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Labor Day Closing
Our library will be closed this Monday, September 1, for Labor Day. If you were planing a Labor Day weekend trip to see us, we will be open Saturday, August 30 for your researching pleasure. You could spend the next two days … Continue reading
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A Public Service Announcement: Iowa Vital Records, 1920-1941
From the early 1920s to the early 1940s, many were born, got married, or died in every county in Iowa. Unfortunately, the county courthouses—and the public libraries, like ours, that archive microfilmed copies of county documents– won’t have many records of … Continue reading
An 1858 Job Review?
Reading through original receipts and requests in the City of Davenport Council Papers 1859 – 1862, we came across an interesting bill submitted by City Marshal John Bechtel for the December 2, 1858 council meeting. This bill left us scratching … Continue reading
Dreams of Olympics Past–Victor Hopkins
Victor Hopkins was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on July 19, 1904 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, by a single mother and was adopted at a very young age by Mr. and Mrs. Jakob Hopkins, an older couple who died when … Continue reading
Such a deal!
You just never know what you might find in our Archive and Manuscript Collection! I’d be willing to spend a whole dollar for these ready-to-hang lace curtains, even without the brass rod! No wonder Von Maur has been in business … Continue reading
A Double-Bix Weekend!
Bix Beiderbecke, for those of you who don’t know, was a jazz genius, a coronet player who jammed with the likes of Hoagy Carmichael and played with the Jean GoldKette Orchestra and the Paul Whitman Band. When he died on … Continue reading
The Little Engine that Did—another first for Davenport!
This week, we are celebrating the upcoming anniversary of the first locomotive in Iowa, which arrived in Davenport on July 19, 1855. This was a pretty big deal—most people were counting on reliable overland transportation to be as much of … Continue reading
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Tagged Antoine LeClaire, Blackhawk Treaty, Bridge, Locomotive, Mississippi River, Train, Treaty House
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Heat Wave: 1936
Just as the Mississippi River is beginning to recede and festivals appear on our riverfront, we suddenly have a new weather focus – summer temperatures. The warmth of July is suddenly here and July warmth will soon melt into the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1936, August 1936, Davenport Centennial, Heat Wave, July 1936, Record Cold, Record heat, Summer, Winter
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Closed for the Fourth — Open for the Fifth!
The Special Collections Center will be closed tomorrow for theFourth of July. But we will be open Saturday, the fifth of July, during our normal hours! Have a wonderful–and safe–Independence Day!
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