Davenport Levee Improvement Commission records

Collection

Identifier: 1998-18

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection includes records for the Davenport Levee Improvement Commission. Meeting minutes, leases, financial records, 1913-1970. Bound meeting minutes (vols 1-29), 1911-2005. 23 photographic prints of seawall and LeClaire Park from display board, 1911-1913. 11 original photographic prints. 75 negatives, 8 x 10" photographic prints, and digital copies (on 5 discs.)

Dates

Creation: 1911-2005

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

9.96 Linear Feet (in 9 record center cartons; 2.5" manuscript box of photographic prints; 5 discs stored DPL and one box negs stored Police Archives.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Location

Range 14 Sections 09 and 10. Negatives stored with City Archives at the Davenport Police Department. Discs uploaded media drive.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift

Physical Description

good

General

6/2008 - added bound meeting minutes vols 1-29, 1911-2005; found 11 original prints and 75 negatives 2013 - 75 negatives digitized and 8 x 10" prints made