Davenport School Museum Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials relating to the Davenport Community School System and Davenport related materials. It contains Davenport Public School Directories from 1919-1989; commencement programs from Davenport High School dating 1881-1949 with some years missing; contains eight papers written for the Contemporary Club dating 1913-1940 on the topic of education; the following publications: asouvenir booklet on additions made to the high school campus in 1930, reproductions from the 1920 Blackhawk yearbook, "The Davenport University Extension Sixteenth Year, 1904-1905 'Japan': A Course of Six Lectures," "Printing the Right Hand of Industry"- February, March, April 1951, "W.D. Petersen: Father of the Davenport Levee," and a bound volume called Cram's Standard American Railway System; one photographic print of Frank L. Smart Intermediate School 9th Grade class; and a sepia image mounted on board of large group of children and one female adult posed outside brick building.
Dates
- Creation: 1881-1989
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.
Request permission before copying materials.
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
The Davenport Schools Museum serves as a resource for learning and preservation of the history of Davenport Community Schools through the acquisition of historically and culturally significant objects and records.
Extent
4.5 Linear Feet (in 1 5" letter-sized manuscript box, 1 half-size letter-size record storage, 1 bound oversized volume, 11 paperbound volumes, 1 oversized photograph box, and 1 folder.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in four series:
Davenport High School Commencement Programs (1881-1949),
Contemporary Club Papers regarding education (1913-1940),
Publications (1904-2000)
Photographs (1948).
Physical Location
Range 42 Section 8 Box 1 and 2 and bound volume
Range 44 Section 01 OS Photo Box 4- Panoramic photograph
Range 44 Section 02 Photo Box 8- mounted image
CALL NUMBER
SC 379.777 DAV
SC 977.769 HAR
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