Thomas Whitehouse collection
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of business records from two Davenport entities: Priester Construction Company and Charles F. Ranzow & Son Paint Company.
Items include progress photographs of construction sites for the Priester series. The Ranzow series includes account books, invoices, correspondence and so forth in a variety of formats and is not fully physically processed.
Dates
- Creation: 1890-1970
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
For more information about this collection, please consult with a Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center staff member.
Extent
9 Box(es) (6 record center cartons 2 5" manuscript boxes 1 2.5" manuscript box )
3 containers (plastic bins full of bound and loose business records not yet processed; 3 left full of ledgers as of 10/28/2020 kmo)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Range 33 Sections 9 and 10
Unprocessed materials are stored in the lower level hallway in plastic tubs. Bookkeeping ledgers moved from Lower Level Lab to Range 04 Section 06 Shelf 06 and Section 07 Shelves 05-06.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center Repository
321 Main Street
Davenport IA 52801-1490 United States
specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com