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Levi O. Leonard Railroadiana

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

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

: Christmas telegrams and receipt from telegraph companies for H.C. Crane and T.C. Durant, New York, N.Y., 1872-1874

: Communications regarding railroad court cases and transfer of stock certificates, New York, 186-

: Correpondence between H.C. Crane and Thomas C. Durant, 1863-June 1864

: Correspondence between George S. Bowen and Thomas C. Durant, Chicago, Illinois, May 31, 1878

: Correspondence between T.P. Ballou and Thomas C. Durant, Utica, N.Y., July 23, 1866

: Correspondence from British railroad magnate Thomas Cave to T.C. Durant, London, England, 1867-1868

: Correspondence of Cornelius Scranton Bushnell, a director of the Union Pacific Railroad, concerning financial transactions and pending legislation favoring the company, 1863-1875

: Correspondence, real estate query, and eulogies and memorial ceremonies for William West Durant, 1893-1936

: Correspondence with Edmonds and Ransom about court cases in Iowa, 1865-1870

: Cotton expedition correspondence, 1865

: Documents and correspondence from Thomas C. Durant and the Corn Exchange Bank, 1861-1874

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

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

: George F. Train correspondence, 1863-1868

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

: Index to book, T.C. Durant, 1860s?

: Invitation to a special meeting to test rail engine and car, January 3, 1871

: Letter accompanying statement of outstanding account, February 2, 1855

: Letterpress copybook of Thomas C. Durant, 1867

: Letters from J.B. Plumb to Thomas Clark Durant, 1864-1882

: Miscellaneous correspondence, journals, receipts and checks belonging to Thomas Clark Durant, part 2, 1872-1899

: Miscellaneous correspondence, receipts and checks belonging to Thomas Clark Durant, part 1, 1839-1871

: People associated with the Union Pacific Railroad line and their contemporaries, mid 1800s to early 1900s

: Peter Butler correspondence, Boston, Mass., 1864-1868

: Railroad officials of the Union Pacific Railroad line, mid- to late 1800s

: 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

: Replies to reports regarding an investigation involving the Russia Copper Company Limited, April 1873

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

: Thomas Clark Durant private ledgers, part 1, 1852-1870

: Thomas Clark Durant's payments and correspondence concerning the yacht 'Idler', 1865-1873

: William F. Chambers and Thomas Clark Durant correspondence, March 29, 1871

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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