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Collection
Identifier: 2000-10
Scope and Contents
one oversized print; list of student names included
Dates:
1941
Collection
Identifier: 2016-35
Scope and Contents
This is a class picture of ninth graders posed in what appears to be a gymnasium. It is a Panoramic print, black and white, measuring 8 x 20". There are signatures of students and teachers on the back of the image. The photographer was Fromader of Davenport, IA. Dated May 1945.
Dates:
1945 May
Collection
Identifier: 2004-15
Scope and Contents
A cloth covered ScrapBook measuring about 6x9" inscribed "Miss Jeanette Dutton Chicago Ills" contains newsclippings and programs of performances of soprano Jennie Dutton from mid 1870s - mid 1880s, including an appearance in July 1884 in Davenport, Iowa at the Presbyterian Church. It appears there were more clippings in the book at one time. Condition is fair.
An 1875 handwritten letter to "child Jennie" from "father" re: ancestral surnames of Bullfinch and Hyde is also...
Dates:
1875-1885
Collection
Identifier: X-03
Scope and Contents
Inscribed "Jennie L. Richardson, Davenport, Iowa, U.S.A. Dresden Germany" February 12, 1880" and a German address.
Contains clippings of Davenport Democrat newspaper articles written by D.N. Richardson documenting travel through Europe in 1879-1880. Clippings are securely adhered to the pages of the 9 x 7" book.Based on paper cuts and handwritten notes, it appears there may have been photographic images included at one time. Several loose items pertaining to cattle were stored...
Dates:
1879-1880
Collection
Identifier: 1992-07
Scope and Contents
This collection is made up of photographs and information regarding specific projects while the Hunzinger Construction Company was still located in Iowa. Many of the projects are local buildings.
Dates:
1876 - 1893
Collection
Identifier: 2005-19
Scope and Contents
Scott County, Iowa citizenship documents and two documents in German dated 1883 and 1887.
Dates:
1883-1888
Collection
Identifier: 1990-05
Scope and Contents
Portraits taken by Davenport and area photographers, c. 1890.
Dates:
1890
Collection
Identifier: X-05
Scope and Contents
see also 1992-02 & 2011-20
File contains twenty loose legal sheets of typed memoir including Ballord's childhood in Davenport, school experiences, lumber business experiences, and limited family information. A family group record of the Esek Steere and Frances Aurelia (Webb) Steere family is also enclosed.
Dates:
1870-1965
Collection
Identifier: 2002-11
Scope and Contents
This collection contains illustrations by Holladay that appeared in the Quad-City Times from 1986-1997.
Dates:
1986-1977
Collection
Identifier: 2021-02
Scope and Contents
This is a photocopy of the original papers of John W. Pearman held by the State Historical Society of Iowa which consist mainly of his compilation, the "Iowa Roll of Honor". There are also miscellaneous documents and correspondence. In the introduction, Pearman described the Iowa Roll of Honor as a record of deceased Civil War soldiers of Iowa, along with a list of their orphans provided for by the state. The introduction also gives some background information on when, why and...
Dates:
1862-1921
