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Levi O. Leonard Railroadiana

: Application for employment and letters of recommendation for C. S. Dyer, 1868

: Correspondence between John D. Harrington and George Francis Train, Omaha, Neb., 1867

: Correspondence from H.V.N. Boynton, 1860s

: Correspondence from S.D. Bradford to T.C. Durant, Newport, R.I., January 30, 1868

: Correspondence of Fred S. Hodges, A.D. Hodges and J.S. Hodges, 1865-1869

: John Caldwell application for employment with letter of recommendation, Philadelphia, Pa., March 1868

: Letter from E.S. Chesbrough to Thomas C. Durant, Chicago, Ill., July 30, 1868

: Letter from Peter R. Reed to Thomas C. Durant, Moline, Illinois, September 8, 1863

: Letter of application from R. Paul to Thomas C. Durant, Montréal, Québec, April 27, 1868

: Letter of recommendation for Jacob Houghton by William Howard, Washington D.C., December 27, 1868

: Letter of recommendation from Catherine Morgan Dix to Thomas C. Durant, 1860s

: Letter of recommendation from James C. Bell to Silas Seymour, Yonkers, N.Y., March 30, 1868

: Letters of recommendation for Caleb R. Ayer to be hired as conductor at Union Pacific Railroad, April 1868

: Letters of recommendation for employment of James P. Congdon, New York, 1868

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

: Locomotive Engine Safety Truck Co. correspondence, New York, N.Y., 1867-1868

: Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway Company correspondence, 1866-1869

: Sidney Dillon correspondence, 1867-1879

: Telegram from H.A. Risley to Thomas C. Durant, Washington, D.C., June 2, 1866

: Union Pacific Railroad correspondence, 1869

: W.H. Franklin application, May 28, 1869.

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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