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Levi O. Leonard Railroadiana

: Business correspondence of Carlos French and Benjamin F. French, 1864-1868

: Correspondence between Jacob M. Howard and Thomas C. Durant, 1864-1868

: Correspondence from Alexander Hay to Thomas C. Durant, 1864-1868

: Correspondence from George Ashmun to Union Pacific Railroad officials, 1864-1868

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

: J. E. House (i.e. Jacob Edward House) correspondence, 1864-1868

: John F. Tracy miscellaneous correspondence, checks and legal documents, 1864-1868

: Peter Butler correspondence, Boston, Mass., 1864-1868

: Receipts for payments made to Lewis Carmichael, supplier for the Union Pacific Railroad construction, 1864-1868

: Union Pacific Railroad correspondence for Thomas C. Durant, 1864-1868

: Union Pacific Railroad payroll records and employee lists, 1864-1868

: Union Pacific Railroad statement of expenditures on tools and maintenance, 1864-1868

: Union Pacific Railroad voucher and receipt for A.S. Paddock, 1864-1868

: Union Pacific Railroad vouchers and correspondence of Milton S. Hall, 1864-1868

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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