John Rosene papers, 1901-1913

The Northeast Siberian Co. forms part of this series. Correspondence relating to the negotiations proper have been included in the correspondence of Series 1. The correspondence of the company after formal establishment is to be found in this series. Most is interoffice and it has been filed in one chronological order. The chief correspondents are Rosene (General Manager for America and Siberia), Matunin, N. (General Manager, St. Petersburg), Medhurst, Francis (Rosene's Manager in St. Petersburg), Podhorski, Constantine (Manager, St. Petersburg), and Wonlarlarsky, V.M. (Chairman, Board of Directors). Agents include John w. Kelly and A. Potapoff.

The Northern Exploration and Development Co. was established after the sale of the Northwestern Commercial Co. It was founded in 1910 and closed in 1918, with the death of Rosene. Perkins was the Secretary of the Company. The material in the series contains no correspondence; all correspondence for the company would be found in Series 1. The material here contains promotional materials, circulars, mimeographed letters and one scrapbook of the promotional materials and news clippings.

The Alaska Midland Railroad was founded under the Northern Exploration and Development Co. The material contains one book of maps and miscellaneous material.