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Levi O. Leonard Railroadiana

: American Iron Works correspondence to T.C. Durant, Pittsburgh, Pa., May 26, 1868

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

: Correspondence between Henry C. Crane and Thomas C. Durant, June 1866-1867

: Correspondence from Springer Harbaugh to Thomas C. Durant, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1864-1865

: Correspondence from Springer Harbaugh to Thomas C. Durant, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January-June 1866

: Correspondence from Springer Harbaugh to Thomas C. Durant, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 1866-1874

: Correspondence, legal documents and accounts of Union Pacific Railroad mining companies, 1865-1868

: Correspondence of Charles Tuttle, 1865-1872

: Dilworth, Porter & Co. correspondence, financial statements and stock certificates, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1865-1868

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

: H.M. Hoxie (i.e. Herbert Melville Hoxie) correspondence, January-June 1865

: H.M. Hoxie (i.e. Herbert Melville Hoxie) correspondence, January-May 1866

: John A. Dix correspondence, 1863-1874

: Pennsylvania Railroad Company correspondence, Philadelphia, Pa., 1866-1868

: Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. invoice for Thomas C. Durant, Pittsburgh, Pa., December 6, 1863

: Pittsburgh Forge & Iron Co. correspondence, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1866-1870

: Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway Company correspondence, 1866-1869

: S.J. Callaway correspondence regarding railroad car delivery, 1868-1869

: Telegrams from Edward Simmonds to Henry C. Crane, 1866-1869

: Union Pacific Railroad contractors account, 1864-1865

: Union Pacific Railroad iron account, 1865-1866

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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