Author Archives: SCblogger

Bird’s Eye View: The aerial photography of Phil Hutchison

Posted on January 9, 2012 by SCblogger

Phil Hutchison was the chief photographer for the Davenport Daily Times, Times-Democrat and Quad-City Times for 30 years. He succeeded Joe Boll, who left the Times to become advertisement manager of the Bureau Farmer, in March of 1946. He took … Continue reading →

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Our “Special” Visitors for 2011

Posted on January 2, 2012 by SCblogger

In 2011, genealogists and history researchers came from all over the country to the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center, to use our wonderful resources. They came from far away to fill in the blank branches of their Family Trees. They found … Continue reading →

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Auld Lang Syne . . .

Posted on December 28, 2011 by SCblogger

2011 has been a good year around here. We’ve received many new resources from family histories to land records, Shakers to Palatines.  We’ve even added a few new databases to our arsenal. We’ve had great programs, like our Specifically for … Continue reading →

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Happy Holidays from Special Collections

Posted on December 22, 2011 by SCblogger

The staff of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center would like to wish you and yours a joyful and genealogically successful holiday season. Don’t forget to ask your relatives for family information, stories, and copies of photographs! If you’re planning a … Continue reading →

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Just Skating By . . .

Posted on December 20, 2011 by SCblogger

The river frequently froze over smooth, and made wonderful skating, particularly distance skating.  A favorite stunt was to skate from Davenport downstream as far as Rock River—a matter of five or six miles.  Sometimes, if there happened to be a … Continue reading →

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A Street by Any Other Name: Kimberly Road

Posted on December 14, 2011 by SCblogger

The street known as Kimberly Road in both Davenport and Bettendorf was dedicated on December 14th, 1936. This road was an extension of U. S. Highway No. 6 and it passed through what at the time was the northern section … Continue reading →

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In Their Own Words: Pearl Harbor

Posted on December 7, 2011 by SCblogger

In 2001, our Special Collections Center was privileged to conduct oral history interviews with several area World War II veterans and others who were personally connected to the War, both home and abroad. On this 70th anniversary of the attack … Continue reading →

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Guess Who’s Coming to Town!

Posted on December 1, 2011 by SCblogger

  Santa likes Davenport, Iowa—probably because we’ve thrown him some pretty good parades over the years.   The Jaycee’s Santa was bigger than life in the 1940s . . .  . . .  But decided he’d rather sit down for … Continue reading →

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Turkey Notes: a four-line Davenport tradition

Posted on November 21, 2011 by SCblogger

It’s Thanksgiving Week!* Some of our readers already know about The Turkey Note tradition, either because your family writes them, your children write them in school, you make children write them in school, or you caught our previous posts about … Continue reading →

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Moustache Season

Posted on November 17, 2011 by SCblogger

We’ve noticed that moustaches seem to be making a comeback. It might be because of Movember, a month long campaing that helps raise awareness for men’s health, including prostate and other cancers.   If you’re looking for some inspiration, here are … Continue reading →

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