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Midwest Families: A Genealogical and Historical Compendium

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-08
Scope and Contents

PDF format digital file of 423 page publication (1979) by Michael John Kearney and Lis von Kaenel. 79,032 KB PDF Adobe. See collection SC 929.2 Kea

Dates: 1979

Miller Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-53
Scope and Contents

This small collection consists of the appointment card of Dr. J.S. Weber and a sepia toned photograph measuring 5 x 7" of the interior of a bank, probably the Northwest Davenport Savings Bank. Dr. Weber was the first bank President and was on the Board of Directors.

Dates: 1912-1920

Minnie M. Fregin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-01
Scope and Contents

This collection is made of up two series and contains six five-year diaries kept by Minnie (Schick) Fregin from 1931-1945 and 1962-1975 in which she documents family events, daily activities, and weather. Donors have added some notes within the diaries which highlight certain events and dates.

The other part of the collection includes the annotated recipe files maintained by Minnie Fregin and her sister, Edna Schick, most of which are handwritten.

Dates: 1931-1975

Miscellaneous items from Oakdale Cemetery office

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-12
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 1 image of the STUTT family burial plot; 1 lithograph titled "Davenport Iowa" by Hageboeck; 1 image of the Peterson Paper Company building dated 1965; some advertisements for Oakdale Abbey ca. 1930; newspaper clippings; and reprint images Susan Glaspell.

Dates: 1930-1960

Miscellaneous Local History Items

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-15
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two published books by author Herb Plambeck, 1 newspaper clipping of the 1977 Des Moines Sunday Register pertaining to Walcott, Iowa, a 1972 Scott County Historical Society Tour Script, a copy of "My Life" Story by Zella Schuett Steffen (1908-2000, and a "100 Year Story of John & Minnie Steffen Family" by Arlene Vincent.

Dates: Other: 1970s

Miscellaneous local history items

 Collection
Identifier: 2004-26
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous images with little to no identification 1) group of children posed on steps; 5x7" sepia print on 8x10" matte; good condition; "Ethel Bach-Bettendorf-age 9-1915" written on back 2) exterior of residence situated on corner identified by ALG as 600 East 6th Street ca 1908-1909; 6x8" sepia on 10x12" matte; condition poor 3) Eckerman Studio; group photograph of...
Dates: 1855-1960

Mississippi Hotel

 Collection
Identifier: 2004-80
Scope and Contents

For more information about this collection, please consult with a Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center staff member.

Dates: 1900-1997

Mississippi River Bend Porcelain Decorators

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-25
Scope and Contents

This collection contains Minutes, financial documents, membership lists, by-laws and rules, miscellaneous documents from this local organization; member of Iowa and World Organization of China Painters.

Dates: 1975-2008

Mississippi River Boating

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-38
Scope and Contents

Donor's grandfather took these movies while boating on the Mississippi River. "He docked at Davenport and usually went north from there. I'm not sure where the locks are, but the movies show the boat going through them. They may show the areas before changes were made."

Dates: 1950-1959

Mississippi River Flooding in Davenport, Iowa April 2013

 Collection
Identifier: 2013-18
Scope and Contents

These digital images were taken by a Special Collections staff member on April 22, 2013 in Davenport, IA to document the flooding.

Dates: April 22, 2013

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Women -- Iowa -- Davenport -- Societies and clubs -- History -- Sources 5
Women -- Iowa -- Davenport -- Social life and customs 4
Women -- Services for -- Iowa -- Davenport -- History -- Sources 3
Young women -- Iowa -- Davenport -- Social life and customs 3
Charities -- Iowa -- Davenport -- History -- Sources 2
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Clubs -- Iowa -- Davenport 2
Images, Photographic 2
Young women -- Iowa -- Davenport -- Charities, protection, etc. -- History -- Sources 2
clippings (information artifacts) 2
Adoption 1
Art fairs--Social aspects. 1
Art fairs--United States. 1
Art fairs. 1
Art festivals. 1
Booklet 1
Books 1
Buildings -- Iowa -- Davenport -- History -- Sources 1
Cabinet photographs -- Iowa -- Davenport -- History -- Sources 1
Cemeteries -- Iowa -- Davenport -- History -- Sources 1
Civil War -- United States 1
Construction industry -- Iowa -- Davenport -- History -- Sources 1
Contracts 1
Costume--Art. 1
Davenport (Iowa) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs 1
Davenport (Iowa) -- Intellectual life 1
Davenport (Iowa) -- Social life and customs 1
Davenport (Iowa)--History. 1
Davenport (Iowa)--Politics and government 1
Europe -- Description and travel 1
Hunzinger Construction Company -- Buildings -- Photographs 1
Indiana 1
Iowa 1
Lane and Waterman -- Records and correspondence 1
Law firms -- Iowa -- Davenport -- History -- Sources 1
Literature -- Societies, etc. 1
Looms 1
Military bands 1
Oakdale Cemetery (Davenport, Iowa) -- Records and correspondence 1
Oakdale Memorial Gardens -- Records and correspondence 1
Organization 1
Pakistan 1
Portrait photographers -- Iowa -- Davenport -- Photographs 1
Rock Island (Ill.) 1
Savings banks 1
Textile industry 1
Weaving 1
Women -- Iowa -- Davenport -- Intellectual life 1
Women -- Societies and clubs 1
World War II 1
World War, 1939-1945 1
address books 1
bankbooks 1
bookkeeping registers 1
correspondence 1
mortgage deeds 1
mortgages 1
publicizing 1
ration books 1
receipts (financial records) 1
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Language
English 941
German 5
 
Names
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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Lend-A-Hand Club 2
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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