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Levi O. Leonard Railroadiana

: Biographical record of Watson N. Shilling, 1869

: Correspondence between Charles A. Seely and Thomas C. Durant, New York, New York, 1869

: Correspondence between Thomas Chambers and Thomas C. Durant, 1869

: Correspondence from E. F. Gray to Thomas C. Durant, 1869

: Correspondence from H.M. Hoxie and W. Snyder, 1869

: Correspondence from William H. Cummings, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1869

: Correspondence of Samuel B. Reed, Echo City, Utah Territory, 1869

: James W. Davis correspondence, 1869

: Silas Seymour correspondence, 1869

: Thomas Clark Durant's checkbooks, New York, 1869

: Union Pacific Railroad bridge account lists, 1869

: Union Pacific Railroad correspondence, 1869

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University of Iowa

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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