{"id":8848,"date":"2018-06-01T14:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T19:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/?p=8848"},"modified":"2018-06-01T14:00:10","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T19:00:10","slug":"investigate-the-past-annie-wittenmyer-complex-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/2018\/06\/01\/investigate-the-past-annie-wittenmyer-complex-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigate the Past: Annie Wittenmyer Complex Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever been curious about the Annie Wittenmyer Complex (the former Iowa Soldiers\u2019 Orphans\u2019 Home) on Eastern Avenue in Davenport?<\/p>\n

This coming Tuesday, June 5, 2018, at 4:30 p.m., the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center of the Daveport Public Library will present the program “Investigate the Past: the Annie Wittenmyer Complex” at our Main Street location.<\/p>\n

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Join us as we examine memoirs, newspaper articles, photographs, architectural drawings, and other sources that tell the story of this fascinating local institution.<\/p>\n

Over the years, our blog has covered different aspects of the historic Annie Wittenmyer Complex, including these posts:<\/p>\n

What\u2019s in a Name? The Annie Wittenmyer Home<\/a> – November 15, 2012<\/p>\n

A New (Old) Look at the Iowa Soldiers\u2019 Orphans\u2019 Home<\/a> – January 9, 2014<\/p>\n

The Mystery of the Orphans\u2019 Monument<\/a> – May 22, 2014<\/p>\n

Build A Better Davenport: The Iowa Soldiers\u2019 Orphans\u2019 Home 1865\u20131975<\/a> – June 23, 2017<\/p>\n

40 Years Ago: The Annie Wittenmyer Branch of the Davenport Public Library<\/a> – April 13, 2018<\/p>\n

…but this event will be a rare opportunity to learn the overall history of the property from before it became the Iowa Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home to after the Annie Wittenmyer facility’s closing in 1974.<\/p>\n

This early image of the Complex is among the many interesting items featured in our program:<\/p>\n

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View at the Orphans\u2019 Home, Davenport, Iowa. Evans’ Western View<\/em> Collection – Image 135. c. late 1860s<\/p><\/div>\n

We look forward to sharing them all with you on Tuesday afternoon!<\/p>\n

(posted by Amy D.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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