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Miscellaneous Local History Items

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-15

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two published books by author Herb Plambeck, 1 newspaper clipping of the 1977 Des Moines Sunday Register pertaining to Walcott, Iowa, a 1972 Scott County Historical Society Tour Script, a copy of "My Life" Story by Zella Schuett Steffen (1908-2000, and a "100 Year Story of John & Minnie Steffen Family" by Arlene Vincent.

Dates

  • Other: 1970s

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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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

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Extent

.50 Linear Feet

1 Files (in 1 folder. )

1 Files

2 Volumes (in 2 bound volumes.)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

Genealogy Vertical File: "STEFFEN"

Ephemera File: "Scott County Historical Society Tour Script 1972"

The Way It Was. CALL NUMBER: SC 977.7 PLAMB HER

"This is Herb" with Never a Dull Moment. CALL NUMBER: SC 977.7 PLAMB HER

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift

Separated Materials

Newsclipping was indexed in newspaper database - original was disposed. Scott County Historical Society Tour Script filed with Ephemera. Steffen genealogy materials added to Genealogy Vertical File and added to listing. Plambeck books cataloged.

Physical Description

good to excellent

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center Repository

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