Manuscripts Index
Warren R. Dalton Jr. Papers, no date (CA6379)
1 cubic foot
Papers of an author, columnist, and landlord from Columbia, Missouri. Collection largely consists of material pertaining to his writings, including research, correspondence, and drafts. Also includes some family material, including correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Walter William Dalton.
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Paul Daly Papers, 1970-2024 (S0597)
0.3 cubic feet
The Paul Daly papers contain scripts, notes, comic books, and Archon programs documenting Daly's career as a local St. Louis graphic novel artist. His works include Terranauts, Swashbucklers, and Black Diamond.
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Earl Dame Collection, 1830 (C2855)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Handbill circulated by Thomas Hayden to the people of Perry County to refute charges made by D.L. Caldwell, high sheriff of Perry County; St. Louis County citizens' petition, 1867; and St. Louis dog and hog catcher appointment, 1865.
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Damel Family Photographs, 1892-1982 (P0865)
1 folder
Photographs of members of the Damel family, an African American family that came to settle in Jefferson City.
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Dividend Dames Records, 1981-1994 (K0932)
0.5 c.f.
Organizational records of an investment club including minutes, membership rosters, treasurer's reports, stock reports, some correspondence, attendance records, agendas, and expense records.
Helen Cromwell Damhorst Photographs, no date (P0527)
3 photographs
Photographs of the Cole County Historical Society Museum.
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Damon School, Wayne County, Missouri Collection, 1907 (R0702)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Damon School, Wayne County, Missouri Collection contains a souvenir card for Damon School in Wayne County, Missouri. Illustrated with a photograph of the teacher, Pola Myers, the souvenir includes the names of the students in grades one through four.
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William M. Damron Papers, 1905-1914 (SP0001)
.25 cubic feet (4 folders)
The William Damron Papers consist of the diary of William Moses Damron, a Freewill Baptist minister in Jasper County. They detail his certification as a Freewill Baptist Minister, his calculations for mileage, notations for his sermons, and dates on which he preached.
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Jeannetta Danford Papers, 1946-2016 (K1366)
3 c.f.
Diaries and journals of Jeannetta Danford, 1947-2016
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John C. Danforth Papers, 1968-2016 (C4532)
202.3 cubic feet (4547 folders), 9 oversize volumes, 15 oversize items, 7.82 GB of born digital files, 99 film reels, 17 audio tapes, 162 audio cassettes, 129 video cassettes, 15 video tapes, 403 rolls of microfilm
Papers and office files created and collected by John C. Danforth, Attorney General of Missouri, 1969-1976; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1976-1995; U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 2004-2005. Includes legislative files, correspondence, reports, photographs and slides and audiovisual materials.
Daniel Boone Regional Library Board Records, 1983-1990 (C4499)
0.4 cubic feet (7 folders)
A collection of records from the Daniel Boone Regional library Board of Trustees. The records include board meeting minutes and board member contacts. The records also contain budgetary proposals and expenditures. There are several records that list the library’s collections and the demography of the institution. The records also contain presented service goals, objective, and strategies for the library’s future operations.
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Daniel Boone Tavern (Columbia, Mo.) Formal Opening Program, 1917 (C3447)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The menu and formal opening program of the Daniel Boone Tavern.
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Daniel Family Papers, 1870-1966 (C0792)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
The papers of the Daniel family, of Osceola, Missouri, contain letters, diaries, newspaper clippings of family events, and photographs of family members. See information folder for brief genealogy of Daniel and Cox families.
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Burdett Leroy Daniel Diary, 1865 (C3427)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Fragment of diary written while in the Missouri Volunteers, January 11 - April 25, 1865. Describes searches for food, swampy marches, diseases, guard and picket duty, and scouting. Writes about the daily weather and names friends with whom he corresponded.
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Henry Clay Daniel Papers, 1846-1920 (C1002)
0.6 cubic feet (43 folders)
Correspondence, miscellaneous papers, Civil War claims, printed materials, and account books.
Henry Clay Daniel Papers, 1853-1932 (C0301)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
The papers of a lawyer contain biographical material, a speech, notes, letters, a scrapbook, and a photograph.
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Leander F. Daniel Diary, 1851-1856 (C4463)
0.1 cubic feet (1 folder)
The diary of a farmer from Pike County, including poetry and extensive marginalia.
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Reuben A. Daniel Papers, 1885-1922 (C0300)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
Papers of a hardware dealer and realtor of Audrain and Boone Counties, MO, including deeds, promissory notes, three pieces of currency, and material on Rosebud Reservation, Bonesteel, SD, in 1904.
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Agnes Powell Daniels Letters, 1876-1899 (C0302)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Mimeographed copies of letters from relatives in Wales, New Zealand, and the U.S. to Daniels, who was living in Morgan County, Missouri. Letters primarily discuss family news.
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Anita R. Daniels Papers, 1949 (K0880)
0.2 c.f.
Photocopy of group composite photo of the ""Rattlers 1949"".
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Gladys Hoover Haven Daniels Collection, no date (K0937)
0.2 c.f.
Daniels was a music teacher and performer of note in Kansas City, MO. Handwritten Sheet Music: "A Birdie with a Yellow Bill", lyrics by Robert Louis Stevenson, music by Dorothy Godfrey.
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Gladys Hoover Havens Daniels Papers, 1906-1975 (K0982)
2 c.f.
Daniels was a music teacher and performer of note in Kansas City, MO. Includes daily journals and travel diaries of Mrs. Daniels. Also material related to her interest in music and notes for talks, programs, and clippings.
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Lloyd A. Dankers Collection, no date (P0637)
2 photographs
Images of Oregon, MO: photo of Banks house and postcard depicting Holt county courthouse.
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Danville Literary and Social Club History, 1889 (C0881)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Brief history of the club, 1839-1889; fiftieth anniversary celebration speeches; biographical sketches of members; and list of subjects discussed by the club.
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Charles E. Dare Papers, 1964-1993 (R1326)
0.4 cubic foot (14 folders)
These are professional papers and printed matter of a civil engineer and highway transportation specialist. Most of the material concerns traffic patterns, parking studies, and road planning around Rolla, Missouri, including the United States Highway 66 by-pass and the North-South Arterial Road. The collection includes Dare's work, reports of consultants, and publications of Missouri State Highway Department planners.
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Dolly Darigo Papers, 1949-1994 (S0689)
2 cubic feet, 11 photographs
The Dolly Darigo Papers include correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, brochures, flyers, newsletters, and photographs chronicling the interests of Darigo from 1949 to 1994. Throughout her career, Darigo worked as a bacteriologist for the U.S. Army and later for Missouri Baptist Hospital; naturalist for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources; and collected and identified specimens for the state herbarium in Jefferson City. She was involved in a series of causes, including the United Farm Workers Union, Freedom of Residence, penal reform, and employment for the mentally disabled and to improve race relations.
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Louise Darneal Collection, no date (P0796)
10 photographs
Photos of Richmond, MO historic sites and monuments, ca. 1958.
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James T. Darrough Photograph Collection, 1905-1971 (P0428)
28 photographs
Photographs of Boone County, primarily Columbia ca. early 1900s and ca. 1970s
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Darst-Smith-Tindall Family Papers, 1880s-1973 (CA6559)
3 cubic feet
The papers contain letters, photographs, and genealogical material concerning the Darst, Smith, Tindall, and related families of St. Louis and Columbia, Missouri.
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"Dateline--Doniphan, Missouri (The Story of the PROSPECT-NEWS)," Thelma S. McManus, 1964 (C2116)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
History of the PROSPECT-NEWS, the Doniphan, MO, weekly newspaper, 1874-1964.
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Daughters of Colonial Wars, Missouri State Society Records, 1952-1992 (C4581)
0.25 cubic feet (1folder)
The records of the Missouri chapter of the Daughters of Colonial Wars contain amendments to bylaws and budgets, newsletters, copies of newspaper clippings, photographs, programs, a society year book, and miscellaneous material produced by the Society.
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Daughters of Rebekah, Blendville Lodge No. 298, Joplin, Missouri Records, 1986-2001 (R0811)
(1 roll of microfilm)
These are an addition to the records of Daughters of Rebekah Blendville Lodge No. 298 at Joplin in Jasper County, Missouri. The records begin in 1986 and continue to the dissolution of the lodge in 2001. The earlier records of Blendville Lodge No. 298 have been previously microfilmed as WHMC-Rolla collection R0557.
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Daughters of Rebekah, Blendville Lodge No. 298, Joplin, Missouri Records, 1901-1986 (R0557)
17 volumes MICROFILM
These are the minute books of the Daughters of Rebekah lodge at Blendville in Jasper
County, Missouri. The minutes begin with the organizational meeting on 28 May 1901 and
continue through 24 June 1986. Regular business included the initiation of members, work on the
various degrees of the order, and planning for assemblies and social functions with other Rebekah
and Odd Fellows lodges.
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Daughters of Rebekah, Cuba Lodge No. 739 Records, 1888-1984 (R0968)
(24 volumes, 7 folders)
These are the record books and miscellaneous papers of the Rebekah Lodge in Cuba, Crawford County, Missouri. The Cuba Lodge's collection includes earlier records of Martha Lodge No. 19 at St. James in Phelps county, which consolidated with the lodge at Cuba in 1978.
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Daughters of Rebekah, Dadeville Lodge No. 555 Records, 1911-1952 (R0612)
0.1 cubic foot (1 volume)
The Daughters of Rebekah, Dadeville Lodge No. 555 Records contain a membership register from the Rebekah Lodge at Dadeville in Dade County, Missouri. It contains the names of members and the dates of active memberships, transferal, and suspensions. There is a fragmentary index at the beginning of the volume.
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Daughters of Rebekah, Daisy Lodge No. 329, Chitwood, Missouri Records, 1903-1931 (R0535)
(2 rolls of microfilm)
The Daughters of Rebekah, Daisy Lodge No. 329 Records are the records of Daisy Lodge No. 329 at Chitwood, Jasper County, Missouri ranging from 1903 through 1931.
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Daughters of Rebekah, Damaris Lodge No. 20, Rolla, Missouri Records, 1888-2003 (R0969)
(32 Volumes, 7 folders)
These are the records of Damaris Lodge No. 20 at Rolla in Phelps County, Missouri. They consist of minutes of meetings, membership records, financial records, and miscellaneous papers beginning the with institution of the lodge in 1888 and continuing through 2003.
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Daughters of Rebekah, Duenweg Lodge No. 266 Records, 1932-1963 (R0537)
(2 rolls of microfilm)
The Daughters of Rebekah, Duenweg Lodge No. 266 Records are microfilmed minutes of meetings of the Daughters of Rebekah Lodge No. 266 at Duenweg, Jasper County, Missouri, from December 1932 through May 1963.
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Daughters of Rebekah, East Town Lodge No. 342, Joplin, Missouri Records, 1903-1930 (R0536)
(2 rolls of microfilm)
The Daughters of Rebekah, East Town Lodge No. 342 Records are the microfilmed records of the East Town Lodge No. 342, Daughters of Rebekah, in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, covering the years 1903 through 1930.
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Daughters of Rebekah, Fidelia Lodge No. 182, Mount Vernon, Missouri Records, 1896-1955 (R0690)
(2 rolls of microfilm)
These are the records of Daughters of Rebekah Fidelia Lodge in Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri. The records consist of minute books, a financial record book, membership account books, and roll of officers.
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Daughters of Rebekah, Jasper County, Missouri Records, 1892-1987 (R0513)
(3 rolls of microfilm)
These are records of various lodges of the Daughters of Rebekah in Jasper County, Missouri.
The collection includes minute books, membership registers, and rolls of officers for eight different
lodges in Alba, Asbury, Carl Junction, Carterville, Neck City, Oronogo, and Webb City.
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Daughters of Rebekah, Joplin Lodge No. 97 Records, 1950-1995 (R0806)
(1 roll of microfilm)
This is an addition to the records of the Daughters of Rebekah Lodge No. 97 in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. Included are registers of officers and members, minutes of meetings, and financial records.
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Daughters of Rebekah, Joplin Lodge No. 97, Joplin, Missouri Records, 1892-1986 (R0558)
17 volumes MICROFILM
These are the minute books and membership registers of Daughters of Rebekah Lodge No.
97 at Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. Lodge records begin with the organizational meeting of 7
April1892 and continue through 1986. The collection also includes annual reports to the state assembly,
1904-1940.
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Daughters of Rebekah, Julia Lodge No. 72, Springfield, Missouri Records, 1889-1937 (R0613)
0.3 cubic foot (3 volumes)
The Daughters of Rebekah, Julia Lodge No. 72 Springfield, Missouri Records contain two membership registers and a visitor’s register containing records from 1889 to 1937.
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Daughters of Rebekah, Past Noble Grand Club, Joplin, Missouri Records, 1950-1961 (R0560)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Daughters of Rebekah, Past Noble Grand Club, Joplin, Missouri Records contain the record book of the Past Noble Grand Club at Joplin in Jasper County, Missouri. The club consisted of past leaders of the various lodges of the Daughters of Rebekah in Jasper County.
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Daughters of Rebekah, Pierce City, Missouri Collection, 1910 (R1237)
(1 folder)
This is the program booklet for the second annual meeting of the fiftieth District of the Daughters of Rebekah, held at Peirce (now Pierce) City in Lawrence County, Missouri, on February 22, 1910. Mollie Clutter of Monett served as president.
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Daughters of Rebekah, Rebekah Homemakers' Club, Webb City, Missouri Records, 1933-1939 (R0559)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Daughters of Rebekah, Rebekah Homemakers’ Club, Webb City, Missouri Records are photocopies of minutes of meetings and membership records of the Rebekah Homemaker’s Club at Webb City, Missouri.
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Daughters of Rebekah, Webb City Lodge No. 106 Records, circa 1928-1991 (R0538)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Daughters of Rebekah, Webb City Lodge No. 106 Records are applications for membership and transfer certificates from the Daughters of Rebekah Lodge No. 106 in Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri, as well as a smaller group of similar documents of the Carl Junction Lodge No. 253 during the 1940s after the two lodges merged.
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Daughters of Rebekah, Webb City Lodge No. 106 Records, 1961-1992 (R0807)
(1 roll of microfilm)
These are the membership account ledger and minutes of meetings of the Daughters of Rebekah Webb City Lodge No. 106 at Webb City in Japser County, Missouri. The records end in 1992 with the consolidation of the Webb City Lodge with Blendville Lodge No. 298.