Tag Archives: Holidays

Happy Holidays from Special Collections: Christmas images from Velma Schmidt

Posted on December 19, 2025 by SCblogger

Velma Schmidt was born in Davenport, Iowa on March 6, 1886 to Oswald and Agatha (Bruhn) Schmidt. Her father, one of the owners of the Roddewig-Schmidt Candy Company, named a chocolate candy after his oldest child and only daughter. “Velma” … Continue reading →

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Turkey Notes of 2025

Posted on November 26, 2025 by SCblogger

Get your pens ready for creating Turkey Notes! For this year’s Turkey Notes blog, we have some special guests who shared their creations with us! As noted in our blog, Turkey Notes: Our 2024 edition, Turkey Notes are a short … Continue reading →

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Closed for Memorial Day, Open for New Hours

Posted on May 26, 2023 by SCblogger

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. We will open on Tuesday, May 30th—and remind … Continue reading →

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Happy Holidays from Special Collections: The Santa Version

Posted on December 23, 2021 by SCblogger

We are officially in the winter season meaning the holidays are fast approaching! This holiday season, we thought we would share some of our favorite images of Santa for those visitors celebrating Christmas. It is fun to see how our … Continue reading →

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“Printed In Germany” Holiday Postcards

Posted on December 10, 2021 by SCblogger

In our collection, we have a number of postcards documenting local areas of interest, people, and business. The postcards have been postmarked, unused, and sometimes unsent. As we approach the upcoming holidays, we perused our collection for Christmas postcards made … Continue reading →

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Turkey Notes for 2020

Posted on November 20, 2020 by SCblogger

Large family gatherings for Thanksgiving may be canceled this year, but Turkey Notes will trot on forever! Here is our annual batch of poultry poems submitted by subscribers of our bi-monthly eNewsletter. Turkey gobblerTurkey stuffedTurkey, I sayGobble you up! from … Continue reading →

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Sane & Safe Fourth: Doll Buggy Parades

Posted on July 3, 2020 by SCblogger

“Even today, after a century and a quarter of national progress, we find the ideals of the Declaration of Independence still unrealized. The great woman’s movement is teaching us that women come within a proper construction of that document and … Continue reading →

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Holiday Gift Ideas

Posted on December 18, 2018 by SCblogger

We are offering a new gift idea for the holiday season. It is a gift certificate redeemable for a two hour research session with a Special Collections Librarian. It is free and is a great way to kick off any … Continue reading →

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Turkey Notes 2018

Posted on November 21, 2018 by SCblogger

We cannot believe it was ten years ago on this date that we published our first Turkey Note blog! Our blog, and many Thanksgiving tables, would not be complete without this local tradition. Our co-worker, Sarah, gave the best explanation … Continue reading →

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Closed for the Holidays

Posted on December 23, 2015 by SCblogger

The Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center and the Davenport Public Library will be closed Thursday, December 24th and Friday, December 25th in honor of the Christmas holidays. We will be re-open on Saturday December 26th from 9am – 5:30pm. We would … Continue reading →

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