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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

: Central Trunk Railroad of Iowa stockholders' agreement, January 1865

: Chesbrough and McGee's correspondence and balance sheets regarding construction work for Union Pacific Railroad, 1868-1871

: Chicago, Rock Island Railroad Co. agreement with Warsaw and Rockford Railroad Co., Ill., June 5, 1862

: Contract between Joseph F. Nounnan & Co. and Union Pacific Railroad, May 20, 1868

: Contract between Samuel Hallett and John D. Perry, February 22, 1864

: Correspondence between Chouteau, Jr., Sanford & Co., Thomas C. Durant and Henry Farnam regarding railroad iron, New York, N.Y., 1855

: 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 concerning financing of railroad construction and delivery of materials, St. Louis, Missouri, 1864

: Cotton expedition correspondence, 1865

: Credit Mobilier of America contract accounts and records, 1863-1872

: Danforth, Cooke & Co. correspondence, Paterson, N.J., 1855-1860

: Davis & Kasson correspondence, contracts and receipts, 1856-1857

: Documents and correspondence from Thomas C. Durant and the Corn Exchange Bank, 1861-1874

: Durant, Lathrop & Co. correspondence, invoices and receipts, 1852-1856

: H. M. Hoxie (i.e. Herbert Melville Hoxie) contracts and assignments, 1864-1868

: Hazard versus Thomas C. Durant depositons, numbers 1-15, 1859-1880

: H.M. Hoxie and Thomas C. Durant contract and receipts, 1866-1869

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

: Locomotive lease agreement between James Robb, Charles Congdon and Charles W. Durant, June 20, 1860

: Lucius B. Boomer contracts, 1866

: Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company power of attorney contract for Thomas C. Durant and Henry Day, May 8, 1863

: New York State Supreme Court case: Thomas C. Durant versus Oliver Ames et al., New York, New York, 1872-1881

: Proposed contract between J.S. and D.T. Casement and the Union Pacific Railroad for laying of track, February 1866

: Record book of trustees, Union Pacific and Credit Mobilier, New York, N.Y., 1867-1872

: Records for schooners chartered by T.C. Durant to run supplies during Civil War, 1864-1865

: Union Pacific Railroad accounts and contracts, 1867-1870

: Union Pacific Railroad contract between Samuel Hallett and Thomas C. Durant, February 3, 1864

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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