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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

Dr. Martin Dalton Medical Office Records

 Collection
Identifier: A3064
Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of birth records, still birth records, death records, and patient accounts from the practices of Dr. E. J. Thurman, Thurman & Dalton and Dr. Martin Dalton of Fenton, Missouri. The records are arranged alphabetically by type of record and date from 1884 to 1938. The birth, death, and still birth records are the attending physician’s records of the forms submitted to the local district (county clerk) for the Missouri State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital...
Dates: 1884-1938

William H. Danforth and Donald Danforth Motivational Messages

 Collection
Identifier: A3167
Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of motivational messages written for the employees of the Ralston Purina Company dating from July 1921 through January 1964. Additional items in the collection include William H. Danforth’s obituary, a biography of Donald Danforth, Sr. upon his retirement, and two sets of letters written by Donald Danforth while traveling in 1963 and 1965. The collection is arranged chronologically. Company founder William H. Danforth wrote the weekly ...
Dates: 1921-1965

John Fletcher Darby Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0360
Scope and Contents This collection consists largely of the papers of John F. Darby and his wife Mary F. Darby, and relates mostly to the political, social, and business history of St. Louis. The papers also include family correspondence with relatives in North Carolina, Kentucky, and Missouri, and correspondence regarding legal and business matters. Of special note are the minute books of the Jefferson Society and the St. Louis Debating Club (1827-1828), both regional debating societies of which Darby was a...
Dates: 1785-1923

David and Donna Davies Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A3349
Scope and Contents

The collection is comprised of eleven items which include local membership cards, identification cards used in local grocery stores, local plastic credit cards, invitations to staff events, a Gateway Arch ticket stub, and a copy of Donna Davies’ driver’s license.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1960-1974

George Turnbull Moore Davis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0363
Scope and Contents Contains two volumes of records of Alton, Illinois, law firm of Davis and Krum: attorney's record of legal claims, suits filed, judgments and dispositions made in southern Illinois courts, terms of April 1839-October 1845; and letterbook, 1834-1837. In addition, the papers contain legal correspondence of George T.M. Davis, attorney while in Alton, and the firm of Davis and Krum also in Alton. Includes letters from many St. Louis firms and individuals discussing political matters and several...
Dates: 1832-1843

Charles M. and Henry P. Day Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A2288
Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of correspondence from Charles M. Day to his girlfriend (and later his wife) Marguerite King while he was stationed in France during World War I, and letters of their son Henry P. Day to them while he was attending school in Massachusetts and while he was stationed in North Africa and Italy during World War II. Both sets of letters describe living conditions during the war, battles that the men fought in, and descriptions of the countries...
Dates: 1917-1945

Day-McCarthy Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A3109
Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of correspondence from two generations of the Day and McCarthy families dating from 1837 to 1846, 1943 and 1945. The 19th-century documents are written mostly in German but also in French and English. There is a large date gap between 1847 and 1942 and there are also small gaps in 1841, 1843, and 1845. The correspondence is mostly written in old German script (Kurrent) to John Day dating from 1837 to 1846. The notes are small pieces of paper,...
Dates: 1837-1945; Majority of material found within 1837-1846

Helen S. DeFrance Research Papers

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Identifier: A3144
Scope and Contents The collection includes research notes, correspondence, and a handwritten copy of the master’s thesis, Sara Teasdale, completed by Helen S. DeFrance in 1939; also included are teaching notes, miscellaneous research notes, and drafts for two other English papers. The papers and notes span from 1910 to 1939 with the bulk of materials dating from 1935 to 1939. The collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title/type of document. The research notes...
Dates: 1910-1939; Majority of material found within 1935-1939

Delassus-St. Vrain Family Collection

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Identifier: A0373
Scope and Contents The Delassus-St. Vrain Family Collection consists of legal documents, correspondence, land records, journals, and genealogical information. The vast majority of the documents are written in French and Spanish. Despite the poor penmanship, incorrect grammar usage, and use of archaic forms of the languages by the document’s creators, every attempt has been made to provide a complete and correct translation of the documents. It should be noted that many of the documents in the...
Dates: 1544-2001

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Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center 626
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Subject
United States -- Armed Forces 73
LGBTQ resource 70
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 59
LGBTQ Collecting Initiative 56
Business enterprises -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 40
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African Americans -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 34
Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 33
World War, 1914-1918 33
Families -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 32
United States -- Politics and government 28
World War, 1939-1945 25
Gay community -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 24
African American Collecting Initiative, 2013- 20
Missouri -- Politics and government 17
Portrait Photographs 17
World War, 1939-1945 -- France 17
Real property -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 16
Advertising -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 14
Indians of North America 14
Lesbian community -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 14
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 13
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel 13
Deeds -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 12
Diaries 12
Families -- Missouri 12
African American women -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 11
Civil Rights -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 11
Segregation -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 11
Steamboats 11
Gay pride celebrations -- Missouri 10
Race Relations -- Missouri -- St. Louis 10
Artists -- Missouri 9
California -- Gold discoveries 9
Europe -- Description and travel 9
German Americans -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 9
Legislators -- Missouri 9
Mexican War, 1846-1848 9
Oral history 9
Soldiers -- United States 9
Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence 9
AIDS (Disease)--United States 8
Cholera -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- 1849 8
Fur trade -- United States 8
Love-letters 8
Protest movements -- Missouri -- Ferguson 8
United States -- History -- War of 1812 8
World War, 1914-1918 -- France 8
Arkansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
Artists 7
Baseball -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Business cards -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
City planning -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Clubs -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Deeds -- Missouri -- Saint Louis County 7
Gay men -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Jews -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Lawyers -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
Public schools -- Saint Louis -- Missouri 7
Race discrimination -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Race relations -- Missouri -- Ferguson 7
Real property -- Missouri -- Saint Louis County 7
Teachers -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
Theater -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Veterans -- United States 7
African American business enterprises 6
African American men 6
African Americans 6
African Americans -- Families -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
Architectural photography 6
Businessmen -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
Campaign literature 6
Civic leaders -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
Civil rights 6
Commencement ceremonies 6
Discrimination in housing -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
Education -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
Finance, Personal 6
Fund raising 6
Legislators -- United States 6
Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 6
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) -- History 6
Military discharge 6
Mill Creek Valley (Saint Louis, Mo.) 6
Music -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt 6
Police -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
Political campaigns 6
Presidential campaigns 6
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History -- 19th century 6
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Social life and customs 6
Schoolgirls 6
Scrapbooks 6
Speeches, addresses, etc 6
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 6
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 6
World War, 1914-1918 -- Military life -- United States 6
Advertising -- United States 5
African American churches -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 5
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French 49
German 37
Spanish; Castilian 15
Italian 5
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Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) 12
Gephardt, Richard A. (Richard Andrew), 1941- 10
Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.) 9
Brown, Michael, Jr., 1996-2014 8
Prince, Vida Goldman Sister, 1933- 8
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St. Louis Public Schools (Saint Louis, Mo.) 8
United States. Navy 8
Confederate States of America. Army 7
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 7
Oldham, Marian, 1927-1994 6
Saint Louis (Mo.). Metropolitan Police Department 6
Congress of Racial Equality 5
Eliot, William Greenleaf, 1811-1887 5
Missouri Historical Society 5
NAACP (Organization) 5
Oldham, Charles R., 1922-2006 5
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 5
St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team) 5
ACT UP/St. Louis (1990-) (Saint Louis, Mo.) 4
Bates, Edward, 1793-1869 4
Delassus, Charles Dehault, 1767-1842 4
Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 4
Metropolitan Community Church of Greater St. Louis 4
St. Louis Committee of Racial Equality (1947-) 4
American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri 3
American Red Cross 3
Bates, Frederick, 1777-1825 3
Best, Joyce, 1928- 3
Best, Stephen R., 1926-2014 3
Boy Scouts of America 3
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) 3
Clark, William, 1770-1838 3
Dagen, Margaret W., 1919-2002 3
Eliot family 3
Famous Barr Co. (Saint Louis, Mo.) 3
Ferguson (Mo.) 3
Freeman, Frankie Muse, 1916-2018 3
Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890 3
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841 3
Homer G. Phillips Hospital 3
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 3
Moore, Gwendolyn R. 3
Moore, Laura Ann, 1945-2015 3
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. St. Louis Branch 3
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Youth Council 3
Phyllis Wheatley Branch YWCA (Saint Louis, Mo.) 3
Privacy Rights Education Project (PREP) 3
Rosen, Yvonne A. Marglous (Bonnie), 1928- 3
Schankman, Irv, 1924-2004 3
Seay, Norman R., 1932-2019 3
Soldan High School (Saint Louis, Mo.) 3
Stoddard, Amos, 1762-1813 3
Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933 3
Teneau, Billie Coil Ames, 1925- 3
United States. Army 3
United States. Coast Guard 3
Urban League (Saint Louis, Mo.) 3
Vashon High School (Saint Louis, Mo.) 3
Western Sanitary Commission 3
Wired Women Dance, Inc. (Saint Louis, Mo.) (1983-2004) 3
Witherspoon, Fredda, Dr., 1918-1996 3
AIDS Foundation of St. Louis 2
Ahrens, William L., 1917-1997 2
American Institute of Architects. Saint Louis Chapter 2
American Legion. Women's Auxiliary 2
Banneker Elementary School (Saint Louis, Mo.) 2
Belcher's Sugar Refining Company 2
Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858 2
Black, Gurdon Gilmore, 1880-1953 2
Bradley, Charles E., 1845-1927 2
Bradley, James E., 1838-1887 2
Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 2
Campbell, Robert, 1804-1879 2
Carondelet, Luis Héctor, barón de, 1748-1801 2
Carson, Elizabeth Chapin, 1897-1983 2
Carson, Norman Bruce, Dr., 1844-1931 2
Carson, William Glasgow Bruce, 1891-1976 2
Center for Hearing and Speech 2
Chouteau, Pierre, 1789-1865 2
Christmann, Robert Louis, 1919-1942 2
Clark, Samuel Bromley, 1928-2014 2
Corbett, Katharine T., 1935- 2
Cureton, Carol 2
Dagen, Irvin (Irv), 1912-1998 2
Darby, John Fletcher, 1803-1882 2
Delassus Deluzières, Pierre Charles de Hault, 1738-1806 2
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 2
Democratic Party (Mo.) 2
Dependahl, Edward R., 1895-1963 2
Dependahl, Mildred O'Toole 2
Dorrill Studio (1929-1966) 2
Dougherty, John, Major, 1791-1860 2
Dougherty, Lewis B. (Bissell), 1828-1925 2
Dreer, Vivian McField, 1916-2006 2
Feiner, Sidney R., 1921-1982 2
Frenzel, Milton, 1913-1986 2
Frenzel, Virginia, 1913-2005 2
Fruin-Colnon Contracting Company 2
Gamble, Hamilton Rowan, 1798-1864 2
Garlington, Elizabeth White, 1909-2006 2
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