V. Lorraine Edgman Duncan Genealogy Collection
Scope and Contents
These serials and miscellaneous items pertaining to Missouri, Kentucky and Iowa were kept by genealogist Lorraine Duncan. They were foldered and placed in an archival box. Published materials that were donated were cataloged if met collection development policy.
Personal items include a letter and attached newspaper clipping from The North Scott Press and a 1980 directory from Grace United Methodist Church.
Accrual 2023-67 includes family files, source files, publications, and personal items. Family names include Edgman, Keener, Norris, Gordon, Hogg, Looney, Kussart, Hudson, Cashon, Duncan, Deatherage, and many more.
Personal items include diaries from the Edgman family, photographs and tintypes, land documentation, awards and recognitions.
Dates
- Creation: 1970-2016
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
11.38 Linear Feet (in one 2.5" letter size archive box, 10.5 record center cartons, and one range of 3-ring binders.)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Range 35 Section 4;
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Genealogy for librarians
- Domesday : a search for the roots of England
- Mercer Community Bicentennial
- Scotland : a genealogical research guide
- Rauenzahner to Routson : a family on the move
- Down turnback trails : a sketch book of Lawrence County, Missouri, 1845-1995
- Centennial celebration, Spickard, Missouri, 1871-1971
- Mercer centennial, 1872-1972
- Blood kin and "in-laws" : all relationships revealed, named, and explained
- How to trace your Irish roots
- Linn's 1976 history of Mercer County, Missouri
- The pastoral years of Rev. Anthony Henckel, 1692-1717
- Alexander Gordon and his descendants
- The Milan standard souvenir edition
- Service record book of men and women of Corydon, Iowa & community
- The Duncan family
- Greater London cemeteries and crematoria
- Steamboating on the Upper Mississippi
- The counties and courthouses of Iowa
- My ancestors were Quakers : how can I find out more about them?
- The history of Decatur County, Iowa [1839-1970]
- Mercer County pioneer traces
- The WPA guide to 1930s Iowa
Repository Details
Part of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center Repository
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Davenport IA 52801-1490 United States
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