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Levi O. Leonard Railroadiana

: Benjamin F. Bunker correspondence, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1870

: Charles H. Ballard correspondence, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1868-1871

: Charles H. Ballard correspondence, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1872-1874

: Correspondence between D.W. Bowman and Henry C. Crane, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., March 11, 1873

: 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, New York, 1864-1873

: Correspondence between Jarvis S. Baker, Thomas C. Durant, Henry C. Crane and Charles H. Ballard, 1868-1874

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

: Correspondence from J. G. Cooper to Thomas C. Durant and Henry C. Crane, New York, 1871

: Correspondence of Wilhelmina W. Train, 1863-1874

: Genealogies and obituaries of Thomas Clark Durant, 1866-1885

: George T. M. Davis correspondence, 1863-1873

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

: Legal correspondence regarding case of Alice Farnam vs. Heloise H. Durant plus land deeds, 1875-1890

: Letter from Joseph G. Cooke to Henry C. Crane, Saratoga Springs, New York, December 8, 1873

: Telegram from J. M. Davison to Thomas C. Durant, Saratoga Springs, New York, December 16, 1872

: Telegram from J. M. M. & Co. to Thomas C. Durant, Saratoga Springs, New York, July 7, 1864

: Telegrams between Hezekiah Bissell, Thomas C. Durant and Henry C. Crane, New York, 1869-1871

: Telegrams from Sidney Crane to Henry C. Crane, New York, 1870-1873

: Union Pacific Railroad legal affairs correspondence, 1881

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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