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Fred Morris Dearing Papers, 1897-1961 (C2926)
22.4 cubic feet (1624 folders, 28 volumes)
Memoirs, editorial notes, news clippings, personal and general correspondence, bills, and receipts, original poetry, essays, short stories, and a collection of annotated books of a career diplomat.
Perl D. Decker Papers, 1897-1939 (C0092)
0.7 cubic feet, 3 oversize volumes
Speeches, news clippings, correspondence, and miscellaneous materials of a Joplin, MO, lawyer and Democratic congressman. Scrapbooks containing clippings, letters and other items related to his career. Also Anti-Saloon League material and platforms of the two major parties.
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Carl F. Deeg Photographs, 1890-1939 (P0862)
0.6 linear feet
Photos of Missouri representatives and senators by Carl Deeg.
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Democratic National Convention, Kansas City, Missouri, Photographs, 1900 (P0673)
24 photographs
Photos of the Democratic National Convention in Kansas City, 1900.
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Franklin Spilman Denny Papers, 1853-1917 (R0548)
0.1 cubic foot (3 folders)
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
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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William R. Denslow Collection, 1841-1929 (C0822)
0.4 cubic feet (21 folders)
The collection contains materials collected by William R. Denslow, including his father’s memoirs, articles on local history, letters dated 1859-1861 written by a young boy working on a whaling ship, and a typescript copy of an 1898 diary describing the Yukon gold fields.
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William R. Denslow Photograph Collection, 1898-1966 (P0023)
184 photographs
Photographic prints of events from ca. 1900: University of Missouri Agriculture and Engineering student activities, St. Louis World's Fair including construction of various buildings and people, Macon and Trenton scenes and scenes of Washington, D.C.
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Lena Kathryn Alton Depher Collection, 1869-1946 (K0090)
2 f
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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Charles A. Deppe Photograph Collection, 1890-1949 (P0083)
Photos of Gasconade county and members of the Volz family. Photographs correspond to Autobiography by Charles A. Deppe.
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Enoch Deskin Papers, 1870-1912 (C1990)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of Enoch Deskin contain deeds, membership cards, and other miscellaneous items.
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Nell Deskin Album, 1904 (P0595)
1 volume
Official Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904, souvenir album.
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Desloge Mining Collection, 1840-1956 (R1370)
0.1 cubic foot (3 folders)
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.
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Harris B. Dickey Photographs, 1890-1940 (P0683)
23 photographs
Photographs of historic sites in Southeast Missouri, Montgomery County, and Webster County.
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Bernard F. Dickmann Papers, 1895-1980 (C3403)
2.5 cubic feet (130 folders, 1 oversize volume), 20 rolls of microfilm
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Martha Ann Veach Dicus Scrapbook Collection, 1896-1930 (R1290)
(4 oversize volumes)
This collection consists of four scrapbooks of newspaper clippings compiled by Martha Ann Veach Dicus
of Steelville, Missouri. The scrapbooks include wedding notices, birth announcements, death notices, obituaries, and items of local interest in Crawford, Franklin and Washington Counties and the communities of
Cuba, Palmer, Steelville, and Sullivan.
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Anna Dierssen Papers, 1907-1965 (C3399)
0.12 cubic feet (6 volumes)
Diaries of student days at the University of Missouri, 1907-1908, and as a member of the Wednesday Club, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 1911-1918; journal of a trip to a family reunion in West Virginia, 1961; two collections of poetry; and novelette about life in Illinois and Missouri in the 19th century.
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Clinnie Dodge Dill Scrapbook, 1893-1911 (S0769)
0.25 cubic foot, 14 folders
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 Collection, 1890-1918 (P1002)
4 photographs
Three postcards of Chillicothe, MO, sights and photograph of Blue Mound, MO, Singing School
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Robert L. Dillard Papers, 1849-2016 (SP0072)
1 cubic foot (10 folders, 4 volumes, 30 photographs)
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.
Irving Dilliard Papers, 1867-1992 (S0491)
45 cubic feet, 1413 folders, 1 audio tape, 11 photographs
The Irving Dilliard Papers contain correspondence, writings, subject files, and photographs documenting his career as a journalist at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Subjects of interest include civil liberties and the United States Constitution.
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Samuel Rodgers Dillman Papers, 1890-1995 (C0046)
3 cubic feet (262 folders), 2 oversize volumes
Correspondence, bills, receipts, clippings, pamphlets, and church supply catalogues of a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Dillman held pastorates in St. Louis, where he was engaged in settlement house work; Berwyn, Nebraska; and several towns in southwest Missouri. Papers are from the St. Louis and southwest periods of his ministry.
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Dixie School, Jasper County, Missouri Records, 1886-1902 (R0617)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Dixie School, Jasper County, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy of the district clerk’s record book for District No. 6 in Jasper County, Missouri. The record book includes minutes of the annual meetings, proceedings of the board of directors, annual enumeration of the district, lists of resident taxpayers, oaths of officers, estimates of school expenses, teachers’ contracts, and records of expenses.
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D. Howard Doane Papers, 1906-1969 (C3121)
4.2 cubic feet
Correspondence, speeches, articles, and photographs pertaining to farm management and rural appraisal.
Ella Victoria Dobbs Papers, 1882-1970 (C0095)
1.10 cubic feet (61 folders, 1 oversize item)
The papers of a University of Missouri Professor Emeritus of Applied Arts include correspondence, an unpublished manuscript, speeches and essays, and Pi Lambda Theta materials. Also contains teaching notebooks, scrapbooks, and a copy of her biography.
William Devol Dobkins Photograph Collection, circa 1879-1968, bulk 1892-1920 (R1279)
0.5 cubic foot (6 folders, 92 photographs)
The William Devol Dobkins Photograph Collection contains ninety-two photographs, consisting primarily of contact prints from the original glass-plate negatives. Of these, at least eighty are attributed to William “Will” Devol Dobkins. The majority of these images were shot between 1892 and 1920. They show outdoor views of life in and around Crawford County, Missouri.
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Alexander Monroe Dockery Letter, 1902 (C2062)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To J.H. Frame, Kansas City, MO, from Jefferson City, MO, 1902. Thanking Frame for withdrawing from race for election commissioner.
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Dodge-Melick Family Papers, 1838-1922 (C0096)
0.18 cubic feet (9 folders)
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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Doe Run Lead Company Collection, 1898-1901 (R1228)
2 cubic feet
These are cancelled checks dated from July 2, 1898 to January 17, 1901, written against the account of the Doe Run Lead Company of Doe Run, Missouri, at the Farmers' and Miners' Bank of Bonne Terre in Saint François County, Missouri. The checks were signed by F. P. Graves, Secretary.
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Doermann-Niebruegge Family Papers, 1865-2002 (C4368)
1.9 cubic feet (60 folders)
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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Hans E. Doerner Books, 1904-1910 (C0890)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Record of marriages solemnized by H.E. Doerner, justice of the peace, at Steele, Pemiscot County, Missouri, 1904-1910, and The Revised Ordinances of the Town of Steele, 1905. H.E. Doerner was chairman of the board of trustees at that time. Included are newspaper articles about Doerner.
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Frank B. Dolsen Scrapbook, 1905-1919 (K0146)
1 MR
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings and enclosed items relating to real estate and construction activities in Kansas City, MO: articles are from local Kansas City report real estate news, proposed building and residential projects, and completed construction.
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Domestic Science Club, Lebanon, Missouri Records, 1908-1943 (R0297)
1 folder
These are pamphlet yearbooks of a women's club in Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, organized
in 1898 as the Home Economics Club. The yearbooks include the constitution and by-laws,
rosters of officers and members, and committee assignments.
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L.W. Donaldson Photographs, 1904 (P0483)
2 photographs
Photos of Clark County: Wayland Homestead and St. Francisville Baptist Church.
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Doniphan-Moss Family Papers, 1818-1920 (C4655)
0.1 cubic foot (4 folders), 7 oversize items
Correspondence and land records concerning a family largely from the St. Joseph and Clay County, Missouri, areas. Includes land deeds, miscellaneous papers, and letters between members of the Doniphan, Moss, and Thornton families.
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Geoffrey Wade Donnan Papers, 1854-2015 (S1222)
16 Cubic Feet, 472.9 GB
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.
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Forrest C. Donnell Collection, 1900-1951 (CA6597)
0.3 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, miscellaneous ephemera, and a photo album.
Dorsey-Fuqua Family Collection, 1851-1939 (C3830)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders, 1 oversize volume)
The Dorsey-Fuqua Family Collection consists of correspondence and legal papers concerning Jerre S. Dorsey during the Civil War. Also includes memorabilia of Columbia, Missouri; the University of Missouri; a souvenir of Mark Twain’s 70th birthday at Delmonico’s in 1905; and an illustrated atlas of Boone County, Missouri, from 1876, with handwritten notations.
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Douglass Family Collection, 1838-1990 (C3978)
1.4 cubic feet (39 folders), 13 audio cassettes
The Douglass Family Collection consists of land deeds, personal and business correspondence, oral history transcripts, photographs, volumes, and other miscellaneous items dealing with farm life and agriculture in McBaine, Missouri. There are also records dealing with a flourmill belonging to Northcutt & Brothers in Mexico, Missouri, and an account book for the Oakdale Graveyard in Shelby County, Missouri.
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Maxine Rorabaugh Downey Photograph Collection, 1894-1967 (P0045)
3 photographs
Black and white snapshot of students outside of Prairie View School #27; all students and teacher from 1912-1913 school year listed. Snapshot of exterior front Prairie View School #27. Photograph of Friendship School near Memphis, MO, 1894.
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Downing and Whinrey Families Papers, 1837-1929 (R0049)
0.25 cubic foot (11 folders)
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.
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Drake and McGraw Families Papers, 1829-1918 (R1371)
0.25 cubic foot (3 folders)
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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Arthur Clinton Draper Collection, 1899-1944 (R0112)
0.5 cubic foot (1 volume, 5 folders, 1 roll of microfilm)
The Arthur Clinton Draper Papers contain scrapbooks, correspondence, advertising material, scripts, and memorabilia of Arthur Clinton Draper of Lebanon, Missouri. Draper produced minstrel shows in the central and western states for over thirty years. He specialized in benefit performances at Elks lodges.
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Arthur Clinton Draper Photograph Collection, circa 1890-1935 (R0847)
0.5 cubic foot (9 folders, 118 photographs)
These are the photographs of Arthur Clinton Draper, a producer of minstrel shows. Draper produced minstrel shows in the central and western states for over thirty years, specializing in benefit performaces at Elks lodges.
Draper-McClurg Family Papers, 1838-2009 (C3069)
5.2 cubic feet (199 folders), 5 rolls of microfilm, 24.6 MB of digital files
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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Dry Fork Church of Primitive Baptists (Lake Spring, Mo.) Records, 1898-1966 (C3053)
1 roll of microfilm
Membership records and minutes of a Regular Primitive Baptist church founded in August 1898 and dissolved in February 1966. Included are the Articles of Faith and the Rules of Decorum. Membership information relates date and means of entry into the church and birth and death dates. The minutes record business matters, sermon topics, songs, attendance, and officers.
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Dry Fork Regular Baptist Church, Lake Spring, Missouri Records, 1834-1903 (R0406)
1 volume, 1 folder microfilmed
These are a record book and papers of the Dry Fork Regular Baptist Church in the Lake Spring
community of Dent County, Missouri. The volume includes the rules of decorum, articles of faith,
membership records, and minutes of church business meetings, 1834-1879. The papers include
letters of dismission and church correspondence
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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.
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George W. Dulany Jr. Papers, 1900-1949 (C0310)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Copies of family biographies and letters concerning history of the Dulany family and lumber industry in Hannibal, Missouri, and the Middle West.
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Harold Duncan Photograph Collection, 1890-1940 (P1074)
Photograph of the Joel Haden home near Columbia, Missouri, ca. 1890, with members of the Bright family posed outside. Photograph of the Boone County Trust Company, ca. 1927, with employees and customers in the interior.