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Levi O. Leonard Railroadiana

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

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

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

: Corne and Stanton correspondence, New York, 1869-1870

: Correspondence and financial statements of Gray, Prince & Co. and H. W. Gray & Co., New York, New York, 1868-1872

: Correspondence between Henry C. Crane and Thomas C. Durant, 1869-1877

: Correspondence between Henry C. Crane and Thomas C. Durant, July 1864-May 1866

: Correspondence between Henry C. Crane and Thomas C. Durant, June 1866-1867

: Correspondence, checks and promissory notes of Prosper P. Shaw, New York, New York, 1869-1873

: Cotton expedition correspondence, 1864

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

: Henry S. McComb correspondence, Wilmington, Delaware, 1863-1872

: James W. Davis correspondence, 1867-1868

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

: John S. Casement's and Daniel T. Casement's correspondence, 1865-1869

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

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

: Promissory note copies and letter signed by Leonidas Haskell, 1863-1864

: Stock trading between R. R. Graves & Co. and Thomas C. Durant, New York, 1870

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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