Logan Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a cabinet card taken by Clifford & Son at 210-212 Cedar Street in Muscatine, Iowa of a couple and a portrait taken by Ellison studio in Traer, Iowa of a couple. There is no information available as to the identify of the individuals pictured. The photographers were active in those towns from 1893-1900.
The third item is a Souvenir from Drumm School, District No. 9 in Butler Township, Scott County, Iowa. It includes a list of pupils, school board members, the county superintendent and the principal, Edw. H. Suiter. There are two small snapshots glued inside, presumably of teacher Suiter and the children who attended the school in 1924-1925.
A fourth item is a sepia toned photograph of a large classroom of children seated at their desks with a teacher standing in the background. On the blackboard is written "Musserville School 1st Grade". The image was mounted at one time but that backing has cracked and broken off. There is a large tear from top edge to middle of the image. Received encapsulated and left as received.
Dates
- Creation: 1893-1925
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Henry Bucks (1909-1960) was a son of Louis and Clara (MOHLMAN) BUCKS. The family resided in Scott County, Iowa for many years. Henry would have been about sixteen years old when he attended Drumm School in Scott County, Iowa in 1925 as an eighth grader.
Extent
4 items (in one folder.)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Range 44 Section 2; 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
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Davenport IA 52801-1490 United States
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