St. Paul Union Depot
Bibliography
Great Northern Railway corporate records, 1854–1970
Great Northern Records, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00901.xml
Corporate records of the St. Paul-based Great Northern, its predecessors, and its subsidiaries and affiliates, documenting their operations across the northern tier of western states for more than one hundred years, until its 1970 merger with the Northern Pacific, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle that formed the Burlington Northern.
Minnesota Transfer Railway Company Records,1882–1983
Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00487.xml
Minutes (1883–1970), stock certificates (1890–1898), annual reports (1902–1980), correspondence and subject files (1910s–1960s), financial and accounting records (1884–1968), operating analyses (1921–1952) and monthly operating reports (1929–1980), maps and engineering drawings (1903–1957), payroll records (1882–1980), and miscellaneous legal papers documenting the existence of a St. Paul-based railroad company organized in 1883 by a consortium of the nine major railroads to facilitate the transfer and handling of freight entering the Twin Cities by rail.
Northern Pacific Railway Records, 1861–1970
Northern Pacific Records, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/01010.xml
Corporate records of the St. Paul-based Northern Pacific, its predecessors, and its subsidiaries and affiliates, documenting their operations across the northern tier of western states for more than one hundred years, until its 1970 merger with the Great Northern, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle that formed the Burlington Northern.
Soo Line Railroad Company Records, 1855–1994
Manuscript Collection Remote Storage, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00343.xml
Records of Minneapolis-based Soo Line Railroad Company, a grain and timber products carrier serving the upper Midwest and providing U.S. connections for the Canadian Pacific Railway. Included are records of predecessor companies Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad, Wisconsin Central Railroad, and Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railroad, as well as more than 80 other branch lines, predecessors, subsidiaries, and related companies.
St. Paul Union Depot Company Records, 1879–1985
Manuscript Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00770.xml
The records document most important aspects of the company's management throughout its existence. There is information on its operations, finances, government relations, personnel, and physical plant. An extensive set of linen tracings document the construction and modification of the depot building.
Chronology
1879
1881
1884
1900-1901
1913
1917
1920
1922-1924
1941
1954
1971
1978
1981
2012
Bibliography
Great Northern Railway corporate records, 1854–1970
Great Northern Records, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00901.xml
Corporate records of the St. Paul-based Great Northern, its predecessors, and its subsidiaries and affiliates, documenting their operations across the northern tier of western states for more than one hundred years, until its 1970 merger with the Northern Pacific, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle that formed the Burlington Northern.
Minnesota Transfer Railway Company Records,1882–1983
Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00487.xml
Minutes (1883–1970), stock certificates (1890–1898), annual reports (1902–1980), correspondence and subject files (1910s–1960s), financial and accounting records (1884–1968), operating analyses (1921–1952) and monthly operating reports (1929–1980), maps and engineering drawings (1903–1957), payroll records (1882–1980), and miscellaneous legal papers documenting the existence of a St. Paul-based railroad company organized in 1883 by a consortium of the nine major railroads to facilitate the transfer and handling of freight entering the Twin Cities by rail.
Northern Pacific Railway Records, 1861–1970
Northern Pacific Records, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/01010.xml
Corporate records of the St. Paul-based Northern Pacific, its predecessors, and its subsidiaries and affiliates, documenting their operations across the northern tier of western states for more than one hundred years, until its 1970 merger with the Great Northern, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle that formed the Burlington Northern.
Soo Line Railroad Company Records, 1855–1994
Manuscript Collection Remote Storage, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00343.xml
Records of Minneapolis-based Soo Line Railroad Company, a grain and timber products carrier serving the upper Midwest and providing U.S. connections for the Canadian Pacific Railway. Included are records of predecessor companies Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad, Wisconsin Central Railroad, and Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railroad, as well as more than 80 other branch lines, predecessors, subsidiaries, and related companies.
St. Paul Union Depot Company Records, 1879–1985
Manuscript Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00770.xml
The records document most important aspects of the company's management throughout its existence. There is information on its operations, finances, government relations, personnel, and physical plant. An extensive set of linen tracings document the construction and modification of the depot building.