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Levi O. Leonard Railroadiana

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

: Benjamin P. Crane correspondence regarding Union Pacific Railroad contract, Litchfield, Mich., 1868

: C. J. Schultz correspondence, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1868

: Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway correspondence, 1868

: Correspondence between Henry C. Crane and Thomas C. Durant, 1868

: Correspondence from A. J. Hopper to Thomas C. Durant, 1868

: Correspondence from Bement and Dougherty Industrial Works to H.C. Crane, Philadelphia, Pa., 1868

: Correspondence from Charles B. Norton to Thomas C. Durant, Paris, France, 1868

: Correspondence from Charles Kellogg to Thomas C. Durant, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, 1868

: Correspondence from George W. Patterson to Thomas C. Durant, 1868

: Correspondence from Haskell & Barker Car Company to Henry C. Crane, Michigan City, Ind. 1868

: Correspondence from James E. Boyd to T.C. Durant, 1868

: Correspondence from J.H. Hammond to Henry C. Crane, Missouri, 1868

: Correspondence from Leonard H. Eicholtz to Thomas C. Durant, 1868

: Correspondence from M. Baird to H.C. Crane, Philadelphia, Pa. , 1868

: Correspondence from Michael Schall to Henry C. Crane, York, Pennsylvania, 1868

: Correspondence from Robert H. Barr to H.C. Crane, Wilmington, Del., 1868

: Correspondence from the Harlan and Hollingsworth Company to Henry C. Crane, Wilmington, Delaware, 1868

: Correspondence from W. F. Gray to Thomas C. Durant, Chicago, Ill., 1868

: Correspondence of Calvin Clifford Chaffee, 1868

: Correspondence to H.C. Crane regarding Frank W. Andrews, stockholder in Credit Mobilier, Boston, Mass., 1868

: Grenville M. Dodge correspondence, 1868

: Ledlie and Course correspondence with T.C. Durant regarding bridge construction, 1868

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

: Oregon Central Railroad Co. correspondence, 1868

: Outgoing traveling copybook of Thomas C. Durant, 1868

: Putnam Machine Co. correspondence, Fitchburg, Mass., 1868

: Railroad tracks and grades on the Union Pacific Railroad line, mid- to late 1800s

: Rocky Mountain Press Club excursion scrapbook, 1868

: Telegrams from Ballard and Lynch to H. C. Crane, Syracuse, New York, 1868

: Telegrams from C. L. Gambell to Thomas C. Durant and Henry C. Crane, Omaha, Neb., 1868

: Telegrams from James Barnes to Union Pacific Railroad officials, Springfield, Missouri,1868

: Telegrams from Wm. Jones to H.C. Crane, 1868

: Thomas C. Durant correspondence, 1868

: Union Pacific Railroad equipment account, 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