Manuscripts Index

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Lee Essery Deering Papers, 1939-1949; 1981; 2002 (C4520)
0.4 cubic feet (15 folders, 4 oversize items)

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World War II correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and artifacts of a soldier from Tarkio, Missouri, who was killed in action in 1944.

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Eliga and Mae Dees Papers, 1917-1920 (R1453)
0.5 cubic foot (11 folders)

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The letters of Eliga and Mae Dees contain correspondence between the couple as well as correspondence to Eliga from other family members.

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Ed DeField, "Remembrance of World War II", 1996 (R0681)
(1 folder)

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The Ed DeField, "Remembrance of World War II" is a photocopy of a memoir of World War II by a native of Mississippi County, Missouri. DeField was a member of the 397th Antiaircraft Battalion. He served in Wales, Normandy, France, Belgium, and Germany, and in the Allied occupation force.

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Defoe Family Papers, 1840-1867 (C0309)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Primarily land grants and deeds.

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Harold B. DeGood Scrapbook, 1949-1964 (K0401)
0.1 c.f.

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De Goode was one of the engineers who helped build WDAF-TV. Newspaper clippings, correspondence, and photos on all aspects of the opening and running of the television station in Kansas City, MO.

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DeHaven, Wing & Co., Wagoner's Receipt Book, 1857-1858 (C1098)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)

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A book to indicate receipt of goods freighted to various towns away from the river. DeHaven, Wing & Co., a Boonville, MO, firm, shipped goods to numerous towns in Missouri.

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DeKay Family Papers, 1873-1889 (C1938)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Papers concerning investment in bonds of LaGrange Iron and Steel Rolling Mill Company, LaGrange, MO.

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Richard Delander Papers, 1969-1976 (C4423)
1.8 cubic feet (27 folders)

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Newsletters, magazines, broadsides, and other publications regarding the American Postal Workers Union, including the Columbia Postal Worker of which Richard Delander was creator and editor in 1975, and the Postal Press Association.

John T. Delich Collection, 1914-2001 (K0592)
4 c.f.

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Architectural drawings, maps, photographs and aerial photos, and job specifications, primarily concerned with the Muehlebach Hotel, the Empire Theater, Gayety Theater, and other buildings in Kansas City, MO area.

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Edward Buehler Delk Collection, 1917-1962 (K0243)
1 c.f.

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Personal and professional photographs and some personal papers belonging to Delk, a prominent Kansas City architect, and his wife, Jane Willis Delk. They relate to the Delks' travels around the world; with a strong focus on the architecture; and photos of residences and buildings designed by Delk.

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Delmar Loop Snapshots, 2000 (P1204)

Snapshots ca. 2000 of Blueberry Hill and the St. Louis Walk of Fame in the Delmar Loop district of University City.

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Delta Kappa Gamma, Pi Chapter Records, 1946-2012 (S0765)
7 cubic feet

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The collection includes meeting minutes, financial reports, membership reports, photographs, and yearbooks pertaining to the Phi and Zelta chapters of Delta Kappa Gamma, a professional honorary society of women educators dedicated to promoting women in education.

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Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, Delta State, Beta Chapter (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1930s-2010s (CA6458)
1.3 cubic feet

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Records of an honor society for women educators include membership materials, newsletters, yearbooks, a history of the chapter, and miscellaneous material.

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Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, State of Missouri Records, 1938-2020 (CA5157)
11.2 cubic feet, 4 video cassettes, 2 computer discs, 1 DVD

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The records of an honorary organization for women teachers include histories, meeting minutes, constitution and bylaws, state convention programs and materials, yearbooks, newsletters, membership materials, chapter materials, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous material.

Delta Kappa Gamma Society International-Chi Chapter of Delta State Records, 1955-1996 (K0692)
2 c.f.

Women educators founded the society to recognize the sustained, successful experience of women educators. Includes minutes, scrapbooks, photographs, directories, newsletters, clippings, conference programs, attendance rolls, and international directories.

Delta Kappa Gamma-Missouri Alpha Chapter Records, 1938-1989 (K0930)
2 c.f.

Organizational records of the Chapter, a professional honorary Society of women educators, including meeting minutes, yearbooks, publications and historical background of the Society. Also scrapbooks of clippings, programs, and ephemera, and some correspondence, minutes, and reports.

Delta Phi Alpha, Eta Beta Chapter Records, 1965-1981 (C4682)
0.25 cubic foot (13 folders)

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Organizational records of the Eta Beta Chapter of Delta Phi Alpha, a German honorary fraternity, at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

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Delta Upsilon Photographs, 1950s-1960s (CA6610)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

Photographs of a fraternity house and its members on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia, including the annual campustown races.

Democratic Central Committee (Cooper County, Mo.) Records, 1884-1890 (C3737)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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The collection contains clippings of the proceedings of the Democratic County Committee, official returns of the Democratic primary elections, Democratic party tickets, correspondence, and miscellany.

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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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Democratic Party Ballot, 1876 (C0812)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Regular Democratic ticket, Columbia, Missouri, November 7, 1876, giving candidates for president, vice-president, electors, governor, and other state and county officials.

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Democratic Party Campaign Literature, 1964 (C2243)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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One poster, "Vote 'No' for Governor," used as campaign literature during the Missouri Democratic Primary, 1964.

Democratic Party Picnic Report, 1876 (C1825)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Summary of speeches and discussion at a Democratic Party picnic. Buckner, MO, September 16, 1876. Typed copy included.

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L. Walter Dempsey Stenographer's Notes, 1917 (C3016)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Shorthand notes taken during the investigation of the Lead Belt Riots in St. Francois County, MO, in 1917.

Clint Denham Photograph Collection, 1960, no date (P0697)
8 photographs

Photos of Scott County houses, churches, and cemeteries. Photo of the Little River Drainage District.

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Robert N. Denham Papers, 1919-1954 (C0012)
19 cubic feet (1,753 folders)

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The papers include material on Denham’s legal practice in Florida; his work as trial examiner and general counsel for NLRB, including material on Taft-Hartley legislation, speeches, and participation in President’s Conference on Administrative Procedures; and personal papers.

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Arthur Hugh Denney Papers, 1960s-1970s (CA4980)
15.4 cubic feet

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The papers of a University of Missouri professor of community development and consultant on economic planning include correspondence, publications, and research materials, including material regarding Missouri post offices and Postmasters. Also includes genealogy client files containing correspondence, family charts, and other research materials related to Missouri families.

Hugh Denney Photograph Collection, 1932, no date (P0103)
0.42 linear feet

The bulk of the collection is aerial photographs of Missouri towns by the Missouri National Guard, from the 1960s and 1970s. Also includes six 3 1/2x5 inch photographs taken by the donor picturing cartoonist Daniel R. Fitzpatrick during a fishing trip on the Current River near Denney's Blue Spring Lodge, ca. 1956-1957. The guide, Dow Knuckles, is also shown in four of the photographs.

William H. Dennis Letter, 1861 (K0533)
0.01 c.f.

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Letter from a private in the Illinois 7th Cavalry from Camp Butler, IL and camp live and news.

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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James Denny Photographs, 1983, no date (P0809)

Photos of floorplans and paintings at the Ravenswood estate in Cooper County.

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William R. Denslow Collection, 1841-1929 (C0822)
0.4 cubic feet (21 folders)

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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

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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.

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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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.

William Dent Records, 1861-1866 (R0341)
1 volume microfilmed

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This is an account ledger from a general store at Dent's Station in St. Francois County, a few
miles south of what is now Bismarck, Missouri. An index to the accounts is available.

Julius Denum Endorsement, 1832 (C1520)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Certification of Julius Denum as qualified to perform the duties of interpreter, translator, and clerk for the Board of Commissioners of Private Land Claims, St. Louis, MO. Signed by prominent Missourians.

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Lena Kathryn Alton Depher Collection, 1869-1946 (K0090)
2 f

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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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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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"'Der Geist des Deutschtums' in the State of Missouri," William G. Bek, no date (C1047)
0.07 cubic feet (1 volume)

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The collection contains a history of Germans in the state of Missouri. Also included are miscellaneous letters and programs.

Elijah Deskin Certificate, 1869 (C1969)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a certificate for payment of work on roads.

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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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Elijah Deskin Mortgage, 1870 (C1968)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a mortgage on Deskin's land given as security for $100 borrowed from the capital school fund of Township 52, Range 15, Randolph County, MO.

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Elijah Deskin Receipts, 1855-1863 (C1971)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains tax receipts.

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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.

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)

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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.

Pierre-Jean DeSmet Papers, no date (C1521)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Fragment of article written by Father DeSmet about the early inhabitants of the Mississippi Valley and Indian civilization. Population, agriculture, pottery, use of metals. Refutation of Timothy Flint.

DeSoto Public Library Photograph Collection, 1938, no date (P0176)
8 photographs

Unidentified photographs from the DeSoto area.

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