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Franklin Spilman Denny Papers, 1853-1917 (R0548)
0.1 cubic foot (3 folders)

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The Franklin Spilman Denny Papers contain photocopies and typescripts of family correspondence, a Civil War diary, and military service and pension records of Franklin Spilman Denny of Company C, 1st Missouri Cavalry.

James H. Denny Papers, 1891-1931 (C0094)
0.2 cubic feet

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Correspondence, receipts, bills, and miscellaneous papers of James H. Denny, a lawyer in Glasgow, MO, who was prosecuting attorney of Howard County and treasurer of Pritchett College, and was at one time in legal partnership with Thomas Shackelford. Also a few letters of his son, Thomas S. Denny.

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Lester B. Dent Collection, 1930-1987 (CA5569)
24.05 cubic feet, 4 16 film reels, 2 video cassettes, 7 oversize items

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Addition of manuscripts, correspondence, publications, fan mail, photographs, newspaper clippings, published materials relating to the fictional character of Doc Savage, and other materials of a science fiction writer. Also includes over 15,000 jokes collected by Norma Dent and photographs taken for Dent’s aerial photography business, Airviews, c. 1950s.

Lester B. Dent Collection, 1924-1984 (C3071)
36.2 cubic feet (2156 folders, 234 volumes), 1 16mm film, 1 video cassette; also available on 64 rolls of microfilm

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The Lester B. Dent Collection contains the manuscripts, publications, correspondence, personal papers, research notes, scrapbooks, and photographs of a native Missouri fiction writer, explorer, aerial photographer, and dairy farmer. Lester Dent is perhaps best remembered as the principal author of the Doc Savage adventure stories of the 1930s and 1940s.

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Lena Kathryn Alton Depher Collection, 1869-1946 (K0090)
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Photocopied material, primarily of newspaper clippings, relating to Ruben F. Mastin and his family and home, Mastin Hall, near of Grandview, MO. Photographs of the family and home are also included

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Elijah Deskin Deed, 1854 (C1967)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a deed conveying land to Deskin from William and Mary A. Sorrell.

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Enoch Deskin Papers, 1870-1912 (C1990)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers of Enoch Deskin contain deeds, membership cards, and other miscellaneous items.

Desloge Mining Collection, 1840-1956 (R1370)
0.1 cubic foot (3 folders)

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The Desloge Mining papers consist of documents pertaining to the Desloge Consolidated Lead Company. The mining operation was located in Desloge, which is in St. Francis County, Missouri. Business documents and letters about the company, a family tree of the wealthy Desloge family, and newspaper clippings about the company are included in the collection.

Devinki Family Papers, 1889-1981 (K0931)
0.3 c.f.

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Booklets, court documents, medical files, certificates, postcards, newspapers, a passport, and letters in English, German, Polish, Russian, and German relating to the Devinki family.

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Emma Dickerhoof Diaries, 1915-1949 (C4194)
1 cubic foot (17 folders)

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Diaries of a woman who lived much of her life near Macon, Missouri. The diaries span the years 1915 to 1949 and discuss news of family, friends, and the local community.

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Leon T. Dickinson Photo Album, 1860-1866 (P0059)
1 folder

19th century portraits from a photo album. Includes a number of Fowler family-members.

Clinnie Dodge Dill Scrapbook, 1893-1911 (S0769)
0.25 cubic foot, 14 folders

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This collection contains a scrapbook belonging to Clinnie Dodge Dill, the daughter of a Baptist minister. Included in the scrapbook are pamphlets, programs, newspaper clippings, and invitations relating to topics relating to religion, temperance, music, plays, education, feminism, and real estate in the St. Louis area.

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Joe G. Dillard Papers, 1979-2020 (CA6657)
1 folder, 838 MB of digital files (20 tifs)

The papers of a fisheries biologist who worked for the Missouri Department of Conservation contain certificates and photographs of plaques and awards.

Robert L. Dillard Papers, 1849-2016 (SP0072)
1 cubic foot (10 folders, 4 volumes, 30 photographs)

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The Robert L. Dillard Papers contain historical records related to the Dillard and Dennis families of Greene and Webster counties in Missouri. The records include marriage and death certificates, land deeds, pension applications, correspondence, and photographs. The collection also contains a manuscript written by Dr. Robert L. Dillard on his family history and genealogy.

Dillon Family Deed, 1919 (C3285)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a deed for land and town lot in Randall County, TX.

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Mary Stakes Dines Diary, 1849-1931 (S0524)
0.2 cubic foot, 2 folders

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The Mary Stakes Dines Collection contains a photocopy of a diary written by Mary Stakes Dines, the wife of Reverend Tyson Dines, a Confederate sympathizer Also included in the collection are photocopies of the history of the Stratton family and a C ivil W ar parole of Reverend Tyson Dines.

Michael M. Dively Papers, 1839-1898 (K0476)
0.2 c.f.

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Correspondence and legal documents of Dively, wholesale and retail groceries, City Council member, and banker in Kansas City, MO.

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D. Howard Doane Papers, 1906-1969 (C3121)
4.2 cubic feet

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Correspondence, speeches, articles, and photographs pertaining to farm management and rural appraisal.

BIll Dobkins Collection, 1968-1995 (R1505)
2 cubic feet (58 folders)

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The Bill Dobkins Collection contains genealogical publications and research regarding the Dobkins, Compton, Harmon, Blanton, Edward, Williams, Byrd, Cook, White, Dawson, and Bailey family lines. The materials focus mainly on Crawford, Franklin, and Washington counties in Missouri with supplemental materials tracing family lines back to Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Georgia.

Doble-Lucas Family Letters, 1856-1865 (C0305)
1 roll of microfilm

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Letters from locations in New York, Ohio, Indiana, and California.

Maria Dodd Papers, 1863-1866 (C1900)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The Maria Dodd papers contain two internal revenue licenses permitting Maria Dodd to operate a hotel in Ralls County; as well as an account sheet.

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Dodge-Melick Family Papers, 1838-1922 (C0096)
0.18 cubic feet (9 folders)

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Papers of Leonard Dodge of Bates County, Missouri, primarily pertaining to land. Copies of his will. Also papers of Wesley Melick of Horton, Missouri, a son-in-law of Dodge who was an army surgeon during the Civil War.

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Doermann-Niebruegge Family Papers, 1865-2002 (C4368)
1.9 cubic feet (60 folders)

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Papers of a German American family from Bay, Missouri, largely consist of material concerning the Henry and Elise Neibruegge Doermann and Fred Doermann families and include photographs, correspondence, financial papers, military papers, and miscellaneous material. Related and other families represented include Poetting and Mayhew.

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Dolniuk Family Papers, 1921-1984 (S1144)
0.25 cubic foot, 136 photographs

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This collections contains correspondence, post cards, and photographs of the Dolniuk family of St. Louis.

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Alexander W. Doniphan Letter, 1878 (C1927)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a letter to Doniphan's sister "Caroline," from Denver, CO, Aug. 3, 1878, concerning his health.

Doniphan-Moss Family Papers, 1840s-1880s (CA6478)
0.2 cubic feet

Correspondence and land records concerning a familiy largely from the St. Joseph and Clay County, MO, areas. Includes letters from Alexander W. Doniphan, as well as land records of the Thornton family.

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Geoffrey Wade Donnan Papers, 1854-2015 (S1222)
16 Cubic Feet, 472.9 GB

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The papers of Geoffrey Wade Donnan contain correspondence, family histories, photographs, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings relating to Geoffrey Wade Donnan’s research on the Donnan, Wessel, Schaefer, and Coe families. Throughout his research, Donnan collected and maintained his relative’s papers, including his parent’s, Dwight and Gloria Donnan, correspondence, which constitutes the bulk of the collection. Materials of interest include Dwight’s letters to Gloria during World War II, in which he served as a staff sergeant in the 255th Infantry Regiment, 63rd Infantry Division. Dwight recounts to Gloria crossing the Rhine River into Germany, as well as encountering German prisoners of war. The collection also contains a digital component, approximately 473 gigabytes of digitized family photographs, census records, and death certificates. Included in the digital materials are oral history interviews Geoffrey Donnan conducted with Dwight Donnan on the history of the Donnan family. The materials in this collection date from 1854 to 2015.

Forrest C. Donnell Collection, 1900-1951 (CA6597)
0.1 cubic feet, 9 oversize items

The collection contains personal material of a Missouri governor and U.S. senator, including family letters, certificates, diplomas, photographs, invitations, programs, a political cartoon, and miscellaneous ephemera.

Paul and Nell Donnelly Papers, 1922-2006 (K1389)
0.06 cubic foot (4 folders, 5 photographs)

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The Paul and Nell Donnelly Papers contain biographical information, newspaper clippings, and photographs related to the lives of Paul and Nell Donnelly, founders of the Donnelly Garment Company.

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Lloyd Dorsey Letter, 1855 (C2015)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a letter of introduction for Darius Heald, written to John Robb, Washington, D.C., from Plantersburgh, Feb. 3, 1855.

Dorsey-Fuqua Family Collection, 1851-1939 (C3830)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Correspondence and legal papers concerning Jerre S. Dorsey during the Civil War. Miscellaneous papers related to Columbia, MO, the University of Missouri, and a souvenir of Mark Twain's 70th birthday at Delmonico's in 1905. Volume is an illustrated atlas of Boone County, MO, from 1876, with handwritten notations.

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Douglass Family Collection, 1838-1990 (C3978)
1.4 cubic feet, 13 audio cassettes

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The Douglass Family Collection contains oral histories, volumes, photographs, and correspondence dealing with farm life and agriculture in McBaine, MO. There are also a family tree, and documentation of a flour mill owned by Northcutt & Brothers in Mexico, MO.

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Lillian Bradford Dowler Diaries, 1928-1995 (CA6371)
0.6 cubic feet

Diaries kept by Lillian Bradford Dowler, a farm wife who grew up and lived in the Birch Tree community area in Shannon County, Missouri, her whole life. The diaries date from 1928 to 1995 and document family life and daily activities on the farm. Collection also includes transcriptions.

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Lillian Bradford Dowler Diaries, 1928-1995 (C4531)
0.8 cubic feet (8 folders)

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Diaries kept by Lillian Bradford Dowler, a farm wife who grew up and lived in the Birch Tree community area in Shannon County, Missouri, her whole life. The diaries date from 1928 to 1995 and document family life and daily activities on the farm. Collection also includes transcriptions.

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Downing and Whinrey Families Papers, 1837-1929 (R0049)
0.25 cubic foot (11 folders)

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The Downing and Whinrey Families Papers contain photocopies of receipts and correspondence of the Downing and Whinrey families of southwestern Missouri. Both families had members who went to California to mine gold in the 1850s, some of whom remained to settle in the West. Most of the collection consists of letters written to relatives in Missouri.

Drake and McGraw Families Papers, 1829-1918 (R1371)
0.25 cubic foot (3 folders)

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The Drake and McGraw Familes Papers document the personal and professional lives of several members of Drake and McGraw families. The McGraw family lived in Greene County, Missouri, and the Drake family lived in Benton County, Missouri. The collection consists of professional documents, correspondence, and a journal collected from multiple members of these families.

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Joseph Drake Letter, 1844 (C1525)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To Margaret P. Jackman, Rocheport, MO, from Monticello, MO, May 19, 1844.

Drake wrote his niece about health and fortune of family, condition of crops, weather, hard times. Hoped Henry Clay's election would improve crop and stock prices.

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Draper Family Photographs, no date (P0898)
2 photographs

Portraits of Philander and Sarah Draper.

Draper-McClurg Family Papers, 1838-2009 (C3069)
5.2 cubic feet (199 folders), 5 rolls of microfilm, 24.2 MB of digital files

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The Draper-McClurg family papers are comprised of correspondence, photographs, Civil War diaries and records, and other personal papers of the families of Philander Draper and Joseph W. McClurg. The papers document the families' involvement in politics, farming and orchards, lead mining and smelting, the Civil War, and frontier life in Missouri, the Dakota Territory, and several western states.

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Dressel Family Papers, 1937-2001 (S1233)
0.25 cubic foot

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The Dressel Family Papers contains newspaper clippings, newsletters, photographs, and essays pertaining to John M. Dressel (1886-1988), who was one of the founders of the Lindbergh School District and served on the Board of Directors of the Gravois Bank of St. Louis County, Missouri. Items of interest include a history of Sappington School, written by the Junior High History Club in 1936. The materials in this collection date from 1937 to 2001.

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Nathan Dresser Letters, 1837-1841 (C2066)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letters to Dresser's parents in Vermont and his sister in New Hampshire, written from St. Louis. Concern family members.

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Drey Family Papers, 1933-1992 (S0872)
4 cubic feet

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This collection consists of newspaper clippings about Kay Drey's Family, as well as nuclear power and the Meramec River.

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Andrew Drips Collection, ca. 1824-1916 (K0335)
0.02 c.f.

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Family Bible, a pocket Bible, and photocopies of family records for Drips, who prominent in the western fur trade.

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John G. Dryden Diary, 1856-1883 (C4104)
0.3 cubic feet

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The John G. Dryden diaries include four volumes between the years 1856 and 1883 that document the life of a farmer and justice of the peace living in Vernon County, Missouri.

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Duello Family Farm Ledger, 1909-1949 (S1204)
1 ledger

The Duello Family farm ledger was the property of Thedore William Duello, who owned farmland west of Duello Raod near the intersection of Duello and Orf Roads, in St. Charles County, Missouri. The ledger is a financial record of the various agricultural activities conducted on the farm from 1909 through 1949. 

Dorothy Castle Duggan Diaries, 1930-1939 (K0625)
0.25 c.f.

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Diaries kept by a young women doing high school and her college years at the University of Missouri.

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Duncan and Lambeth Families Genealogical Collection, 1880s, 1918-2019 (R1494)
4.5 cubic feet (72 folders, 330 photographs)

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The Duncan and Lambeth Families Genealogical Collection contains the genealogical research for the Duncan and Lambeth families of central Missouri. Dr. Betty Jo White and Carolyn Lou Ranft compiled the collection with many contributions from Sharon Kay Beckham, Norma Jean Endersby, Carman Sue Grimes, Robert C. Haefner, Ellen Denise Karr Seevers, Cordell Henry Webb, Dorothy Ann Williams, and Shirley Ann Wyatt, descendants of the Lambeth and Duncan families. Included in the collection are vital records, photographs, correspondence, family lineages, contextual research, family stories, and articles on local history topics.

Duncan-Lowman Family Papers, 1847-1952 (C0487)
0.4 cubic feet (15 folders)

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Papers of Levin O. Duncan, blacksmith and farmer, and William O. Lowman, tanner and farmer, of Shelby County, MO, and families; correspondence from family and friends in Maryland, Virginia, Missouri, Ohio, Nebraska, and Illinois; ledgers; miscellaneous business receipts; and scrapbook of Shelby County happenings, 1902-1952. Kept by Ida Lowman.

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Dunklin County, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1899-1908 (R1332)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The records of Dunklin County, Missouri Marriage Records, 1899-1905 contain a photocopy of the book Records of Marriages, for Dunklin County, recorded by R.M. Harris, Justice of the Peace.

Daniel Dunklin Papers, 1815-1877 (C0097)
0.6 cubic feet

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The correspondence, financial, and miscellaneous papers of the fifth governor of Missouri and a leading Missouri Democrat. The correspondence is especially rich in discussion of Missouri elections and of the leading political issues in Missouri and in the United States from 1829 to 1835.

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