Railroads
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Jay O. Bergeson papers
The collection contains two typewritten notebooks, 1911–1924, and a dismantled photograph collection album, 1914–1922, all pertaining to the Mesaba Railway Company.
Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company land books
The collection contains three land books containing land locations, land and timber sales information, deed dates and records of land payments of the properties held by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway.
Duluth & Iron Range Railroad Company documents
The collection consists of local passenger tarriffs, fares, and mileage tables, two photocopied telegrams pertaining to local tariffs, and a circular.
Duluth Living History Project videotapes
The collection contains 13 videotapes holding 29 interviews, and 8 topic videotapes. Most interviews are indexed.
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company illustrated calendars
The collection contains illustrated calendars issued by the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company.
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Computerized Car Identification System training film and audiotape
The collection consists of a training film and reel to reel audiotape from 1958.
Duluth, Missabe, and Iron Range Railway records
The collection contains photographs, slides, and negatives, 1901-1954; Weekly Activity Letters to the Board of Directors from the General Manager, 1949-1980; speeches by General Manager Fred Voss, 1954-1961; and a small amount of Duluth, Missabe, and Northern employee information, primarily car shop employees, 1894-1902.
Duluth, Missabe, and Northern Railway Company Map of the Mesabi Range
Railroad map of the Mesabi Range. Map is on linen.
Duluth-Superior Transit Company records
The collection contains minutes, financial books, annual reports, publications, maps, miscellaneous correspondence, news clippings, photographs, timetables, and microfilmed scrapbooks. Financial records represent the largest portion of records, and there is a significant lack of executive records.
Duluth Union Depot and Transfer Company records
The collection contains payroll books, 1892-1900; general journal vouchers for repairs, stock dividends, insurance supplies and sundries, 1892-1894; correspondence regarding normal business activities and train accident reports, 1933-1947; and a 1921 lease. The collection also includes architectural specifications for the building, and payroll records, and casualty reports.
James Jay Egan letter
The collection consists of one letter written in Washington, D. C. from Egan to Clinton Markell of the Duluth City Council.
George A. Fay papers
The collection contains notes, photographs, and news clippings.
Federal Writers' Project, Duluth (Minn.) records
The collection largely consists of typewritten manuscripts and notes collected for use in the state and regional guides. Other records included are correspondence, photos, and reference materials.
Frank Fregeau papers
The collection contains a letter by Fregeau to Joseph Sellwood, and a job verification statement and letter of recommendation from the Duluth South Shore and Atlantic Railway Company in Superior, Wisconsin, for whom Fregeau worked.
John Fritzen logging railroads map collection
The collection consists of hand drawn plat maps indicating locations of rail lines in Lake, Cook, St. Louis and Carlton counties, Minnesota.
Frank A. King papers
The collection consists of materials gathered by King about many railroads but primarily the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway and its predecessor railroads Duluth and Iron Range Railway, and Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway.
Labor Relations and Union Development in Duluth oral history interviews
The interviews in this project document the history of Duluth, Minnesota area businesses and labor unions. Barbara Sommer conducted the interviews in 1980-1981.
Lake Superior Museum of Transportation records
The collection consists of agency office files arranged in alphabetical sequence.
Robert Halstead Monford letters
The collection contains a letter of introduction for Monford and a letter describing Monford’s duties as a General Agent for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in Duluth.
Northern Pacific Railroad Company records
The collection contains journals, timetables, contracts and miscellaneous records of the Northern Pacific's operations in Duluth, Minnesota.
A Railroad in Change transcript
The collection consists of the transcript of a slide lecture, which described the history of the Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Railroad and the predominant role it played in the development of the Vermilion and Mesabi Ranges; the eventual decline of red ores; and the growth of the taconite pellet industry in Minnesota.
Railroad Location and Growth Characteristics of the Twin Ports transcript
The collection contains a transcript of a talk by Donald Shank, presented to Lutheran Brotherhood in Superior, Wisconsin on January 29, 1980.
Railroad Maps and Drawings
Maps and drawings relating to Duluth & Iron Range Railroad, and Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railroad.
Bruce Smith railroad reminiscences
Bruce Smith is a retired locomotive foreman with the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company. The collection consists of one audio cassette and accompanying transcript.
Split Rock Lumber Company records
The collection contains the company’s sixth annual financial statement, for the year 1906. The statement includes a message to stockholders.
St. Paul and Duluth Railroad Company records
George Stuntz papers
The collection contains 53 documents pertaining to the Vermilion Road Construction. 6 additional documents are included which pertain to other survey sites.
Swan River Logging Company journal
The collection contains one journal of expense account information for various railway camps including those at Mud Lake, Cass Lake and Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota. Much of the information includes food and equipment expenses.
Zweifel-Roleff Studio photograph collection for DM&IR and Oliver Iron Mining
The collection consists exclusively of negatives. The nearly 1000 negatives cover the dates 1942-1954 and were apparently made for the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range railroad and the Oliver Iron Mining Co.
