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Box 1: Executive Records
Folder:
1. Meeting minutes and resolutions of the Board of Directors of
the Oklahoma Railway Company. 1927-1935.
2. Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma
Railway Company and meeting minutes of the stockholders of the Oklahoma Railway
Company. 1920-1934.
3. Meeting minutes of the Metropolitan Construction Company.
1902-1912.
State of Oklahoma Corporation Commission annual
corporation license for the Metropolitan Construction Company. 1914-1916.
4. Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma
Railway Company, lists of Preferred stockholders, correspondence with the
Mississippi Valley Trust Company, reports of appraisers, amendments to the
by-laws of the Oklahoma Railway Company. 1928-1929.
5. Correspondence of the Oklahoma Railway Company, meeting
minutes of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Railway Company, and
stockholder information 1921-1933
6. Resolutions of the
Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Railway Company. 1933-1940.
7. Record Book: bylaws of the Oklahoma Railway Company and
meeting minutes of the Oklahoma Railway Company. 1930-1937.
8. Record Book: bylaws of the Oklahoma City and Suburban
Railway. August 1909.
9. Record Book: bylaws of the Oklahoma Electric Terminal
Company. September 1907.
10. Record Book: bylaws of the Oklahoma Northwestern Railway
Company. August 1911.
11. Record Book: bylaws of the Oklahoma City Railway Company.
September 1911.
12. Record Book: bylaws of the Oklahoma City and Eastern Railway
Company. August 1911.
13. Record Book: articles of organization of the Oklahoma Railway
Company, expenditure records, trust deed, resolutions of the Board of Directors,
meeting minutes of the Board of Directors.
14. Record Book: Articles of organization of the Oklahoma City
Railway Company, company meeting minutes, contracts, resolutions of the Board
of Directors, stockholder information, trust deed, and bond information. 1904.
15. Record Book: Corporate record of the El Reno Interurban
Railway Company, including the articles of incorporation, by-laws, amendments,
proceedings, stock issued, stock cancelled, transfers, meeting minutes, and a
corporation ledger. 1908.
Box 2: Executive Records
Folder:
1. Meeting minutes and resolutions of the Board of Directors of
the Oklahoma Railway Company. 1934-1935.
2. Financial records of the Oklahoma Railway Company, bank
notes and records, correspondence regarding financial transactions, meeting
minutes of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Railway Company. 1912-1923.
3. Minutes of the annual meetings of the stockholders of the
Guthrie Railway Company. 1906-1920.
4. Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma
Railway Company, correspondence between the Oklahoma Railway Company and the
Mississippi Valley Trust Company, expenditures of the Oklahoma Railway Company,
and certificate for shares of the capital stock of the Centerfreze Ice Company
of Oklahoma. 1910-1939.
5. Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma
Railway Company and requests for release of Oklahoma Railway Company from a
trust with the Mississippi Valley Trust Company. 1936.
6. Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma
Railway Company, statements of gross income and expenses of the Oklahoma
Railway Company, and meeting minutes of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma
Railway Company. 1936-1938.
7. Requisitions on trust funds by the Oklahoma Railway Company.
1928-1929.
8. Record Book: Expenditure records on miscellaneous physical
property. 1935.
9. Record Book: Salvage records. 1946.
10. Record Book: Construction cost estimates. n.d.
11. Record Book: Meeting minutes of the Board of Directors of the
Oklahoma Railway Company, resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma
Railway Company, and trust papers of the Oklahoma Railway Company and the
Mississippi Valley Trust Company. 1906-1912.
12. Record Book: Meeting minutes of the stockholders of Oklahoma
Belt Railroad Company, articles of incorporation of the Oklahoma Belt Railroad
Company, meeting minutes of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Belt
Railroad Company. 1917-1944.
13. Record Book: articles of incorporation of the Oklahoma City
and Eastern Railway Company, meeting minutes of the Board of Directors of the
Oklahoma City and Eastern Railway Company. 1939-1948.
14. Record Book: Financial records of the Gatewood Real Estate
Company. 1920-1922.
15. Record Book: articles of incorporation of the Oklahoma City
and Eastern Railway Company, and by-laws of the Oklahoma City and Eastern
Railway Company 1911.
16. Record Book: Meeting minutes and resolutions of the Oklahoma
City Railway Company, and meeting minutes of the stockholders of the Oklahoma
City Railway Company. 1907.
17. Meeting minutes of the Board of Directors of the Norman
Interurban Railway Company and meeting minutes of the stockholders of the
Norman Interurban Railway Company. 1913.
18. Meeting minutes of the stockholders of the Oklahoma Railway
Company, correspondence between the Oklahoma Railway Company and the
Mississippi Valley Trust Company, financial documents of the Oklahoma Railway
Company. 1913-1947.
19. Meeting minutes of the stockholders of the Oklahoma Railway
Company, meeting minutes of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Railway
Company, and meeting minutes of the Board of Directors of the El Reno
Interurban Railway Company. 1924-1934.
Box 3: Executive Records
Folder:
1. Certificates regarding a directors’ resolution, a stockholders’
resolution, the form of by-laws, the bond form, form of indenture, officer
certificate, statements of the First National Bank and Trust Company of
Oklahoma City, treasurer's receipts from the First National Bank and Trust
Company of Oklahoma City, and resolutions of the Board of Directors of the
Oklahoma Railway Company. 1936-1946.
2. Meeting minutes of the stockholders of the Oklahoma Railway
Company, meeting minutes of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Railway
Company, correspondence of the Oklahoma Railway Company, descriptions of
property leased by the Oklahoma Railway Company and G. T. Lackey to W. W.
Milam, resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Railway Company.
1929-1930.
3. Annual return of Oklahoma Railway Company to Oklahoma Tax
Commission for the year 1947.
4. Oklahoma Railway Company and Subsidiaries accountants'
report. 1948.
5. Annual reports of the Oklahoma City Railway Company.
1904-1938.
6. Meeting minutes and resolutions of the Board of Directors of
the Metropolitan Railway Company. 1904.
7. Income mortgage, trust indenture, and indenture of mortgage
of the Oklahoma Railway Company. 1930, 1911, and 1946.
8. Charter, organization and franchise papers of the
Metropolitan Railway Company of Oklahoma City. 1903.
9. Organization and franchise papers of the Oklahoma Railway
Company and proceedings relating to a bond issue. 1910.
10. Organization and franchise papers of the Oklahoma Railway
Company and proceedings relating to a bond issue. 1910.
11. Organization and franchise papers of the Oklahoma Railway
Company and Proceedings Relating to bond Issue. 1910.
12. Organization and franchise papers of the Oklahoma Railway
Company and Proceedings Relating to bond Issue. 1910.
13. Organization and franchise papers of the Oklahoma Railway
Company and Proceedings Relating to bond Issue. 1910.
14. Organization and franchise papers of the Oklahoma Railway
Company and Proceedings Relating to bond Issue. 1910.
15. Organization and franchise papers of the Oklahoma Railway
Company and Proceedings Relating to bond Issue. 1910.
16. Indenture of mortgage of the Oklahoma Railway Company to the
First National Bank and Trust Company of Oklahoma City. August 1946.
17. Annual report of the Oklahoma Railway Company to the Interstate
Commerce Commission. 1939.
18. Annual report of the Oklahoma Railway Company to the
Interstate Commerce Commission. 1942.
19. Annual report of the Oklahoma Railway Company to the
Interstate Commerce Commission. 1943.
20. Annual report of the Oklahoma Railway Company to the
Interstate Commerce Commission. 1945.
21. Annual report of the Oklahoma Railway Company to the
Interstate Commerce Commission. 1946.
22. Annual report of the Oklahoma Railway Company to the
Interstate Commerce Commission. 1947.
23. Record Book: articles of incorporation and by-laws of the
Oklahoma Lines Benefit Association, meeting minutes of the Oklahoma Lines
Benefit Association. 1912.
Box 4: Financial Records
Folder:
1. Papers regarding the transfer of stock from executor to Mrs.
Classen. 1924.
2. Correspondence regarding the Oklahoma Railway Company stock
and agreements to waive dividends on preferred stock. 1928.
3. Correspondence with various trust companies regarding
transfers of stock. 1930.
4. Correspondence: McCook & Jarrett and the Mississippi
Valley Merchants State Trust Company regarding the transfer of stock. 1930.
5. Correspondence of Mr. A. O. Stephens regarding the transfer
of stock. 1931.
6. Papers regarding stockholder information and the transfer of
stocks of the Oklahoma Railway Company. 1930-1931.
7. Correspondence regarding the Oklahoma Railway Company stock,
and agreements to waive dividends on preferred stock.1927-1928.
8. Correspondence regarding the Oklahoma Railway Company stock,
and agreements to waive dividends on preferred stock. 1928.
9. Stockholder information of the Oklahoma Railway Company, and
agreements to waive dividends on preferred stock. 1927-1928.
10. Lists of bondholders of the income mortgage bonds of the
Oklahoma Railway Company. 1939.
11. Deposit receipts for Oklahoma Railway Company, first and
refunding mortgage gold bonds. 1942.
12. Registered income mortgage gold bonds of the Oklahoma Railway
Company. 1930.
13. Registered income mortgage gold bonds of the Oklahoma Railway
Company, and receipts of gold bonds. 1927-1931.
14. Balance sheets of the Oklahoma Railway Company, and statement
declaring A. C. DeBolt attorney of the Oklahoma Railway Company. 1937-1939.
15. Registered income mortgage gold bonds of the Oklahoma Railway
Company. 1930.
16. Balance records of the Oklahoma Railway Company's account with
the Mississippi Valley Trust Company. 1928-1939.
17. Balance records of the Oklahoma Railway Company's account with
the Mississippi Valley Trust company. 1928-1944.
18. Disbursement book of the Oklahoma Railway Company. 1945-1948.
19. Income bondholders register of the Oklahoma Railway Company.
1937-1945.
20. Correspondence: the Mississippi Valley Trust Company and
various stockholders requesting transfer of preferred stock to income mortgage
bonds. after 1930.
21. Correspondence: the Mississippi Valley Trust Company and
various stockholders requesting transfer of preferred stock to income mortgage
bonds, circa 1930s.
Box 5:
Folder:
1. Income bondholder register of the Oklahoma Railway Company.
1932-1945.
2. Correspondence regarding W. Redmond Cross's stock and
property after his death, and W. Redmond Cross's last will and testament,
1940-1941
3. Lists of Oklahoma Railway Company contract holders and lists
of Guthrie Railway Company contract holders. 1902-1932.
4. Blueprints of properties sold in El Reno, warranty deeds, of
Guthrie Railway Company. 1967-1972.
5. Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Guthrie Railway
Company and warranty deeds. 1927-1928.
6. Miscellaneous correspondence of the Guthrie Railway Company
and Oklahoma Railway Company, articles of organization, stock records
questionnaire, organization and franchise papers of the Oklahoma Railway
Company, annual report of receivers of the Oklahoma Railway Company, trust
indenture of the Oklahoma Railway Company to the Mississippi Valley Trust
Company. 1910-1922.
7. Bylaws and amended articles of organization of the Oklahoma
City Railway Company. 1928.
8. Reorganization deposit receipts of the Oklahoma Railway
Company and applications for postal registration and certificate of declared
value of matter subject to postal surcharge. 1942-1944.
9. Deposit receipts for Oklahoma Railway Company first and
refunding mortgage five per cent gold bonds.1942-1944.
10. Oklahoma Railway Company applications for employment and
recommendations for promotion, transfer change of pay, and re-employment.
1910-1947.
11. Miscellaneous employee records of the Oklahoma Railway
Company. 1933-1946.
12. Meeting minutes of the stockholders of the Guthrie Railway
Company. 1921.
13. Lists of stockholders of the Oklahoma Railway Company. 1940.
14. Notebook containing certificates of ownership of capital stock
of the Oklahoma City Railway Company. 1904.
15. Notebook containing certificates of ownership of capital stock
of the Guthrie Railway Company. 1905.
16. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Lines deeds in Guthrie.
1902-1905.
Box 6
Folder:
1. Quitclaim deed between the Oklahoma Railway Company and G.
T. Lackey, and oil and gas lease for the Oklahoma Railway Company, 1935 and
1939.
2. Income mortgage between Oklahoma Railway company and the
Mississippi Valley Trust Company securing registered income mortgage gold
bonds. 1930.
3. Proofs of claim founded on first and refunding mortgage five
per cent gold bonds, Oklahoma Railway Company. 1940-1942.
4. Cancelled bond coupons of the Oklahoma Railway Company.
1921-1926.
5. Notebook containing certificates of ownership of capital
stock of the Interurban Construction Company. 1909-1911.
6. Notebook containing certificates of ownership of capital
stock of the Oklahoma City and Suburban Railway. 1910.
7. Notebook containing certificates of ownership of capital
stock of the Oklahoma Northwestern Railway Company. 1911.
8. Notebook containing certificates of ownership of capital
stock of the El Reno Interurban Railway Company. 1908.
9. Notebook containing certificates of ownership of capital
stock of the Oklahoma Railway Company. n.d.
10. Notebook containing certificates of ownership of capital stock of the Norman Interurban Railway Company. 1913.
Box 7:
Folder:
1. Miscellaneous agreements and correspondence of the
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express, and
Station Employees and the Oklahoma Railway Company.1944-1949.
2. Miscellaneous agreements and correspondence regarding the
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees
of America and Robert K. Johnston, Trustee for the Oklahoma Railway Company.
1942-1946.
3. Miscellaneous agreements and correspondence of the
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and
Station Employees and the Oklahoma Railway Company. 1939-1943.
Box 8:
Folder:
1. Certificates for shares of capital stock of the Belle Isle
Amusement Company and newspaper clippings regarding L. B. Poulson. 1928.
2. Notebook containing records of the Belle Isle Amusement
Company, including correspondence, by-laws of the company, inspectors'
certificates, transfers of subscription, and meeting minutes of the board of
directors. 1928.
3. Used railway passes of the Oklahoma Railway Company,
expiring in February 1928.
4. Two rubber stamps reading: "For value received the
holder hereof, for himself and his legal representatives and assigns, has
waived and released payment to dividends now accrued and unpaid and all
dividends hereafter to accrue and become due to the first day of July, 1917, on
the shares of preferred stock evidenced by this certificate". n.d.
5. Hand-held notary stamp reading: "Belle Isle Amusement
Company Corporate Oklahoma Seal 1928".
6. Notary stamp reading: " Oklahoma Railway Company
Incorporated Seal 1904".
Box 9:
Folder:
1. Correspondence regarding the preferred stock of the Oklahoma
Railway Company, resolutions of the preferred stockholders of the Oklahoma
Railway Company, miscellaneous financial records of the Oklahoma Railway
Company, and lists of stockholders. 1930-1939.
2. Outstanding preferred stock of the Oklahoma Railway Company,
correspondence regarding the preferred stock of the Oklahoma Railway Company,
and lists of stockholders. 1930-1931.
3. Corresponding regarding income mortgage bonds of the
Oklahoma Railway Company. 1930.
4. Maps reflecting Oklahoma City's transit system, Oklahoma
City railway maps, and pages from Readers
Digest and ORC News. 1946-1951.
5. Maps reflecting Oklahoma City's transit system, Oklahoma
City railway maps, information regarding transit operators' wage rates,
information regarding fare systems, a report on population and housing
characteristics, and a report on the Oklahoma Railway Company. 1945-1960.
6. Certificate of the change of name of Marine Agency
Corporation to Mariposa Corporation, correspondence regarding stockholders of
the Oklahoma Railway Company, and meeting minutes of the board of directors of
the Oklahoma Railway Company. 1929-1930
7. Last will and testament of Virginia Miller, papers regarding
the transfer of stock after Virginia Miller's death, lists of officers of the
Union Trust Company of Pittsburgh. 1942-1945.
Box 10:
Folder:
1. Book of trust indentures of the Mississippi Valley Trust
Company, resolution of the Oklahoma Railway Company authorizing supplemental
trust indenture deeds of trust of the Mississippi Valley Trust Company, and organization
and franchise papers of the Oklahoma Railway Company. 1910-1936.
Box 11:
Folder:
1. Minutes of the first meeting of the incorporators of the
Interurban Construction Company, and meeting minutes of the board directors of
the Interurban Construction Company. 1909-1911.
2. Mississippi Valley Trust Company stock papers regarding the
Oklahoma Railway Company. 1912-1920.
3. Miscellaneous depreciation analyses of the Oklahoma Railway
Company. 1914-1926.
Ledgers:
1. Oklahoma Railway Company payroll records.1927-1945.
2. Oklahoma Railway Company payroll records. 1935-1940.
3. Oklahoma Railway Company payroll records. 1936-1937.
4. Oklahoma Railway Company income record totals, including
wages of employees in the following departments: electrical, streetcar shops,
bus shops, tracks, lines, stores, station agents, operators, and track
checkers. 1946.
5. Oklahoma Railway Company wage book. 1947.
6. Oklahoma Railway Company wage book. 1947.
7. Ledger book of certificates of ownership of capital stock of
the Oklahoma City Railway Company. 1904-1907.
8. Ledger book of blank certificates of ownership of capital
stock of the Oklahoma Railway Company. n.d.
9. Ledger book of certificates of ownership of capital stock of
the Oklahoma City and Eastern Railway. 1911.
10. Ledger book of blank certificates of ownership of capital
stock of the Oklahoma Railway Company. n.d.
11. Ledger book of certificates of ownership of capital stock of
the Oklahoma Railway Company. 1909-1911.
12. Charter bus orders of the Oklahoma Railway Company, and a
ledger book of chartered car tickets issued, barber shop rent and lights,
parking lot readings, miscellaneous uncollected items. 1931-1952.
13. Oklahoma Railway Company account book. 1930-1954.
14. Oklahoma Railway Company C. O. D. drafts issued, drafts
unpaid, station agents’ drafts. 1929-1931.
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