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David Plath Japanese Fieldwork Collection

David Plath Japanese Fieldwork Collection

Photographs, illustrations and fields notes from an anthropological research trip to Japan in the early 1960s to study utopian communes.

Contributing Institution:
University of Iowa Archives
Dept. of Anthropology, University of Iowa



Homer Calkin Slides

Homer Calkin Slides

More than 130 photographic slides depicting historic and touristic sites in New England, Canada, Europe and Asia, as well as Iowa.

Contributing Institution:
Special Collections Dept., University of Iowa Libraries



John P. Vander Maas Railroadiana

John P. Vander Maas Railroadiana

2,600+ photographs documenting railroad depots captured in the late 1800s into the 1980s; includes depictions of trains, tracks, signs, stations and travelers.

Contributing Institution:
Special Collections Dept., University of Iowa Libraries



Levi O. Leonard Railroadiana

Levi O. Leonard Railroadiana

Featuring more than 3,500 digital images of historic photographs, correspondence, and other artifacts documenting the Union Pacific and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad companies.

Contributing Institution:
Special Collections Dept., University of Iowa Libraries



Railroad Telegrapher

Railroad Telegrapher

Hundreds of issues, ca. 1887-1905, of the Railroad Telegraphers of North America's journal, based in Iowa. Along with railway news, the issues feature fiction, poetry, and humor.

Contributing Institution:
University of Iowa Libraries
State Historical Society of Iowa