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Levi O. Leonard Railroadiana

: Accounts of Thomas C. Durant, 1860-1874

: Cook & Sargent correspondence, Davenport, Iowa, 1855-1863

: Correspondence between John L. Coffin, land agent in Davenport, Iowa, and land speculator Thomas Clark Durant in New York, part 1, 1859-1868

: Correspondence between John L. Coffin, land agent in Davenport, Iowa, and land speculator Thomas Clark Durant in New York, part 2, 1868-1874

: Correspondence between John L. Coffin, land agent in Davenport, Iowa, and land speculator Thomas Clark Durant in New York, part 3, 1874

: Correspondence from Thomas C. Durant, John E. Henry and Charles W. Durant to Henry C. Crane, 1859-1864

: Correspondence from William F. Durant to Thomas C. Durant, 1855-1863

: Correspondence of John A. Dix, 1855-1864

: Davis & Kasson correspondence, contracts and receipts, 1856-1857

: Ebenezer Cook correspondence, Davenport, Iowa, 1863-1873

: H. M. Hoxie (i.e. Herbert Melville Hoxie) correspondence, 1863-1864

: History of Durant, Cedar County, Iowa, 1897-1927

: Houses and buildings on the Union Pacific Railroad line mid- 1800s to early 1900s

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

: John L. Coffin and Thomas Clark Durant correspondence, 1875-1881

: John L. Coffin correspondence regarding Iowa land sale, Davenport, Iowa, 1860-1875

: Ledgers and checkbook of Thomas C. Durant, 1855-1864

: Luse, Lane & Co. invoice and voucher, Davenport, Iowa, 1864

: Mississippi and Missouri Railroad bridge record book of footmen and meterological journal, Davenport, Iowa, 1859-1872

: Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company stocks and bond trading, 1856-1860

: Peter A. Dey correspondence, 1855-1864

: Peter A. Dey correspondence, 1863-1865

: Press releases for Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail Road Co., Chicago, Ill., 1928-1938

: Railroad depots and stations on the Union Pacific Railroad line mid 1800s to early 1900s

: Railroad officials of the Union Pacific Railroad line, the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific line, and others, in individual photographs, mid 1800s to early 1900s

: Records of Thomas C. Durant's personal property including some correspondence, 1855-1876

: Scott County court case, Durant vs Dexter, July 1856

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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