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A Quiet Salute to a Friend: Officer Michael Farnsworth
On December 5, 1971, five men entered the Quality Motel on Main Street and forced their way into the room of Davenport Police Patrolman Leon Washington. The men hit Officer Washington and tied him up, then stole three automatic pistols, … Continue reading
Magazines, Journals and Newsletters
The Special Collections Center is home to a great number of genealogical magazines, journals and newsletters. There are magazines for a variety of different groups: American/Schleswig-Holstein Heritage Society Newsletter British Connections German Connection Heritage Review (Germans from Russia) Mayflower Descendant … Continue reading
Let’s Talk Turkey (Notes)
It’s what you’ve been waiting for all year: our annual Turkey Note blog post! Since we’ve pretty much covered the basics last year, we thought we’d share some staff-created, Special Collections\library-oriented Turkey Notes for the enjoyment of our loyal readers. … Continue reading
Special Collections Closed for Thanksgiving!
Special Collections and the Davenport Public Library will be closed on Thursday, November 26, 2009 so that staff may celebrate Thanksgiving with their friends and family. The library will be open Friday November 27th at 9:30. We apologize for any … Continue reading
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Happy “Franksgiving!”
Turkey Red, Turkey Blue, Turkey Says, “Happy Franksgiving to You!” No, rest assured this is not a blog about Halloween crossing over into Thanksgiving. This is just a brief peak at a moment in history when the United States struggled … Continue reading
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Tagged Depression, FDR, Franksgiving, Holiday, Roosevelt, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, Turkey, World War Two
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In Honor of Veteran’s Day
We thank all military personnel in the past and in the present for their service to our country. We also thank those veterans who were kind enough to allow us to add their memories to our Oral History project, which includes the interviews of Harold … Continue reading
Just Shelved: Germans, Canadians, and Iowans–Oh, My!
We are now the proud owners of volume 25 and 26 of Kevin M. Hansen’s Map Guide to German Parish Registers. These volumes primarily contain information on the Lutheran and Catholic parishes of the Kingdom of Saxony, but other churches are also … Continue reading
WOC-TV: A not so Spooky Anniversary
Something not so spooky, but pretty spectacular happened on October 31, 1949. Without a ribbon cutting or speeches, another brain child of B. J. Palmer (of chiropractic fame) came to life. On that day, a television signal from Palmer’s WOC-TV … Continue reading
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Tagged B. J. Palmer, Gambling, KWQC-TV, Palmer, Palmer College of Chiropractic, Puppets, Sports, T.V., Television, WOC-TV
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Rat-a-tat-tat. Vvvvvvvvvbbbbbbbbrrrrrrrrr.
Not usually the sounds of silence you might expect in the library, especially in the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center, right? Well, all that noise is preparation for welcoming back our dancing, leaping and running cherubs, or “putti”, to the Davenport … Continue reading
Those Vital, Vital Records
To a genealogist, vital records are the mainstay of his or her research, the triumvirate of documentation. Birth, marriage, and death records pin down a life from start to finish and connect an unbroken (one hopes) line from one generation … Continue reading
