Summary Information
Title: Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad. Eau Claire Depot: Records
Inclusive Dates: 1880-1969
Creator: Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad. Eau Claire Depot
Call Number: Eau Claire Mss BI; Eau Claire Micro 27; Micro 1167
Quantity: 27.2 c.f. (28 archives boxes, 14 flat boxes) and 16 reels of microfilm (35mm)
Repository: Housed at the Area Research Center, William D. McIntyre Library, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Library-Archives Division
Archival Locations: UW-Eau Claire McIntyre Library / Eau Claire Area Research Ctr.
Abstract: Records documenting the railroad's facilities, operations, and personnel in the Eau Claire region including extensive information on agriculture, businesses, and communities in west central Wisconsin. The Eau Claire Depot served as a regional headquarters. Its records contain correspondence of the depot agent with local community agents and with the head office in St. Paul; reports on community business conditions, needs, and the role of the railroad in local industry; blueprints of railroad buildings and trackage and of area businesses; extensive employee case files and performance records; and information on a 1922 strike and threatened strikes in 1946 and 1948.
Language: English
Biography/History
In 1863 the Tomah and Lake St. Croix Railroad Company was organized by a number of prominent men from the counties of west central Wisconsin. Joseph G. Thorp and Richard F. Wilson represented Eau Claire county's interest in this railroad. Construction on the road began in 1867 and the line reached Eau Claire in 1870.
The Tomah and Lake St. Croix line was taken over in 1866 by the West Wisconsin Railway. In 1878 the bankrupt West Wisconsin was purchased by the Chicago, St. Paul, and Minneapolis Railway Company. The latter became the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad Company after an 1880 merger with the North Wisconsin Railway Company. Subsequently, in 1882, the majority of the stock was purchased by the Chicago and Northwestern Company. Although connected to the Chicago and Northwestern System, the Omaha Road continued to operate under its own name until 1925 and retained a corporate existence until 1972. The Chicago and Northwestern System discontinued passenger service in Eau Claire in 1963. During its existence the Chicago, St. Paul, and Minneapolis Railway Company laid 177.5 miles of track. The track laid by the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad Company (1882-1925) covered 1,648 miles.
The Eau Claire Depot was designed by Charles Frost who is recognized for his contribution to small railroad station design. The depot represents a Richardsonian Romanesque architecture style. The Omaha facilities in Eau Claire served as a primary depot and office for all of the surrounding stations in west central Wisconsin communities.
Sources ross, Joseph, comp.Railroads of North America: A Complete Listing of All North American Railroads, 1827 to 1986 , n.p., 1986.aney, William F. “The Building of Wisconsin Railroads,” Wisconsin Magazine of History 19 (June 1936): 307-403. aylor, Mary. “Final Report: Intensive Historic/Architectural Survey of the City of Eau Claire, Wisconsin,” unpublished, 1983.
Scope and Content Note
The collection of Eau Claire depot records for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad Company have been organized in three series: COMMUNITY RECORDS, BLUEPRINTS, and PERSONNEL RECORDS. The bulk of the collection spans from the 1920s through the 1940s. The collection is particularly strong in the areas of community development, the role of the railroad in community and local industries, and personnel files.
The series of COMMUNITY RECORDS is arranged alphabetically by community name and thereunder alphabetically by subject. Whenever possible the subject term assigned by the records' creator was retained; however, in a few cases subject terms were modified slightly for clarification.
Types of records in this series include correspondence, blueprints, and reports. The correspondence is primarily between the Eau Claire depot agent and local agents in the various community railroad stations. Scattered correspondence from the railroad's head office in St. Paul, Minnesota to the Eau Claire agent is also included. The correspondence provides information on routine railroad matters such as machinery platforms, sidewalks, the cleaning of ash pans, and the handling of mail. Other railroad matters documented include employees, depots, trackage, and joint facilities with other major railroads. A large portion of the correspondence in this series is concerned with community industries and local agriculture. Industries, such as lumber, produce, pickle, and fuel companies, applied to the railroad for trackage rights and water supply. Frequently, the correspondence pertaining to local businesses documents company beginnings, name changes, physical plant growth, production changes, and the closing of a company. Local agriculture is reflected in the correspondence pertaining to cream, milk, stock, and strawberry shipments. The materials in this series also provide information on towns that have become defunct. The correspondence in the subject files is enhanced by the accompanying blueprints. The blueprints were usually attached to correspondence items.
The series COMMUNITY RECORDS was microfilmed for preservation reasons. All of the materials within this series were microfilmed with the exception of some blueprints. If the correspondence accompanying the blueprint referred to colored markings on the print, the blueprint was not microfilmed. Nor was the blueprint filmed if it was oversized. In these two circumstances, a target reading “Blueprint Removed and Filed With Blueprint Series” was filmed in the place of the blueprint. A copy was made of the relevant letter which was attached to the blueprint. The blueprints removed during microfilming are a sub-series of the BLUEPRINTS series.
The BLUEPRINTS series primarily comprises blueprints not attached to correspondence. It is arranged alphabetically by community name. Generally, the blueprints depict railroad buildings, railroad trackage, and community businesses. The blueprints in this series are rolled and are identified by community name on the outside of the roll. A separate file consists of the blueprints removed from COMMUNITY RECORDS during the microfilming process. This sub-series also is arranged alphabetically by community name and thereunder alphabetically by subject.
The final series, PERSONNEL RECORDS, is arranged in three sub-series: strike materials, employee files, and employee performance records. The strike materials provide documentation on a strike in 1922 and called strikes in 1946 and 1948 by Omaha employees. The 1922 materials provide information on employee shortages caused by the strike, effect of the strike on railroad services, administrative policies, and violent interactions between the strikers and new employees hired as replacements. The 1946 and 1948 materials document administrative policies and procedures for strikes that were called but not acted upon.
The sub-series of employee performance record books, 1887-1931, includes information on employee starting date; reasons and date of termination; employee performance and involvement in accident incidents; and changes in job titles. A large portion of the employee performance records pertain to brakemen. Most of the volumes are arranged or indexed alphabetically. The volumes overlap considerably in date and what distinguishes one volume from another is unclear.
Employee case files, arranged numerically by file number, contain applications, employment histories, and termination sheets. The applications usually include employee name, address, age, race, and occupation. Employment histories are summaries of action taken by the company and include records of promotions, warnings, and discharges. Five percent of the case files also contain additional information in the form of letters and memos.
The sub-series of employee case files represents a five percent sample of an original 4000 case files. The first step in the sampling involved arranging the files numerically by file number. A database was created which included the names of the individuals, their file numbers, and the year in which they began employment with the railroad. The total number of individuals beginning work in a given decade, and the total number of individuals whose last name started with a particular letter of the alphabet were calculated. These totals provided two variables for the total population, year of employment and first letter of surname, with which to test the sample.
Next a table of random numbers was used to select a five percent sample. When a designated folder did not exist, as was relatively common in the low numbers, the nearest file was chosen. The variables to be used in testing the sample were obtained by tallying the number of occurrences in the sample for each first letter of the surname, and the number of individuals starting on the railroad in a given year. Finally, a faculty member of the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire history department compared the variables for the sample with those for the total population. The sample was compared to the universe of employee case files (4000 files) using the SPS-X sub-routine called Ttest. The test calculated “T” value estimates and the probability of their statistical significance, comparing year of hire and first letter of surname. The T-test results were statistically significant at the .01 level or in other words the sample was 99 percent reliable.
The sample is somewhat larger than 5 percent because in addition to complete files, the first and last document of every file was retained because of the high genealogical content. Two hundred complete files constitute the bulk of the sample.
The records are arranged numerically by file number. Indices by case file number, employee surname, and year of employment date provide access to the employee case files and are available at the Eau Claire Area Research Center.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Acquisition Information
Presented by Philip Atkinson, Eleva, Wisconsin, 1986. Accession Number: M86-085, M86-264
Processing Information
Processed by Debra Anderson, 1989.
Search Terms/Subject Terms
- Agriculture—Wisconsin
- Railroads—Wisconsin
- Wisconsin—Commerce
- Wisconsin—Economic Conditions
Contents List
Eau Claire Micro 27/Micro 1167 | Series: Community Records |
Altoona | |
Reel 1 Frame 001002 | Depot, 1912 May |
Reel 1 Frame 003004 | Ice House Relocation, undated |
Reel 1 Frame 004A- 023 | Industry Track Agreements, 1955 June |
Reel 1 Frame 024-127 | Joint Facility Charts, 1923-1928 |
Ashland | |
Reel 1 Frame 128-138 | Interchange of Cars, 1922 February |
Reel 1 Frame 139-144 | Machinery Platform, 1937 August-September |
Reel 1 Frame 145-283 | Railway Crossing, 1892 September-1941 August (Scattered) |
Reel 1 Frame 003-004 | Track Extension, 1939 November-1940 November |
Reel 1 Frame 315-346 | Tracking, Proposed, 1938 December-1941 May |
Augusta | |
Reel 1 Frame 347-381 | Opening of Stiles Street, 1920 May-1921 August |
Reel 1 Frame 382-391 | Right of Way, 1963 February-March |
Barksdale | |
Reel 1 Frame 392-420 | Dupont Powder Company, 1908 July-1912 June |
Bayfield | |
Reel 1 Frame 421-448 | Industry Trackage-James Peterson and Sons, 1939 August-December |
Reel 1 Frame 449-515 | Transfer Railway Co., 1904 May-1924 October |
Bayport | |
Reel 1 Frame 516-538 | Drainage, 1914 September-1916 May |
Reel 1 Frame 539-617 | Trackage, 1924 October-1931 March |
Bennett | |
Reel 1 Frame 618-681 | Drainage Ditches, 1910 May-1911 August |
Benoit | |
Reel 1 Frame 682-691 | Request for Cattle Pass, 1941 July-August |
Bibon | |
Reel 1 Frame 692-814 | Connection Between Omaha and Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway, 1907 January-1930 March |
Reel 1 Frame 815-831 | Handling of Heaters, 1933 October-November |
Reel 1 Frame 832-838 | Livestock, 1930 May |
Black River Falls |
Reel 1 Frame 839-842 | Depot, 1911 November |
Reel 1 Frame 843-845 | Empire State Oil Company, Lease, 1961 May |
Reel 1 Frame 846-892 | Hog Fuel Shipments, 1925 December-1928 June |
Reel 1 Frame 893-907 | Lease of Flat Cars, 1941 April-May |
Reel 1 Frame 908-912 | Limestone Unloading Pit, 1945 July |
Reel 1 Frame 913-933 | Sawdust Shipments, 1920 December-1924 May |
Reel 1 Frame 934-957 | Stock Shipments, 1911 July; 1926 April-1927 January |
Reel 1 Frame 958-1072 | Station Force, 1941 May-1942 October |
Bloomer | |
Reel 2 Frame 001-009 | Trackage, 1945 April; December |
Burkhardt | |
Reel 2 Frame 010-061 | Clearances, 1942 October-1944 August |
Cable | |
Reel 2 Frame 062-067 | Proposed Sale, 1940 March |
Cameron | |
Reel 2 Frame 068-085 | Carload Cream Shipments, 1941 February-December |
Reel 2 Frame 086-114 | Equipment/Abbott's Dairy 1940 December-1943 April |
Reel 2 Frame 113-125 | Transfer Platform, 1945 March-November |
Reel 2 Frame 126-136 | U.S. Mail Matters, 1919 July-September |
Camp Douglas | |
Reel 2 Frame 137-160 | Rental of Cars, 1939 May-1942 November |
Reel 2 Frame 161-178 | Roadway to Depot, 1940 December-1941 June |
Chili | |
Reel 2 Frame 179-199 | Cream Shipments, 1928 December-1930 January |
Reel 2 Frame 200-212 | Elm Street Crossing, 1926 April-June |
Reel 2 Frame 213-248 | Passenger Service, 1921 January-July |
Reel 2 Frame 249-262 | Trackage, 1924 June; December |
Chippewa Falls | |
Reel 2 Frame 262-429 | Freight Depot, 1921 June-1962 May (Scattered) |
Reel 2 Frame 430-770 | Passenger Depot, 1918 November-1969 October (Scattered) |
Reel 2 Frame 771-1015 | Water Supply and Stockyards, 1925 March-1959 July (Scattered) |
Clayton |
Reel 3 Frame 001-030 | Trackage, 1928 November-1930 January |
Comstock | |
Reel 3 Frame 031-057 | Trackage, 1931 July-September |
Cornell | |
Reel 3 Frame 058-070 | Cattle Pass, 1926 May-June |
Reel 3 Frame 071-089 | Coal Shipments-Cornell Wood Products Co., 1930 January |
Cumberland | |
Reel 3 Frame 090-107 | Sidewalks, 1924 May-1926 May |
Deer Park | |
Reel 3 Frame 108-121 | Creamery Site, 1932 October-1933 July |
Reel 3 Frame 122-141 | Station Facilities, 1914 May-1916 October |
Delco | |
Reel 3 Frame 142-154 | Trackage, 1930 January |
Drummond | |
Reel 3 Frame 155-169 | Rust Owen Co., 1933 August |
Eagle Point | |
Reel 3 Frame 170-176 | Grain Doors, 1939 June-July |
Eau Claire |
Reel 3 Frame 177-183 | A.F. Schwahn & Sons, 1947 August-September |
Reel 3 Frame 184-199 | Armour & Company-Trackage, 1934 May-1939 April (Scattered) |
Reel 3 Frame 200-202 | Briggs Transfer Co., 1948 November |
Reel 3 Frame 203-218 | Cast Stone Construction Co., 1920 June; 1928 July- August |
Reel 3 Frame 219-231 | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railway, 1936 December-1948 August (Scattered) |
Reel 3 Frame 232-250 | Chippewa Valley Produce Company-Trackage, 1923 January; 1924 July-August |
Reel 3 Frame 251-264 | City of Eau Claire, 1934 January; December; 1935 January |
Reel 3 Frame 265-311 | Consumer Service Co., 1930 November-1949 September (Scattered) |
Reel 3 Frame 312-589 | Coordination of Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls Facilities, 1933 May-1937 March (Scattered) |
Reel 3 Frame 590-714 | Coordination of Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls Facilities-Miscellaneous, 1934 (original order retained) |
Reel 3 Frame 715-733 | Damaged Property, 1926 September-December; 1929 April |
Reel 3 Frame 734-798 | Dells Paper and Pulp Company-Trackage, 1922 August-1928 September (Scattered) |
Reel 3 Frame 799-807 | Eau Claire Cold Storage Company-Trackage, 1934 October-December |
Reel 3 Frame 808-838 | Eau Claire Milk Producers Association-Trackage, 1928 June; August; 1943 June; 1944 April-May; September |
Reel 3 Frame 839-862 | Eau Claire Pad Company-Trackage, 1928 November- 1936 September (Scattered) |
Reel 3 Frame 863-878 | Farmers Cooperative Spur, 1922 December; 1923 September |
Gillette Rubber Company | |
Reel 4 Frame 001-063 | Joint Trackage, 1925 December-1942 June (Scattered) |
Reel 4 Frame 064-105 | Joint Trackage With Chippewa Valley Produce, 1920 May-1929 June (Scattered) |
Reel 4 Frame 106-117 | Tunnel for Joint Trackage, 1926 May; December |
Reel 4 Frame 118-129 | Interchange Track, Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company, 1923 July |
Reel 4 Frame 130-295 | Joint Facilities with Green Bay and Western Railroad Company, 1918 January-1940 August (Scattered) |
Reel 4 Frame 296-315 | Kaiser Lumber Company-Trackage, 1923 May; December; 1924 January |
Reel 4 Frame 316-344 | Libby McNeil and Libby Co.-Trackage, 1924 April- August; 1927 August-October |
Reel 4 Frame 345-359 | McDonough Manufacturing Company-Trackage, 1923 December; 1924 January |
Reel 4 Frame 360-502 | Northern States Power Company, 1920 March-1962 January (Scattered) |
Reel 4 Frame 503-505 | Peters Meat Products Company-Trackage, 1953 December |
Reel 4 Frame 506-519 | Private Crossing McDonough Street, 1925 March-June |
Reel 4 Frame 520-532 | Reid Murdock Company-Trackage, 1925 October |
Reel 4 Frame 533-610 | S. Gilson Lumber Company-Trackage, 1927 October- 1937 March (Scattered) |
Reel 4 Frame 611-623 | Soo Line Railway, 1929 February; 1949 June-August |
Reel 4 Frame 624-633 | Sterling Paper and Pulp Company-Trackage, 1940 January; 1949 October |
Reel 4 Frame 634-640 | Switching Service, 1941 May-June |
Reel 4 Frame 641-714 | Trackage, 1905 June-1940 August (Scattered) |
Reel 4 Frame 715-805 | U.S. Rubber Company-Trackage, 1941 August-1949 June (Scattered) |
Reel 4 Frame 805A- 814 | White Machine Works-Trackage, 1943 October; 1949 January |
Elk Mound | |
Reel 5 Frame 001-005 | Pickling Station-Trackage, 1925 May-June |
Reel 5 Frame 006-012 | Station Facilities, 1907 February-1926 January (Scattered) |
Ellsworth | |
Reel 5 Frame 013-030 | Lease for Driveway, Fences, 1919 August-September |
Elmwood | |
Reel 5 Frame 031-041 | Elevator Site-Elmwood Lumber and Grain Co., 1919 February-June; 1920 April |
Reel 5 Frame 042-061 | Industry Trackage, 1942 May-September |
Reel 5 Frame 061-076 | Unloading Platform, 1920 January-August |
Reel 5 Frame 077-098 | Water Pipes, 1913 October-November |
Elmwood-Weston | |
Reel 5 Frame 099-239 | Retire Tracks, 1934 April-1935 July |
Elroy | |
Reel 5 Frame 240-252 | Chicago and Northwestern Handling of Omaha Business, 1926 June-August; 1929 October |
Reel 5 Frame 253-292 | Joint Facilities with Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company, 1915 October-1927 December (Scattered) |
Reel 5 Frame 293-326 | Unloading Pit, 1934 August-1935 September |
Glover | |
Reel 5 Frame 327-335 | Station Grounds, 1917 January |
Grandview | |
Reel 5 Frame 336-346 | Marble Quarry, 1932 June-1934 January (Scattered) |
Granton | |
Reel 5 Frame 347-355 | Right of Way, 1962 February |
Reel 5 Frame 356-379 | Trackage Sites, 1944 August-1947 May |
Reel 5 Frame 380-386 | Unloading Platform, 1946 January-August |
Hannibal | |
Reel 5 Frame 387-839 | Train Service, 1911 June-1935 September (Scattered) |
Hayward | |
Reel 5 Frame 840-846 | Express Matters, 1932 April |
Reel 5 Frame 847-857 | LCL Merchandise Cars, 1941 October-November |
Reel 5 Frame 858-992 | Station Force, 1927 April-1929 August; 1934 November-1935 May; 1952 (Scattered) |
Hudson | |
Reel 6 Frame 001-193 | Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railroad Bulletins, 1907 March-1937 October (Scattered) |
Reel 6 Frame 194-205 | Cleaning Engine Ash Pans, 1926 August |
Reel 6 Frame 206-216 | Handling of Merchandise, 1941 January-April |
Reel 6 Frame 217-222 | Depot, 1892 September; 1913 July |
Reel 6 Frame 223-224 | Sand Stove and Fittings, 1922 August |
Reel 6 Frame 225-235 | Shops, 1890 September; 1918 November; 1919 August |
Reel 6 Frame 236-431 | Switch Engine Service, 1917 May-1948 June |
Humbird |
Reel 6 Frame 432-455 | Location of Section Tool House, 1938 July-September |
Hustler | |
Reel 6 Frame 456-476 | Creamery Site-Proposed Trackage, 1916 February- November |
Reel 6 Frame 477-557 | Stock Shipments, 1912 March-1932 December (Scattered) |
Itasca | |
Reel 6 Frame 558-569 | Welfare Facilities for Trainmen, 1945 October; 1946 April-June |
Jim Falls | |
Reel 6 Frame 570-581 | Sunday Service for Milk Shipments, 1928 June-July |
Knapp | |
Reel 6 Frame 582-590 | Machinery Platform, 1920 May |
Koll | |
Gravel Pit | |
Reel 6 Frame 591-601 | Fences, 1912 December-1913 February |
Reel 6 Frame 602-612 | Lease, 1907 May-June |
Reel 6 Frame 613-615 | Loading Logs, 1928 December |
Reel 6 Frame 616-629 | Loading Sand, 1909 July-August |
Lakeland Junction | |
Reel 6 Frame 630-633 | Flagman Shanty, 1941 October |
Reel 6 Frame 634-653 | Interlocking Plant, 1941 December |
Lampson | |
Reel 6 Frame 654-711 | Trackage, 1946 April-October |
Levis | |
Reel 6 Frame 712-731 | Ditch and Drainage Matters, 1912 August-1914 February |
Reel 6 Frame 732-750 | Dwelling House, 1907 May-1917 October (Scattered) |
Reel 6 Frame 751-757 | Section Tool House, 1927 April-August |
Marshfield | |
Reel 6 Frame 758-761 | Abandoned Lines-General, 1938 January |
Reel 6 Frame 762-784 | Cheese Shipments, 1921 January-May |
Reel 6 Frame 785-833 | Cinder Pit, 1916 August-1928 January (Scattered) |
Reel 6 Frame 834-861 | Express Matters, 1911 October-1912 April |
Reel 6 Frame 862-869 | Grade Crossing, 1936 January-May |
Reel 6 Frame 870-922 | Icing Facilities, 1910 December-1928 February |
Reel 6 Frame 923-933 | Machinery Unloading, 1923 March-June; 1940 June |
Reel 6 Frame 934-942 | Passenger Depot-“Welcome Home” Sign, 1946 February-1947 August |
Reel 6 Frame 943-944 | Right of Way, 1948 July |
Reel 6 Frame 945-953 | Yard Expenses, 1931 March |
Menomonie | |
Reel 7 Frame 001-007 | Clearance Matters, 1934 September-1945 January |
Reel 7 Frame 017-020 | Passenger Station Depot, undated |
Reel 7 Frame 008-012 | Seal Records, 1932 April-December |
Reel 7 Frame 013-016 | Switching, 1946 September |
Reel 7 Frame 021-058 | Trackage-Menomonie Fuel and Supply Co., 1929 November-1930 September |
Merrillan | |
Reel 7 Frame 077-110 | Coal Tickets, 1933 August-October |
Reel 7 Frame 111-120 | Construction of Cement Block Manufacturing Company 1946 May-August |
Reel 7 Frame 121-154 | Crossing Flagmen-Pearl Street, 1936 May-1939 January |
Reel 7 Frame 059-071 | Depot, 1880 April; 1909 December |
Reel 7 Frame 072-076 | Derailings, 1941 January |
Reel 7 Frame 155-190 | Turntable, 1942 October-1943 September |
Reel 7 Frame 191-205 | Western Union Matters, 1944 October-1945 May |
Millston | |
Reel 7 Frame 206-238 | Retire Portions of Valuation Tracks 1 and 3, 1931 August; 1934 February-March; 1940 April-May; 1941 January-February |
Reel 7 Frame 239-262 | Right of Way Fence, 1921 August-1928 December (Scattered) |
Reel 7 Frame 263-277 | Temporary Spur Track, 1940 July-September |
Minong | |
Reel 7 Frame 278-283 | Right of Way, 1947 May |
Reel 7 Frame 284-301 | Safety Conditions, 1944 October-December |
Mondovi | |
Reel 7 Frame 302-319 | Unloading Device, 1948 July-August |
Reel 7 Frame 320-322 | Western Union Matters, 1946 September-October |
Neillsville | |
Reel 7 Frame 323-330 | Depot-Autos Driving on Platforms, 1941 August |
Reel 7 Frame 331-336 | Drainage Matters, 1939 July-August |
Reel 7 Frame 337-353 | J.B. Inderrieden Company-Trackage, 1930 January; 1943 June-July |
Reel 7 Frame 354-359 | Merchandise Cars, 1942 January |
Reel 7 Frame 360-369 | Station Force, 1945 October-December |
Reel 7 Frame 370-411 | Switching Matters, 1942 July-November |
Reel 7 Frame 412-449 | Tibbets Ice and Fuel, 1942 March-December |
Reel 7 Frame 450-478 | Trackage-Burley Elevator Company, 1923 March- August |
New Auburn | |
Reel 7 Frame 479-487 | Drainage, 1927 March-Hay |
New Richmond | |
Reel 7 Frame 488-520 | Agent, 1941 December-1945 March |
Reel 7 Frame 521-570 | Clearance Matters, 1943 July-1944 May |
Reel 7 Frame 571-573 | Engine House, 1929 April |
Reel 7 Frame 574-601 | Oil Unloading Device, 1945 January-1948 October |
Reel 7 Frame 602-775 | Snow Fences, 1905 March-1947 September |
Reel 7 Frame 776-802 | Trackage-Strand Ski Company, 1943 August-1945 May |
Reel 7 Frame 803-884 | Willow River Lumber Company, 1911 February-1919 December |
0jibway | |
Reel 7 Frame 885-905 | Guidelines for Log Jammer, 1943 November-1944 February |
Reel 7 Frame 906-908 | Pipelines and Unloading Devices, 1947 July |
Osseo | |
Reel 7 Frame 909-914 | Oil Unloading Device, 1948 March |
Reel 7 Frame 915-959 | Pickle Company Station Site, 1924 January-December |
Park Falls | |
Reel 8 Frame 001-196 | Assigned Log Flats-Edward Hines Lumber Company, 1941 August-1944 April |
Reel 8 Frame 197-303 | Atwood Lumber Company-Track Materials Contract, 1914 December-1937 July (Scattered) |
Reel 8 Frame 304-333 | Discontinuance of Passenger Service, 1933 January- April |
Reel 8 Frame 334-367 | Electric Railway Crossing for Park Falls Lumber Company, 1916 March-1917 May; 1943 May |
Reel 8 Frame 368-373 | Flambeau Paper Company, 1938 December |
Reel 8 Frame 374-416 | Hog Fuel Cars, 1932 December-1936 August (Scattered) |
Reel 8 Frame 417-429 | Ice Requirements, 1937 August-1938 December (Scattered) |
Reel 8 Frame 430-679 | Log Train Service, 1927 October-1942 April |
Reel 8 Frame 680-689 | Passenger Service, 1938 April-June |
Reel 8 Frame 690-692 | Sleeping Quarters, 1944 August |
Reel 8 Frame 693-696 | Unloading Platform, 1940 June-July |
Reel 8 Frame 697-868 | Train Service, 1909 March-1937 May (Scattered) |
Radisson | |
Reel 8 Frame 869-879 | Station Grounds-Historical Building, 1935 May-1937 January (Scattered) |
Reel 8 Frame 880-889 | Train Service, 1905 October-1907 December (Scattered) |
Rice Lake | |
Reel 8 Frame 890-904 | Bridge No. 698, 1931 September; 1935 September- 1936 June |
Reel 8 Frame 905-909 | Car Repairer, 1914 January-1918 December |
Reel 8 Frame 910-965 | Ice Requirements, 1938 December-1944 December |
Reel 8 Frame 966-970 | Log Shipments, 1930 April |
Reel 8 Frame 971-974 | Operation of Road Engines, 1936 July |
Reel 8 Frame 975-980 | Park Fence, 1942 November-1943 March |
Reel 8 Frame 981-988 | Station Force, 1926 March |
Reel 8 Frame 989-1029 | Yard Tracks, 1939 August-1941 December |
River Falls | |
Reel 9 Frame 001-012 | Coal Storage Bin, 1949 October-December |
Reel 9 Frame 013-046 | Ice Supply, 1926 December-1934 January (Scattered) |
Reel 9 Frame 047-117 | Mail Matters, 1916 March-1922 April |
Reel 9 Frame 118-131 | New Station, 1915 August-November |
Reel 9 Frame 132-248 | Stockyards, 1902 November-1930 November (Scattered) |
Reel 9 Frame 249-278 | Trackage for Whitcomb-Campbell, 1908 June-1909 March |
Roberts | |
Reel 9 Frame 279-282 | Removal of West Bound Passing Track, 1942 August; December |
Reel 9 Frame 283-329 | Stockyards, 1913 November-1937 December, (Scattered) |
Reel 9 Frame 330-440 | Trackage-Hemp Company, 1920 March-1936 August (Scattered) |
Rockmont | |
Reel 9 Frame 441-458 | Telegraph Station-Assigned Hours, 1919 February- 1931 November |
Roxby | |
Reel 9 Frame 459-540 | Gravel Pit, 1902 January-1935 May (Scattered) |
Reel 9 Frame 541-655 | Trackage-Bayfield County Highway Commission, 1930 April-1943 March (Scattered) |
Sarona | |
Reel 9 Frame 656-670 | Station Facilities, 1905 March; May |
Reel 9 Frame 671-681 | Station Personnel, 1925 April-December (Scattered) |
Reel 9 Frame 682-695 | Stockyards, 1906 August-September; 1923 May; 1943 May-June |
Seeley | |
Reel 9 Frame 696-707 | Check of Station Accounts, 1928 January; 1929 April; 1930 May |
Severona | |
Reel 9 Frame 708-722 | Highway Crossing, 1928 April-June |
Shell Lake | |
Reel 9 Frame 723-734 | Stockyards, 1940 June; November |
Reel 9 Frame 735-751 | U.S. Mail, 1919 June-August; 1943 May |
Reel 9 Frame 752-866 | Water Supply, 1903 December-1939 November (Scattered) |
Sheppard | |
Reel 9 Frame 867-974 | Interlocking Plant, 1912 January-1942 February (Scattered) |
Reel 9 Frame 975-1005 | Telegraph Station-Assigned Hours, 1913 February- 1944 February (Scattered) |
Sioux | |
Reel 10 Frame 001-067 | Station Facilities, 1909 August-1914 April (Scattered) |
Snider | |
Reel 10 Frame 068-083 | Log Shipments, 1910 January-1911 January |
Reel 10 Frame 084-111 | Retirement of Tracks, 1935 March-September |
Solon Springs | |
Reel 10 Frame 112-237 | Trackage, 1928 July-1942 December (Scattered) |
South Range | |
Reel 10 Frame 238-249 | Check of Station Accounts, 1928 October; 1929 July; 1930 April |
Spooner | |
Reel 10 Frame 250-271 | Chandler Gravel Pit, 1932 July-1936 August (Scattered) |
Reel 10 Frame 272-308 | Cleaning and Washing Boxcars, 1937 July-1943 October (Scattered) |
Reel 10 Frame 309-327 | Clerical Force in Roadmaster's Office-Assigned Hours, 1918 October-1920 March |
Reel 10 Frame 328-637 | Eating House and Hotel, 1901 October-1940 September |
Reel 10 Frame 638-772 | Electric Lights, 1906 February-1931 September (Scattered) |
Reel 10 Frame 773-798 | Express Matters, 1922 February-1930 November (Scattered) |
Reel 10 Frame 799-1297 | Ice Supply, 1923 December; 1929 April-1948 February |
Reel 11 Frame 001-019 | Inspection of Heated Refrigerator Cars, 1912 February-1923 February (Scattered) |
Reel 11 Frame 020-131 | Passenger Station Facilities, 1912 September-1927 March (Scattered) |
Reel 11 Frame 132-138 | Roadmaster's Office, 1943 July |
Reel 11 Frame 139-229 | Water Supply, 1902 June-1920 December (Scattered) |
Springbrook | |
Reel 11 Frame 230-277 | Stockyard, 1913 June-1918 October (Scattered) |
Spring Valley | |
Reel 11 Frame 278-357 | Iron Ore Washer Building, 1904 May-1917 March (Scattered) |
Reel 11 Frame 358-469 | Rock Spur, 1902 May-1936 December (Scattered) |
Reel 11 Frame 358-469 | Slag Pile, 1901 August-1935 January (Scattered) |
Reel 11 Frame 470-606 | Spur and Sidetracks, 1907 March-1925 September (Scattered) |
Reel 11 Frame 607-672 | Stockyards, 1920 September-1939 November (Scattered) |
Reel 11 Frame 703-766 | Trackage, 1923 March-1925 October |
Reel 11 Frame 767-806 | Water Supply, 1908 August-1939 November (Scattered) |
Reel 11 Frame 807-838 | Wire Crossing, 1925 August-1927 July (Scattered) |
Stanton | |
Reel 11 Frame 839-855 | Check of Station Accounts, 1928 January-1930 April (Scattered) |
Reel 11 Frame 856-881 | Closing Station-Caretaker, 1930 February-1935 January (Scattered) |
Stinnet | |
Reel 11 Frame 882-906 | Abandonment of Station, 1944 February-December (Scattered) |
Reel 11 Frame 907-911 | Loading Dock, 1936 July-August |
Reel 11 Frame 912-931 | Overhead Bridge with Soo Line, 1927 July-1939 November (Scattered) |
Reel 11 Frame 932-938 | Retirement of All Valuation Track No. 1, 1942 July- December, (Scattered) |
Stowell | |
Reel 12 Frame 001-027 | Track Retirements, 1941 August-September; 1942 March-June |
Strum | |
Reel 12 Frame 028-054 | Cattle Pass, 1917 February-April |
Reel 12 Frame 055-056 | Depot, undated |
Reel 12 Frame 057-107 | Mail Matters, 1919 August-1937 December (Scattered) |
Reel 12 Frame 108-290 | Stockyards, 1903 February-1947 September (Scattered) |
Sweden | |
Reel 12 Frame 291-404 | Spur Trackage, 1900 July-1942 December (Scattered) |
Reel 12 Frame 405-433 | Station Facilities, 1927 April-August; 1944 February- June; 1948 August |
Sydney | |
Reel 12 Frame 434-439 | Freight, 1909 November |
Reel 12 Frame 440-445 | Passing Track, 1942 August |
Trego | |
Reel 12 Frame 446-499 | Caretaker, 1944 July-1952 September (Scattered) |
Reel 12 Frame 500-563 | Check of Station Accounts, 1927 October-1952 August |
Reel 12 Frame 564-572 | Highway Crossing, 1923 December; 1925 July |
Reel 12 Frame 573-576 | Mail Matters, 1922 December; 1942 January |
Trow | |
Reel 12 Frame 577-591 | Retirement of Passing Track, 1941 September-1942 June (Scattered) |
Truax | |
Reel 12 Frame 592-620 | Stockyards, 1906 October-1935 November (Scattered) |
Tunnel |
Reel 12 Frame 621-661 | Drainage Matters, 1919 October-1921 August (Scattered) |
Reel 12 Frame 662-683 | Employees, 1915 December-1942 June (Scattered) |
Turtle Lake | |
Reel 12 Frame 684-695 | Mail Matters, 1923 March; 1938 December; 1945 December |
Reel 12 Frame 696-738 | Stockyards, 1900 August-1936 June (Scattered) |
Tuscobia | |
Reel 12 Frame 739-743 | Sale of Land, 1934 July |
Reel 12 Frame 744-766 | Telegraph Station-Assigned Hours, 1919 February- 1944 September (Scattered) |
Valley Junction | |
Reel 12 Frame 767-769 | Depot, undated |
Reel 12 Frame 770-1070 | Interlocking Plant, 1900 November-1926 May (Scattered) |
Reel 12 Frame 1071-1214 | Joint Station Facilities, 1902 September-1933 June (Scattered) |
Reel 12 Frame 1215-1274 | Mail Matters, 1921 March-1923 November; 1932 March |
Reel 12 Frame 1275-1313 | Stockyards, 1898 November-1928 May (Scattered) |
Reel 12 Frame 1314-1353 | Telegrapher-Assigned Hours, 1915 December-1926 February (Scattered) |
Waller Pit |
Reel 13 Frame 001-078 | Fence Matters, 1921 April-1936 January (Scattered) |
Reel 13 Frame 079-114 | Sale of Land, 1930 September-1935 June (Scattered) |
Reel 13 Frame 115-180 | Track Retirement, 1934 November-1942 October (Scattered) |
Reel 13 Frame 181-306 | Wedges Creek and Trackage, 1898 February-1934 June (Scattered) |
Warren | |
Reel 13 Frame 307-352 | George Warren Co.-Trackage, 1898 October-1899 September; 1914 April; 1916 June |
Reel 13 Frame 353-403 | Pickling Station-Trackage, 1906 April-December |
Reel 13 Frame 404-417 | Strawberry Shipments, 1924 June-July |
Wascott | |
Reel 13 Frame 418-445 | Check of Station Accounts, 1928-1943 |
Washburn | |
Reel 13 Frame 446-461 | Car Department Work Force, 1929 April-May; 1930 January; April |
Reel 13 Frame 462-486 | Crossing at Fourth Avenue East, 1927 June-August |
Reel 13 Frame 487-603 | Excelsior Products Company-Trackage, 1920 May- 1936 May (Scattered) |
Reel 13 Frame 604-607 | Handling of Company Coal, 1928 December; 1934 March |
Reel 13 Frame 608-771 | Kenfield and Lamoreaux-Trackage, 1902 March-1929 October (Scattered) |
Reel 13 Frame 772-774 | Mail Matters, 1918 October | |
Reel 13 Frame 775-839 | Sprague Lumber Company-Trackage, 1910 May- November | |
Weston | ||
Reel 14 Frame 001-079 | Assigned Hours, 1915 December-1931 December (Scattered) | |
Reel 14 Frame 080-130 | Check of Station Accounts, 1920 August-1931 January (Scattered) | |
Reel 14 Frame 131-185 | Engine House, 1909 June-1917 April (Scattered) | |
Reel 14 Frame 186-192 | Mail Matters, 1923 January-February | |
Reel 14 Frame 193-215 | Moving Terminal to Elmwood, 1921 January-1928 February (Scattered) | |
Reel 14 Frame 216-242 | Private Pipeline for Henry Bates, 1925 May-November | |
Reel 14 Frame 243-261 | Retirement of Spur Track, 1925 May-June | |
Reel 14 Frame 262-356 | Starr Lumber Company-Trackage, 1904 March-1910 May (Scattered) | |
Reel 14 Frame 357-436 | Thies Pickle Company-Water Supply, 1925 June-1935 May (Scattered) | |
Reel 14 Frame 437-474 | Water Supply, 1910 April-November; 1920 January | |
Reel 14 Frame 475-583 | Weston Lumber Company-Trackage, 1919 July-1934 September (Scattered) | |
Wildwood | |
Reel 14 Frame 584-702 | Station Facilities, 1903 March-1949 August (Scattered) |
Wilson | |
Reel 14 Frame 703-931 | Assigned Hours and Caretaker, 1915 December-1949 August (Scattered) |
Reel 14 Frame 932-1030 | Check of Station Accounts, 1921 February-1952 March (Scattered) |
Reel 14 Frame 1031-1112 | Closing of Station, 1950 August-1953 July (Scattered) |
Reel 14 Frame 1113-1117 | Depot, 1908 August |
Reel 14 Frame 1118-1122 | Grain Doors, 1939 December-1940 January |
Reel 14 Frame 1123-1159 | Mail Matters, 1915 May-1946 June (Scattered) |
Reel 14 Frame 1160-1169 | Nestle's Food Company-Private Crossing, 1927 December-1928 January |
Reel 14 Frame 1170-1203 | Standard Oil Company-Unloading Apparatus, 1920 June-1921 May (Scattered) |
Reel 14 Frame 1204-1217 | Stockyards, 1939 September; 1943 June-July |
Woodville | |
Reel 15 Frame 001-047 | Drainage Ditch, 1915 August-1916 December |
Reel 15 Frame 048-986 | Freight Depot-Electric Lights and Leases, 1926 September-1942 September (Scattered) |
Reel 15 Frame 087-101 | Highway Condition, 1918 May |
Reel 15 Frame 102-158 | Stockyards, 1904 July-1939 September (Scattered) |
Reel 15 Frame 159-202 | Storage Track, 1913 June-November |
Miscellaneous | |
Reel 15 Frame 203-205 | Cave (East of Roberts), 1917 May |
Reel 15 Frame 206-209 | Crossing Gates, 1917 May |
Reel 15 Frame 210-211 | Depot, 1912 February |
Reel 15 Frame 212-216 | Derrick Cars, circa 1914 May; 1915 August |
Reel 15 Frame 217-220 | Ditch (South of Baldwin), 1915 April-May |
Reel 15 Frame 221-236 | Engine Houses, 1902 April; 1913 February, July; 1927 June |
Reel 15 Frame 237-255 | Smoke Jacks, 1902 April-1929 November (Scattered) |
Reel 15 Frame 256-261 | Station Platforms, 1915 June; 1916 June |
Eau Claire Mss BI | Series: Blueprints |
Box 2 | Altoona |
Box 2 | Angus |
Box 2 | Anson |
Box 2 | Arnold |
Box 1 & 2 | Ashland Junction |
Box 5 | Augusta |
Box 2 | Baldwin |
Box 1 & 5 | Barksdale |
Box 2 | Barronett |
Box 5 | Beldenville |
Box 2 | Bennett |
Box 2 | Benoit |
Box 2 | Black River Falls |
Box 1 | Bloomer |
Box 2 | Boardman |
Box 2 | Brill |
Box 2 | Burkhardt |
Box 1 | Cable |
Box 2 | Cameron |
Box 2 | Camp Douglas |
Box 2 | Cedarhurst |
Box 1 | Chetek |
Box 2 | Chili |
Box 1 | Chippewa Falls |
Box 2 | Clayton |
Box 2 | Clear Lake |
Box 2 | Cobban |
Box 2 | Columbia |
Box 2 | Comstock |
Box 2 | Cornell |
Box 2 | Cumberland |
Box 1 | Dauby |
Box 2 | Deer Park |
Box 2 | Donald |
Box 1 | Drummond |
Box 1 | Eagle Point |
Box 2 | Earl |
Box 2 | Eau Claire |
Box 2 | Eleva |
Box 3 | Ellsworth |
Box 5 | Elmwood |
Box 5 | Elroy |
Box 5 | Fairchild |
Box 3 | Fall Creek |
Box 1 | Grandview |
Box 3 | Granton |
Box 5 | Hammond |
Box 3 | Hannibal |
Box 3 | Haugen |
Box 3 | Hawthorne |
Box 1 | Hayward |
Box 3 | Hines |
Box 1 | Houghton |
Box 3; 5 | Hudson |
Box 3 | Hughey |
Box 5 | Humbird |
Box 3 | Hustler |
Box 3 | Jim Falls |
Box 5 | Kaiser |
Box 3 | Knapp |
Box 5 | Koll |
Box 3 | Kurth |
Box 3 | Lakeside |
Box 3 | Lampson |
Box 5 | Lemington |
Box 5 | Levis |
Box 5 | Linderman |
Box 5 | Marshfield |
Box 3 | Mason |
Box 5 | Menomonie |
Box 3 | Merrillan |
Box 3 | Midvale |
Box 3 | Millston |
Box 3 | Minong |
Box 3 | Mondovi |
Box 3 | Narrows |
Box 5 | Neillsville |
Box 1 | New Auburn |
Box 3 | New Richmond |
Box 3 | Norma |
Box 3 | Northline |
Box 3 | Oakdale |
Box 3 | Ojibwa |
Box 5 | Osseo |
Box 4 | Phipps |
Box 4 | Price |
Box 5 | Requa |
Box 5 | Rice Lake |
Box 4 | Richardson |
Box 4 | Roberts |
Box 4 | Rockmont |
Box 4 | Rodell |
Box 4 | Rusic |
Box 1 | Salmo |
Box 4 | Sarona |
Box 4 | Sauntry |
Box 4 | Seeley |
Box 5 | Shawtown |
Box 4 | Shell Lake |
Box 5 | Slag Pile Spur |
Box 5 | Solon Springs |
Box 5 | Spooner |
Box 4 | Spring Brook |
Box 5 | Spring Valley |
Box 4 | Stanton |
Box 4 | Stowell |
Box 5 | Strum |
Box 1 | Summit Spur |
Box 4 | Superior |
Box 5 | Sydney |
Box 5 | Teegarden |
Box 5 | Trego |
Box 4 | Trow |
Box 4 | Truax |
Box 4 | Tunnel |
Box 5 | Turtle Lake |
Box 4 | Tuscobia |
Box 4 | Valley Junction |
Box 4 | Warren |
Box 4 | Wascott |
Box 1 | Washburn |
Box 5 | Wilson |
Box 4 | Winter |
Box 4 | Wyeville |
Box 4 | Yarnell |
Blueprints Removed from Microfilmed Correspondence | |
Box 6 Folder 1 | Altoona |
Box 6 Folder 1 | Ashland |
Box 6 Folder 1 | Bayfield |
Box 6 Folder 1 | Bayport |
Box 6 Folder 1 | Chippewa Falls |
Box 6 Folder 2 | Camp Douglas |
Box 6 Folder 3 | Eau Claire |
Box 6 Folder 4 | Elmwood |
Box 6 Folder 4 | Elmwood-Weston |
Box 6 Folder 4 | Glover |
Box 6 Folder 4 | Koll |
Box 6 Folder 4 | Marshfield |
Box 6 Folder 4 | Merrillan |
Box 6 Folder 4 | Millston |
Box 6 Folder 4 | Neillsville |
Box 6 Folder 5 | Roxby |
Box 6 Folder 5 | Sheppard |
Box 6 Folder 5 | Solon Springs |
Box 6 Folder 5 | Spooner |
Box 6 Folder 5 | Spring Valley |
Box 6 Folder 5 | Sweden |
Box 6 Folder 5 | Tuscobia |
Box 6 Folder 5 | Valley Junction |
Box 6 Folder 5 | Waller Pit |
Box 6 Folder 5 | Warren |
Box 6 Folder 5 | Washburn |
Box 6 Folder 5 | Weston |
Box 6 Folder 5 | Woodville |
Box 6 Folder 5 | Miscellaneous |
Series: Personnel Records | |
Eau Claire Micro 27/Micro 1167 | Strike Materials |
1922 Strike | |
Reel 15 Frame 262-602 | Correspondence, 1922 July-August |
Reel 15 Frame 603-902 | Telegrams, 1922 August |
Reel 16 Frame 001-224 | Correspondence, 1922 September |
1946 Called Strike | |
Reel 16 Frame 225-368 | Embargo Notices and Other Instructions, 1946 May |
1948 Called Strike | |
Reel 16 Frame 369-471 | Office of Superintendent Communications, 1948 May |
Eau Claire Mss BI | Employee Case Files |
Box 7 | 51-482 |
Box 8 | 484-770 |
Box 9 | 754-1097 |
Box 10 | 1063-1616 |
Box 11 | 1618-2563 |
Box 12 | 2082-2643 |
Box 13 | 2644-3175 |
Box 14 | 3176-3716 |
Box 15 | 3622-4319 |
Box 16 | 4368-4831 |
Box 17 | 4838-5263 |
Box 18 | 5265-6222 |
Box 19 | 6168-6332 |
Box 20 | 6333-6427 |
Box 21 | 6429-6538 |
Box 22 | 6539-6643 |
Box 23 | 6644-6763 |
Box 24 | 6764-6933 |
Box 25 | 6934-7049 |
Box 26 | 7050-7291 |
Box 27 | 7292-7456 |
Box 28 | 7457-7652 |
Box 29 | 7653-7817 |
Box 30 | 7785-7966 |
Box 31 | 7697-8164 |
Box 32 | 8165-8350 |
Box 33 | 8351-8566 |
Box 34 | 8567-8781 |
Employee Performance Record Books | |
Box 35 Folder 1 | Brakemen, 1887 August-1898 September |
Box 36-37 | 1892 September-1926 November |
Box 35 Folder 2 | 1894 January-1913 January |
Box 38 Folder 1 | 1895 March-1912 February |
Box 38 Folder 2 | 1898 May-1912 June |
Box 39 Folder 1 | 1902 April-1931 May |
Box 39 Folder 2 | 1902 September-1914 November |
Box 40 Folder 1 | 1903 April-1913 August |
Box 40 Folder 2 | 1906 August-1912 May |
Box 41 Folder 1 | 1907 September-1912 September |
Box 41 Folder 2 | 1907 December-1912 September |
Box 42 Folder 1 | 1910 April-1912 November |
Box 42 Folder 2 | 1910 November-1912 July |