Manuscripts Index
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
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Disciples of Christ State Convention Minutes, 1845 (C2138)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Minutes of the state meeting of the Missouri Churches of Jesus Christ held in Columbia, October 17 and 18, 1845. List of the ministers present, the congregations represented, and those represented in 1844 but not in 1845.
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Dismas House Records, 1919-1978 (S0192)
5.2 c.f., 223 folders, 186 photographs, 1 microfilm roll, 10 audio tapes, 1 33RPM record, 2 oversize items
The Dismas House Records contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and annual reports documenting the Dismas House, the nation's first halfway house for ex-convicts.
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Michael M. Dively Papers, 1839-1898 (K0476)
0.2 c.f.
Correspondence and legal documents of Dively, wholesale and retail groceries, City Council member, and banker in Kansas City, MO.
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Michele Ann Divine Papers, 1965-1984 (K0573)
6 c.f.
Uniforms and training materials of flight attendant with Trans World Airlines (TWA).
Dixie Greyhound Lines Collection, 1944 (R0986)
(1 folder)
This is a booklet of timetables for July 1944 for Dixie Greyhound Lines, Inc., which operated in southeastern Missouri between St. Louis and Arkansas through Flat River, Farmington, Fredericktown, Jackson, Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, New Madrid, Portageville, Hayti, Caruthersville, and Steele.
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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Dixon Baptist Association Records, 1884 (R0220)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Dixon Baptist Association Records contain photocopies of minutes of the tenth annual session of the Dixon Baptist Association. The Association was composed of churches in Phelps, Osage, Maries and Pulaski counties. The tenth annual session was held at the Mount Zion Church in Osage County, October 9-11, 1884.
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Dixon Bluegrass Pickin' Time Collection, 1975 (R1211)
(1 folder)
This is a souvenir and program book for the seventh Annual Dixon Bluegrass Pickin' Time, held on August 29-31, 1975 at the Fairview Community Center near Dixon in Pulaski County, Missouri. Included are schedule of events, photographs of featured performers, and many advertisements for area businesses.
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Ben F. Dixon Papers, 1941-1958 (C3749)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of Ben F. Dixon contain press releases detailing the events which led to the Battle of Athens, Missouri, on 5 August 1861; the battle itself; and the aftermath. The papers also include biographical sketches of the leaders of the opposing forces. The articles were written in the 1940s on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the battle.
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Edward Charles Dixon Papers, (R1496)
0.25 cubic foot (10 folders, 11 photographs)
The Edward Charles Dixon Papers contain the business papers of Edward Dixon, a self-trained geologist and mine owner from St. Clair, Missouri. The papers include land records, correspondence, survey reports, photographs, mine leases, and newspaper articles pertaining to his mining concerns mostly in Franklin and Washington counties, Missouri.
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Lloyd Arthur Dixon Collection, 1898 (P0462)
1 photograph
Copy photo of school in Harviell, 1898.
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D. Howard Doane Interviews, 1963 (C2248)
0.2 cubic feet
Recollections of formative work in developing farm management at the University of Missouri and in the county extension service. Account of the development of the Doane Agricultural Service, of Doane's work for the Hoover Commission, and of the investigation of federally supported research.
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D. Howard Doane Papers, 1906-1969 (C3121)
4.2 cubic feet (292 folders, 8 volumes)
D. Howard Doane Papers, 1918-1979 (CA4593)
16 cubic feet, 9 oversize volumes, 6 oversize items, 2 audio discs
Addition to papers of a pioneer in farm management includes correspondence, photographs, news clippings, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous material.
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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.
BIll Dobkins Collection, 1968-1995 (R1505)
2 cubic feet (58 folders)
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.
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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Doble-Lucas Family Letters, 1856-1865 (C0305)
1 roll of microfilm
Letters from locations in New York, Ohio, Indiana, and California.