395 128(XXII):313 or 95-404: Redwater branch, shovelworking at cut at station 1746

1927-08-18

395 128(XXII):314 or 95-405: Looking west in cut at station1746 (negative only)

1927-08-18

395 128(XXII):315 or 95-406: Redwater branch, drilling in cutat station 1735 and shovel in cut at station 1746

1927-08-18

395 128(XXII):316 or 95-407: Elkhorn Butte, near station 1760(negative only)

1927-08-18

395 128(XXII):317 or 95-408: Elkhorn Butte, near station 1760(negative only)

1927-08-18

395 128(XXII):318 or 95-409: PS and G’s shovel camp nearstation 1800

1928-01-23

395 128(XXII):319 or 95-410: Looking east from station 1947and 75 (negative only)

1927-07-14





1927-10-07

395 128(XXII):321 or 95-412: Chaplin outfit near station 2340(negative only)

1927-10-27

395 128(XXII):322 or 95-413: Fill between station 2540 and2550 (negative only)

1927-08-11

395 128(XXII):323 or 95-414: Second crossing of Seven MileCreek after rain (negative only)

1927-09-12

395 128(XXII):324 or 95-415: Second crossing of Seven MileCreek, after rain (negative only)

1927-09-12

395 128(XXII):325 or 95-416: Camp no. 3 at Reeve’s ranch undated

395 128(XXII):326 or 95-417: Badlands from Glendive,Brockway road

undated

395 128(XXII):327 or 95-418: Flood over River Flats, fromstation 3 on Redwater branch

1928-01-04

395 128(XXII):328 or 95-419: Site of crossing of RedwaterRiver at Circle, Montana

1927-08-11

395 128(XXII):329 or 95-420: Upstream from highway bridgeover Redwater River at Circle, Montana

1928-01-27

395 128(XXII):330 or 95-421: E.J. Prahl’s shovel 1927-10-01

395 128(XXII):331 or 95-422: E.J. Prahl’s shovel 1927-10-01

395 128(XXII):332 or 95-423: Laying track 1927-10-12

395 128(XXII):333 or 95-424: Robert’s tracklaying machine 1927-10-12

395 128(XXII):334 or 95-425: Lying Track 1927-10-12

395 128(XXII):335 or 95-426: Robert's tracklaying machine 1927-10-12

395 128(XXII):336 or 95-427: Tracklaying machine undated




395 128(XXII):337 or 95-428: Foley Brothers tracklayingmachine

undated

395 128(XXII):338 or 95-429: Foley Brothers tracklayingmachine

undated

395 128(XXII):339 or 95-430: Tracklaying machine undated

395 128(XXII):340 or 95-431: Foley Brothers tracklayingmachine (negative only)

undated

395 128(XXII):341 or 95-432: Driving Bridge no. 1 1927-08-01

395 128(XXII):342 or 95-433: Bridge no. 1 1927-08-19

395 128(XXII):343 or 95-434: Ice jam in front of Bridge 2,station 182 (negative only)

1928-01-11

395 128(XXII):344 or 95-435: Bridge 2, station 182 1928-01-11

395 128(XXII):345 or 95-436: Ice jam at Bridge 2, station 182 1928-01-11


395 128(XXII):347 or 95-438: Bridge no. 2 1928-01-12

395 128(XXII):348 or 95-439: Breaking up ice in front of bridgeno. 2 (negative only)

1928-01-02

395 128(XXII):349 or 95-440: Bridge 4-3, Station 581 1927-10-12

395 128(XXII):350 or 95-441: Bridge opening no. 5, station 682(negative only)

1927-08-08

395 128(XXII):351 or 95-442: Driver at bridge no. 16, station1050

1927-10-12

395 128(XXII):352 or 95-443: Laying track over bridge atstation 1330 (negative only)

1928-10-27

395 128(XXII):353 or 95-444: Driving Bridge no. 1 1927-08-11

395 128(XXII):354 or 95-445: Bridge no. 22 at station 1670 1928-01-16




395 128(XXII):355 or 95-446: Bridge no. 22, station 1670 1928-03-22


395 128(XXII):357 or 95-448: Work at bridge no.24, station1820

1928-03-16

395 128(XXII):358 or 95-449: Bridge 25, station 1900 undated


395 128(XXII):360 or 95-451: Driving bridge no. 36 undated

395 128(XXII):361 or 95-452: Settlement at station 205 1928-01-20

395 128(XXII):362 or 95-453: Settlement at Station 205 1928-01-01

395 128(XXII):363 or 95-454: Summit camp 1927-08-18

395 128(XXII):364 or 95-455: Summit cut looking east 1928-01-23

395 128(XXII):365 or 95-456: Shovel in summit cut, lookingwest

1928-01-23

395 128(XXII):366 or 95-457: Summit cut looking east 1928-01-23

395 128(XXII):367 or 95-458: Mantry Peterson’s camp atDivide

1928-01-23

395 128(XXII):368 or 95-459: Mantry Peterson’s working insummit cut (negative only)

1928-02-03

395 128(XXII):369 or 95-460: Lindsay station grounds fromdepot site, Montana

1927-10-12

395 128(XXII):370 or 95-461: Lindsay station grounds lookingwest from highway at station 1174, Montana

1928-10-27

395 128(XXII):371 or 95-462: Lindsay station grounds lookingwest from station 1174, Montana

1928-10-27

395 128(XXII):372 or 95-463: Midland Lumber Company Yardat Lindsay, Montana

1927-11-30




395 128(XXII):373 or 95-464: Elevators at Lindsay, Montana 1927-11-30

395 128(XXII):374 or 95-465: Elevators at Lindsay, Montana 1928-01-10

395 128(XXII):375 or 95-466: Midland Lumber Company Yardat Lindsay, Montana (negative only)

1928-01-10

395 128(XXII):376 or 95-467: Lindsay, looking east fromstation 1200, Montana (negative only)

1928-01-16

395 128(XXII):377 or 95-468: Camp buildings at Lindsay,Montana

1928-01-16

395 128(XXII):378 or 95-469: Company well drilling outfit atLindsay, Montana

1928-01-16

395 128(XXII):379 or 95-470: Temporary stock yards atLindsay, Montana (negative only)

1928-01-16

395 128(XXII):380 or 95-471: Section house at Intake 1928-11-23

395 128(XXII):381 or 95-472: Depot at Intake 1928-11-23

395 128(XXII):382 or 95-473: Section house at Intake 1927-11-29

395 128(XXII):383 or 95-474: Headquarters residency #4,Circle, Montana,

undated

395 128(XXII):384 or 95-475: Ice lodged on west bank ofYellowstone River at Glendive, Montana

1928-01

395 128(XXII):385 or 95-476: Flooding of river flats atGlendive, Montana

1928-01-14

395 128(XXII):386 or 95-477: Flood across river bottoms fromStation 3 (negative only)

1928-01-14


1928-01-14

395 128(XXII):388 or 95-479: Looking west from highwaybridge at Glendive, Montana

1928-01-14





1928-01-14

395 128(XXII):390 or 95-481: Flooding of river flats at Glendivefrom west approach to highway bridge, Montana

1928-01-14

395 128(XXII):391 or 95-482: Ice deposited on island followinggorge at Glendive, Montana

1928-01-14

395 128(XXII):392 or 95-483: Ice lodged on west bank ofYellowstone River by gorge at Glendive, Montana

1928-01

395 128(XXII):393 or 95-484: Ice in river bank following gorgeat Glendive, Montana. Top of ice 18' above river level

1928-01-14

395 128(XXII):394 or 95-485: Ice deposited on island followinggorge at Glendive, Montana

1928-01-14

395 128(XXII):395 or 95-486: Ice deposited in island followinggorge at Glendive, Montana

1928-01-14

395 128(XXII):396 or 95-487: Ice pilled up on south bank ofYellowstone River at glacier, 18' above normal water level

1928-01

395 128(XXII):397 or 95-488: Looking toward Glendive,Montana from Station 27

1928-01-14

395 128(XXII):398 or 95-489: Looking toward Glendive,Montana from Station 27 (negative only)

1928-01-14

395 128(XXII):399 or 95-490: Looking toward Glendive,Montana from Station 27 (negative only)

1928-01-14

396 128(XXII):400 or 95-491: Bridge no. 2-1, Station 196 1928-11-20

396 128(XXII):401 or 95-492: Bridge no. 3, Station 396 1928-11-20

396 128(XXII):402 or 95-493: Bridge no. 4-4, Station 612 1928-11-20









396 128(XXII):408 or 95-621: Depot at Lindsay, Montana 1928

396 Partial Index to Negatives undated

396 Tunnels, Bridges, and Depots - Washington, Idaho,Montana, and North Dakota

undated

396 Bridges and Depots - Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, andMinnesota

undated

397 Railroad Construction Prints, Minneapolis-St. Paul,Minnesota

1890 - 1893

397 Bridges, Depots, Grain Elevators - Montana and NorthDakota

1934 andundated

397 Survey and Construction Prints, no location undated

397 Tunnels - Washington undated

397 Orofino Branch, Lewiston, Idaho undated

397 Orofino Branch, Lewiston, Idaho undated

397 Bridge construction - no location undated

Box/Folder

OS1/1 Railroad facilities - no location undated

OS1/2 Railroad facilities - no location undated

OS1/3 Bridge No. 9, Mississippi River, Minnesota 1923

OS1/4 Industrial Site, Billings, Montana undated




OS1/5 Railroad Construction - no location undated

Box-volume

OS1/617 Bridge and Depot Construction Photographs - Variouslocations in Washington, Idaho, Montana, and NorthDakota

undated

OS1/618 Power Plant, Bridge and Depot Construction Photographs- Various locations in Washington, Idaho, Montana, NorthDakota, and Minnesota

1912 - 1930 andundated

Subgroup 2: Branch Lines, Predecessors and RelatedCompanies, 1881-1960

60.75 linear feet and 18 oversize volumesThis subgroup contains materials generated by employees of the branch, predecessor, and subsidiarylines associated with the Northern Pacific Railway Company. These materials were primarily generatedby Engineering Department personnel and descriptive terminology is generally consistent with that ofSubgroup 1. This subgroup consists of 37 series--most of which are essentially small fragments of theunit's original operations records. Materials include property acquistion correspondence, constructionproject records (correspondence, financial, and legal records), progress reports, line traffic summaries,and personnel documents.

These materials provide significant primary resources for examining railroad corporate managementstructures, land ownership histories for properties associated with branch and subsidiary lines as wellas regional and localized economic impacts created by railroad construction and repair. Information inthis series is primarily presented through general correspondence, bound financial ledgers, compiledtracking reports and narrative summaries, blue print diagrams and maps, and day books maintainedby unidentified railroad staff. Throughout this subgroup the phrase "Force Reports" in folder titlesrefers to reports filed by line engineers regarding actual and projected personnel hours (work force) forconstruction and repair projects.

Historical and contextual information for some of the branch, predecessor, and related rail lines inthis subgroup is very limited. Whenever possible, the scope and notes for each series identify thegeographic location of the lines and dates for incoporation into the NPRR system.


Series XXIII: Astoria and Columbia River RailroadCompany1 folderThe Astoria and Columbia River Railroad Companyoperated between Seaside and Goble, Oregon, from May1898 to March 1911. This series contains one folder of

1894-1898




general correspondence predating incorporation throughJuly, 1898.

Box/Folder


Series XXIV: Bear Creek Western Railway Company1 folderThis series contains one folder of general correspondencefrom Bear Creek Western Railway Company.

1901-1910

Box/Folder


Series XXV: Camp Creek Railway Company1.0 linear feet and 1 oversize volumeThe Camp Creek Railway Company operated betweenManhattan and Anceny, Montana. It opened its line in1912, and sold to the NPRR in June 1914. This seriescontains general correspondence, financial records, andmaps pertaining to construction projects. These materialsinclude payroll records, building designs, rights of wayinquiries, supply requisitions, work force reports, andproject estimates.

1911-1912

Box/Folder

268/1 General Correspondence, Track Laying 1911-08-11 -1911-09-20

268/2 General Correspondence, Track Laying 1911-09-21 -1912-03-15

268/3 General Correspondence, Buildings 1911-09-05 -1911-11-20

268/4 General Correspondence, Buildings 1911-11-21 -1912-03-21

268/5 General Correspondence, Travel Passes 1911-08-08 -1912-05-03




268/6 General Correspondence, A.C. Terrell 1911-09-14 -1912-05-16

268/7 General Correspondence, Crossings with Gallatin ValleyElectric Railroad

1911-06-27 -1911-09-20

268/8 General Correspondence, Engineer's Office 1911-06-05 -1912-04-10

268/9 General Correspondence, Alignment and Grades 1911-06-13 -1912-03-04

268/10 General Correspondence, Track 1911-06-22 -1912-03-04

268/11 General Correspondence, Rights of Way 1911-06-17 -1911-11-13

268/12 General Correspondence, Rights of Way 1911-11-14 -1912-05-12

268/13 General Correspondence, Fences, Telephone Lines 1911-06-21 -1912-05-15

268/14 General Correspondence, Payroll 1911-07-13 -1912-03-11

269/1 General Correspondence, Bridges 1911-06-16 -1912-05-15

269/2 General Correspondence, Material 1911-06-24 -1912-06-04


269/4 Financial Records, Shipments 1911-06-21 -1912-01-01






269/7 Requisitions 1911-06-16 -1912-02-17

269/8 Force Reports 1911-07-08 -1911-09-26

269/9 Force Reports 1911-09-27 -1911-10

269/10 Force Reports 1911-11 -1912-02-09

269/11 Maps and Drawings 1911-06 -1912-06

Volume

406 Car Book 1911

Series XXVI: Central Washington Railroad Company4.5 linear feet and 3 oversize volumesThe Central Washington Railroad Company operateda line from Cheney to Coulee City, Washington. Thisseries contains general construction correspondence andfinancial records, primarily detailing project proposals,rights of way inquiries, supply requisitions, progressreports, and work force reports.

1888-1910

Box/Folder











272/4 General Correspondence undated

272/5 General Correspondence, Rights of Way 1892-02 -1901-08

Box-volume

273A/407 Outgoing Correspondence 1909-04 -1909-11

273A/408A Outgoing Correspondence 1909-11 -1910-01

273A/408B Outgoing Correspondence 1888-08 -1889-05

273B/408C Outgoing Correspondence, C. A. Reardon 1889-05 -1889-10

273B/408D Outgoing Correspondence, J. C. Patterson 1889-06 -1891-03

273B/408E Outgoing Correspondence, C. A. Reardon 1889-10 -1890-03

273B/408F Outgoing Correspondence, C. A. Reardon 1890-03 -1890-08

273C/408G Outgoing Correspondence, J. C. Patterson 1890-08 -1891-04

273C/408H Outgoing Correspondence, Index to Letters Received 1889 - 1890

273C/408I Vouchers 1888-10 -1889-10




273C/408J Index to Volume 408I 1888-10 -1889-10

Volume

408K Vouchers 1889-06 -1891-04

408L Index to Volume 408K 1889-06 -1891-04

Box-volume

273D/408M Requisitions, Invoices, and Estimates 1889 - 1890

273D/408N Department Bills 1890-03 -1891-03

273D/408O Construction Material Used, Davenport to Almira(Washington)

1889-07 -1889-09

273D/408P Construction Material Used, Davenport to Almira(Washington)

1889-09 -1890-07

273D/408Q Requisition and Material Distribution 1890

273D/408R Requisition and Material Distribution 1890

273D/408S Time Reports (Trainmen) 1888-11 -1889-05

273E/408T Time Reports 1889 - 1890

273E/408U Time Reports (Engineer Service) 1889-02 -1889-07

273E/408V Time Reports (Engineer Service) 1889-03 -1890-07

273E/408W Time Reports (Laborers) 1889-04 -1889-06




273E/408X Time Reports (Trainmen) 1889-05 -1890-03

273E/408Y Time Reports (Trainmen) 1889-05 -1890-07

273F/408Z Time Reports (Trainmen) 1889-09 -1890-08

273F/409A Time Reports (Trainmen) 1889-10 -1889-12

273F/409B Time Reports (Engineer Service) 1889-10 -1890-12

273F/409C Time Reports (Train and Engine Men) 1903-05 -1903-09

Volume

409D Trainmen's Time and Distribution 1888-12 -1890-05

Box-volume

273F/409E Records of Rights of Way Deeds 1888-10 -1889-06

Series XXVII: Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RailroadCompany5.5 linear feetThe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Companyoperated main lines from Chicago, IL, to St. Paul,Minnesota, and to St. Louis, MO, and Cody, Wyoming.The CBQRR operated as an affiliated line to the NPRRuntil 1970 when (with the NPRR) it became a part ofthe Burlington Northern Railroad Company. This seriescontains extensive sequences of general correspondenceand blueprints from several spurs of the Wyoming Divisionwithin the railroad company such as those to Casper,Cody, Worland, Garland, Greybull, and Kane. Blueprints inthis series are particularly strong resources for identifyingrights of way and land ownership patterns for central andnorthern Wyoming.

1900-1960




Box/Folder

274/1 General Correspondence, Casper Division 1900's

274/2 General Correspondence, Casper Division 1920 - 1924

274/3 General Correspondence, Casper Division 1925-01 -1925-06




275/3 General Correspondence, Casper Division 1927























279/2 General Correspondence, Casper Division 1950-1952





280/2 General Correspondence, Garland Division 1923 - 1948

280/3 General Correspondence, Greybull Division 1920 - 1925



280/6 General Correspondence, Greybull Division 1930's





281/2 General Correspondence, Greybull Division 1950's


281/4 General Correspondence, Kane Divison 1925 - 1947

281/5 General Correspondence, Kirby Division 1930 - 1949







283/1 Blueprints, Casper Division circa 1930 -1950



283/4 Blueprints, Casper Division circa1920 - 1940




284/1 Blueprints, Cody Division circa 1920 -1930




284/2 Blueprints, Greybull Division circa 1920 -1950

284/3 Blueprints, Kane Division circa 1920 -1930

284/4 Blueprints, Worland Division circa 1920 -1930

284/5 Blueprints, Worland Division circa 1930 -1940

284/6 Blueprints, Miscellaneous circa 1920 -1950



Series XXVIII: Clearwater Short Line Railway Company15.5 linear feetThe Clearwater Short Line Railway Company's main lineswere from Riparia, Washington, to Grangeville, Stites,and Headquarters, Idaho. The company also operated aline from the central Idaho panhandle to Lolo, Montana.The company was incorporated on November 9, 1898,and sold to the Northern Pacific Railway Company onJune 23, 1914. This series contains extensive sequencesof general correspondence, financial records, personnelreports, and progress summaries from company divisionssuch as the Culdesac to Grangeville line, Lapwai Branchto Lewiston, Potlatch Branch, and Lolo Branch. Generalcorrespondence materials include telegrams, rightsof way, construction estimates, and subcontractornegotiations. These materials constitute an unusuallydetailed and deep resource for studying economic patternsand land ownership histories from central Idaho to westernMontana.

1890-1910

Box/Folder











Folder

287/2 2 General Correspondence, Steamships 1905

287/3 General Correspondence, Contract with Wren andGreenough

1898-12 -1899-05

287/4 General Correspondence, Contract with Wren andGreenough

1899-06 -1901-07

287/5 General Correspondence, Bridges 1905

287/6 General Correspondence, Bridges 1906 - 1908

287/7 General Correspondence, Pass Requests 1907 - 1908

288/1 General Correspondence, Rails 1907 - 1908

288/2 General Correspondence, Circulars and Rule ofEngineering Department

1906 - 1908

288/3 General Correspondence, Stations, Facilities, Side Tracks 1899 - 1900

288/4 General Correspondence, Progress Profiles 1899 - 1900

288/5 General Correspondence, Shipment of Graders, Outfits 1899 - 1900

288/6 General Correspondence, Labor 1899 - 1900




288/7 General Correspondence, Employment 1906 - 1908

288/8 General Correspondence, Daily Interchange Reports andCars and Engines

1907

289/1 General Correspondence, Materials 1908

289/2 General Correspondence, Track Laying and Outfit Cars 1907 - 1909

289/3 General Correspondence, Buildings, Fences, andTelephone Lines

1907 - 1908

289/4 General Correspondence, Instruments 1906 - 1908

289/5 General Correspondence, Accounting 1906

289/6 General Correspondence, Accounting 1907

289/7 General Correspondence, Accounting 1908-01 -1908-06

289/8 General Correspondence, Accounting 1908-07 -1909-03

290/1 General Correspondence, Camas Prairie Line 1899 - 1901

290/2 General Correspondence, South Fork to Camas Prairie 1899-06 -1899-08

290/3 General Correspondence, Colfax Extension 1898-12 -1900-12

290/4 General Correspondence, Crooked River to Buffalo Hump(Idaho)

1899-01 -1900-03

291/1 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Construction

1904-09 -1905-08


1905-09


1906-02 -1906-03





1906-04


1906-05 -1906-09

291/6 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Surveys

1905-03 -1905-07

291/7 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Bills and Invoices

1906-04 -1907-09

292/1 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Bills and Invoices

1908-03 -1909-02

292/2 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Station Plats

1906-11 -1908-03

292/3 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Station Plats

1908-04 -1909-04

292/4 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Stations

1906-03 -1907-01

292/5 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Passes

1906-02 -1909-01

292/6 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Accounts

1908-10 -1909-09

293/1 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Payroll

1906 - 1909

293/2 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Culdesac to Nez Perce Survey

1905-03 -1905-04

293/3 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Camp Supplies

1906-02 -1907-12

293/4 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Maps and Profiles

1906-04 -1909-08

293/5 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Transportation

1906 - 1908




294/1 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Water Supply

1906-03 -1907-07

294/2 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Water Supply

1907-08 -1908-12

294/3 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Grading, Culverts, and Spurs

1906-01 -1906-12

294/4 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Grading, Culverts, and Spurs

1907-01 -1907-06

294/5 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Rights of Way

1906-03 -1906-06


1906-08 -1907-03


1907-04 -1907-12


1908-01 -1909-08

295/1 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Flume at Culdesac

1908-04 -1909-03

295/2 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Requisitions

1906-04 -1907-12


1908-03 -1908-09


1908-10 -1909-05

295/5 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Bridges

1906-04 -1906-12


1907-01 -1907-04


1907-04 -1909-08





1906-10 -1907-12


1908-01 -1909-12

296/3 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Porter Brothers and Welch Estimates

1908

297/1 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Porter Brothers and Welch Estimates

1907-03 -1908-03

297/2 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Expenses

1907-01 -1908-01,1909-01 -1909-10

297/3 General Correspondence, Culdesac to Grangeville(Idaho), Work Train

1907-03 -1908-03

297/4 Financial Records, Culdesac to Grangeville (Idaho),Expenses

1908-01 -1909-03

297/5 Reports, Culdesac to Grangeville (Idaho), Work Train 1908-10

297/6 Reports, Culdesac to Grangeville (Idaho), Work Train 1908-11

298/1 General Correspondence, Lapwai Branch (Idaho) 1898 - 1899-06

298/2 General Correspondence, Lapwai Branch (Idaho) 1899-07 -1899-09

298/3 General Correspondence, Lapwai Branch (Idaho) 1899-10 -1899-12

298/4 General Correspondence, Lapwai Branch (Idaho) 1900 - 1905

299/1 General Correspondence, Lapwai Branch-Lawyer'sCanyon (Idaho), Change of Line

1906-07 -1906-09

299/2 General Correspondence, Lapwai Branch-Lawyer'sCanyon (Idaho), Defective Rivets on viaduct

1908-08 -1908-09




299/3 General Correspondence, Lapwai Branch-Lawyer'sCanyon (Idaho), Viaduct

1906-04 -1907-06


1907-07 -1908-01


1908-02 -1908-07


1908-08 -1909-03

300/1 General Correspondence, Lapwai Branch-Lewiston(Idaho)

1897-12 -1898-01


1898-02 -1898-03


1898-04 -1898-06


1898-07 -1898-10


1903, 1906,1908

301/1 General Correspondence, Lapwai Branch-Lewiston(Idaho), Rights of Way

1898-05 -1898-11


1898-12


1899-01 -1899-02


1899-03 -1899-12

301/5 General Correspondence, Lapwai Branch-Lewiston(Idaho), Lewiston Yards and Bridge Approach

1898, 1906 -1908

302/1 General Correspondence, Lapwai Branch-Lewiston(Idaho), Locating Parties

1904-09 -1905-03




302/2 General Correspondence, Lapwai Branch-Lewiston(Idaho), Locating Parties

1905-03 -1905-08

303/1 General Correspondence, Lewiston to Riparia Branch 1898 - 1900

303/2 General Correspondence, Lolo Branch 1900-1901 -1909-1910

303/3 General Correspondence, Missoula to South Fork 1898 - 1901

304/1 General Correspondence, Potlatch Branch (Idaho),Telegrams

1898-12 -1899-04


1899-05 -1899-07


1899-08 -1899-09


1898-12-30 -1899-07-21


1899-07-22 -1899-11-15


1899-11-16 -1900-01-07


1900-01-08 -1900-03-05

305/1 General Correspondence, Potlatch Branch (Idaho) 1900-03-06 -1900-04-30

305/2 General Correspondence, Potlatch Branch (Idaho) 1900-05 -1900-07






306/3 General Correspondence, Potlatch Branch (Idaho) 1899-06







307/4 General Correspondence, Potlatch Branch (Idaho),Bridges and Trestles

1899-01 -1899-08

307/5 General Correspondence, Potlatch Branch (Idaho), CordWood Shipments

1900 - 1901

307/6 General Correspondence, Potlatch Branch (Idaho),Potlatch to South Fork

1898-09 -1900-12

307/7 General Correspondence, Potlatch Branch (Idaho),Subcontracts and Prices

1898-11 -1900-08

307/8 General Correspondence, Potlatch Branch (Idaho),Materials

1898-11 -1899-12

308/1 General Correspondence, Potlatch Branch (Idaho),Materials

1900 - 1901

308/2 General Correspondence, Potlatch Branch (Idaho),Accounting

1899 - 1901

308/3 General Correspondence, Potlatch Branch (Idaho), Fill,Revisions, and Channel Change

1899-01 -1900-11




309/1 General Correspondence, Vollmer line (Idaho), Work Train 1908-07 -1908-09

309/2 General Correspondence, Vollmer line (Idaho), Work Train 1908-10 -1908-12

309/3 General Correspondence, Vollmer line (Idaho) 1908

309/4 General Correspondence, Vollmer line (Idaho), TrackLaying

1907

309/5 General Correspondence, Vollmer line (Idaho), TrackLaying

1908

310/1 Construction Expenses 1906-12 -1907-06



310/4 Construction Expenses 1907 - 1908

310/5 Estimates of Work 1907 - 1908


310/7 Estimates of Cost 1898 - 1899,1904 - 1905

310/8 Return of Time, Potlatch Branch (Idaho) 1899-06 -1899-11

311/1 Financial Records, All Residencies 1907-05 -1907-11

311/2 Financial Records, All Residencies 1907-12 -1909-02




311/3 Financial Records, Lolo Branch (Montana), Force AccountBills

1909-08 -1909-10

312/1 Financial Records, Lolo Branch (Montana), Force AccountBills

1909-11

312/2 Financial Records, Lolo Branch (Montana), Force AccountBills and Inventory of Instruments

1909

312/3 Financial Records, Lolo Branch (Montana), Force AccountReports

1909-08 -1909-10

312/4 Financial Records, Lolo Branch (Montana), Return of Timeand Estimate of Work

1909-05 -1909-12

312/5 Financial Records, Lolo Branch (Montana), Payroll 1909-08 -1909-12

312/6 Reports, Lolo Branch (Montana), Construction Progress 1907-07-20 -1907-10-19

312/7 Expenses, Lolo Branch (Montana) 1900 - 1905

312/8 Topographic Notes, Lolo Branch (Montana) 1909

312/9 Financial and Legal Records, Potlatch Branch 1899 - 1900

313/1 General Correspondence, Expenses 1909-05 -1909-11

313/2 General Correspondence, Expenses 1909-12 -1910-01

313/3 General Correspondence, Vouchers 1909-04 -1909-10

313/4 General Correspondence, Vouchers 1909-11 -1910-01

313/5 General Correspondence, Time Certificates 1909-05 -1909-10




313/6 General Correspondence, Time Certificates 1909-11 -1910-01

313/7 General Correspondence, Personal Accounts 1909-05 -1910-01

313/8 General Correspondence, Passes 1909-05 -1909-09

313/9 General Correspondence, Passes 1909-10-10 -1910-01-18



314/3 General Correspondence, Track Location 1909-05 -1909-08


314/5 General Correspondence, Track Location 1909-11




315/1 General Correspondence, Employment 1909-01 -1909-09

315/2 General Correspondence, Employment 1909-10 -1910-01






315/5 Time Sheets 1909-01 -1910-01

315/6 Construction Outlays 1909-01 -1910-01

315/7 Maps, multiple locations 1909-01 -1910-01

315/8 Lists of Workers 1909-01 -1910-01

Box-volume

316/409F Outgoing Correspondence, A. Gibson 1898-11 -1899-03

316/410 Outgoing Correspondence, A. Gibson 1899-01 -1899-02


316/412 Outgoing Correspondence, C.C. Van Arsdol 1899-04 -1899-08











318/420 Outgoing Correspondence, S. J.Smith 1906-07 -1907-10

318/421 Outgoing Correspondence, Kooskia and Dorsett 1909-08 -1909-12

318/422 Vouchers and Paychecks 1899-09 -1899-11

318/423 Bills and Requisitions 1899-01 -1900-05

318/424 Records of Express Bills Certified 1899-11 -1900-07


319/426 Daily Record of Track Laying 1906-09 -1907-07



Series XXIX: Coeur d’Alene Railway and NavigationCompany2.0 linear feetThe Coeur d’Alene Railway and Navigation Company'smain line ran from Cataldo, Idaho to the Montana stateline near Mullan, Idaho. It was sold in foreclosure tothe NPRR on January 26, 1897. This series consistsof survey, construction, and traffic records (outgoingcorrespondence, financial, and personnel reports) from theearly organizational stages through line operations. Alsoincluded in this series field notes from a geographic surveyof the Couer d'Alene Indian Reservation completed in

1883-1892




1883--shortly before a series of Federal treaty negotiationsreduced Reservation acreage by more than half, spurringthe growth of present-day communities such as Cataldoand Couer d'Alene.

Box-volume

319/429 Outgoing Correspondence, J.R. Stephens 1888-1889

319/430 Outgoing Correspondence, E.J. Cantine and J.R.Stephens

1889-1891



320/433 Outgoing Correspondence, J.R. Stephens 1890




321/437 Construction Bills and Vouchers 1888-1891

321/438 Construction Bills 1889-1891

321/439 Bills for Construction Department 1889-1891

322/440 Distribution of Accounts for Construction 1889-1891

322/441 Material Received 1888-1889

322/442 Material Received 1890

322/443 Track Material Received 1890

322/444 Bridge Book 1891

322/445 Force Reports 1891-1892

323/446 Couer d'Alene Reservation Survey, Field Notes 1883




323/447 Requisitions 1889-1892

Series XXX: Connell Northern Railway Company0.25 linear feetThe Connell Northern Railway Company operatedbetween Connell and Adco, Washington, between in1910 and 1914. The company was incorporated on June1, 1909 and was sold to the NPRR on June 25, 1914.This series contains two bound volumes of outgoingconstruction correspondence.

1909-1910

Box-volume



Series XXXI: Dixon-Polson Line0.5 linear feetThe Dixon-Polson Line operated between Dixon andPolson, Montana, across the Flathead Reservation. Thisseries consists of general correspondence spanningseveral decades of operation, blueprints for construction ofthe Flathead Branch of the NPRR, expense reports, andpayroll records.

1913-1958

Box/Folder

324/1 General Correspondence, Flathead Branch 1922-1958



324/4 Flathead Branch Blueprints 1922-1958

324/5 Flathead Branch Blueprints 1922-1958

324/6 General Correspondence, Dixon-Polson Line, JamesDerrig, Engineer

1913

324/7 Financial Records, Dixon-Polson Line, Purchases andShipping

1913




324/8 General Correspondence, James Derrig, Engineer 1913

324/9 Expenses and Payroll 1913

Series XXXII: Drummond and Phillipsburg RailroadCompany0.25 linear feetThe Drummond and Phillipsburg Railroad Companyoperated a line between Drummond and Phillipsburg,Montana. There was also an extension to Rumsey,Montana, that was abandoned in 1904. The company wasincorporated on January 17, 1887 and sold to the NorthernPacific and Montana Railroad Company on September 7,1888. This series consists of one bound volume containingconstruction estimates, bills paid, and property statements.

1887-1888

Box-volume

325/450 Estimate Book, Bills Paid, and Property Statements 1887 - 1888

Series XXXIII: Gaylord and Ruby Valley RailwayCompany1.0 linear feetThe Gaylord and Ruby Valley Railway Companystarted a line from Renovo to Twin Bridges, Montana.The company was incorporated on March 29, 1897and sold to the NPRR on February 28, 1899. Lineconstruction was completed by the NPRR. This seriesconsists entirely of general correspondence dealingwith line construction, employment, building materials,subcontractor communications, rights of way inquiries,facility designs, and traffic summaries.

1897-1902

Box/Folder

326/1 General Correspondence, Employment 1897 - 1898

326/2 General Correspondence, Fencing and Cattleguards 1897 - 1898

326/3 General Correspondence, Construction 1897 - 1898

326/4 General Correspondence, Bids 1897 - 1898

326/5 General Correspondence, Buildings 1898




326/6 General Correspondence, Pass Books 1897 - 1898



326/9 General Correspondence, Rights of Way 1898

326/10 General Correspondence, Rights of Way 1898

326/11 General Correspondence, Car Reports 1901

326/12 General Correspondence, Track Laying and Ballasting 1901

326/13 General Correspondence, Operation of Line 1901

326/14 General Correspondence, Estimates 1901

326/15 General Correspondence, Progress of Work 1901

326/16 General Correspondence, Expense Accounts 1901 - 1902



327/1 General Correspondence, Proposals and Bids 1901 - 1902

327/2 General Correspondence, Location of Stations, Namesand Facilities

1901 - 1902

327/3 General Correspondence, Contracts 1901 - 1902

327/4 General Correspondence, Requisitions, Invoices andVouchers

1901 - 1902







327/8 General Correspondence, Materials 1901 - 1902

327/9 General Correspondence, Location of Line 1901 - 1902

327/10 General Correspondence, Water 1901

327/11 General Correspondence, Grading 1901



Series XXXIV: Grays Harbor and Columbia RiverRailway Company0.25 linear feetThe Grays Harbor and Columbia River Railway Companyseries is composed entirely of three bound outgoingconstruction correspondence volumes.

1901-1909

Box-volume

328/451 Outgoing Correspondence, J. Hoquiam 1901-1902

328/452 Outgoing Correspondence, H.H. Edgerton 1906-1907

328/453 Outgoing Correspondence, G.D. Ball 1908-1909

Series XXXV: Great Northern Railway Company1 oversize volumeThe Great Northern Railway Company was originally theSt. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Company(incorporated May 23, 1879); the St. Paul and PacificRailroad Company (incorporated March 10, 1862),and the Minneapolis and St. Cloud Railroad Company(incorporated March 1, 1956). Originally operating inMinnesota and the Midwest, the company completedits line from Duluth and St. Paul, Minnesota, to Everettand Seattle, Washington in 1893. This series containsone bound volume of cash transactions from the VaughnJunction station.

1909

Volume




454 Station Agent's Cash Book, Vaughn Junction 1909

Series XXXVI: Green River and Northern RailroadCompany0.5 linear feet and 1 oversize volumeThe Green River and Northern Railroad Company wasincorporated on September 22, 1890 and was soldto the NPRR on April 21, 1898. It was a branch linethat joined the NPRR system at Palmer Junction inwestern Washington state. This series contains outgoingconstruction correspondence, voucher requests, materialsfrom the Kangley Mine Branch, and supply reports.

1887-1891

Box-volume


329/456 Outgoing Correspondence, William Gould and F. Bartlett 1890


Volume

458 Vouchers 1890

Box-volume

329/459 Index to v. 458 1890-1891

329/460 Record of Vouchers, Kangley Mine Branch 1889

329/461 Report on Material Received 1890

Series XXXVII: Kootenai Valley Railroad Company1 bound volumeThe Kootenai Valley Railroad Company's main line ranfrom Bonners Ferry, Idaho, to Porthill, Idaho, on theCanadian border. The company was incorporated onOctober 19, 1898 and merged into the Great NorthernRailway Company in 1913. This series contains onebound volume of outgoing correspondence from C.J.Hollingsworth, Assistant Engineer.

1890

Box-volume




330/462 Outgoing Correspondence, C.J. Hollingsworth 1890

Series XXXVIII: Livingston-Gardner Branch0.25 linear feetThe Livingston-Gardner Branch operated from Livingstonto Gardner, Montana. This series contains generalcorrespondence, construction records, and designblueprints generated by the Yellowstone National ParkBranch of the NPRR.

1922-1960

Box/Folder

330/1 General Correspondence, Park Branch 1922-1960

330/2 General Correspondence, Park Branch 1922-1960

330/3 Park Branch Blueprints 1922-1960

330/4 Park Branch Blueprints 1922-1960

Series XXXIX: Manitoba Southwestern ColonizationRailway1 folderThe Manitoba Southwestern Colonization Railway seriesconsists of one bound volume detailing supplies received.

1881-1882

Box-volume

330/463 Receipt of Materials 1881 - 1882

Series XL: Missoula and Bitter Root Valley RailroadCompany1 partial reel of microfilm and 2 bound volumesThe Missoula and Bitter Root Valley Railroad Companyoperated a line from Missoula to Grantsdale, Montanain 1888. That same year, it was incorporated into theNorthern Pacific and Montana Railroad Company. Thisseries consists of one partial reel of microfilm documentinga traffic contract between the M&BRVRR and the NorthernPacific Railway, one bound volume containing outgoingcorrespondence from C. F. Reardon, the M&BRVRRAssistant Engineer, and one bound volume of vouchers forpurchases by railroad personnel.

1887-1888

Microfilm Reel




128(XL):1 Traffic Contract 1887-06

Box-volume

331/464 Outgoing Correspondence, C. F. Reardon 1887 - 1888

331/465 Vouchers , C. F. Reardon 1887 - 1888

Series XLI: Missouri River Railway Company8.25 linear feetThe Missouri River Railway Company built track fromGlendive to Sidney, Montana, and from Cannon Ball toStanton, North Dakota. The company was incorporatedJune 13, 1906, in North Dakota and was sold to the NPRRon June 20, 1914. This series contains constructioncorrespondence, assest and supply records, expensereports, subcontractor documents, rights of way inquiriesand property acquisitions, progress reports, supplyinventories, facility documents, and personnel records.These materials constitute an unusually detailed anddeep resource for studying economic patterns and landownership histories for central eastern Montana.

1909-1912

Box-volume





Box/Folder







332/4 Construction Expenses 1910-09 - 1910 -10

332/5 Camp Expenses, Grading 1909-07 -1911-02

332/6 Expenses and Work, Pittsburgh Construction 1910-01 -1911-01

332/7 Expenses and Work, Pittsburgh Construction 1911-09 -1912-09

333/1 Expenses, Siems and Carey Company 1911 - 1912

333/2 Expenses, Kerrick Construction 1912-05 -1912-10

333/3 Expenses, Wren and Greenough Company 1909 - 1910

334/1 Return of Time Reports 1911-08 -1912-09


334/3 Rights of Way and Land Acquisitions 1909-05 -1909-07



335/1 Ballasting 1909-07 -1910-09

335/2 Track Laid 1912-04 -1912-06




335/3 Cars Underload and Demurrage 1909-07 -1910-10

335/4 Crossings, Fencing, and Road Changes 1909-05 -1910-12

335/5 Pipe, Culverts, and Iron for Bridges 1909-05-1910-12

335/6 Temporary Bridges and Reclamation 1909-06 -1910-10

335/7 Porter Brothers and Welch Contract 1909-12 -1910-09

335/8 Grading 1909-05 -1910-10

335/9 Linden Creek Flume 1909-07 -1909-10

336/1 Progress Reports 1909

336/2 Progress Reports 1910

336/3 Progress Profiles 1909-06 -1910-10

336/4 Employment Records 1909-05 -1910-07

336/5 Passes and Transportation 1909-04 -1910-01

336/6 Passes and Transportation 1910-02 -1910-11

337/1 Requests for Plans 1909-06 -1910-10

337/2 Status of Work 1909-08 -1910-04




337/3 Record of Piling 1911 - 1912


337/5 Supplies 1909

337/6 Supplies 1910

337/7 Surveys West 1909-12 -1910-08

337/8 Stations: Savage, Crane, Intake, Sidney, Burns, andStipek (Montana)

1909-05 -1910-12

337/9 Personnel 1909-06 -1910-12

337/10 Telephone and Telegraph 1910-03 -1910-07

337/11 Circular Letters 1909-08 -1910-12

337/12 Coal Used by Contractors 1909-08 -1910-02

338/1 Location Matters 1909-04 -1909-11

338/2 Inventory of Intruments 1909-05,1909-09 -1910-11

338/3 Channel Change 1909-08 -1910-03

338/4 Government Irrigation, Drainage, and High Water 1909-06 -1910-12

338/5 Insurance for Glendive Material Yard 1910-06 -1910-12




339/1 Soundings and Gasoline Launches 1909 - 1910

339/2 Reports on Work 1910

339/3 Bates and Rogers Construction 1909

339/4 Bates and Rogers Construction 1910-01 -1910-03

339/5 Bates and Rogers Construction 1910-03 -1910-12

340/1 Estimates of Work, Bates and Rogers 1909-12 -1910-11

340/2 Estimates of Work, Pittsburgh Construction 1911-07 -1911-11

340/3 Estimates of Work, Roberts Brothers 1911-09 -1912-08

340/4 Return of Time 1909-07 -1911-10

340/5 Return of Time 1911-11 -1912-02

340/6 Return of Time 1912-03 -1912-05

340/7 Return of Time 1912-06 -1912-08

340/8 Expenses, Camps 1909-06 -1911-06

341/1 Expenses, Transportation 1909-06 -1909-12

341/2 Expenses 1909-06 -1909-12




341/3 Expenses 1910-01 -1910-02

341/4 Expenses 1910-03 -1910-04

341/5 Expenses 1910-05 -1910-06

341/6 Expenses 1910-07 -1910-09

341/7 Expenses, Yellowstone Bridge 1910-10 -1911-02 and1911-08 -1911-12

342/1 General Financial Records 1911-12 -1912-10

342/2 Disbursements of Expenses 1909-04 -1910-03

342/3 Estimates, Kerrick Construction 1912

342/4 Estimates, Wren and Greenough 1910-01 -1910-11

343/1 Estimates undated

343/2 Force Accounts 1909

343/3 Force Account 1910

343/4 Force Account, Yellowstone River Bridge 1909 - 1910

343/5 Rights of Way Land Transactions 1909 - 1910

343/6 Estimates of Work, Yellowstone River Bridge 1909 - 1910

343/7 Estimates, Wren and Greenough 1909




343/8 Work Train 1911-09 -1911-12

343/9 Work Train 1912-01

344/1 Work Train 1912-02

344/2 Work Train 1912-03 and1912-05

344/3 Work Train 1912-06

344/4 Record of Freight 1909-07 -1910-06

344/5 Construction Progress 1909

344/6 Statements of Bridges and Culverts Constructed undated

344/7 Yardage Statements 1910

344/8 Blue Prints of Rights of Way 1909

345/1 Expenses 1909-01 -1909-08

345/2 Expenses 1909-09 -1910-04

345/3 Expenses 1911-02 -1911-08

345/4 Expenses 1911-09 -1911-12

345/5 Expenses 1912-01 -1912-08

345/6 Work Done at Berthold Reservation 1910-04 -1910-05

345/7 Statements of Work Done 1909-06 -1910-03




346/1 Material Yard Shipments to Pingree, North Dakota 1911-07 -1911-08

346/2 Employment 1910

346/3 Various Extensions, Turtle Lake and Elbowoods, NorthDakota

1909-05 -1909-08


1909-09 -1910-01


1910-04 -1910-06


1910-06 -1910-07

346/7 Rights of Way 1909-05 -1909-06

346/8 Rights of Way 1909-07 -1910-04


347/2 Passes to Various lines 1909-08 -1911-02

347/3 Statements of Work 1909-09 -1910-02








348/2 Expenses Accompanying Estimates of Work 1909-05 -1910-02

348/3 Expenses Accoumpanying Estimates of Work 1910-04 -1910-10

348/4 Return of Time 1909-06 -1909-12,1910-05,1910-07, and1910-08

348/5 Return of Time, ElbowoodsWest, North Dakota 1910-04 -1910-07

348/6 Inventory of Instruments and Camp Supplies 1909-05 -1909-12 and1912-04

348/7 Sketches of Additional Rights of Way undated


348/9 Expenses Accompanying Estimates of Work 1910-02 -1910-12

Series XLII: Northern Pacific and Montana RailwayCompany2.0 linear feetThe Northern Pacific and Montana Railway Companymain lines ran from Logan to Butte, Montana and fromDe Smet, Montana to the Idaho state line. There werealso numerous branch lines. This series contains generalconstruction correspondence, newspaper clippings, mapsand construction drawings, work force reports, and generalfinancial ledgers.

1883-1908

Box/Folder




















350/5 General Correspondence 1890-10-27-1891-02-26




350/6 Clippings 1890

350/7 Maps and Drawings undated

Box-volume


351/471 Outgoing Correspondence 1898-10 -1899-01 and1899-07 -1899-09

351/472 Outgoing Correspondence, Force Accounts 1898-10 -1899-09

351/473 Outgoing Correspondence, J. C. Bredlove 1907-07 -1907-10



352/476 Journal and Day Book, Butte Quarry 1883-06 -1883-11

352/477 Ledger, Butte Quarry 1883-06 -1883-12

352/478 Bills, Accounts Receivable 1888-01 -1892-12

Series XLIII: Northern Pacific and Puget Sound ShoreRailroad Company1.25 linear feet and 1 oversize volumeThe Northern Pacific and Puget Sound Shore RailroadCompany main line operated between Meeker andSeattle, Washington, with branch lines to Kennydaleand from Kirkland Junction to Kirkland, Washington.The company was incorporated on August 23, 1884 andwas sold to the NPRR on April 21, 1898. This seriesconsists of outgoing construction correspondence, project

1882-1891




invoices, construction supply reports, traffic summaries,and personnel records.

Box-volume

353/479 Outgoing Correspondence, G. H. Pratt 1890-01 -1891-06


353/481 Outgoing Correspondence, H.C. Estep 1891-07 -1891-09

353/482 Activity Ledger 1882-10 -1883-08

353/483 Invoice Record 1890-06 -1891-04

354/484 Invoice Record 1890-08 -1891-07

354/485 Invoice Record 1891-04 -1891-09

354/486 Expense Bills 1890 - 1891

354/487 Material Distribution Record 1890

354/488 Material Received 1890-06 -1891-01

354/489 Materials Received 1890-09 -1891-09

Volume

490 Materials Received 1891-04 -1891-09

Box-volume




354/491 Time Reports and Trainmen 1900-10 -1901-01

355/492 Requisitions for Material and Supplies 1890-08 -1891-08

355/493 Car Reports 1890-10 -1891-08

355/494 Car Reports and Material on Hand 1891-02 -1891-08

Series XLIV: Peninsular Branch (Washington)1.25 linear feetThe Peninsular Branch operated between Sheltonand Gordonville, Washington. This series consistsof construction correspondence, supply records,subcontracted projects, facility locations and designs,line repair projects, traffic summaries, progress reports,personnel documents, and operational expense records.

1901-1906

Box/Folder








357/3 Bids and Proposals 1901-03 -1902-03

357/4 Stations 1901-08 -1902-01




357/5 Location of Line 1901-12 -1902-01

357/6 Grading and Washouts 1901-10 -1904-03

357/7 Contracts 1901-06 -1904-05

357/8 Requisitions 1901-06 -1905-03

357/9 Supply Materials 1901-06 -1905-03

357/10 Bridges 1901-07 -1903-03

357/11 Car Reports 1901-07 -1901-12

357/12 Track Laying 1901-07 -1904-05

357/13 Fencing 1901-08

357/14 Estimates 1901-08 -1903-01

357/15 Progress of Work 1901-07 -1905-05

357/16 Expense Account, C.C. Van Arsdol 1901-08 -1902-01

357/17 Graders 1901-07 -1901-12

357/18 Inspection of Ties 1901-07 -1901-08

357/19 Cribbing 1901-07 -1902-03




357/20 Passes 1901-12 -1902-03

357/21 Employment Agents 1901-12 -1902-01

357/22 Employees 1901-06 -1901-12

357/23 Operation of Line 1902-01

Box-volume


Series XLV: Port Townsend and Southern Railroad1 bound volumeThe Port Townsend and Southern Railroad operatedmain lines between Tenino and Olympia and betweenPort Townsend and Quilcene, Washington. The main linewas sold to the NPRR in 1914; the line was then sold toJoshua Green in 1917. This series consist of one boundvolume of purchase vouchers.

1906-1907

Box-volume

358/496 Vouchers 1906-07 -1907-04

Series XLVI: Puget Sound Shore Railroad1 bound volumeThe Puget Sound Shore Railroad operated a line betweenStuck Junction (south of Kent) to Seattle, Washington.The company was incorporated on August 19, 1882 andwas sold to the Northern Pacific and Puget Sound ShoreRailroad Company October 31, 1889; which was in turnsold to the NPRR on April 21, 1898. This series containsone bound volume of outgoing correspondence from H. C.Estep, Assistant Engineer.

1891

Box-volume

358/497 Outgoing Correspondence, H. C. Estep 1891-03 -1891-07




XLVII: Rocky Fork and Cooke City Railway Company0.5 linear feetThe Rocky Fork and Cooke City Railway Companyoperated a line from Laurel to Red Lodge, Montana. Thecompany was incorporated on December 10, 1886 andmerged into the NPRR on April 21, 1898. This seriesconsists of four bound outgoing correspondence volumesfrom Chief Engineer A. J. Merritt , one station ledger, andan supplies order book.

1889-1890

Box-volume

359/498 Outgoing Correspondence, A. J. Merritt 1889-05 -1889-11

359/499 Outgoing Correspondence, A. J. Merritt 1889-06 -1890-01

359/500 Station Ledger 1889-05 -1889-12

359/501 Order Book 1889-05 -1890-12

Series XLVIII: St. Paul and Duluth Railroad Company0.5 linear feetThe St. Paul and Duluth Railroad Company operatedbetween St. Paul and Duluth, Minnesota. The companywas incorporated June 28, 1877 and was sold to theNPRR on June 15, 1900. This series contains informationon building materials, construction receipts, and sloworders (for dangerous sections of track) compiled by J. R.Michaels, Assistant Engineer.

1892-1898

Box-volume

360/502 Material Used 1892-01 -1896-12

360/503 Receipt of Materials 1898-08 -1898-12

360/504 Slow Orders, J. R. Michaels undated




Series XLIX: St. Paul and Northern Pacific RailwayCompany0.25 linear feetThe St. Paul and Northern Pacific Railway Companywas sold to the NPRR on November 2, 1896. This seriesconsists entirely of construction expenses information.

1885-887

Box/Folder



361/3 Construction Expenses 1888-01


Series L: Seattle and International Railway Company2 bound volumes (one is oversize)The Seattle and International Railway Company operateda main line from Seattle, Washington, to Sumas, on theWashington-British Columbia border. The company wasincorporated on June 30, 1896. It was reorganized severaltimes before being sold to the NPRR in March 1901. Thisseries contains two bound volumes detailing early railroadconstruction costs and waybills received at the Arlington,Washington station.

1900-1904

Box-volume

362/505A Cost of Bridges and Structures 1900 - 1901

Volume

505B Record of Waybills Received at Arlingtion, Washington 1900 - 1904

Series LI: Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern RailwayCompany1 bound volumeThe Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway Companyoperated two main lines from Seattle, Washington, toSumas, on the Washington-British Columbia border,

1893




and from Spokane Falls to Davenport, Washington. Thecompany was incorporated on April 28, 1885. It was soldin foreclosure in July 1896. This series contains one boundvolume of railway vouchers.

Box-volume

362/506 Vouchers 1893-01 -1893-06

Series LII: Shields River Valley Railway Company2.0 linear feetThe Shields River Valley Railway Company built aline from Mission to Wilsall, Montana. The companywas incorporated October 24, 1908 and merged intothe NPRR on June 23, 1914.This series containsoutgoing correspondence, rights of way inquiries, facilitydesigns, personnel records, traffic summaries, purchasevouchers, engineer reports, supply purchases, andgeneral construction records. It also includes a diary keptby an unnamed engineer detailing weather along the line,his daily activities, and company contacts.

1908 - 1910

Box/Folder

363/1 Rights of Way 1909-01 -1909-05-18

363/2 Rights of Way 1909-05-19 -1910-02

363/3 Bridges 1909-04 -1909-07-09

363/4 Bridges 1909-07-10 -1909-11

363/5 Passes 1909-03 -1910-03

363/6 Letters to Resident Engineers 1908-04 -1908-09

363/7 Letters to W. L. Darling 1909-03 -1909-10




363/8 Letters to A. C. Terrell 1909-03 -1909-06-14

363/9 Letters to A. C. Terrell 1909-06-15-1910-03

363/10 Employee Records 1909-03 -1909-06

363/11 Employee Records 1909-07 -1909-10-11

363/12 Employee Records 1909-10-12 -1909-12

363/13 Weekly Reports of Engineers 1909-04 -1909-12

364/1 Instruments 1909-03 -1910-03

364/2 Freight 1909-10 -1909-12

364/3 Track Laying 1909-06 -1909-12

364/4 Reports of Chief Engineer 1909-04 -1910-02

364/5 Payroll 1909-03 -1910-02

364/6 Cars 1909-04 -1910-01

364/7 Work Train 1909-10 -1909-12

364/8 Force Reports 1909-04 -1909-07-02

364/9 Force Reports 1909-07-03 -1909-09-11




364/10 Force Reports 1909-09-12 -1909-12



365/3 Buildings 1909-08 -1910-04

365/4 Orders and Invoices 1909-03 -1909-05

365/5 Orders and Invoices 1909-06 -1909-09-10

365/6 Orders and Invoices 1909-09-11 -1910-02-10

365/7 Esitmates 1909-04 -1909-07

365/8 Esitmates 1909-08 -1909-10

365/9 Estimates 1909-11 -1910-04

365/10 Accounting Department 1909-02-28 -1909-06

366/1 Accounting Department 1909-05 -1909-09-10

366/2 Accounting Department 1909-09-11 -1909-11-08







366/6 Accounting Department undated

Box-volume

367/507 Construction Materials 1909 - 1910

367/508 Purchase Vouchers 1909-04 -1910-01


367/510 Station Diary 1909-03-21 -1909-12-30

Series LIII: Spokane Falls and Idaho Railroad0.25 linear feetThe Spokane Falls and Idaho Railroad operated a mainline from Hauser Junction, near the Washington-Idahoborder, to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The company formed onOctober 25, 1886 and operated from 1886 to 1898, whenit was sold to the NPRR. This series contains one boundvolume of operating bills.

1888-1891

Box-volume

367/511 Bills Forwarded 1888-07 -1891-01

Series LIV: Spokane and Palouse Railway Company4.0 linear feet and 4 oversize volumesThe Spokane and Palouse Railway Company operated aline from Marshall, Washington, to Genesee and Juliaetta,Idaho from 1886 to 1899. The company was incorporatedin 1886 and was sold to the NPRR on February 21, 1899.This series contains general construction correspondence,shipment orders, supply records and engineeringdepartment requisitions, rights of way records, personneldocuments, and purchase vouchers.

1885-1907

Box/Folder




368/1 General Correspondence 1890-04 -1890-09 and1891-01 -1891-02





369/1 General Correspondence 1886-03-31-1890-08-08







369/8 Engineering Department Requisitions 1887-01 -1887-12

369/9 Material Recieved 1887-07 -1887-10-19




369/10 Material Recieved 1887-10-20 -1888-06

369/11 Shipment Orders 1887-08 -1887-11

369/12 Vouchers 1887-06

Box-volume


370/513 Outgoing Correspondence, W. H. Wightman 1888-02 -1889-01

370/514 Outgoing Correspondence, Paul F. Mohr 1886-11 -1887-01



371/517 Outgoing Correspondence, W.C. McNutt 1890-09 -1891-11



371/520 Outgoing Correspondence, P.R. Fletcher 1891-02 -1891-07


372/522 Outgoing Correspondence, J.A. Stimson 1891-05 -1891-11






373/525 Outgoing Correspondence, S. J. Smith 1906-03 -1907-01




Volume

529 Vouchers 1890-04 -1891-04

530 Index to v. 529 1890-04 -1891-04

531 Vouchers 1891-05 -1891-10

532 Index to v. 531 1891-05 -1891-10

Box-volume

374/533 Supplemental Index to volumes 529 and 531 1890 - 1891

374/534 Force Bills 1890-10 -1891-10

374/535 Freight Charges on Construction Material undated

374/536 Construction Materials 1885 - 1889




374/537 Structures 1890 - 1891

374/538 Time Book 1888-03 -1888-06

375/539 Rights of Way Record 1886 - 1888

375/540 Rights of Way 1890 - 1891

375/541 Personal Injury and Stock 1890 - 1891

Series LV: Tacoma, Olympia and Grays HarborRailroad Company3.5 linear feet and 3 oversize volumesThe Tacoma, Olympia and Grays Harbor RailroadCompany's main line ran between Lakeview and Ocosta,Washington, on Grays Harbor. The company was formedon May 7, 1890 and sold to the NPRR on April 21,1898. This series consists of outgoing correspondence,employee account ledgers, purchase vouchers andinvoices, building supply requests, asset inventories, trafficreports, building records, and personnel documents.

1890-1892

Box-volume

375/542 Outgoing Correspondence, Charles Harlowe 1890-06 -1890-10


376/544 Outgoing Correspondence, George Kyle 1890-08 -1890-10













378/554 Outgoing Correspondence, J. Lund 1891-04 -1892-04

379/555 Outgoing Correspondence, J.C. Patterson 1891-06 -1891-09





380/560 Ledger of Accounts with Employees 1890 - 1892

380/561 Ledger of Accounts with Employees 1890 - 1892

380/562 Cash Book 1890-04 -1890-09




380/566 Receipts for Vouchers 1890-11 1891-12

Volume

563 Vouchers 1890-05 -1891-03

564 Vouchers 1891-03 -1891-11

565 Vouchers 1891-11 -1892-08

Box-volume

381/567 Invoices, Inventories, and Car Reports 1890-07 -1892-07

381/568 Force Bills 1891-03

381/569 Abstract of Buildings 1890 - 1892

381/570 Bridge Notes and Estimates 1891 - 1892

381/571 Material Used 1891-06 -1891-09

382/572 Time Returns for Trainmen and Others 1890-09 -1892-01

382/573 Time Returns for Engineering Parties 1890-09 -1892-01

382/574 Time Returns for Engineering Parties 1890-09 -1892-06

382/575 Time Book and Engineering Department 1890-10 -1892-07

382/576 Time Book and Engineering Department 1890-11 -1892-05




382/577 Time Reports 1891-07 -1892-08

383/578 Time Returns for Laborers 1892-02 -1892-06

Series LVI: Tacoma Terminal Company2.5 linear feetThis series contains outgoing correspondence, stationledgers, personnel reports, inventories, outgoing invoices,and property reports.

1887-1893

Box-volume

384/579 Outgoing Correspondence, D. D. Clarke 1887-05 -1887-11

384/580 Outgoing Correspondence, D. D. Clarke 1888-11-03 -1889-07-09

384/581 Outgoing Correspondence 1889-04-09 -1890-12

384/582 Outgoing Correspondence, D. D. Clarke 1889-07-12 -1891-08-17

385/583 Outgoing Correspondence, J.D. McAllister 1890-12-04 -1893-07


385/585 Outgoing Correspondence 1892-03-14 -1892-04

385/586 Ledger 1890-05 -1891-07

385/587 Monthly Estimate of Payrolls 1889-12 -1891-08-18

386/588 Payroll Estimates and Distributions 1891-02 -1893-07




386/589 Monthly Voucher Statement 1891-07 -1892-09

386/590 Record of Supplies in Tool House 1888-10 -1890-01

386/591 Bills for Collection 1891-01 -1893-08

387/592 Material Received 189-11-21 -1891-08-17



387/595 Property Reports, J.J. Etton 1890-01 -1891-02

387/596 Property Reports, E.H. McHenry 1891-03 -1892-12

388/597 Time Reports, E.H. McHenry 1889-02 -1890-11



388/600 Time Reports, C.S. Bibler 1890-11 -1893-07

388/601 Time Book 1891-02 -1893-04

388/602 Invoices of Material Furnished 1891-11 -1893-07

Series LVII: Washington and Columbia River RailwayCompany0.25 linear feet

1898-1902




The Washington and Columbia River Railway Company'smain line ran from Pendleton, Oregon, to Dayton,Washington, through Wallula and Walla Walla,Washington. The company was incorporated on August4, 1892 and was sold to the NPRR in 1907. This seriesconsists entirely of general correspondence.

Box/Folder





389/5 General Correspondence, Various Extensions 1899-03 -1902-12

Series LVIII: Western Dakota Railway Company0.5 linear feetThe Western Dakota Railway Company was formed onJune 13, 1906 and was sold to the NPRR on June 20,1914. This series contains expense reports, vouchers, anddaily records pertaining to the Cannonball Line (Laurel toHarlowton, Montana) and the Big Timber station.

1909-1913

Box/Folder

390/1 Laurel to Harlowton, James Derrig, Engineeer 1912-12-1913-04

390/2 Laurel to Harlowton, Progress, Montana 1913-01 -1913-03

390/3 Big Timber, James Derrig, Engineer 1912-12 -1913-01

390/4 Laurel to Harlowton, Progress, Montana - Expenses andPayroll

1913-02 -1913-03




390/5 Laurel to Harlowton, Expenses and Payroll 1912-12 -1913-01

390/6 Big Timber, Expenses and Purchases 1912-12

390/7 Cannonball Line, Force Account Reports 1910-12 -1911-02

390/8 Cannonball Line, Return of Time and Payroll 1909-09 -1909-12

390/9 Expenses 1910-07 -1910-11


Box-volume

390/603 Vouchers 1909-05 -1910-04

390/604 Daily Car Record 1910

Series LIX: Yakima and Pacific Coast RailroadCompany1.0 linear feet and 3 oversize volumesThe Yakima and Pacific Coast Railroad Companyoperated a line from Chehalis to South Bend, Washington.The company was formed on May 1, 1890. It wasreorganized a few times and sold to the NPRR on April21, 1898. This series contains outgoing correspondences,purchase vouchers, and construction records--particularlyestimates and requisitions.

1890-1893

Box-volume


Volume

606 Outgoing Correspondence 1892-06 -1893-03




Box-volume




Volume

610 Outgoing Correspondence 1893-02 -1893-07

611 Vouchers 1890 - 1893

Box-volume

392/612 Bill of Materials in Bridges 1891

392/613 Bills and Materials Requisitions 1892-06 -1893-06

392/614 Material Distribution Record 1891 - 1892

392/615 Material Distribution Record 1891 - 1892

392/616 Distribution Estimates 1890-06 -1892-06

Subgroup 3: Advertising and Publicity Department, 1895-1950

2.5 linear feet, 24 moving image items, and 2 oversize boxesThis subgroup consists of film and photographs produced by the Advertising and Publicity Departmentof the Northern Pacific Railroad. These materials document the landscapes and communities along theprimary railway routes and the promotional techniques employed by the railway company to encourageboth tourism and settlement in the region. Additionally, materials in this subgroup provide interestingprimary sources for comparing and contrasting the perceptions of life in the Rocky Mountain Westand Pacfic Northwest promoted by the railroad versus those propagated by news media, agriculturalagents, and regional authors during the first half of the 20th Century.




Series LX: Moving Images20 16mm film reels and 4 VHS tapesThis series contains films produced by the railroad promotionsdepartment targeted for Eastern and Midwestern U.S.populations and intended to promote rail travel as the bestmethod for viewing the physical beauty and cultural legacy ofthe Rocky Mountain West and Pacific Northwest. Many of thefilms portray the region as retaining the character of the "OldWest" while incorporating the conveniences of modern life.Materials in this series provide insights into the changes andcontinuities of railroad advertising techniques spanning the1920s through the early 1940s--particularly the employmentof American Indian greeters, staging tour events at nationalparks and locations of historical interest, and the promotionof company-owned dude ranches. Additionally, these filmspreserve images of Rocky Mountain and Pacific Northwestlandscapes before the industrial and housing developmentbooms of the post-World War II period.This series containsduplicate film reels for 128(LX):7, 128(LX):13, and 128(LX):18.Reels 128(LX):1, 128(LX):2, 128(LX):7, 128(LX):10, and128(LX):20 are color film. Only reel 128(LX):14 has sound. Reel128(LX):15 is a copy of the original at the Oregon HistoricalSociety.All collection VHS tapes are duplicates of film reels.For each instance of a one-to-one relationship, tapes wereassigned a common reference number to the film reel original.These tapes correspond with film reels 128(LX):11, 128(LX):12,and 128(LX):13. One VHS tape contains transfers of severalfilm reels. In this one instance the VHS tape was assigned aunique reference number, 128(LX):21.Researchers are asked to view materials on duplicate VHStapes.

circa1920s-1940

128(LX):1: Orig Koda, USA, Henry Strauss. YellowstoneNational Park.

undated

128(LX):2: Northern Pacific Peaks. Rainier National Park,Oregon and Washington beaches, Mt. Hood, Oregon, and theOlympic Peninsula, Washington.

undated

128(LX):3: Flashes of the West, Yellowstone Valley of theNorthern Pacific Railway. Yellowstone; Flathead IndianReservation; Fireboats in Portland, Oregon; and Harvesting inRitzville, Washington.

undated

128(LX):4: Three different parts of films, including YellowstoneNational Park.

undated




128(LX):5: Bird and Animal Life in Yellowstone National Park. undated

128(LX):6: Yellowstone, The Astonishing. Old Faithful and othergeological features--Nature scenes.

undated

128(LX):7: Yellowstone Magic. Pictures of Gardiner, Montana,Mammoth Hotel, organized bear feedings and other sites ofYellowstone National Park.

circa 1940

128(LX):8: Westward, Ho! Chicago, IL, Minneapolis, Minnesota,Mandan and Badlands, North Dakota, Yellowstone, Helena,and Gold Creek, Montana (last of the railroad), Spokane andSeattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon.

undated

128(LX):9: The Trail Leads West, Reel One. Similar to Reel8, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mandan, North Dakota, andYellowstone National Park.

undated

128(LX):10: The Trails Leads West, Reel Two. Dude ranches,last spike of Northern Pacific Railroad, Grand Coulee Dam,Washington, and Portland, Oregon.

undated

128(LX):11: The OTO Ranch, Corwin Springs, Montana, ReelOne. Dude ranch and rodeo scenes.

undated

128(LX):12: The OTO Ranch, Corwin Springs, Montana, ReelTwo. Dude ranch scenes.

undated

128(LX):13: Ranch Holiday, Filmed at the Sixty-three and OTOranches, Montana. Dude ranch, rodeo, Indian Reservation tripscenes.

undated

Film

128(LX):14 It's True, Dudes on the Range, Sixty-three Ranch, Montana undated

128(LX):15: Dude Ranches, Montana undated

128(LX):16: Wildlife; two parts. undated

128(LX):17: Alaska Ahoy! Boat trip from Seattle to Alaska.Salmon fishing, Native American totem poles, seals, golddredging in Fairbanks, AK.

undated




128(LX):18: A Playground Paradise, Mt. Baker, Washington.Mountaineering.

undated

128(LX):19: Meet the Mountain, Mt. Rainier, Washington.Mountaineering.

undated

128(LX):20: Rainier National Park,Driving tour of Washington.Yakima, Washington, fruit orchards, mountaineering.

undated

128(LX):21: Video transfer of reels 128(LX):8 and 128(LX):11through 128(LX):15

undated

Series LXI: Photographs2.5 linear feet and 2 oversize boxesThis series includes photographs generated by the promotionsdepartment of the railway. These photographs appear tohave been intended for promotional literature, particularly tohighlight the agricultural potential of the high plains and rivervalleys along Northern Pacific Railway routes. The majorityof these photographs were captured after the first majorhomesteading wave in the region (1890s through 1918) andduring the disastorous cycles of high plains droughts thatresulted in farm foreclosures and homesteader emmigration(1919 through 1933). These photographs depicting agriculturalabundance and opportunity present images in markedcontrast to the tenor of agricultural studies and regionalnews reports during the period.In addition, the photographsin this series present images of the towns and landscapesalong the railway routes during the early stages of industrialproduction in the region--when the impact of railroad accessis evidenced by transformations in agricultural and timberharvesting methods as well as the capacity of transporting highvolume goods to distant markets. Though this series containsphotographs spanning the Northern Pacific line, the imagespredominantly depict the farms and rail hub towns of Montanaand Idaho during the 1920s and 1930s. Also included are somedocumentary images of Northern Pacific promotional exhibitswhich help to reveal additional context for how the departmentused the other photographs in this series.

1895-1950

Box/Folder

398/1 Agriculture: Barns 1922 - 1927 andundated




398/2 Agriculture: Bees 1928 andundated

398/3 Agriculture: Bitterroot Valley, Montana - Homes, and People undated

398/4 Agricultrue: Bitterroot Valley, Montana - Rural Scences 1927 andundated

398/5 Agriculture: Butchering Technique 1931

398/6 Agriculture: Cattle, Montana 1927 - 1950 andundated

398/7 Agriculture: Cattle, Other locations 1922 - 1928 andundated

398/8 Agriculture: Cattle, Other Locations 1927 - 1950 andundated

398/9 Agriculture: Cattle, Dairy 1934 andundated

398/10 Agriculture: Corn undated

398/11 Agriculture: Exhibits and Displays undated

398/12 Agriculture: Exhibits and Displays undated

399/1 Agriculture: Expositions and Displays 1913 - 1931 andundated



399/4 Agriculture: Farm Machinery 1928 - 1939 andundated

399/5 Agriculture: Fruit and Berries 1909 - 1931 andundated




399/6 Agriculture: Flathead Valley, Montana 1915 - 1928 andundated

399/7 Agriculture: 4 H Club Conference, Bozeman, Montana 1930 - 1933 andundated

399/8 Agriculture: Field Production and Distribution 1909 - 1935 andundated

399/9 Agriculture: Fox Farm, Atrium, Minnesota 1927-08

399/10 Agriculture: Goats 1934 andundated

400/1 Agriculture: Grain 1918 - 1931 andundated

400/2 Agriculture: Grasshopper eradication 1938 andundated

400/3 Agriculture: Haying 1921 - 1931 andundated

400/4 Agriculture: Hops 1937 andundated

400/5 Agriculture: Horses 1938 andundated

400/6 Agriculture: Irrigation, Bitterroot Valley, Montana undated

400/7 Agriculture: Irrigation, General 1923 - 1936 andundated

400/8 Agriculture: Land Clearing 1927 - 1938 andundated

400/9 Agriculture: Land Promotion 1929 - 1931 andundated

400/10 Agriculture: Mt. Haggin Land and Livestock Company, Montana 1928 - 1931




400/11 Agriculture: Potatoes 1948 andundated

400/12 Agriculture: Poultry 1924 - 1934 andundated

400/13 Agriculture: Publication undated

400/14 Agriculture: Rabbits undated

401/1 Agriculture: Sheep 1927 - 1939 andundated

401/2 Agriculture: Sugar Beet 1927 - 1928 andundated

401/3 Agriculture: Swine 1927 - 1947 andundated

401/4 Arlee, Montana 1929

401/5 Bayers, A.C. undated

401/6 Beaver Valley, Montana undated

401/7 Big Timber, Montana circa 1922

401/8 Billings, Montana 1911 - 1931 andundated

401/9 Bitterroot Dam Reservoir undated

401/10 Bitterroot River undated

401/11 Bozeman, Montana 1918 - 1923 andundated

401/12 Bozeman, Montana, University campus undated

401/13 Buffalo, Montana undated

401/14 Buffalo Rapids, Montana 1941




401/15 Burbank Pumphouse undated

401/16 Butte, Montana undated

401/17 Butte, Montana, Orphan Girl Mine undated

401/18 Charlo, Montana 1928 - 1929 andundated

401/19 Couer d'Alene, Idaho undated

401/20 Corvallis, Montana undated

401/21 Cottonwood, Idaho 1923

401/22 Deer Lodge, Montana undated

401/23 Fairview, Montana undated

401/24 Fallon County Rural School 1925

401/25 Fishing Industry, Oregon 1931

401/26 Forsyth, Montana 1928 andundated

401/27 Fromberg, Montana undated

401/28 Glendive, Montana undated

401/29 Grangeville, Idaho 1922

401/30 Hamilton, Montana, Canning Factory undated

401/31 Hamilton, Montana, Chamber of Commerce Building undated

401/32 Hamilton, Montana undated

401/33 Helena, Montana 1930 andundated

401/34 Hellgate Canyon, Montana undated




401/35 Hysham, Montana 1932 andundated

401/36 Idaho 1923 andundated

401/37 International Falls, Minnesota, Riverdale Farm 1927

401/38 Kerr Dam, Montana undated

401/39 Lewiston, Idaho undated

401/40 Livingston, Montana undated

401/41 Lower Yellowstone Dam Project 1910

402/1 Lumbering, Cedar Shake Production undated

402/2 Lumbering 1924 - 1927 andundated

402/3 Lumbering, sawmills 1923, 1928, andundated

402/4 Lumbering, water log drive 1923

402/5 Lumbering, drag saw 1924

402/6 Lumbering, railroads 1913 andundated

402/7 Lumbering, unusually large trees and logs 1923 - 1928 andundated

402/8 Manhattan, Montana undated

402/9 Meyers, Montana, Yellowstone Irrigation District 1929

402/10 Miles City, Montana undated

402/11 Miles City, Montana, Hagen Ranch undated

402/12 Mining, coal undated




402/13 Minnesota 1927, 1929 andundated

402/14 Mission Mountains, Montana 1928 andundated

402/15 Missoula, Montana 1923

402/16 Missoula, Montana, University campus undated

402/17 Montana Press Association undated

402/18 Moscow, Idaho, University campus 1925

402/19 North Dakota 1923 - 1928,1947 andundated

402/20 Noxon, Montana undated

402/21 Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho undated

402/22 Priest Rapids, Washington undated

402/23 Railroad Promotions 1926 - 1927 andundated

402/24 Recreation, boating undated

402/25 Red River District, Montana undated

402/26 Rimroad, Montana 1929

402/27 St. Ignatius, Montana 1895, 1925- 1929 andundated

402/28 St. Maries, Idaho circa 1923

402/29 Salmon Lake, Montana undated

402/30 Sandpoint, Idaho circa 1923




402/31 Seeley Lake, Montana undated

402/32 Shields Valley, Montana undated

402/33 Sidney, Montana 1927 - 1929 andundated

402/34 Swan River Valley, Montana undated

402/35 Thompson Falls, Montana undated

402/36 Transportation, early automobiles and trucks, no location undated

402/37 Transportation, farm wagons in Montana undated

402/38 Transportation, railroad locomotives 1923 - 1936

402/39 Transportation, Northern Pacific Butte Line undated

402/40 Transportation, train wrecks undated

402/41 Transportation, sleighs undated

402/42 Transportation, steamboat, Portland, Oregon undated

402/43 Trout Creek, Montana undated

402/44 Twin Bridges, Montana 1922, 1923 andundated

402/45 Twin Bridges, Montana, Orphans Home 1922

402/46 Washington state 1923 - 1933 andundated

402/47 Whitebird, Idaho 1923

OS2 Northern Pacific Railway Exhibit, mounted photographs, nolocation

undated

OS3 Northern Pacific Railway Exhibit and General PromotionalPhotographs, various locations

undated



Names and SubjectsSubject Terms :Advertising--RailroadsRailroad companies--United StatesRailroad companies--MontanaRailroad engineering--MontanaRailroad engineering--United StatesRailroads--MontanaRailroads--United StatesRailroads--United States--Design and constructionForm or Genre Terms :Business records--United StatesMotion picturesPhotographsOther Creators :

Corporate Names :Astoria and Columbia River Railroad CompanyBear Creek Western Railway CompanyCamp Creek Railway CompanyCentral Washington Railroad CompanyChicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad CompanyCoeur d'Alene Railway and Navigation CompanyConnell Northern Railway CompanyDrummond and Philipsburg Railroad CompanyGaylord and Ruby Valley Railway CompanyGrays Harbor and Columbia River Railway CompanyGreat Northern Railway Company (U.S.)Green River and Northern Railroad CompanyKootenai Valley Railroad CompanyManitoba Southwestern Colonization RailwayMissoula and Bitter Root Valley Railroad CompanyMissouri River Railway CompanyNorthern Pacific and Montana Railroad CompanyNorthern Pacific Railroad CompanyNorthern Pacific Railway Company. Advertising and Publicity Dept.Northern Pacific Railway Company. Cascade DivisionNorthern Pacific Railway Company. Clarks Fork and Pend d'Oreille DivisionNorthern Pacific Railway Company. Dakota DivisionNorthern Pacific Railway Company. Dixon-Polson LineNorthern Pacific Railway Company. Engineering Dept.Northern Pacific Railway Company. Idaho DivisionNorthern Pacific Railway Company. Livingston-Gardner BranchNorthern Pacific Railway Company. Minnesota DivisionNorthern Pacific Railway Company. Missoula DivisionNorthern Pacific Railway Company. Missouri DivisionNorthern Pacific Railway Company. Montana DivisionNorthern Pacific Railway Company. Pacific DivisionNorthern Pacific Railway Company. Peninsular Branch



Northern Pacific Railway Company. Portland DivisionNorthern Pacific Railway Company. Rocky Mountain DivisionNorthern Pacific Railway Company. Seattle DivisionNorthern Pacific Railway Company. Western DivisionNorthern Pacific Railway Company. Wisconsin DivisionNorthern Pacific Railway Company. Yakima DivisionNorthern Pacific Railway Company. Yellowstone DivisionPort Townsend Southern RailroadPuget Sound Shore RailroadRocky Fork and Cooke City Railway CompanySeattle and International Railway CompanySeattle, Lake Shore, and Eastern Railway CompanyShields River Valley Railway CompanySpokane and Palouse Railway CompanySt. Paul and Duluth Railroad CompanySt. Paul and Northern Pacific Railway CompanyTacoma Terminal CompanyTacoma, Olympia, and Grays Harbor Railroad CompanyWestern Dakota Railway CompanyYakima and Pacific Coast Railroad CompanyClearwater Short Line Railway CompanyWashington and Columbia River Railway Company

Finding aid prepared by Jack Rowan, Paul Kozlowitz, Jennifer Rose, and Erica Lane2003

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