The Center collects archive and manuscript collections that relate specifically to Davenport and Scott County history. Some major collections include the Davenport Women’s Club, American Legion Auxiliary – Davenport Unit No. 26, and the Ladies Industrial Relief Society. Finding aids and container lists have been created for some of these collections. Please click on the appropriate item below to view the finding aid. As new finding aids are created they will be posted. For information about other collections please contact Special Collections.
Accession #1988-01 Ruth Kellogg Collection
Accession #1989-07 Annie Wittenmyer Scrapbook photographs
Accession # 1999-08 Scott County Extension Office Annual Reports
Accession #1999-09 Volquardsen-Sass Family Photos
Accession #2000-01 Davenport Engineering Department Survey Books
Accession #2000-05 Free Studio Prints
Accession # 2003-03 Conrad Tinky Myers diary and supporting materials Accession # 2003-04 Mueller and Koehler Families materials Accession # 2003-11 Davenport and Nebraska photo album
Accession #2003-14 Civil Works Administration
Accession # 2004-03 Ladies Industrial Relief Society records
Box 25 Indexes:
Family File Cards 1908 - 1913 Name Index
Family File Cards 1920s Name Index
Family File Cards late 1920s-1930s Name Index
Index to Friendly Visitors and Family
Accession # 2004-41 County School Records
Accession #2004-48 West View Grange Accession # 2004-68 Friends of Davenport Museum of Art Accession # 2004-69 Volunteer Guild of Davenport Museum of Art
Accession # 2004-71 Beaux Arts Records
Accession #2005-02 Iowa Stories 2000
Accession #2005-09 Davenport Picturesque and Descriptive Images
Accession # 2005-12 Davenport Bridge Commission Minutes
Accession #2005-14 Scott County Courthouse
Accession #2005-20 C.A. Ficke Collection
Accession 2005-21 Marti Papers
Accession 2005-23 Scott County Courthouse Misc. Items
Accession 2006-01 Company K Descriptive Book Invalid Corps. (Civil War)
Accession 2006-04 McCleave
Accession 2006-12 Col. Dickson
Accession 2006-13 Historic Properties Photographs
Accession 2006-14 Local Postcards
Accession 2006-15 Mona Martin
Accession 2006-17 Local Postcards
Accession 2006-20 Royal Neighbors of America
Accession 2007-01 Local Postcards
Accession #2007-07 Dobler-Kuehl