Doug Nelson Real Estate Image Collection
Scope and Contents
Photographs of "comparable" build sales organized by town, street and property type: Commercial or Industrial. Most have a 35 mm negative as well. The collection is not fully processed as of December 2023.
Dates
- Creation: 1990-2019
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
Doug Nelson is a real estate appraiser who collected photographic prints and 35 mm negatives of buildings in the Quad Cities that were used in appraisals. All are identified with locations and many are dated.
Extent
3 Linear Feet (in 18 containers before processing)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
By town and property type, street and block, as originally received from donor.
Physical Location
During processing, temporary location Range 43 Sections 9 and 10; yellow cart has current box working on;
Completed boxes of prints and negatives are in Range 45 Section 02;
Supplies Range 46
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