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Women -- Services for -- Iowa -- Davenport -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Lend-A-Hand Club Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1989-11
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the content found in the cornerstone of the 1922 Lend-A-Hand building located at 105 Main Street (Main St.) in Davenport, Iowa. Additionally, there are scrapbooks dating from 1895-1943 and a variety of ephemeral items relating to Lend-A-Hand and national and local organizations, many of which held their meetings in the Lend-a-Hand Club building.

Dates: 1895-1943
Found in: Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center

Lend-A-Hand Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: 1998-10
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of materials recording the activities and operation of the Lend-A-Hand Club. Primiarly the records consist of financial records and resident room records of women who rented rooms at Lend-A-Hand. Additionally, the materials include lists of board of directors and community organizations, signs of rules and regulations for those staying at Lend-A-Hand, as well as a representative sample of construction and architectural records.

Dates: 1944-1976
Found in: Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center

P.E.O. Chapter FJ Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-08
Scope and Contents This collection was created by the P.E.O Sisterhood Chapter FJ of Davenport, Iowa. It's officers and membership recorded and created these materials. The collection contains recording secretary's book with treasurer's reports, a history of the local chapter, photographic prints, and scrapbooks from the 1950s through 2003. The documents in this collection also include biographical information about their membership such as member Patricia Barry, an actress, and LaWanda Roudebush, former...
Dates: 1919-2011
Found in: Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center

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