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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
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
Joseph Jennings Dorn Papers
Collection
Identifier: A2353
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, bills, newspaper clippings, magazines, photographs and other papers regarding Joseph Jennings Dorn's role in the trial of Bruno Hauptmann for kidnapping Charles Lindbergh's baby. The collection includes: correspondence of Arthur G. Koehler, a wood identification expert for the Forest Service; letters from Dorn and his wife to their daughter while they were in New Jersey for the trial; newspaper clippings and magazine articles regarding the Hauptmann...
Dates:
1929-1999
Dorsey Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0396
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains primarily letters, many with transcriptions, dating from 1822 to 1928. Letters among the various members of the Dorsey family comprise the bulk of the collection. There are also small amounts of land tax records, clippings, and blank postcards. Small gaps appear in the correspondence throughout the collection where there may be a few letters for one or two years and significantly more for the following years. However, there is a large gap in the Dorsey...
Dates:
1822-1928
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