Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center Davenport Public Library’s Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center has extensive local history and genealogy research collections.  Collections include 23,000 books, 18,000 rolls of microfilm, 75,000 photographic images and 2,000 linear feet of archive and manuscript collections.  The Center also serves as the archives for the City of Davenport.  Follow the “Collections” link on the left for details about these materials.
Local Databases Library staff and volunteers have created indexes to sources such as obituaries, marriages and censuses.  Click here or on the “local databases” link to the left to begin your search.		Check out our blog:   Primary Selections from Special Collections

 We have now put our Local News Index online!

This index includes the Quad-City Times, the Leader, the River Cities Reader,
and other area publications
from roughly 1993 to the present--plus some earlier dates. 

Updated regularly!