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Rodolphus Bennett biographical research

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-17

Scope and Contents

Collection of research materials including a timeline, newspaper clippings, documents and transcriptions pertaining to Rodolphus Bennett, Davenport's first mayor in 1839, and his immediate family; jpg scans of original documents as well as paper print outs were made.

Dates

  • Creation: 2018

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.

The copyright law of the United States (title 17, United States Code) governs the making of reproductions of copyrighted material.

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 Files (1 folder of paper prints made from digital file)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

Range 43 Section 2

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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Davenport IA 52801-1490 United States