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Our “Special” Visitors for 2010
In 2010, 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
Scott County Genealogical Society Meeting – Monday, September 13, 2010
What a wonderful time of year for a little adventure! The Scott County Iowa Genealogical Society (SCIGS) invites members and non-members to their September monthly meeting which will be a tour the Family History Center on Monday, September 13, 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged Events, Latter Day Saints Library, Meeting, SCIGS, Scott County Genealogical Society
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Introducing Footnote!
Have you tried our newest reference and genealogy database? Footnote is a rich resource of digitized historical documents gleaned from the collections of the Library of Congress, the National Archives, and other institutions. Are you writing a paper on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Footnote, Genealogy, Local History, new resources, Resources
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Bix Lives Here
In the summer of 1971, a group of musicians made a pilgrimage to Oakdale Cemetery in Davenport, Iowa. They planned to play a simple concert in homage to one of the pioneers of jazz, on the fortieth anniversary of his death. Almost … Continue reading
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Tagged Bix Beiderbecke, Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, Bix Porch Party
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The More Things Change . . .
On June 21, 1923, the Davenport Public Library formally opened the new addition to its Main Street location. The eighteen-year old building—the largest Carnegie library west of the Mississippi at the time of its construction—was already in sore need of … Continue reading
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Tagged Davenport Public Library, Eastern Avenue Library
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Closed for Memorial Day, Open for New Hours
The Davenport Public Library will be closed on Memorial Day. Please join us in remembering those who gave their lives so that we could have the opportunity to live ours in freedom. Scott County Soldiers’ Monument We will be open … Continue reading
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Tagged Memorial Day, New Hours, Scott County Soldiers' Monument
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Beginning Genealogy Workshop!
Genealogy is very popular on TV this month. NBC is offering Who Do You Think You Are?, which features celebrities researching their family history and their family’s connections to historical events. And PBS just wrapped up its four-episode run of Faces … Continue reading
Defective, Dependant, and Delinquent
AncestryLibrary, the library version of the popular subscription database Ancestry.com, posts new resources almost daily. On February 7, 2010 one of the special supplemental census schedules for 1880 was posted – the Defective, Dependent and Delinquent Classes. One of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Defective Dependent and Delinquent, Federal Census, Genealogy
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Come to our Open House Putti Party!
As our loyal readers know, in 1905, W.C. Putnam generously donated to our library a reproduction of a frieze designed by Donatello in the 1400s. The frieze, which hung in the library’s auditorium for decades, was removed when the original … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackhawk Hotel, Carnegie Library, frieze, W. C. Putnam
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More Tales of the Census: Special Schedules
Population was not the only information the United States government was interested in collecting during the decennial federal censuses. Non-population questions were equally important – and for we historians equally interesting! Over the years, these censuses included mortality, social statistics … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture Schedules, Federal Census, Genealogy, Iowa, Mortality Schedules, Special Schedules
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