Guide to the Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) Timetables, Tariffs, Route Maps and Other Printed Ephemera

Phyllis Dorset
Department of Special Collections
Green Library
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305-6004
Phone: (650) 725-1022
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/
© 2006
The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.

Guide to the Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) Timetables, Tariffs, Route Maps and Other Printed Ephemera

Collection number: M1321

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Stanford University Libraries

Stanford, California
Processed by:
Phyllis Dorset
Date Completed:
2004
Encoded by:
Steve Mandeville-Gamble
© 2006 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) Timetables, Tariffs, Route Maps and Other Printed Ephemera
Dates: 1890-1950
Collection number: M1321
Creator: Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
Collection Size: 1.5 linear ft.
Repository: Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Abstract: Timetables, tariffs, route maps and other printed ephemera, ca. 1890-1950.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English

Access

Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 24 hours in advance of intended use.

Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) Timetables, Tariffs, Route Maps and Other Printed Ephemera, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Acquisition Information

Direct source of acquisition unknown. Believed to have been part of the Mark Hopkins Transportation Collection.

Scope and Content of Collection

Timetables, tariffs, route maps and other printed ephemera, ca. 1890-1950.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
Railroads--United States--History.
Transportation--History.
Glacier National Park (Mont.)


 

Series 1 History, 1895 - 1962

Box 1, Folder 1

The Great Northern Bulletin1895

Box 1, Folder 2

Great Northern Country1896

Subjects and Indexing Terms

James J. Hill
Box 1, Folder 3

Great Northern Bulletin1898

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Minnesota
Box 1, Folder 4

New Extensions of the Great Northern Railway[1904 ?]

Box 1, Folder 5

"The Autobiography of an Engine"1909

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Al Smith [engineer]
Box 1, Folder 6

"Dedication and Opening of the New Cascade Tunnel"1929

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Ralph Budd
J. B. Campbell
W. W. Atterbury
Herbert Hoover
Roland H. Hartley
James F. Stevens
Box 1, Folder 7

New Cascade Tunnel--Radio Broadcast Program1929

Box 1, Folder 8

"Railway and Marine News"[1929 ?]

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Frederick Mears
"Conquering the Cascades"
Box 1, Folder 9

"The Unseen Service"[1920s ?]

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Commissary
Box 1, Folder 10

"Rail Fact and Fiction," speech by Thomas Balmer1944, Sep. 29

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Balmer, Thomas
Box 1, Folder 11

Condensed History, Great Northern Railway1962

 

Series 2 Trains, ca. 1900 - 1952

Box 1, Folder 12

"See America First Trains" [1900s ?]

Box 1, Folder 13

'Some New Features on the Oriental Limited" [1900s ?]

Box 1, Folder 14

"A Quartette of Fast Trains" 1904

Box 1, Folder 15

"Changes in Time and Train Service" [1900s ?]

Box 1, Folder 16

"From the Car Window" 1925

Box 1, Folder 17

"Empire Builder" [1930s ?]

Box 1, Folder 18

"The Empire Builder, Great Northern's Finest Transcontinental Train"[1930s ?]

Box 1, Folder 19

"Empire Builder--Luxury Coaches" [1930s]

Box 1, Folder 20

"Empire Builder--Private Bedrooms." [1930s ?]

Box 1, Folder 21

"Empire Builder--Airconditioning" [1930s ?]

Box 1, Folder 22

"Empire Builder" [1933?]

Box 1, Folder 23

"Through Your Car Window" (Streamlined Empire Builder)1949, May

Box 1, Folder 24

"Good Morning--Here You Are !" (Route Guide, Empire Builder)1950, Apr.

Box 1, Folder 25

"Mid-Century Empire Builder"1951, May

Box 1, Folder 26

"Through Your Car Window." (Streamlined Empire Builder)1952, Apr.

 

Series 3 Maps, 1927 - 193?

Box 1, Folder 27

Route Maps, Great Northern Railway (2)1927

Box 1, Folder 28

Route Maps, Great Northern Railway1935 & 1936

Box 1, Folder 29

Great Northern Map of the United States1948

Box 1, Folder 30

Pictorial Map, Glacier National Park[1920s ?]

Box 1, Folder 31

Pictorial Map, Glacier National Park1939

Box 1, Folder 32

Pictorial Map, Glacier National Park1948

Box 1, Folder 33

Aeroplane Map, Glacier / Waterton Lakes National Parks (2)[1920s ?]

Box 1, Folder 34

Aeroplane Map, Glacier National Park (2)[1920s ?]

Box 1, Folder 35

Aeroplane Map, Glacier National Park (2)[1930s ?]

 

Series 4 Tariffs, 1933 - 1947, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 36

"On Your Next Trip", 1933

Box 1, Folder 37

Tariff of Charges, Glacier National Park and Waterton Lakes Park1936

Box 1, Folder 38

Winter Fares East1936

Box 1, Volume 39

"Eastern Trips For Western People" 1936

Box 1, Folder 40

"Low Coach Fares"[1930s ?]

Box 1, Folder 41

Rates, Glacier and Waterton National Parks1940

Box 1, Folder 42

"Excursion Fares East from California"1947

Box 1, Folder 43

Commission on Tours for Ticket Agentsn.d.

 

Series 5 Destination pamphlets, 1899 - ca. 1951

 

Subseries 5.1 Pacific Coast, 1905 - ca. 1951, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 44

Carefree Vacations and five small "vacation" pampletsn.d.

Box 1, Folder 45

"Scenic Washington"1904

Box 1, Folder 46

" A Trip to the Orient"1904

Box 1, Folder 47

"Outings at Lake Chelan"1905

Box 1, Folder 48

"Camera Journey to Lewis and Clark"1905

Box 1, Folder 49

"To the Scenic Northwest"1909

Box 1, Folder 50

"Fishing the Skykomish"[1909?]

Box 1, Folder 51

"Washington"1922

Box 1, Folder 52

"To the Evergreen Pacific Northwest and California"1934

Box 1, Folder 53

"Vacation Preview--Pacific Coast"[1930s ?]

Box 1, Folder 54

"Great Northern Takes You to the Great Pacific Coast"[1951?]

Box 1, Folder 55

"The Scenic Northwest"n.d.

Box 1, Folder 56

"Via American Routes to Alaska"n.d.

Box 2, Folder 57

"From California Through Adventure Land"n.d.

Box 2, Folder 58

"Oregon for the Farmer"n.d.

Box 2, Folder 59

"Three Great Dams"n.d.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Fort Peck Dam, Grand Cooulee Dam, Bonneville Dam
 

Subseries 5.2 Mountain and Midwest, 1899 - 1948, n.d.

Box 2, Folder 60

"A New Railway, Great Northern"[1899 ?]

Box 2, Folder 61

"Lake McDonald" [1890s ?]

Box 2, Folder 62

"A Summer Playground" [1904 ?]

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Lake Park Region of Minnesota
Box 2, Folder 63

"Sidelights on the Lake McDonald Country"[1905 ?]

Box 2, Folder 64

"Opening Indian Reservations, Standing Rock and Cheyenne River"1909, Oct.

Box 2, Folder 65

"Opening Indian Reservations, Flathead, Couer d'Alene, Spokane"1909, Jul. and Aug.

Box 2, Folder 66

"Glacier National Park"1909

Box 2, Folder 67

"Glacier National Park"1919

Box 2, Folder 68

"The Call of the Mountains"1924

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Glacier National Park
Box 2, Folder 69

"The Call of the Mountains"[1927 ?]

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Glacier National Park
Box 2, Folder 70

"Great Northern Vacations"[ 1920s ?]

Box 2, Folder 71

"We Cordially Invite You to Glacier National Park"[1920s ?]

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 2, Folder 72

"Glacier National Park"[1920s ?]

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 2, Folder 73

"Glacier National Park and Waterton Lakes"[1920s ?]

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 2, Folder 74

"Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park"[1920s ?]

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 2, Folder 75

"Montana"[1920s ?]

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 2, Folder 76

Glacier Park Hotel (postcard)1931

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 2, Folder 77

"Vacation Tours -- Century of Progress," Chicago's World's Fair1933

Box 2, Folder 78

"Visit the Exposition by Rail--Century of Progress"1933, Feb.

Box 2, Folder 79

"The Empire Builder and Glacier National Park1933

Box 2, Folder 80

"Glacier National Park"1934

Box 2, Folder 81

"Glacier National Park Season"1935

Box 2, Folder 82

"Trail Riding in Glacier National Park"1935

Box 2, Folder 83

"62nd Imperial Council Session" (Shriners)1936, Jul.

Box 2, Folder 84

"Easy Motor Tours Throough Glacier National Park"1936

Box 2, Folder 85

"Rocky Mountain Saddle Trips"(1937 ?)

Box 2, Folder 86

"Glacier National Park (Waterton Lakes)"1938

Box 2, Folder 87

"Glacier National Park, A Paradise for Hikers"1938

Box 2, Folder 88

"Vacations in the Land of the Shining Mountains"1939

Box 2, Folder 89

"Announcing the 27th Season--Glacier National Park"(1930s ?)

Box 2, Folder 90

Five small pamphlets and carefree vacations--Glacier National Park[1930s ?]

Box 2, Folder 91

"Glacier National Park and Lake Louise"[1930s ?]

Box 2, Folder 92

"Trail Riding in the Rockies"[1930s ?]

Box 2, Folder 93

"Dude Ranching in the Rockies"[1930s ?]

Box 2, Folder 94

"Glacier National Park, Waterton Lakes"[1930s ?]

Box 2, Folder 95

"Hiking in Glorious Glacier Park"1940

Box 2, Folder 96

"Glorious Glacier Park"1940

Box 2, Folder 97

"Dude Ranch Vacations"[1941 ?]

Box 2, Folder 98

"Glorious Glacier Park"1942

Box 2, Folder 99

Glacier National Park and New Logan Pass Detour[1940s ?]

Box 2, Folder 100

"Enchanting Glacier National Park"[1948 ?]

Box 2, Folder 101

Chicago Railroad Fair1948

 

Subseries 5.3 East, ca. 1920 - 1946

Box 2, Folder 102

"Straight East"[1920s ?]

Box 2, Folder 103

"Travel East Through Adventure Land" (General)1934

Box 2, Folder 104

"Travel East Through Adventure Land" (California edition)1935

Box 2, Folder 105

"Travel East Through Adventure Land" (Northwest edition), 1935

Box 2, Folder 106

"Great Cities of the East"1935

Box 2, Folder 107

"East on the Empire Builder"[1939 ?]

Box 2, Folder 108

"East on the Empire Builder"[1940s ?]

Box 2, Folder 109

"Historic Lake George"1946

 

Series 6 Advertising reprints and tearsheets, 1933 - 1944

Box 2, Folder 110

"Pack Up Your Troubles"1933

Scope and Content Note

Tear sheet from The Chicagoan
Box 2, Folder 111

"Ground Crews"1944

Scope and Content Note

Teear sheet from Business Week
Box 2, Folder 112

"Rolling Through the Rockies"[1940s ?]

Box 2, Folder 113

"Power"[1940s]

Box 2, Folder 114

"An Old Hand in the Pacific Trade"[1940s ?]

Box 2, Folder 115

"Modern China"[1940s ?]

Box 2, Folder 116

"The New Empire Builder"[1940s ?]

Box 2, Folder 117

"The New Empire Builder"[1940s ?]

 

Series 7 Timetables, 1895 - 1947

Box 3, Folder 118

"Time Tables" (Pacific Coast and Midwest)1895, Aug., Sep., and Nov.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 119

"Time Tables," (Pacific Coast and Midwest)1895, Dec. 15

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 120

"Time Tables, " (Pacific Coast and Midwest)1896, Jun.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 121

"New Time"1899

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 122

"Eastern Minnesota (the Bee Line)"1899, Nov.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 123

"Route of the Fast Mail"1902, Nov.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 124

" Time Tables,"1904, Sep.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 125

"Time Tables"1904, Oct.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 126

"Great Northern Railway"!905, Feb.

Box 3, Folder 127

"Time Tables" 1905, Mar.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 128

"Time Tables"1905, Apr.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 129

"Time Tables"1905, May

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 130

Time Tables"1905, Jul.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 131

"Time Tables"1905, Oct.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 132

"Time Tables"1906, Apr.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 133

"Route of the Oriental Limited"1906, Oct.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 134

"Local Time Tables"1906, Oct.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 135

"Route of the Oriental Limited"1907, Jan.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 136

"Route of the Oriental Limited"1907, Mar.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 137

"Route of the Oriental Limited"1907, Jun.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 138

"Route of the Oriental Limited"1909, Mar.

Box 3, Folder 139

"Route of the Oriental Limited"1909, Jun.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 140

"Route of the Oriental Limited"1909, Aug.

Box 3, Folder 141

"Route of the Oriental Limited"1909, Sep.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 142

"Route of the Oriental Limited"1909, Nov.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 143

"Route of the Oriental Limited"1910, Feb.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 144

"Route of the Oriental Limited"1910, Apr.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 145

"Route of the Oriental Limited"1910, Jun.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 146

"Route of the Oriental Limited"1910, Aug.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 147

"Route of the Oriental Limited"1910, Oct.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 148

"Route of the Oriental Limited"1910, Dec.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 149

"Route of the Oriental Limited"1911, Jun.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 150

"Time Tables, Empire Builder"1940, May

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
Box 3, Folder 151

"The Streamlined Empire Builder"1947, Feb.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Northern Railway
 

Series 8 Miscellaneous, 1931 - 1948

Box 3, Folder 152

"Summer Tours" 1931 - 1932

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Peck Judah Travel Bureau
Box 3, Folder 153

"By Truck Across America" 1956, Feb.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

American Magazine
Box 3, Folder 154

Postcard reservation order1948, Apr.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Arthur L. Scott, Assenger Agent
San Francisco, California
Great Northern Railway