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Levi O. Leonard Railroadiana

: Account books for railroad contractors John and Daniel Casement, January 1866-May 1868

: Account books for railroad contractors John and Daniel Casement, May 1866-May 1868

: 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 Thomas C. Durant, 1864-1875

: Accounting records of Thomas Clark Durant, 1864-1866

: Accounting records of Thomas Clark Durant, 1867-1868

: Accounts of Thomas C. Durant, 1860-1874

: Balance sheets, checks and contract by Nelson A. Gesner, New York, New York, 1866-1868

: Correspondence of Cornelius Scranton Bushnell, a director of the Union Pacific Railroad, concerning financial transactions and pending legislation favoring the company, 1863-1875

: Credit Mobilier of America expense accounts, 1863-1868

: Expense account, 1864-1875

: Index to general ledger of Union Pacific Railroad Co., 1860s?

: John L. Coffin correspondence regarding Iowa land sale, Davenport, Iowa, 1860-1875

: Ledgers and checkbook of Thomas C. Durant, 1855-1864

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

: Lists of stockholders and financial transactions of Credit Mobilier of America, New York, N.Y., 1864-1875

: Materials documenting the building and promotion of the Rock Island Railroad and subsidiaries, 1854-1933

: Receipts and ledgers reflecting payments from Thomas Clark Durant's steamship company to the Rodman & Co. City Foundry, New York, 1853-1855

: Thomas C. Durant private ledger, 1852-1869

: Thomas Clark Durant and William F. Durant correspondence, 1854-1855

: Thomas Clark Durant private ledgers, part 1, 1852-1870

: Thomas Clark Durant's accounting records, 1860s

: Thomas Clark Durant's accounting records, 1863-1864

: Union Pacific Railroad balance sheets, 1869-1870

: Union Pacific Railroad building expenditures and contracts, 1864-1865

: Union Pacific Railroad equipment account, 1868

: Union Pacific Railroad first 100 miles accounting records, 1867-1868

: Union Pacific Railroad payroll records, March-July 1864

: Union Pacific Railroad stocks, bonds and miscellaneous ledger, 1863-1864

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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