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Allen Motor Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0874
Abstract

Records of the oldest auto dealership in Iowa, including financial records, newsletters, and photographs.

Dates: 1903-2006

Charles F. Horner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0150.07
Abstract

Correspondence, book manuscript, clippings, incomplete brochures, talent prices having to do with traveling Chautauquas.

Dates: 1906-1925

Davenport Besler Corporation Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0081
Abstract

Business records of a liquidated Davenport, Iowa, locomotive manufacturing company.

Dates: 1909-1955

George Kepner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0016
Abstract

Business papers and correspondence relating primarily to Kepner's management of the Henry C. Potter Company dry goods store in Davenport, Iowa.

Dates: 1865-1866

Redpath Chautauqua Bureau Records (this collection is currently under construction)

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0150
Abstract

Commercial lecture bureau and booking agency for Chautauqua and lyceums throughout the United States and parts of Canada. Office files of the Redpath-Vawter Bureau of Cedar Rapids, IA, the Redpath-Chicago Bureau run by Harry P. Harrison and Charles Horner's Redpath Chautauquas. Included are: talent files consisting of correspondence, contracts, publicity brochures, and advertising flyers; business files including employee records; geographical location files with materials about cities and towns that sponsored Chautauquas and lyceums; periodicals; daybooks, cashbooks; and photographs.

Dates: 1890-1944

Roach and Musser Company Papers and Records

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0191
Abstract

Correspondence, financial records, employee insurance reports, and stock proxies for the sale of Roach and Musser.

Dates: 1909-1965; Majority of material found within 1950-1959

Victor Animatograph Corporation Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0153
Abstract





Alexander Victor, a central figure in the invention and marketing of 16mm film equipment for home and industrial use, formed the Victor Animatograph Company of Davenport, Iowa. Papers include records, correspondence, catalogs and clippings, photographs, negatives and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1910-1967

Wayne Biklen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0467
Scope and Contents

Engineer. Speeches, subject files, correspondence, photos, other papers.

Dates: 1932-1981

W.F. Main Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0120
Abstract

Businessman, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Business and personal correspondence, financial statements and reports, legal papers, memoranda, photographs, and keepsakes concerning Main family and its personal and business affairs.

Dates: 1885-1949; Majority of material found within 1930-1950

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Horner, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1878-1967 2
Allen Motor Company 1
Biklen, Wayne 1
Biklen, Wayne M. 1
Blanchard, Ruth 1