We’ve added many new resources to our collections recently! Some of these were budgeted, some were donated, and some are courtesy of the Scott County Iowa Genealogy Society:
People:
- Man of Deeds: Bishop Mathias Loras and the Iowa Frontier by Craig Schaefer (SC DVD 282.092 Man)
Places:
- Cherry Valley Past and Present, written for young people by Judith O. Green (SC974.774 Gre)
- Huron Island 1872-1940 : a history of the island community and their families by Larry W. McHenry (SC977.796 Hur)
- My Home Town: Newell, Iowa by Steve Samelson (SC 977.718 Sam)
- Lost Black Hawk County by Linda McCann (SC977.737 Cor)
- Waterloo by Brandon J. Brockway (SC 977, 737 Cor)
Planes:
- Eastern Iowas’ Aviation Heritage by Scott M. Fisher (SC629.1309 Fis)
- Images of Aviation: Quad-City International Airport by David T. Cooperman (SC387.736 Coo)
Familes:
- A Preliminary Census History of Walter Watrus Sr. and his Descendants, by Alexandra Uteeve Johnson (SC 929.2 Wat)
- History of the Allerton Family in the United States 1585-1885 by Walter Allerton (SC929.2 All)
Wars:
- Your Brother in Arms: A Union Soldier’s Odyssey by Robert C. Plumb (SC 973.7448 Plu) — Not to brag, but our department and staff were given a little acknowledgement for assisting the author.
- Honor Flight of the Quad-Cities: Trip to Washington,DC, April 23, 2010 by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (SC 977.304 Hon)
Yes, there’s a little something for everyone in the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center!
We invite you to visit and browse our collections. If you can’t visit but would like for us to search a specific resources for you, our research policies and procedures are available on our website here.
