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Levi O. Leonard Railroadiana

: Account ledgers, bank checks and receipts detailing financial transactions between the Union Pacific Railroad Company and Credit Mobilier, New York, 1865-1875

: Account records of J. W. Davis & Associates, 1868-1870

: Account records of Thomas C. Durant, 1864-1875

: Accounting records of Clark Bell, 1873

: Accounting records of Thomas Clark Durant, 1864-1866

: Accounting records of Thomas Clark Durant, 1867-1868

: Accounts of Thomas C. Durant, 1860-1874

: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail Road Co. accounts for shipment of railroad iron, 1852-1853

: Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company financial statements, Chicago, Ill., 1855-1857

: Correspondence between John L. Coffin, land agent in Davenport, Iowa, and land speculator Thomas Clark Durant in New York, part 1, 1859-1868

: Correspondence between John L. Coffin, land agent in Davenport, Iowa, and land speculator Thomas Clark Durant in New York, part 2, 1868-1874

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

: Correspondence, legal documents and accounts of Union Pacific Railroad mining companies, 1865-1868

: Correspondence regarding the Lindsay Mine in North Carolina, 1855-1868

: Credit Mobilier account records with Thomas C. Durant and Henry C. Crane, New York, 1864-1875

: Ham Brothers correspondence and accounts, 1870-1880

: John L. Coffin and Thomas Clark Durant correspondence, 1875-1881

: John Pondir accounts, financial statements, correspondence, New York, New York, 1866-1871

: Legal correspondence regarding case of Alice Farnam vs. Heloise H. Durant plus land deeds, 1875-1890

: Records of Thomas C. Durant's personal property including some correspondence, 1855-1876

: Union Pacific Railroad account sheet, November 16, 1864

: Union Pacific Railroad accounts and contracts, 1867-1870

: Union Pacific Railroad bridge account lists, 1869

: Union Pacific Railroad Company contractors' accounts, 1867-1868

: Union Pacific Railroad Company notes and loan accounts, 1865-1869

: Union Pacific Railroad contractors' construction estimates, 1864-1867

: Union Pacific Railroad equipment accounts, 1863-1866

: Union Pacific Railroad financial documents, 1865

: Union Pacific Railroad interest account, 1864-1866

: Union Pacific Railroad iron account, 1865-1866

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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