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Collection Name
Upper
Mississippi
Valley
Digital
Image
Archive
View Collection at
http://www.umvphotoarchive.org/index.html
Description
The
Upper
Mississippi
Valley
Digital
Image
Archive
is
a
grant-funded
consortium
of
cultural
institutions
primarily
located
in the
Quad
Cities
of
Iowa
and
Illinois
. The
Archive
consists
of
items
from
all
six
participating
institutions
and
covers
the
1860s
through
the
1950s
.
Contributed
images
depict
the
growth
and
development
of
Rock
Island
and
Moline
,
Illinois
,
river
transportation
,
Native
Americans
,
store
window
displays
, the
pearl
button
industry
, and the
natural
landscape
.
Topics Included
River
transportation
;
Native
Americans
;
Natural
landscape
;
Local
history
and
genealogy
;
Growth
and
development
of the
Quad
Cities
,
Moline
and
Rock
Island
;
Mississippi
River
;
Organization
Augustana College
Davenport Public Library
Musser Public Library
Galesburg Public Library
Putnam Museum
Type of Organization
Academic library
Public library
Museum
City
Muscatine
;
Davenport
;
Rock
Island
;
Moline
;
Galesburg
;
State
Iowa
Illinois
Country
United States
Primary Sources
Photographs
;
Glass
plate
negatives
;
Tintypes
Format of Digital Files
jpg
tif
Project Support
The
Upper
Mississippi
Valley
Digital
Image
Archive
is
a
grant-funded
consortium
of
cultural
institutions
primarily
located
in the
Quad
Cities
of
Iowa
and
Illinois
.
Funding
for this
grant
was
awarded
by the
Illinois
State
Library
(ISL)
, a
Division
of the
Office
of
Secretary
of
State
,
using
funds
provided
by the
Institute
of
Museum
and
Library
Services
(IMLS)
,
under
the
federal
Library
Services
and
Technology
Act
(LSTA)
.
Additional
grant
support
comes
from the
Riverboat
Development
Authority
,
Augustana
College
Humanities
Council
and the
Roy
J
.
Carver
Charitable
Trust
.
Institutional
funding
has been
provided
by
Augustana
College
(Rock
Island
,
Illinois)
,
Davenport
Public
Library
(Iowa)
, and
Musser
Public
Library
(Muscatine
,
Iowa)
.
Additional
partners
in the
grant
currently
include
the
Galesburg
Public
Library
(Illinois)
, the
Putnam
Museum
(Davenport
,
Iowa)
and the
Rock
Island
County
Historical
Society
(Moline
,
Illinois)
.
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