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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
Collection
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
Collection
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
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
Desloge Lead Mining Company Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3035
Scope and Contents
The collection consists mainly of land record documents showing the activity of Firmin V. Desloge in St. Francois County and Washington County, Missouri. The collection is mostly made up of Trust Deeds, various deeds of conveyance, and Chattel Mortgages. Also included are notes for loans made, communication with purchasers of ore from the Desloge Lead Mine Company and volumes relating to the purchase of the Bogy Lead Mine and the creation of the Desloge Consolidated Lead...
Dates:
1840-1903
Frances L. Dewey Papers
Collection
Identifier: A2270
Scope and Contents
The collection contains 117 issues of The Broadcaster (December 1, 1927–April 19, 1932), a newsletter published in St. Louis by the Arkansas-Missouri Plant Department, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. It began as a weekly publication, but later changed to bi-weekly, then tri-weekly. The issues contain articles relating to employee and company news. The collection also contains typescript news stories compiled by Frances Dewey, an employee of the Webster Groves...
Dates:
1926-1932
Joseph Dickson Papers
Collection
Identifier: A2739
Scope and Contents
The papers contain correspondence of Joseph Dickson, mostly to his brother Wells Dickson.
Dates:
1865-1871
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
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
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- Seay, Norman R., 1932-2019 3
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- Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933 3
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- Darby, John Fletcher, 1803-1882 2
- Delassus Deluzières, Pierre Charles de Hault, 1738-1806 2
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- Dreer, Vivian McField, 1916-2006 2
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- Garlington, Elizabeth White, 1909-2006 2
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