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Davenport, Past and Present by Franc B. Wilkie
Davenport, Past and Present published in May 1858 by the publishing house of Luse, Lane & Co. in Davenport, Iowa was an anticipated volume recounting the early history of Davenport through personal...
View Article75th Anniversary of Invasion of Normandy
June 6, 1944, marks an important turning point for the Allied powers in the European Theatre. 75 years ago the beaches of Normandy were host to thousands of armed forces from the United States,...
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Museum Week: German American Heritage Center
This year’s Quad Cities Museum Week runs from June 8th through the 16th. Participating institutions have special activities, exhibits, and promotions during the week. One participating museum, the...
View ArticleDavenport Transport: A Journey Down Memory Lane
This past Tuesday evening, June 18th, local historian and collector Merle Vastine treated the audience at the Main Street library to stories inspired by selection of images from his vast private...
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Davenport’s First Police Matron: Annie E. Davis
130 years ago this week, Davenport City Council hired Miss Annie E. Davis from Chicago, Illinois to be the first police matron for the city. On June 26, 1889, Miss Davis arrived in Davenport on an...
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Mr. Feeney and Fireworks: The Prince of Punk
Dazzling displays of pyrotechnics symbolize the sense of exuberance and patriotism felt on the fourth of July, also known as Independence Day. One family helped ensure the children and families of the...
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Helen Van Dale: A woman of the criminal underworld Part I
Most individuals living in the Quad Cities are familiar with the name John Looney. From his home base across the Mississippi River in Rock Island, Illinois, Looney created an illegal empire that...
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MOONday
Local newspaper coverage of the Apollo 11 moon landing and images in government document publications from the Federal Depository Library Program. NASA, The First 25 Years 1958-1983. (Washington, DC:...
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Summer 2019 Internship Experience
This summer, The Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center had the wonderful opportunity to have Tyler Watts, a senior at St. Ambrose University, intern with us. He is interested in a career in the...
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Helen Van Dale: A woman of the criminal underworld Part II
Please read Part I of Helen’s story here. Bold lettered headlines covered the front page of local newspapers on the morning of August 1, 1922 in Davenport, Iowa and Rock Island, Illinois. William...
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