City of Davenport Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a variety of materials collected by the donor about the City of Davenport. The collection includes a clear glass paper weight commemorating Davenport City Hall Centennial, 1896-1996, a video on CD of the "City of Davenport-Parks & Recreation March 2008" which was possibly created for the City Livability Award,a collection of photographic slides of Davenport Parks from 1978-1992, and an oversized 1941 Street Tree Survey Terapeutic Chart created by Philip H. Tunnicliff. Additionally there are two cd recordings: Riverfront Tours 2006 and Lady of Germania segment from NewsChannel 8 dated 2006-08-15.
Dates
- Creation: 1996; 2008; 1970s-1990s; 2000-2008
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
This collection is being processed. For more information about this collection, please consult with a Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center staff member.
Extent
1 unknown
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Range 33 Section 1: Paper Weight
Range 44 Section 3: Photograhic Slides
See Special Collections Staff about location of the Street Tree Survey.
CDs to be cataloged.
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