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Category Archives: Local History
We’re Cooking Now!
Although it’s well known—or should be—that our Special Collections Center archives the works of local authors, it appears that few of our patrons realize that this collection policy includes cookbooks produced by local organizations, schools, and businesses. One of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Cookbooks, Margaret Pillion, Recipes, Trinity Cathedral
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The Weekly Outlook: Poetry and Politics
The People…are reading what? The people are reading THE WEEKLY OUTLOOK why? …Because it is a cheerful prophet, and they are weary of gloom. Because it chronicles the good rather than the bad. Because it is one of the handsomest, … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles August Ficke, Henry Vollmer, Poetry, The Weekly Outlook
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Many Scores to Settle
Among our collections of genealogies and local histories, death records and newspaper abstracts hides a different kind of historical resource: Musical scores. In Special Collections, we have several catalogued scores, most of which have local connections, from Davenport by Alfred … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Petersen, Alfred E. Petrow, Bix Beiderbecke, Composers, Erwin Swindell, Herman Schmidt, Kent Gannett, Local History, Music, Musicians, Scores
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The Weekly Outlook: H. H. Andresen and a Timely Announcement
THE WEEKLY OUTLOOK – DEVOTED TO HOME & OUTING LIFE, LITERATURE, ART, MUSIC & THE DRAMA (Volume 1 Number 4 —August 1, 1896) Featured in the portraits of notable Davenport men and women in this issue is H. H. Andresen, President of the German Savings … Continue reading
The Weekly Outlook: featuring Miss Susie Glaspell
The July 25, 1896 issue begins to get more titillating as Banks’ POINTS OF VIEW segment berates the condition of the Scott County Jail, calling it an “abomination”, and stating it is “alive with vermin, many of these large enough … Continue reading
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Tagged Local History, newspapers, Susan Glaspell, The Weekly Outlook
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The Weekly Outlook: Charles Eugene Banks
The second issue of The Weekly Outlook newspaper, dated Saturday July 18, 1896, highlighted a large bird’s-eye view of Davenport’s Tri-city Packing and Provision Company’s plant and grounds along with information on the company’s growth since its inception in 1893. … Continue reading
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Tagged Carrie Wyatt Banks, Charles Eugene Banks, Local History, newspapers, Weekly Outlook
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The Weekly Outlook: Davenport’s Gilded Newspaper
Once upon a gilded age in Davenport there were so many clubs and such an abundance of cultural activities and interests that a team of optimistic young writers chose to start their own publishing company, creating a twelve page weekly … Continue reading
When Opportunity Knocks . . .
It is August in the Midwest and we all know without a doubt that the weather around here can be brutal (Heat Wave: 1936). There’s no need to dwell on the heat or the humidity. So today’s post will avoid the topic … Continue reading
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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Mississippi Valley Fairground Fashions: Then and . . . then
The Great Mississippi Valley Fair starts this week, running from Tuesday, August 3rd through Sunday, August 8th. While looking through our photo collection, we found two shots taken at the Fairgrounds, about 50 years apart: This first photo was taken … Continue reading
