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Baker Family papers
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
Baker & Housman (RI, IL) ledgers 1892-1894
Collection
Identifier: 2003-16
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 4 financial ledger books, 2 of Baker and Housman, Rock Island, Illinois and 2 that are not marked but appear to be from the same company.
Dates:
1892-1894
Barb Stein Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2013-21
Scope and Contents
Family papers and photographs of McClelland, Richardson, Barnard, Dow families
Dates:
1850-2010
Battery "B" National Guard Field Artillery Unit Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2001-24
Scope and Contents
Taken from Report of the Adjutant General of Iowa
For the Biennial Period Ended June 30, 1918
Published by the State of Iowa
Des MoinesAt the beginning of the year 1917 the Iowa National Guard, with the exception of the Field Artillery, which was mustered out in December, was in Federal service and was on duty on the Mexican Border guarding the border states from invasion. The organizations were returned to their homes early in the year and by March 23, 1917 were all out of active...
Dates:
1916-1918
Bauder and Appelquist Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2013-26
Scope and Contents
Grammar school diploma for Lena S. Bauder (1888)
Religious Certificate in German [communion?] Magdalena Salome Bauder (1880)
Religious Certificate in German [confirmation] Magdalena Bauder (1888)
Picnic of Crane Club (1921) identification for Clare Blanche Appelquist
Mercy Nurses (1915) - 2
Religious Certificate in German [communion?] Magdalena Salome Bauder (1880)
Religious Certificate in German [confirmation] Magdalena Bauder (1888)
Picnic of Crane Club (1921) identification for Clare Blanche Appelquist
Mercy Nurses (1915) - 2
Dates:
1880-1921
Beaux Arts, Incorporated
Collection
Identifier: 2004-71
Scope and Contents
Scrapbooks containing newsclippings, publicity, and photographs of Balls (1953-1966) and Fairs (1967-1974); 120 color slides of balls
Dates:
1953-1974
Beiderbecke & Miller Grocers building-by F. Claussen
Collection
Identifier: 2007-14
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 1 cd-rom of Fr. Claussen architectural drawings of the Beiderbecke and Miller Wholesale Grocery building [1874] and 2 drawings from 1870.
Dates:
1870-1874
Beiderbecke & Miller Grocers Receipt
Collection
Identifier: 2016 -22
Scope and Contents
One paper receipt from local grocers ca1883.
Dates:
1883
Benita A. Moore Quad-City History Files, 1970-1999
Collection
Identifier: 2002-10
Scope and Contents
This collection contains publications, newspaper clippings, etc. relating to Quad City area history kept by Benita Moore, a professor at Marycrest College in the 1970s-1990s.
Dates:
1970s-1990s
Benjamin F. Gue diary (transcript)
Collection
Identifier: 1997-23
Scope and Contents
typescript of diary 1852-1855; (See IA State University for originals); describes trek west to Iowa in 1852;claiming land in Scott and Cedar Counties; crossing the frozen Mississippi River on foot; first train across Railroad bridge in 1854; farm life
Dates:
1852-1855
Bernick family photograph album
Collection
Identifier: 2018-36
Scope and Contents
Victorian album; family names Bernick, Duge, Beh, Broders, Goettsch
Dates:
1860-1900
Berry, Carstens, Soehren, Struve genealogical material
Collection
Identifier: 2020-06
Scope and Contents
Family group sheets and supplementary materials for family lines Berry, Struve, Soehren and Carstens of Scott County, Iowa.
Dates:
various
Bettendorf family photos c1910
Collection
Identifier: 2011-10
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of duplications of photos of paintings in frames and 24 black and white 3.5 x 4" prints and 35 milimeter negatives of Michael, William P., Joseph W., J.W. and wife Elizabeth, Edwin, and Bill.
Dates:
circa 1910
Bettendorf High School World War II oral history project book
Collection
Identifier: 2001-32
Scope and Contents
"World War II: Home and Away" booklet prepared by Bettendorf High School students
Title:
World War II : home and away : an oral history project / Fiction Writing Class, Bettendorf High School, C Term 2001 ; editors, Lindsay Sobie and Andrea Aplin.
Publisher, Date:
Bettendorf, Iowa : M. Walker, Bettendorf High School, 2001.
Dates:
2001
Betty Adler Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2014 -20
Content Description
This donation consists of a letter to Betty Adler from General John J. Pershing regarding the manuscript for her book Within the Year After and Adler's business card.
Dates:
1920
Beyer's Pastry Shop & Superior Dairy Wagon
Collection
Identifier: 2012-12
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of scans of photographic print images 3.5 x 3.5"; originals returned to donor.
Dates:
ca. 1910
Bi-State Literacy Council Records
Collection
Identifier: 2019-78
Scope and Contents
Board agendas, minutes, financial reports, images and historical documents about the organization collected by Board members from 1988 to 2019.
Dates:
1988-2019
Bishop Henry Cosgrove photograph
Collection
Identifier: 2004-61
Scope and Contents
One black and white photographic image which appears to be printed, possibly upon the occasion of his death, which was removed from a frame. Information printed under the image states Cosgrove's dates of birth, ordination, and death. Theimage shows him seated, looking downward to the photographer's left. He is wearing a dark robe and cape. The photograph is credited to Allen.
Dates:
1900s
Bix Beiderbecke genealogy
Collection
Identifier: 2010-06
Scope and Contents
Digital pdf file of Beiderbecke genealogy including family group sheets, kinship reports, and index on CD-ROM; print version also available.
Dates:
2008
Bix Box-SC resources re: Bix Beiderbecke
Collection
Identifier: 2007-04
Scope and Contents
This artificial collection is a compilation of original items pertaining to Bix Beiderbecke, including photographs.
Dates:
2007
Blackhawk Chapter IAAP
Collection
Identifier: 2007-16
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items pertaining to the International Association of Administrative Professionals, including scrapbooks 1942-98, records 1942-2007 with some missing, anniversary booklet with history, and photographs.
Dates:
1942-2007
Blue Grass Township, Scott County, Iowa Assessor's Books 1898-1915
Collection
Identifier: 2003-17
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 17 bound volumes of Blue Grass Township Assessor Books from 1898-1915 (missing 1900.)
Dates:
1898-1915
Blueprints of hospital building at Iowa Soldiers Orphans Home
Collection
Identifier: 2007-02
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 4 sheets labeled Set No.16, held together with brads, dated June1931. Architect Henry J. Liebbe, Des Moines. Measures 24" x 42". This building is no longer extant.
Dates:
1931 June
Book: Kaaba Temple 1986 Shine for Shrine by Stamm
Collection
Identifier: 2019-17
Scope and Contents
hardcover directory of members and brief history of Temple chartered Jul 1, 1878
Dates:
1986
Brady Street, 400 block
Collection
Identifier: 2018-07
Scope and Contents
JPG scan of Ott Motor Service [Brady Street, 427] and Naven Fuel Co. shows the building exteriors, an Ott wrecker, and the brick street.
Dates:
1926-1929
Broadway Theatre League playbills and programs
Collection
Identifier: 1999-04
Scope and Contents
This collection contains approximately 100 playbill programs from the Broadway Theatre League. There is some duplication, and some years are incomplete.
Dates:
1960-1992
Brown/Lawson Family genealogy collection
Collection
Identifier: 2004-47
Scope and Contents
Genealogy of the John A. and Priscilla Brown family and the Elijah and Ruth Lawson family contained in three binders includes photocopies of research and records *Note: "Ted Sloane will give estimated value." on donation form.
Dates:
various
Brown's Business College Student panoramic photo 1915
Collection
Identifier: 2014-26
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 1 panoramic photograph dated February 16, 1915 of a large group of students posed outdoors; Hostetler original print; matches Panoramic neg #049 from Free/Hostetler collection.
Dates:
1916-02-16
Brunner Family correspondence and other papers
Collection
Identifier: 2005-01
Scope and Contents
Personal letters about family members and some papers regarding settling an estate, 1863-1898.
Dates:
1863-1898
Buchanan School 8th Grade Graduates 1916 Photograph
Collection
Identifier: 2015-04
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one sepia toned 9 x 13" landscape photographic print; group of graduates and female teacher dated January 1916; handwriting on back provides names, School No. 14 Buchanan, 6th and Oak Street Davenport Iowa.
Dates:
1916
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About the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center:
The Special Collections Department of the Davenport Public Library was established in 1982. In November of 1999, the newly renovated department opened to better serve its community and was renamed the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center. The Center acquires, arranges, describes, preserves, and makes available local history and genealogical materials concentrating on those pertaining to Davenport, Scott County, and Eastern Iowa.
Books and other printed materials in the collection can be found using a Library Search. For additional digital resources, browse the Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive. For more information about specific subjects relating to Scott County History, please browse the Research Guides.
Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center
Davenport Public Library
321 Main Street
Davenport IA 52801-1490
(563) 326-7902
specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com
Davenport Public Library
321 Main Street
Davenport IA 52801-1490
(563) 326-7902
specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com