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Davenport Bridge Commission

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-07-2005-12

Davenport Bridge Commission

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-12
Scope and Contents

Includes 11 bound volumes of meeting minutes, May 19, 1931-December 10, 1965; budget information, 1968-1969; and routine correspondence.

Dates: 1931-1969

Davenport Circus Parade slide collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2020-12
Scope and Contents

These nine 35mm color slides were taken by Dr. Elmer L. Crowder. His office was in the Whitaker Building and he shot the images from his office window.

The slides document two different downtown Davenport, Iowa circus parades.

Dates: 1951-1958

Davenport City Engineer records

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Identifier: 1998-07
Scope and Contents

This collection contains early plats and survey reports from Davenport City Engineer and Public Works departments dating from ca. 1854-1910.

Dates: 1854-1940

Davenport Civil Rights Commission

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-13
Scope and Contents

Includes 3 binders of of newspaper clippings, 1980s-1990s; 1 notebook of Iowa Press Clipping Bureau clippings, 1980s; 1 binder of Human Relations Commission papers, 1966-1968; and 2 plaques.

Dates: 1966-1999

Davenport Community Schools board meeting videos

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-04
Scope and Contents

This collection contains videotapes of Davenport School Board meetings, dating from December 1992 through August 1995.

Dates: 1992 December - 1995 August

Davenport estate attorneys' records

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Identifier: 2005-26
Scope and Contents

Two bound volumes of will transcripts and probate information, 1922-1950, likely from the Davenport firm Heinz and Fisher and its successors (see Acc#2005-24). Includes personal information such as lists of heirs, birth and death dates, etc.

Dates: 1922-1950

Davenport Fire Department Accidents, Claims, & Bills

 Collection
Identifier: X-13
Scope and Contents

Fire truck accidents; Fire Chief's accident April 1956; Claims; Bills

Dates: 1950s

Davenport Fire Department - Department ledgers

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Identifier: 2010-02
Scope and Contents

Company ledgers, budgets, sick rolls.

Dates: 1913-1996

Davenport Fire Department Images

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Identifier: 2018-05
Scope and Contents

Original prints hung in 4th Street Fire Station. During 2016 remodel of facility images were removed, duplicated, and framed copies were returned. SC kept originals and duplicates as well as digitized versions from Boyd Fitzgerald Imaging Solutions, as is and adjusted. Amy Driskill, City Archivist, spearheaded this project.

Dates: 1879-2000s

Davenport Fire Department reports and miscellaneous items

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Identifier: 2002-22
Scope and Contents

This collection contains reports of the Davenport Fire Department dated c. 1900-1910; also official report with photographs of Chief Shick's car accident from 23 Apr 1956. Includes a few more recent newspaper clippings regarding the Davenport Fire Department.

Dates: 1900-1910

Davenport Gyro Club Records

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Identifier: 2023-37
Scope and Contents This is a collection of records created by the Davenport Gyro Club and organized by Jerry Lowe, club member. Subject matter pertains to the activities and programs of the club. Types of material include informal meeting minutes, correspondence, financial documents, membership rosters and a publication called The Gyroscope. Dates vary widely and there are many gaps within each series. In general the collection dates 1923-2023. Materials were left in the order created by Lowe and rehoused in...
Dates: 1923-2023

Davenport High School Activities photographs

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Identifier: 1997-19
Scope and Contents

about 150 photographic prints of Davenport High School play Harvey [1955] and cheerleaders c1952-1961; some identification available

Dates: 1951-1961

Davenport High School Class of 1950 Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-42
Content Description 9 5" binders and 1 clamshell box of biographical information 1950-2016 pertaining to the graduates and spouses of Davenport High School Class of 1950 prepared by donor Marvin Lee. Ephemeral items include Class Reunion Booklets from 1960-2010. Media includes CD prepared ca 2012 called "Davenport Central High School Alumni Directory 2012". Series 1-Classmate marriages and deaths organized chronologically by date of death Binder 1 1951-1987 Binder...
Dates: 1950-2016

Davenport High School Class of 1950 Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-18
Scope and Contents

one 8x10" color print of class reunion group dated July 19, 2000

Directory booklets with classmate names and contact information:

1 from 1990

1 from 1995

2 from 2000

1 from 2005

2-page listing classmate, spouse/guest and residence *originally filed with ephemera

Dates: 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005

Davenport High School Classes of 1932 & 1939 Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-32
Content Description

Five class reunion booklets from Davenport High School's classes of 1932 and 1939 documenting current names and addresses of classmates, reunion dinner menus, etc.

Dates: 1962-1994

Davenport High School Commencement Announcement

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Identifier: 2021-41
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a 1944 commencement announcement for Davenport High School, two name cards for Hope Swarzendruber and an envelope that was mailed to Wayne Cokayne, Winfield, Iowa with a 3 cent Victory Stamp.

Dates: 1944

Davenport High School graduates, programs, etc.

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Identifier: 1999-06
Scope and Contents

This collection contains Davenport High School graduate lists for 1864-1905; graduation programs for 1867-1919 (with gaps); public school directories, PTA council handbooks.

Dates: 1859-1919

Davenport High School graduating class June 1905

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Identifier: 1991-03
Scope and Contents

composite print of graduates June 1905 by J.B. Hostetler; cloth embroidered with signatures of the graduates which is partially completed

Dates: 1905

Davenport High School graduating class photo 1926

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-01
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 1 mounted 8 x 10" photograph of the Davenport High School graduating class of 1926. Also includes 1926 Blackhawk; Trinity Cathedral Directory for 1968, 1976, and 1984; Heritage of a dream : the story of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral; and Keeping posted : special flood edition.

Dates: 1926-1984

Davenport High School images; Portfolio of Cartoons

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Identifier: 2014-15
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 1 image of the 1907-08 Davenport High School basketball team; 1 image of the Kappa Delta Society dated 1931; 1 copy of the Davenport High School Senior yearbook 1908; and 1 copy of A portfolio of cartoons as published by the Davenport Times 1912- 13.

Dates: 1908-1931

Davenport Horticultural Society collection

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Identifier: 2018-51
Scope and Contents

Financial Records, By-Laws, Lilac Garden information, garden maps; This collection is being processed. For more information about this collection, please consult with a Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center staff member.

Dates: 1953-2018

Davenport Hospital; Sarah Foulks, M.D.; Stokley

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Identifier: 2009-20
Scope and Contents

Collection of nine images taken in 1911 and 1912 of the Davenport Hospital, nurses home, and staff members. The hospital and nurses home was located on East 29th Street (East Twenty-nineth Street).

Dates: circa 1911-1912

Davenport Ice and Coal Company Tongs

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Identifier: 2017-13
Scope and Contents

Promotional item "Compliments of Davenport Ice and Coal Company". Sure Grip Ice Cube Tongs by Apex. Silver tongs about 4" long.

Dates: 1940s

Davenport Independent Mining Company

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Identifier: 2012-02
Scope and Contents

This collection contains articles of incorporation for the Davenport Independent Mining Company dated 1909.

Dates: 1909

Davenport [Iowa] Antique Study Club records

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Identifier: 2020-26
Scope and Contents

This collection contains minutes and attendance records from 1961-2004, Constitutions and By-Laws dated 1967, 1993 and 1997, color photographic prints - snapshots from the 1990s programs mostly, and correspondence regarding membership.

Dates: 1961-2012

Davenport Iowa Brick Buildings with Signage aka "Ghost Signs"

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Identifier: 2018-34
Scope and Contents

Donor created items with images and addresses of painted advertisements on buildings on brick in Davenport, Iowa. These types of paintings are also known as ghost signs.

Dates: 2010

Davenport, Iowa Carnegie Library Card Cabinet architectural drawing

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Identifier: 2021-34
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one architectural drawing of an oak card catalog cabinet with 150 trays created by E.D.M. for the Library Bureau Division of Rem. Rand Inc. for the Davenport Public Library.

Dates: 1941

Davenport (Iowa) City Council meeting videotapes

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Identifier: 2004-09
Scope and Contents

#1 Jun1999-Dec2000; #2 Jan 2001-Mar Mar 2002; #3 Apr2002 -Dec 2003; #4 Jan 2004-Dec2004; #5 Jan 2005-Jun2006; July 2015 rec'd 1260 VHS master tapes from Communications Office

Dates: 1999-2006

Davenport (Iowa) City Council Proceedings

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Identifier: 2004-42
Scope and Contents

Handwritten record of the minutes of early city council proceedings. Some financial records also included.

Dates: 1839-1892


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