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Levi O. Leonard Railroadiana

: Account records of J. W. Davis & Associates, 1868-1870

: Casement's construction trains building the Union Pacific Railroad line, mid- to late 1800s

: Cities and towns on the Union Pacific Railroad line, mid- to late 1800s

: Cities and towns on the Union Pacific Railroad line, mid- to late 1800s

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

: Correspondence between Henry C. Crane and Thomas C. Durant, 1869-1877

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

: Echo Canyon, Devil's Gate, Weber Canyon, and Dale Creek - Utah and Wyoming, along the Union Pacific Railroad line, mid- to late 1800s

: Grenville M. Dodge correspondence, 1868

: Houses and buildings on the Union Pacific Railroad line, mid- to late 1800s

: James W. Davis correspondence, 1867-1868

: James W. Davis correspondence, 1869

: Letter sent to Union Pacific Railroad agent, M. L. Gosseline, Echo City, Utah, January 23, 1869

: Mark Tucker Seymour correspondence, 1868-1869

: Oregon Central Railroad Co. correspondence, 1868

: Railroad construction camps on the Union Pacific Railroad line, mid 1800s to early 1900s

: Samuel B. Reed's telegrams, 1868-1869

: Sidney Dillon correspondence, 1867-1879

: Surveyor general John A. Clark correspondence, Salt Lake City, Utah, January 11, 1869

: Telegram from George E. Gray to Thomas C. Durant, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 12, 1868

: Telegrams from Simeon G. Reed to Thomas C. Durant, Salem Or., October 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