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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
Doud Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0397
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a variety of documents of the Doud family including correspondence, invitations, stock certificates, programs, and circulars. Includes papers relating to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; the death of Odd Fellows member Richard Randolph in 1915; the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 (St. Louis World’s Fair); and Miss Minnie Green and the Green family of Mt. Vernon, Illinois.
Dates:
1880s-1936
John Dougherty Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0398
Scope and Contents
Collection consists mainly of the correspondence of Major John Dougherty in relation to sutling at Fort Kearny, Nebraska, and government transportation of freight between Fort Kearny and Fort Laramie, Wyoming, in the 1840s and 1850s. Also includes numerous bills of sale of slaves; correspondence and reports regarding Indian affairs, including a report from Leavenworth, March 9, 1832; land documents; and correspondence regarding land claims. Correspondents include Dougherty's son Lewis B....
Dates:
1823-1917
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
Herman H. Dreer Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0406
Scope and Contents
Collection includes information on Douglass University; programs, booklets, articles regarding African-American history, both in St. Louis and national; and materials relating to the Shelley restrictive covenant case.
Dates:
1927-1974
Helen Driscoll Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3124
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of one scrapbook and one letter received by Driscoll Pharmacy in 1928 that was delivered via airmail piloted by Charles Lindbergh. The scrapbook comprises the bulk of the collection and dates from 1920 to 1927, with the bulk of its items dating from 1922 to 1924. The scrapbook was disassembled for preservation purposes and page numbers were added. The collection is arranged chronologically and by scrapbook page number.
The scrapbook was kept by Helen Driscoll...
Dates:
1920-1928; Majority of material found within 1922-1924
Cecelia Krumrey Druhe Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3036
Scope and Contents
The collection is arranged in chronological order. It consists of letters, documents, photographs, and articles relating to Cecelia Krumrey Druhe and the orphan trains of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The first three folders contain correspondence and documents relating to the Krumreys, including the agreement between Jacob and Katie and the New York Foundling Hospital. Most of the letters and telegrams dating from 1909 to 1911 are between...
Dates:
1875-1994
William Henry Fields Dulany Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0415
Scope and Contents
The Dulany Papers contain the personal papers of William Henry Fields Dulany (1818-1914), pioneer Missouri tobacco and lumber entrepreneur. Included in the collection are the personal papers and ephemera of his nephew and son-in-law, Thomas Epps Gates Dulany (1841-1923); grandson William Henry Dulany, Jr. (1874-1948); granddaughter Vivian Duncan Dulany Murphy (1885-1965); and her husband George Thomas Murphy (1877-1959). There are also items pertaining to the Dulany Memorial...
Dates:
1849-1944
Charles H. Duncker, Jr. Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3153
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of four Duncker family letters dating from September to November 1918; photocopies of documents relating to the Duncker Hall cornerstone at Washington University dated 1923 and 1924; and photocopies of newspaper clippings and articles related to Charles H. Duncker, Jr., the war in France, and to Duncker Hall. The collection is arranged alphabetically by type of document, family correspondence, and photocopies, with documents arranged chronologically within...
Dates:
1918-ca. 1998; Majority of material found within 1918-1924
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