Manuscripts Index
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)
The collection contains a history of Germans in the state of Missouri. Also included are miscellaneous letters and programs.
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Elijah Deskin Certificate, 1869 (C1969)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
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)
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)
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)
The collection contains tax receipts.
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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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Pierre-Jean DeSmet Papers, no date (C1521)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
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.
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DeSoto Public Library Photograph Collection, 1938, no date (P0176)
8 photographs
Unidentified photographs from the DeSoto area.
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Lucian DeTar Papers, no date (K0782)
0.1 c.f.
Photographs and articles related to Lucian's career in flying - in WWI, and in the Aero Club of Greater Kansas City.
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Development and Roles of Ethnic Groups in St. Louis Manuscript, 1966 (S0022)
0.25 cubic foot
"The Development and Roles of Ethnic Groups in St. Louis" is an unpublished manuscript written by Harry Nadler for a graduate seminar in sociology at Washington University.
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Charles Devens Letter, 1877 (C0552)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To John Bruce, Montgomery, Alabama, from Washington, D.C., April 30, 1877. Inquiry concerning charges made by John H. Purness against U.S. Commissioner Isaac Heyman and others.
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Devinki Family Papers, 1889-1981 (K0931)
0.3 c.f.
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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Linda S. Devitt Photographs, 1939-1941 (CG0020)
0.01 cubic feet (1 folder)
Ruth K. Hammersmith taught school at Lutesville, Missouri, (Bollinger County) in the 1940s. There are four photographs of 7th and 8th grade classes at the Lutesville school from 1939-1941.
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Charles DeWard Journal, 1839 (C1644)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains field notes of an engineer and surveyor of the State Road from St. Louis to St. Charles.
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Melvin C. DeWitt Papers, 1966-2009 (R1418)
0.5 cubic foot (18 folders, 15 photographs)
The Melvin C. DeWitt Papers contain the personal military papers and photographs of Melvin C. DeWitt who served in the United States Army from 1966 until his retirement in 1986. Also include are DeWitt's papers related to his employment with the Missouri Department of Corrections.
Dexter Cemetery Association Records, 1885 (R1048)
(1 folder)
These are articles of association and order of incorporation for the Dexter Cemetery Assocation, a benevolent association formed to establish and maintain a public cemetery at Dexter in Stoddard County, Missouri. George N. Boughton was president.
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Dexter Monday Club Records, 1941-1969 (R0457)
(4 rolls of microfilm)
The Dexter Monday Club Records contain “Press” books of the Dexter Monday Club, a women’s club at Dexter in Stoddard County, Missouri. The volumes include the club’s printed yearbooks, newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous materials regarding the activities of the club.
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Marshall Dial Oral History Collection, 1980s-1990s (CA6033)
275 audio cassettes, 44 CDs
Collection of interviews between Marshall Dial and various residents of the Bootheel for Dial's radio show, "Stories They Tell."
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Carl J. DiCapo Papers, 1971-2002 (K0666)
29 c.f.
Dicapo is a prominent businessman and civic leader in Kansas City. Included are personal files concerning his civic, cultural, and community activities such as his service on the Board of Parks and Recreation and Desegregation Monitoring Committee for Kansas City public schools. Business records deal with his Italian Gardens Restaurant. Also are photographs, audio and video tapes, certificates and plaques presented to DiCapo.
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Emma Dickerhoof Diaries, 1915-1949 (C4194)
1.0 cubic foot (17 folders)
The Emma Dickerhoof diaries contain 23 diaries and a few loose papers of a single woman who lived much of her life near Macon, Missouri, with her parents. The diaries span the years 1915 to 1949 and discuss news of family, friends, and the local community.
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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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Leon T. Dickinson Photo Album, 1860-1866 (P0059)
1 folder
19th century portraits from a photo album. Includes a number of Fowler family-members.
Bernard F. Dickmann Papers, 1895-1980 (C3403)
2.5 cubic feet (130 folders, 1 oversize volume), 20 rolls of microfilm
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Bernard F. Dickmann Photograph Collection, 1918-1967 (S0555)
2.8 cubic feet, 106 folders, 1991 photographs, 1 scrapbook
Bernard F. Dickmann was the mayor of St. Louis (1933-1941). This collection documents Bernard F. Dickmann tenure as mayor of St. Louis from 1933 to 1941. The photographs include images of visiting dignitaries, groundbreaking for St. Louis Landmarks, the Mayor's Christmas party, and conventions held in St. Louis. The collection also contains a scrapbook of the Missouri exhibition at the 1939 Worlds Fair in New York.
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Bernard Dickmann Photograph Collection, 1930-1972 (P0188)
Photos of Bernard Dickmann, St. Louis postmaster and mayor. Likely copy prints from one of the other Dickmann collections. Also: Dickmann papers here, Dickmann photographs in St. Louis
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Dictionary Society of North America, Biennial Meeting Records, 1989-1991 (CA5217)
0.8 cubic feet
Correspondence and records of the D.S.N.A. meeting held in Columbia, MO, in August 1991. Papers of Donald Lance, the program chairman of the meeting.
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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Donald A. Dietrich Papers, 1953-2000 (K0933)
7 c.f.
Traffic and transportation studies
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Karl D. Dietrich Papers, 1917-1918 (C2581)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
The papers of Karl D. Dietrich contain foreign and domestic newspaper articles on the World War I armistice, and a personal diary from September 8, 1918 to January 31, 1919.
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Priscilla Dietrich Photograph Collection, 1939-1998 (P0419)
1 folder
Copy photos of Matthias C. Campbell property in Columbia, MO.
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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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Lester B. Dill Photograph Collection, 1941 (P1182)
Six photographs of Meramec Caverns, from the president of the Ozark Cave Association, Inc.
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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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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)
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.
Dillenbeck School of Oratory Catalog, 1912 (K1410)
0.02 cubic foot (1 folder)
The collection contains a catalog of the Dillenbeck School of Oratory in Kansas City, Missouri, dated 1912. The catalog outlines courses of study, requirements for entrance, students, and graduates from 1894 through 1912.
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Irving Dilliard Oral History, 1990 (S0514)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 audio cassette
An Oral history conducted by Christi Fritsch on November 9, 1990 with Irving Dilliard, a long-time editor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The interview has been transcribed.
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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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Dillon Family Deed, 1919 (C3285)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a deed for land and town lot in Randall County, Texas.
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Mary Stakes Dines Diary, 1849-1931 (S0524)
0.2 cubic foot, 2 folders
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 Civil War parole of Reverend Tyson Dines.
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Otto F. Dingeldein Papers, 1944-1990 (C4291)
1.0 cubic foot (19 folders), 8 oversize items
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Directory of Women's Media Records, 2002-2010, 2013 (CA6330)
0.4 cubic feet
Addition of directories. See also C4066.
Directory of Women's Media Records, 1975-1990 (C4066)
2.0 cubic feet (39 folders)
The collection contains the records of the publication Directory of Women's Media, and includes correspondence, advertising, and issues of the directory.
Disabled American Veterans of the World War, Chapter No. 9 (Columbia, Mo.) Scrapbook, 1922-1923 (C4686)
0.2 cubic feet (1 volume)
The collection includes a scrapbook of newspaper clippings concerning the organization, members, and news associated with the organization.
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Anthony Graham DiScala Photograph Collection, 1911-1912 (P0724)
2 photographs
Copy photos of Aullville Public School, 1911-1912