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Jennie L. Richardson Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: X-03

Scope and Contents

Inscribed "Jennie L. Richardson, Davenport, Iowa, U.S.A. Dresden Germany" February 12, 1880" and a German address. Contains clippings of Davenport Democrat newspaper articles written by D.N. Richardson documenting travel through Europe in 1879-1880. Clippings are securely adhered to the pages of the 9 x 7" book.Based on paper cuts and handwritten notes, it appears there may have been photographic images included at one time.

Several loose items pertaining to cattle were stored inside the back cover. Those items were removed and put in separate archival enclosure. These date 1912, 1913.

Dates

  • Creation: 1879-1880

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.

Extent

1 Volumes (One bound volume; loose papers in back dated 1912, 1913 regarding milk cattle yields, correspondence regarding specific cow, constitution of the American Jersey Cattle Club.)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

Range 37 Section 1 w/other X items

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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