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Levi O. Leonard Railroadiana

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: Correspondence from Levi O. Leonard to Annie C. Durant, Iowa City, Iowa, September 15, 1937

: Great Northern Railway historical advertisement, 1934

: Pennsylvania Railroad exhibition brochure, 1933

: Old-time Union Pacific Railroad train commemorative brochure, Manhattan, Kan., 1929

: List of Chicago Rock Island Railroad chief executives 1851-1927, Rock Island, Ill.?, 1927?

: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company forty-eighth annual report, 1927

: How the editor and the railroad can work together for the good of the community, Linn Creek, Mo., July 11, 1925

: Monument dedicated to Samuel B. Reed, chief engineer of construction of the Union Pacific Railroad, which was unveiled at Joliet, Illinois, October 10, 1922.

: Rodeo performers in a rodeo near the Union Pacific Railroad line, 1907

: Union Pacific Railroad menus, 1907

: Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri (also know as the St. Louis World's Fair), and other miscellaneous pictures, 1904

: Mining and railway review railroad news, Butte, Mont., June 9, 1898

: Souvenir of the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, Omaha, Neb., 1898

: William Bush and William West Durant correspondence, August 6, 1894

: Thomas C. Durant versus Credit Mobilier of America land tenure legal documents, 1881

: Union Pacific Railroad legal affairs correspondence, 1881

: Hazard versus Thomas C. Durant legal draft report, Providence, Rhode Island, September 1880

: Eastern District of Pennsylvania Circuit Court case: Hazard versus Credit Mobilier of America, October 1878

: Correspondence between George S. Bowen and Thomas C. Durant, Chicago, Illinois, May 31, 1878

: People of the state of Nebraska versus Wyoming Coal and Mining Co. depostitions, January 26, 1876

: Thomas C. Durant versus the Union Pacific Railroad Company legal documents, New York, New York, 1876

: David S. Beecher v. Cornelius S. Bushnell summons, New York, February 5, 1875

: Thomas C. Durant versus the Union Pacific Railroad Company documents, 1875

: Circuit Court of Iowa case: The Credit Mobilier of America versus Thomas C. Durant, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, August, 1874

: Bessemer Company promissory notes for John A. Green, New Brunswick, New Jersey, May 1, 1874

: Correspondence between John L. Coffin, land agent in Davenport, Iowa, and land speculator Thomas Clark Durant in New York, part 3, 1874

: Letter from Joseph G. Cooke to Henry C. Crane, Saratoga Springs, New York, December 8, 1873

: Correspondence from Dunbar & Jackson to Thomas C. Durant, New York, New York, September 1873

: Correspondence sent by A.P. Bullock, New York, New York, May 12, 1873

: Correspondence between D.W. Bowman and Henry C. Crane, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., March 11, 1873

: Letter from M.V. Curley to Thomas C. Durant, Bladensburg, Md., February 3, 1873

: Letter from A.G. Darwin to Thomas C. Durant, New York, January 30, 1873

: O. Boutwell & Son correspondence with Thomas C. Durant, Troy, New York, January 9, 1873

: Accounting records of Clark Bell, 1873

: Correspondence from the American Society of Civil Engineers to T.C. Durant, New York, N.Y., 1873

: Telegram from J. M. Davison to Thomas C. Durant, Saratoga Springs, New York, December 16, 1872

: Telegram from Betts, Robinson & Co. to Thomas C. Durant, Troy, New York, December 12, 1872

: Correspondence from Theodore F. Miner to Jarvis S. Baker, Albany, New York, December 1872

: Letter from W. A. Nash to Henry C. Crane, New York, New York, November 27, 1872

: Telegram from Belknap, Ely & Co. to Thomas C. Durant, Northfield, Vermont, August 29, 1872

: Letter from George R. Alexander, lumber dealer, to H.C. Crane, requesting appointment with T.C. Durant, Brooklyn, N.Y., August 3, 1872

: Letters of recommendation sent to Henry C. Crane, New York, N.Y., July 12, 1872

: Correspondence between James A. McBain and Henry C. Crane, Brooklyn, New York, March 6, 1872

: Correspondence between Barling & Davis and H.C. Crane, New York, New York, January 30, 1872

: Telegram sent by J.P. Chambers to Thomas C. Durant, New York, New York, January 2, 1872

: List of officers of the Houston and Great Northern Railroad Company requesting free travel on Adirondack Railway Company trains, Houston, Tex., December 15, 1871

: Telegram from E. G. Cutter to Thomas C. Durant, Boston, Massachusetts, July 13, 1871

: Letter from C. L. Cooke to Thomas C. Durant, Buffalo, New York, June 17, 1871

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Title: Levi O. Leonard Railroadiana
Date Created: 1839/1937
Description: Levi O. Leonard (1854-1942) was a historian, journalist and long-time employee of the Union Pacific and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroads. He co-authored, with Jack T. Johnson, A Railroad to the Sea (Iowa City: Midland House, 1939) about the building of the Union Pacific. Featured in this digital collection are more than 3500 digital images of historic photographs, correspondence, and other documents representing Leonard's lifetime dedication to and preservation of railroad history.
Language: English
Subjects: Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: Railroad companies
Railroad locomotives
Railroad travel
Railroad construction & maintenance
Subject: Time: 1860-1870
1870-1880
Subject: Place: United States
Archival Collection: Levi O. Leonard Railroadiana
Abraham Lincoln Collection
Levi O. Leonard papers
Collection Identifier: MSC0159
Collection Guide: http://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/2/resources/176
Host institution: University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Department
Digitization Specifications: Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 2335 scanner at 600 ppi, 8-bit grayscale. Archival tiff available.
Date Digital: 2008/2013
Rights Management: Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Contact Information: Contact the Special Collections Department at The University of Iowa Libraries: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/contact
Item Type (DCMI): Collection
Item Type (AAT): correspondence
vouchers (sales records)
account books
Item Type (IMT): jpeg