Wood Iowa Soldiers' Orphans Home photograph collection
Scope and Contents
This unique collection all pertains to the Iowa Soldiers' Orphans" Home employees, children and grounds. It consists of twenty gem portrait tintypes by the Davenport photographer Olmsted, some with identification, believed to be dated to 1866. There are five CDV size images of the grounds dated 1867 taken by photographer Bowman of Ottawa, Illinois.
ISOH Matrons identified are Clara Jester, Lu Clarenbaugh, Miss Goodill, Mrs. Jones, and two unidentified women. Children living at the cottages are identified as Wallace Cousins, Serepta Graham, Anna Graham, George W. Kerr, Jesse E. Lowe, Ella McConnell, John Morgan, Shortie (a boy), Ida Wood, and one child possibly Edwin Wood among four unidentified images.
Images of the grounds show the extant cottages after the Civil War, the barracks that had been used at Camp Roberts/Kinsman.
Dates
- Creation: 1866-1867
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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Biographical / Historical
This collection has not been fully researched.
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (in one 2.5" letter size archive box.)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Range 44 Section 03
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