Great Northern Railway Historical Society Miscellaneous Collection

Great Northern "Goat" Magazine, Volume 7, Number 4, April 1930 Letter Asking Great Northern Railway Employees Regarding Baggage Cars, 1950 Letters from Vice Chairman of The Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen to Great Northern Empl... Miscellaneous Great Northern Correspondence and Statistics Regarding Railroad Track Ties, circa 1... Great Northern Correspondence on Renewal of Bridge Timbers, Pilings and Ties circa 1896, 1897 and... Great Northern Correspondence with James J. Hill on Renewals of Ties, 1895 "Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba", "The Anglo-American Times" Article:  ... An Article on the History of Great Northern Railway's Mountain Goat Logo, 1967 Explorations for a Route for a Pacific Railroad, 1855, Title Page Explorations for a Route for a Pacific Railroad, 1855, Table of Contents
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US MnSpGNR E0480

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Great Northern Railway Historical Society Miscellaneous Collection

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  • 2011 (Creation)

Extent

85 documents and photographs

Name of creator

(1973-)

Administrative history

The Society was founded by Charles F. Martin in 1973 under the name "The Fraternal Order of Empire Builders", and it was dedicated to the preservation of everything related to the Great Northern Railway. In 1982 the Society name became "The Great Northern Railway Historical Society". With this name change the Society also became chartered under the not-for-profit laws of the State of Illinois, and acquired tax exempt status from the Federal government under the provisions of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Under the original name of "The Fraternal Order of Empire Builders", journals containing facts, photographs, drawings and general information relating to the Great Northern Railway and its predecessor companies were published. With the revised name, The Great Northern Railway Historical Society (GNRHS) continues that tradition. Each quarterly issue of the GNRHS 'Goat' normally contains sixteen pages of general information and society affairs, new member lists, member sales and want items, and books/videos listings of subjects related to the GN and its pre/post merger corporate identities. Issues include 40 to 60 additional pages within separately stapled titles known as Reference Sheets. Each issue of the 'Goat' also contains a section of pages dedicated to GN modeling, the Modelers' Pages.

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Miscellaneous Great Northern Railway-related items - seniority rosters, smaller collections or items that don't fit neatly into existing categories (as of 2011).

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Please see the Great Northern Railway Historical Society Reproduction Policy for further information.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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Ownership of Great Northern Railway Company subjects resides in the the Great Northern Railway Historical Society unless otherwise noted.

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This collection was created from various donations. Information on the source of individual items was not recorded beyond that included in the Scope and Content, and Archivist Note fields.

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