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Subgroup 76: Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Company in Nebraska, 1853-1934

 Sub-Group

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Scope and Contents note

Materials related to the Land Department of the B&MRR-Nebraska. Includes correspondence from land commissioners and agents, land lists, plats and maps, and financial records for the department. Also included are buyer-related items such as applications, contracts, deeds, and sales records, and a miscellaneous series containing a variety of advertising materials and pamphlets, some in other languages.

Dates

  • Creation: 1853-1934

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Arrangement note

Arranged in ten series: Correspondence - Land Commissioners, Agents, etc., 1869-1929 (76); In-letters by names of individuals, 1869-1910 (761); Applications, 1870-1905 (762); Contracts, Deeds, Cancellations, Delinquents, 1856-1934 (763); Sales and Proofs of Cultivation, 1853-1906 (764); Lists, Patents, Lieu Lands, etc., 1864-1901 (765); Plats and maps, 1868-1922 (766); Financial Records, 1863-1907 (767); Taxes and Legal Records, 1872-1916 (768); and Miscellaneous, 1865-1930 (769).

General Physical Description note

239.9 linear feet (240 boxes, 193 oversize volumes, 5 oversize boxes, and 1 flat file folder)

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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