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Collection
Identifier: 2020-22
Scope and Contents
These are the papers of Delores "Dee" Albrecht Lang.
Included:
Davenport High School 1947 Senior Prom booklet;
5 Autograph books 1938, 1940-42, 1944, 1945, 1946;
Photographs:
1 black and white 8 x 10" print in frame of Dee in navy hat;
5 snapshots
paper napkin imprinted "Robert C. and Delores A. Lang February 8, 1952";
Iowa Official Register 1967-1968;
Index cards of some city cemetery burials given to donor by his...
Dates:
1915-1967
Collection
Identifier: 1998-12
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 61 photographic prints size 8 x 10" of the Rock Island Arsenal and the Government Bridge, mostly copies taken from an 1899 report by the War Department. Includes photographs of the Colonel Davenport home in good shape and in disrepair, construction of Arsenal buildings, the National Cemetery (1902), and riverboats Delta Queen and Lone Star. Also a duplicate copy of "Rock Island Prison Barracks" book.
Dates:
1872-1955
Collection
Identifier: 2009-15
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 1991 art reproduction of riverboat, "Quad City Queen: a Riverboat Tribute" by artist Jerry Wenstrom and a 2009 Topps trading cards of John Deere and Buffalo Bill
Dates:
1991; 2009
Collection
Identifier: 2020-09
Scope and Contents
This pilot log is dated July 28, 1946 with the airport base noted as Cram Field. It notes the aircraft flown , local or cross country, includes remarks or inspector's signature and certification number, horsepower classification, and time spent flying. The last entry is dated October 21, 1950.
Dates:
1946-1950
Collection
Identifier: 2023-24
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two 8 x 10" pen and ink sketches on notebook paper signed "Art Kroppach" that were located in a 1920 U of I Hawkeye yearbook. The sketches are both outdoor scenes.
Secondly is an oil on canvas framed painting created by Gay Tydeman in 1947 and entered into the Mississppi Valley Fair in Class 1602. The painting in the frame measures roughly 30 x 36" and is in relatively good condition. It is titled "His Honor the Mayor of Davenport Art Kroppach 1947".
Dates:
1920; 1947
Collection
Identifier: 2024-11
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one maroon and gilt autograph book and one gold and black scrapbook with calling cards and Victorian period scrapbooking accents belonging to Sarah Louise Buckwalter. Each volume has handwritten notes with information to help idenfy the individuals' signatures and calling cards.
Dates:
1892-1894
Collection
Identifier: 2016-31
Scope and Contents
Image showing woman standing beside road sign "City of Davenport Welcome Please slow down to 15 miles per hour" and automobile parked on dirt road.
Dates:
2016 copy; original unknown
Collection
Identifier: 2018-45
Scope and Contents
Images recording 1910 airplane flight somehow involving James L. Kempthorne in a Curtiss Biplane. Research shows Kempthorne came to Davenport in 1908 to live with his aunt and attend high school. He graduated in 1912 and worked in Chicago for a time before attending Columbia University where he graduated in 1919. According to his 1978 obituary: "At age 18, Mr. Kempthorne and a friend built an airplane-just three years after the Wright brothers made their first flight at Kitty hawk-then...
Dates:
1910
Collection
Identifier: 2024-27
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the 1931 Blackhawk Yearbook and reunion documents for the Class of 1947 and 1949, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
The 35th reunion program for the Class of 1947 was printed in 1982 with a list of the classmates denoting for those planning to attend. It also includes the reunion's program of events and the committee members. The Class of 1949 has two reunion programs represented in this collection for their 25th (1974) and 50th (1999) class reunions. They...
Dates:
1931-1999
Collection
Identifier: 2020-24
Scope and Contents
"The Story of William Frank and Julia (Hanks) Baker: Their Ministry and Their Descendants" is a document that was dictated to the donor by Ms. Anna Katherine Baker of Oregon in July 1990. It shares the story of her parents and their service to the communities her father ministered to as well as the hardships they faced raising their family on meager earnings. It continues with the long-time service of her mother to a wealthy Davenport family. It was Ms. Baker's hope that her...
Dates:
1886-1990
