Priester Construction Company Architectural Drawings Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of approximately 225 architectural and construction blueprints obtained from Priester's storage building on Brady Street, one panoramic print, two 8 x 10" prints put in VM89 collection, progress slides circa 1950s, 1940 publication with images of projects completed in record center carton.
Dates
- Creation: 1920-1990
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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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
This collection is being processed. For more information about this collection, please consult with a Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center staff member.
Extent
225 sets (stored in map cases) : blueprints ; various
2 Box(es) (1 record center carton; 1 2.5" archive box)
3 Photographic Prints
150 Photographic Slides (in archival binder as received from donor) : color stereo slides
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
SC Map cases 8,9,10
Lower Level map cases Lab02, Lab03
Panoramic 02 Drawer 12
Range 37 Section 7: 2 boxes
- 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