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Angeline Petskeyes personal items

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-03
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 6 diaries, each covering 5 years (1943-72) written by Davenport resident Angeline Petskeyes. Addition: March 2008 received funeral book of Angeline (1898-1983) and her son Roderick C. Petskeyes' baby book. Contains many photos, family history information on Petskeyes, Walthers, Hirzel.

Dates: 1943-1972

Annie Wittenmyer Home Contact Notebook from Branch

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-05
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the contact book and information kept at the Davenport Branch Library located at Annie Wittenmyer. Contains names and addresses of residents of the orphanage and some entries name people they are looking for.

Dates: 1978-2005

Annie Wittenmyer Home photographs, 1931-1945

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-21
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs taken at the Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home/Annie Wittenmyer Home between 1931-1945 showing views of farm, grounds, and some staff members and a 1926 Blackhawk high school year book.

Dates: 1931-1945

Annie Wittenmyer Home scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: 1989-07
Scope and Contents These 127 images were attached to scrapbook pages with corner mounting squares for the most part. The last few photos were attached with rubber cement. Most of the images are snapshots, 2 x 3" or 3.5 x 5". There are two 8 x 10" prints. Images were removed, labeled with the accession number, page number in scrapbook where found, and any identification that was written on the scrapbook page. The images were put into an archival folder with interleaving pieces of archival paper....
Dates: 1920-1952

Antoine LeClaire and Adlai Stevenson signatures

 Collection
Identifier: 1999-10
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 1 signature of Antoine LeClaire (signature only), and 1 signature of Adlai Stevenson on a typed letter to Henry B. Hook.

Dates: 1800s; 1952

Antoine LeClaire land patent documents & research

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-02
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of photocopies pertaining to LeClaire's land acquisitions from 1832 Sauk and Fox treaty including certified copies of patents and maps.

The land patents are regarding the 640 acres in Davenport and 640 acres in LeClaire. This was provided for in Section 6 of the 1832 Treaty with the Sauk and Fox where LeClaire acted as an interpreter. There is also a copy of the 1842 Treaty with the Sauk and Fox.

Dates: 1830s

Architectural drawings for Renwick Buildings. et al

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-19
Scope and Contents

This collection contains blueprints for William G. Renwick buildings dated 1929-1930. Sears, Roebuck B type Retail Buildings, Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. Architects Burnham Brothers Incorporated and Nimmons, Carr and Wright. Tunnicliff, Davenport city engineer.

Dates: 1929-1930

Architectural & Historical Survey 2004-2005

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-22
Scope and Contents

This collection contains copies of CDs documenting the Davenport Central Business District. Includes building files, scanned images of aerials, people, streetscapes, structures (indexed), Putnam Museum images, digital color images and black and white rolls of film. Info also online.

Dates: 2004-2005

Architectural plans Voss residences

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-30
Scope and Contents

This collection contains blueprints of plans for 4 residences: 915 West Locust, 911 West Locust, 907 West Locust, and 1720 Marquette, ca. 1912-1916; architects Ebeling and Harfst.

Dates: 1912-1916

Armil-Wass Family History and Photograph Album Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-18
Scope and Contents

Armil-Wass family history, digital copies of 2 Armil-Barrett family albums and the individual tintypes, cabinet photographs, and cartes de visites contained within, and poster of the Glen Armil housing addition in Davenport.

Dates: 1870-1900

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Women -- Iowa -- Davenport -- Societies and clubs -- History -- Sources 5
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Adoption 1
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Booklet 1
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Buildings -- Iowa -- Davenport -- History -- Sources 1
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City of Davenport (Iowa) 6
Cook, Clarissa C 2
Glaspell, Susan, 1876-1948 2
Huebinger, M. (Melchior) 2
Lend a Hand Society 2
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Moline (Ill.) 2
Quad-City Times 2
Adams, Helen 1
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
Adler, Betty 1
Adler, Henrietta 1
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 1
Amarillo (Tex.) 1
Ambrose, Allison S 1
America 1
American Commercial and Savings Bank 1
American Telephone and Telegraph Company 1
American Trust Company 1
Andrews, Clarence A. 1
Antarctica 1
Ashton, Ann 1
Austin Crabbs Incorporated 1
Bach, Gerhard, 1943- 1
Baird, Frank 1
Baldwin, Lillian Tice 1
Barry, Patricia, 1930- 1
Bawden, Joyce 1
Bawden, Rita 1
Beaux Arts (Davenport, Iowa) 1
Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926 1
Bermuda Islands 1
Bertram, Anna 1
Bertram, Claus J 1
Bettendorf (Iowa) 1
Bettendorf Tabernacle 1
Bettendorf, J W 1
Beuse, Walter 1
Blackman, Paddy 1
Bondi, August M. (August Mendel), 1833-1907 1
Bondi, Gladys 1
Boulanger, Nadia 1
Bradley, Ritamary, 1916-2000 1
Brandt Brothers 1
Brigode, Diane 1
Britt, Edward 1
Bromfield, Louis, 1896-1956 1
Brooke, Libbet 1
Buchanan School (Davenport, Iowa) 1
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 1
Business and Professional Women's Club (Davenport, Iowa) 1
Calvary Baptist Church (Davenport, Iowa) 1
Camp Minneyata 1
Carbondale (Ill.) 1
Carroll, Molly 1
Catherine Club 1
Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589 1
Catholic Women’s League 1
Central Trust and Savings Bank 1
Chamberlin, J A 1
Cheney, Anna Susan Moore 1
Cheney, Burton Henry 1
Cheney, Edith 1
Cheney, Romala 1
Chihuly, Dale, 1941- 1
China 1
Christ Episcopal Church West (Davenport, Iowa) 1
Cissell, Hazel 1
Clausen & Clausen, Architects 1
Clausen, Ernest 1
Clinton (Iowa) 1
Clinton, Bill, 1946- 1
Clinton, Hillary Rodham 1
Coin, Nancy 1
Curtiss-Wright Airport (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1
Dahms, Gustav 1
Davenport Central Turner Society 1
Davenport Chamber of Commerce 1
Davenport Council of Americanization 1
Davenport Democrat and Leader 1
Davenport Exchange Club 1
Davenport Machine and Foundry Co. 1
Davenport Public Library 1
Davenport Women's Club 1
Davenport, George, 1783-1845 1
Davenport, Marcia, 1903-1996 1
Deere & Company 1
Deere & Company Branch Warehouse (Lansing, Mich.) 1
Deere & Company Steel Shed 1
Deere & Company Warehouse (East Moline, Ill.) 1
Deere and Mansur Works 1
Des Moines (Iowa) 1
Dille and McGuire Manufacturing Company 1
Dixon Feed and Seed Company Incorporated 1
Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 1900-1980 1
East Moline State Hospital 1
Egypt 1
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 1
Eleanor Club 1
Eleanor Record 1
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