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Notes on Davenport History by Mc Nabney

 Collection
Identifier: X-01
Scope and Contents Compiled by Roy F. McNabney of Davenport. This was pulled from the SC vertical file and is composed of handwritten notes citing newspaper articles that pertain to Davenport. This handwritten list was alphabetized and typed in 1986 by Davenport librarian Rita Specht. Currently two copies are available in open stacks SC 977.769 IND.Also included in folder are four typed letters to librarians in various communities with research requests by Mc Nabney for information pertaining to...
Dates: 1940s

Oakdale Cemetery correspondence and receipts

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-14
Scope and Contents

Correspondence selected from discarded Oakdale Cemetery (Oakdale Memorial Gardens) records as a representative sample of the cemetery's business transactions, correspondence regarding cemetery lots, and receipts for the design, construction, and maintenance of the public mausoleum, 1930-1939.

Dates: 1916-1939

Oakdale Memorial Gardens Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2020-16
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of records created by the Oakdale Cemetery Association including articles of incorporation, rules and regulations, minutes of meetings, plat books, burial records and lot sales.

Dates: 1856-1999

Oestreich Architecture Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-71
Scope and Contents Scans of blueprints:G.W. Cox, AIA, Bettendorf From Jeff Newcomb, BCZ Engineering M&M Roy Vanderkamp 1962 RI M&M Henry Carlson 15th Street 1955 RI M&M Ira Weindruch 35th Ave & 15 St. CT 1963 RI M&M Jack Zuckerman 2504 37th Ave (from CD) 1957 RI Cox & Couch, Davenport M&M Bernard Weindruch 3510 15 St. Ct 1959 RI Cox, Remodel M&M Bernard Weindruch 3510 15 St. Ct 1956 RI Cox Davenport M&M T. W. Brown 3302 33rd Ave Ct 1958 RI G W Cox...
Dates: 1951-2004

Old Scott County courthouse photograph

 Collection
Identifier: 1997-11
Scope and Contents

This is an image of the second Scott County, Iowa courthouse in Davenport, Iowa. No photographer is identified. Automobiles are parked along the street, a fire hydrant is visible and a person is riding a bicycle in the foreground. There is a monument or statue visible on the roof.

Dates: 1915

"Old Town of Rockingham" plat map, 1914, and Smithiger family materials

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-15
Scope and Contents

"Old Town of Rockingham" plat map, drawn by Schmidt, 1914; Schmithagen family warranty deed, 1940, for property in Rockingham area; family history titled "Descendants of Luis Schmithagen"; and copies of Schmithagen family photographs.

Dates: 1914-1940

On the Paper Trail of Big Nose Kate by Brant

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-33
Scope and Contents

Digital copies of publication "On the Paper Trail of Big Nose Kate" by Angel M. Brant.

Dates: 2011 September

Operation Clean Davenport Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2004-29
Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials for a public service announcement and program for Operation Clean Davenport Inc. featuring Woodsey Owl and local boxer Michael Nunn, slide sheets with slides, program scripts and presentation materials, 35mm film (see Film Preservation Project). The slides consist of images of the Clean Sweep events, KAB Awards, local runs, organized clean-ups, presentation slides, billboards and signs, and downtown, Mississippi River, and street scenes. Individuals and...
Dates: 1974-1992

Oral History Collection: Combat history of 513th Paratroopers Infantry

 Collection
Identifier: 2001-30
Scope and Contents

Typed manuscript “Combat History of 513th Paratroopers Infantry” during World War II era; author unknown; photocopies.

Donated as part of WWII/Korean War Oral History project.

Dates: unknown

Oral History Collection: Harold Stillwell World War II memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: 2001-33
Scope and Contents

Items obtained during military service as an engineer in Pacific Theater of Operations during WWII including: abacus, Japanese flag, Japanese Navy cap, Japanese sandals, Japanese invasion money and “good” money, 3 opium pipes, fan, Japanese arm patch, bag of Japanese type set or typewriter characters in green pouch, crocheted handbag, variety of books=phrase books, first aid.

Donated as part of WWII/Korean War Oral History project.

Dates: 1942-1946

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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
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Booklet 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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