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A grouping of Great Northern Railway depot photographs compiled from several sources including principally the Norm Keyes, George Werkema and Charles W. Bohi collections.

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

Forms used by the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Burlington Northern and other railroad related companies for various business purposes, dated from 1904 to 1967.

The "Authorization for Expenditure" files saved from the Great Northern Railway's Seattle Engineering offices cover "West End" locations in Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, Idaho and western Montana. They are identified in several SERIES CODES as follows:
AB - 1896-1898 Advisory Board (often called Additions and Betterments in error)
BS – code not deciphered
CP - 1918-1920 Corporate (non-United States Railroad Administration items)
EM – Eastern Railway of Minnesota (or Eastern Minnesota Railroad)
FOS – code not deciphered
GM - 1905-1907 General Manager Great Northern Railway (Lines West)
GP - 1925-1954 Glacier Park Company
GX - 1890-1896 Great Northern Railway, General Manager
IE - 1907-1919 Inland Empire System (Interurban and short lines near Spokane, Washington)
'I' (Roman Numeral) - 1896-1915 Great Northern Railway, Old Series
'II' (Roman Numeral) - 1915-1960 Great Northern Railway, New Series
KV - 1901-1902 Kootenai Valley Railway
MB - prior to 1890 - Saint Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway
PC - 1952-1970 Pacific Coast Railroad
RR - Great Northern Railway Assistant Chief Engineer
SC - 1927-1928 Spokane, Coeur d’Alene & Palouse Railway
SF - 1900-1907 Spokane Falls & Northern Railway (SF&N)
SG - 1906-1907 SF&N, General Manager
SL - 1905-1940 Somers Lumber Company
SN – Seattle and Northern Railway
VW - 1906-1907 Vancouver, Westminster & Yukon Railway
WO – code not deciphered
WT - 1905-1935 Washington Townsite Company

The Gregory Wills Collection comprises 2 Burlington Northern hard hats, 1 Great Northern belt buckle, 1 Great Northern battery lantern and a Great Northern necklace.

The Hal Will Collection includes 57 photographs, principally of Great Northern Railway equipment, taken in the Seattle, Washington area between 1947 and 1956.

The Herb Chaudiere Collection is comprised of books, photographs, motion pictures, audio tapes, and periodicals covering the Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Milwaukee Road, Union Pacific and other railroads.

The Herb Grisham Collection includes railroad employee passes for the Great Northern and Northern Pacific, telegraph union membership cards, time books and rule books for the period between 1913 and 1959.

The Humane Society of Central Oregon Collection includes a sheriff's deed, a Northern Pacific Railroad deed, a Great Northern Railway bill of sale, a Great Northern Railway money order stub, a Great Northern Railway ticket stub, a Snohomish County tax statement, a St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company receipt, and an insurance policy.

The Jack Hollingsworth Collection consists of a Great Northern Railway equipment diagram book circa 1968.