Marian (Boldt) Edwards Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection is made up of images pertaining to Marian (Boldt) Edwards and her family, Davenport, Iowa's Oral-Deaf School, and the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf-Davenport Division No. 59. Both original photographic prints and digital images are included documenting people, awards and certificates. Group photographs both formal and casual as well as digital images of the original Division Charter and members fifty years later are highlights. Identification is available for the image of the members upon the fiftieth anniversary of the Society's Davenport Division.
Dates
- Creation: 1916-1991
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Materials are available for use in the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center only.
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Personal digital cameras and scanners are allowed in the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center on a case-by-case basis. The items that a researcher may want to scan or photograph must be examined and evaluated for physical condition, copyright issues, and donor restrictions by staff.
Copyright restrictions may apply; please consult Special Collections staff for further information.
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Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
Biographical / Historical
Marian D. Boldt was born to parents Harry and Florence (Freymann) Boldt in January of 1924, joining one older brother, Duane. Marian attended Davenport's Oral-Deaf School as a child then went on to learn the cabinet making trade. Her 2012 obituary described her as a master cabinet maker. Marian married Myrlin Edwards, also deaf, in June 1947 and the couple had a daughter. The family was very involved with the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf-Davenport Division No. 59 which received their Charter in 1916.
Extent
10 Photographic Prints (in 2 folders. ) : black and white
8 images : jpeg files; scans created 2021
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Original photographic prints are in Folder 1. Supplemental material is in Folder 2.
Physical Location
Range 44 Section 02; Photo Box 7
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift
- 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