Papers of Levi O. Leonard 1839-1941 (Part 1).

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Papers of Levi O. Leonard 1839-1941 (Part 1).

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The papers of Levi O. Leonard document the building of the Union Pacific Railroad from Omaha, Nebraska to Promontory Point, Utah. It includes the papers of Thomas C. Durant and the Credit Mobilier of America. Included are account books, letterpress books, contracts, legal papers, land profiles, maps, etc., all related to the actual construction of the transcontinental railroad. There are construction-period photographs taken by such noted photographers as A.J. Russell, Charles R. Savage, and J.E. Stimson. The papers also include historical material relating to other railroads, including the Mississippi and Missouri, Chicago and Rock Island, Adirondack, Baltimore and Ohio, etc. Correspondence is found throughout the entire collection. The letters from engineers, construction superintendents, railroad officials, stockholders, etc. reflect a broad range of concerns from rail orders to cotton speculation or excursion invitations to legal wrangles. Some of the correspondents include: D.H. Ainsworth, John B. Alley, Oakes Ames, Oliver Ames, George Ashmun, Benjamin E. Bates, Clark Bell, Cornelius S. Bushnell, Dan T. Casement, John S. Casement, Ebenezer Cook, John P. Cook, Henry C. Crane, and Samuel S. Cox. More correspondents include: George T.M. Davis, James W. Davis, Peter A. Dey, Sidney Dillon, John A. Dix, Grenville M. Dodge, William P. Dole, John R. Duff, Thomas C. Durant, William W. Durant, James A. Evans, Henry Farnum, James Fisk, and George W. Frost. More correspondents include: Samuel Hallett, Benjamin F. Ham, Springer Harbaugh, James Harlan, Alexander Hay, James T. Hodge, Fred S. Hodges, Ben Holladay,Jacob E. House, Herbert M. Hoxie, Charles A. Lambard, William H. Macy, D.C. McCallum, Henry S. McComb, and Henry McFarland. More correspondents include: John D. Perry, Henry V. Poor, A.J. Poppleton, Samuel B. Reed, Edward H. Rollins, Silas Seymour, Charles T. Sherman, William T. Sherman, J.H. Simpson, Webster Snyder, Edmund C. Stedman, William O. Stoddard, and Lorenzo Sweat. More correpondents include: Charles Tracy, John F. Tracy, George Francis Train, John P. Usher, B.F. Wade, John M.S. Williams, James M. Woolworth, and Brigham Young. The Leonard papers also include lectures and radio talks given by L.O. Leonard.

Papers, 32.5 linear ft., (65 boxes)Photographs, 4 linear ft., (8 boxes)

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