This collection contains over forty diaries of this surveyor and businessman, as well as account books from some of his surveying projects, including some payroll entries. The correspondence contains letters from General Dodge and Senator LaFollette and much other correspondence which provides information about Dey and his work with the railroads. Although the papers do not contain enough information to provide a complete biography of Dey or a history of the construction of the railroads, they do contain important evidence for biographical and historical purposes in these two areas. There is also a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, including items from early Iowa City newspapers. This collection contains a photograph of Thomas Edison taken in New Jersey in 1901 or 1902, as well as a photograph of Edward Everett, a photograph of Robert Finkbine, and an engraving of Dey as well as photographs of the fire that burned the St. James block in Iowa City. Series II is an index to the correspondence in Series I, and is not a list of boxed materials.

see also MsL D528 d -- Letters to John A. Dix resigning his position with the Union Pacific. Letters removed from MsC86 and photocopies placed with the collection. Letters should be repatriated to collection. 5/05 Done 11/05. jlr

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