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Levi O. Leonard Railroadiana

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: A. B. Bradney Union Pacific Railroad vouchers, Omaha, Nebraska, 1867

: A. G. Ferguson receipt, 1865.

: Account books for railroad contractors John and Daniel Casement, January 1866-May 1868

: Account books for railroad contractors John and Daniel Casement, May 1866-May 1868

: Account ledgers, bank checks and receipts detailing financial transactions between the Union Pacific Railroad Company and Credit Mobilier, New York, 1865-1875

: Account of New York Superior Court case, Dalton vs Sigrist, January 15, 1864

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

: Account records of Thomas C. Durant, 1864-1875

: Accounting records of Thomas Clark Durant, 1864-1866

: Accounting records of Thomas Clark Durant, 1867-1868

: Accounts of Thomas C. Durant, 1860-1874

: Address by William B. Ogden about the Union Pacific Railroad, 1869

: Advance payments received by J. W. Jennett from Thomas C. Durant, 1864

: Alonzo C. Dort vouchers and invoices, Omaha, Nebraska, 1864

: American Bureau of Mines correspodence and certificate, New York, 1866-1867

: American Express Company correspondence with T. C. Durant, Omaha, Nebraska, 1866

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

: Application for employment and letters of recommendation for C. S. Dyer, 1868

: B. B. Brayton correspondence, 1864-1865

: Balance sheets, checks and contract by Nelson A. Gesner, New York, New York, 1866-1868

: Bank check for Anna H. Cheeney, New York, New York, January 4, 1868

: Benjamin F. Bunker correspondence with Union Pacific Railroad, 1864-1869

: Benjamin F. Ham correspondence, 1867-1869

: Benjamin P. Crane correspondence regarding Union Pacific Railroad contract, Litchfield, Mich., 1868

: Biographical record of Watson N. Shilling, 1869

: Brown and O'Brien Union Pacific Railroad vouchers, Omaha, Nebraska, 1867

: Business correspondence and statements of John Charles Fremont, 1863-1873

: Business correspondence of Carlos French and Benjamin F. French, 1864-1868

: Business propositions from Gilead A. Smith to Thomas Clark Durant, 1862-1863

: C. H. Fiske correspondence, August 22, 1866-August 31, 1875

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

: Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad correspondence regarding connection with the Union Pacific Railroad, 1864-1865

: Central Bolt, Spike and Rivet Co. proposal for sale of bolts and spikes to Union Pacific Railroad, New York, May 1868

: Central Railroad Company of New Jersey correspondence regarding sale of railroad turntables, 1868-1869

: Central Trunk Railroad of Iowa stockholders' agreement, January 1865

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

: Charles Tracy correspondence, New York, N.Y., 1864-1881

: Charles W. Brown Union Pacific Railroad voucher, Omaha, Neb., February 14, 1867

: Charter, prospectus and business records for Credit Mobilier of America, Philadelphia, Pa., 1859-1875

: Chesbrough and McGee's correspondence and balance sheets regarding construction work for Union Pacific Railroad, 1868-1871

: Cheyenne daily argus editor's correspondence with Thomas C. Durant, Cheyenne, Wyo., December 1868

: Cheyenne Pass and Bridger Pass railroad construction cost and quantities estimates, 1864

: Chicago Academy of Sciences correspondence with Thomas C. Durant, Chicago, May 22, 1867

: Chicago, Alton and St. Louis Railroad general superintendent Robert Hale's telegrams to Thomas C. Durant, 1866-1869

: Chicago and North Western Railway Co. correspondence, Chicago, 1867-1869

: Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad freight service receipts, Quincy, Ill., 1864-1866

: Chicago, Rock Island Railroad Co. agreement with Warsaw and Rockford Railroad Co., Ill., June 5, 1862

: Chicago, Rock Island Railroad general business, 1851-1864

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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