Quad Cities Area History Network

03/29/2018

Sign up to receive a bi-monthly eNewsletter from the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center at the Davenport Public Library. Each email will contain information on upcoming events, featured collections, new arrivals, preservation tips, and links to genealogy and local history resources.

03/01/2018

Nicely done :)

What a wonderful surprise.

01/16/2018

A chance for people in the QCA to have a voice in the strategic direction of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs: https://iowaculture.gov/about-us/administration/strategic-plans

01/08/2018

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL — Not everybody can say they made a career out of their dream job, but Kris Leinicke, director of the Rock Island Arsenal Museum, was able to

01/05/2018

The LeClaire Community Library is host to an exciting new series of local history talks dedicated to 20th century LeClaire. These talks — or, rather, community dialogues — kicked off

12/18/2017

Fantastic project and great example of cultural connections in the QCA.

The German American Heritage Center and the Creative Arts Academy of the Quad Cities have collaborated on their third annual giant advent calendar. It will

12/06/2017

Call, email, and write your representatives and tell them that history is essential to the well-being of communities everywhere.

On Nov. 16, the U.S. House passed its tax reform bill. During the very early hours of Dec. 2, Senate passed its version too.

11/29/2017

Would make great Xmas gifts :)

You're invited to spend next year looking at the Quad Cities' past. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Davenport Library, the Richardson-Sloane

10/23/2017

Good to see metadata getting some props :)

Just in time for October which is Family History Month, the Rock Island County Clerk's office has expanded its services for genealogists. Indexes of births

10/19/2017

History is all around us: https://www.hmdb.org/

Learn about historical markers in the Illinois Quad City area

10/03/2017

Lots of good ideas and suggestions in this one :)

The Quad-Cities has a rich historic legacy -- one almost everyone is aware of and which we have praised before. Few communities outside of the original 13 colonies can lay

09/21/2017

A great opportunity for collections folks to help shape Iowa history education:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc65C6w8BAdGT4DAwZZ7QQS41BFESP8C__ksXNI1lmzbSbpug/viewform

Background:New Iowa Department of Education Social Studies Standards embed Iowa history in standards for grades K-12. The Iowa Museum Association (IMA) has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to create instructional resources for teachers to use in meeting the new standar...

09/14/2017

Wondering when Day is this year? It's October 4!! Get your questions and twitter accounts ready . . . http://ow.ly/HVoU30f4jWl

09/01/2017

What a great historical resource!

08/17/2017

"WVIK, Quad Cities NPR, is launching a new podcast to collect personal stories of area residents. The Great Quad Cities Listen "will collect, preserve and share their stories," states a news release from the station."

ROCK ISLAND — WVIK, Quad Cities NPR, is launching a new podcast to collect personal stories of area residents.

08/03/2017

The most recent podcast episiode:
http://www.qcahn.org/cqcpodcast/cqc-episode-2-ambrosian-delights

A delightful conversation with Archivist Onnica Marquez about some of her favorite items from the Special Collections at St. Ambrose University Library.

07/10/2017

Great to see the QCA adding an institution when a lot of communities are losing them :)

The long wait for those who've longed for a permanent museum and archive to honor the world-famous Bix Beiderbecke finally will end July 24, when the new attraction opens in

07/07/2017

ROCK ISLAND -- After 36 years, historian Beth Carvey is retiring from the Hauberg Indian Museum at the Black Hawk Historic Site.