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Wayne Cryts Collection

Collection

Identifier: P1320

Scope and Contents The Wayne Cryts Collection contains photographs, slides, and digital photographs documenting Wayne and Sandy Cryts' work to advocate for family farmers, particularly through their involvement with the American Agriculture Movement.The bulk of the collection consists of photos related to Wayne Cryts' 1981 raid on the Ristine grain elevator to reclaim his soybeans after the elevator company went bankrupt. These photos show the raid itself, as well as Cryts' mugshot and his meeting...

Dates: 1978-ca. 2006

Found in: Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department

Carol Cureton Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: P1136

Scope and Contents The Carol Cureton Photograph Collection contains two photographs documenting Cureton's role as founding pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church of Greater St. Louis. One photograph is a portrait showing Cureton wearing her vestments, taken at the start of the communion service. The other photograph shows the repurposed mansion on Waterman that served as the congregation's first permanent home. The collection includes notes regarding each photograph, taken by Rodney Wilson after speaking...

Dates: ca. 1975

Found in: Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department

Timothy Cusick Poster Collection

Collection

Identifier: P1132

Scope and Contents The Timothy Cusick Poster Collection contains posters reflecting Cusick's interests, particularly related to LGBTQ+ community life and activism. The posters most frequently address AIDS issues and Pride events. Highlights include a Mary Engelbreit poster depicting an AIDS quilt and a Coors poster for the St. Louis AIDS Action Network from the early 1990s that is an early example of corporate sponsorship of an AIDS-related organization.LGBTQ+ posters include the following...

Dates: ca. 1980-ca. 1995

Found in: Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department

June Bosley Dabney-Gray Collection

Collection

Identifier: P1023

Scope and Contents The June Bosley Dabney-Gray Collection documents the career of June Bosley Dabney-Gray, an African American singer and educator. Photographs show Dabney-Gray performing at various venues and events, including the 55th reunion of the Sumner High School Class of 1952, as well as teaching music at Simmons School in the St. Louis Public Schools system. Group portraits show her posed with Armstead Dabney and Johnny Batchman; comedian Dick Gregory; and others. Two additional photographs show...

Dates: ca. 1960-ca. 2010

Found in: Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department

Edward R. Dependahl World War I Postcard Collection

Collection

Identifier: P0950

Scope and Contents The Edward R. Dependahl World War I Postcard Collection contains 38 postcards sent by Edward R. Dependahl to his fiancée Mildred H. O'Toole and her family from various military camps in the United States and France during World War I. Dependahl served in the Army from 1918-1919, and was part of the American Expeditionary Forces in France. Most of the messages are quick notes to let the O'Tooles know that he is well. Dependahl often speculates about his movement to camps within the United...

Dates: 1918-1919

Found in: Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department

Dictionary Poem Project, Edition III Collection

Collection

Identifier: P1065

Scope and Contents The Dictionary Poem Project, Edition III Collection contains six fine art prints that make up the Dictionary Poem Project, Edition III. The prints from this edition were created by artist Jane Birdsall-Lander in 2020 amidst the unfolding covid-19 pandemic; the outrage following the death of George Floyd, an African American man, at the hands of a white police officer in Minneapolis; and the climate change crisis. Each print contains a dictionary poem related...

Dates: 2020

Found in: Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department

Ann Disinger Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: P1078

Scope and Contents

The Ann Disinger Photograph Collection documents Ann Disinger's activism and community involvement from about the mid-1970s through the mid-1990s. Photographs show early members of the Bisexual Alliance of St. Louis (BASL) and members of Wired Women. Several photographs also show Disinger's parents, Bernice and Seymour Disinger, who had joined her at a pro-Equal Rights Amendment vigil outside the Governor's mansion in Jefferson City.

Dates: ca. 1975-ca. 1995

Found in: Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department

Mark Doering Collection

Collection

Identifier: P1039

Scope and Contents The Mark Doering Collection contains 142 slides taken by Doering while serving with the 509th Radio Research Unit in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Slides predominantly show exterior views of military bases and soldiers, particularly Long Binh base. These slides include views of helicopters and planes, both in the air and on the ground. Slides also show city views, including street scenes in Saigon and distance views of Bien Hoa, as well as views of the countryside. Also included are...

Dates: 1970-1971

Found in: Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department

Francis P. Douglas Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: P0956

Scope and Contents The Francis P. Douglas Collection contains 12 photographs from the 1930s taken by staff photographers at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The photographs are from the files of Francis P. Douglas, who was the paper's City Editor during the 1930s. The photographs document the effects of the Great Depression, as well as campaign stops made by the major party candidates and by third party candidates running in the 1932 presidential election. Photographs documenting the Great...

Dates: 1931-1933

Found in: Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department

Peter Dupee Collection

Collection

Identifier: P0997

Scope and Contents

The Peter Dupee Collection contains two cabinet cards showing Peter Dupee and a woman identified as his wife. The cabinet cards, made by J. H. Phillips of Kirkwood ca. 1861-1864, were likely copies of earlier images.

Dates: ca. 1861-1864

Found in: Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department

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