RELATED MATERIAL
The Great Northern Railway
Company corporate records are the historical records of the St.
Paul-based Great Northern Railway, its predecessors, and its subsidiaries and
affiliates. The collection documents its 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. The collection measures approximately
4,900 cubic feet in size.
The Northern Pacific Railway
Company corporate records are the historical records of the St.
Paul-based Northern Pacific Railway, its predecessors, and its subsidiaries and
affiliates. The collection documents its 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. The collection measures approximately 10,600
cubic feet in size.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Provenance:
Major portions of the Hill Family Collection were previously held at the James J.
Hill Reference Library. These portions were transferred to the Minnesota
Historical Society in March, 2008.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 7931; 9721; 9754; 9885; 10,651; 10,843; 11,762; 15,401; 15,568;
15,569; 16,137; 16,297
Processing Information:
Processed by: Duane Swanson and Jillian Odland, September 2008-April 2010.
Work on the Hill Family Collection was supported with funds granted by
the Northwest Area, Grotto, and Jerome Foundations.
Catalog ID number: 6668541