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Duckett, Kenneth W., 1924-2014	Title: Kenneth Duckett Papers, 1946-2013 Quantity:: 1.0 cubic foot (1 record center carton) Call Number: M2016-085 Abstract:: Papers of Kenneth Duckett, an archivist who held positions at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Oregon Historical Society, Ohio Historical Society, and Southern Illinois University. The collection consists of personal writings, correspondence, travel journals, genealogical records for the Duckett family, photographs, and two books written by Duckett: Frontiersman of Fortune: Moses M. Strong of Mineral Point (1955) and The Shoe Box Letters (2003).
Dudgeon, Matthew Simpson, 1871-1949	Title: Matthew S. Dudgeon Papers, 1906-1920 Quantity: 3.2 c.f. (8 archives boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss UB Abstract: Papers of Wisconsin lawyer and librarian Matthew S. Dudgeon. Correspondence, 1910-1920, covers the years Dudgeon served as secretary of the Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Letters in 1913 refer to a trip he made to study cooperatives in Europe. There are also notes on cooperatives, libraries, and the law and public utilities; and twenty articles he wrote on European cooperatives.
Dudkiewicz, John	Title: Catalog of Articles Surrounding the Death of Captain Wilson Colwell, September 14, 1862 Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 147 Abstract: Catalog of articles compiled by John Dudkiewicz in 2000 concerning the death of Captain Wilson Colwell on September 14, 1862. Colwell was captain of the La Crosse Light Guard (Company B, 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment) during the Civil War.
Dudley, Arthur S. (Arthur Serviss), 1883-1977	Title: History of West Salem, Wisconsin: Illustrated with Photographic Views, Quantity: 50 photographs in 1 volume of 24 leaves and 1 flier Call Number: PH 6019 Abstract: Album of cyanotypes including a historical sketch of West Salem and an index to the photographs. Views include streets; commercial buildings; churches; and residences, identified by resident, including writer Hamlin Garland's residence. Also includes a flier advertising Dudley's services as a photographer.
Dudley, William Henry, 1869-1941	Title: William Henry Dudley Papers, 1859-1941 Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes), 204 photographs, 195 negatives, and 1362 transparencies Call Number: Wis Mss SC; PH 3401; PH 6106; WHi(X91); WHi(X92) Abstract: Papers of William Henry Dudley, a University of Wisconsin librarian, lecturer, and amateur photographer including correspondence, primarily with the Dudley family of Albion, Ohio, and Canistota, South Dakota, and photography. The manuscript collection contains Civil War era letters received by Dudley's father, Bela De Loss Dudley, and a personal narrative, written in 1906-1907, about his experiences as a member of Ohio's 17th and 87th Infantry regiments. B.D.L. Dudley's letters comment on family matters and Ohio economic conditions and politics; there is one 1866 letter from George M. Taber, a Union captain turned Southern planter, describing crops and conditions of Negro labor in Decatur, Alabama. W.H. Dudley's own papers include correspondence from his parents, from Agnes L. Potter of South Dakota whom he later married, and from Ella R. Ogden of Knoxville, Tennessee. Few letters deal with his professional career, although job hunting correspondence in 1892 contains several letters from the Hillside Home School. Dudley's amateur photography was of a high level and is represented by black and white prints and negatives of landscapes in the Wisconsin Dells area; the University Heights neighborhood in Madison; Manistee, Michigan; steamships on Lake Michigan; and boats on the Mississippi River. Additional prints include carte-de-visite portraits of relatives; portraits of W.H. Dudley himself may be found in the Visual Materials Name File. Lantern slides, many of which were hand tinted, were used by Dudley for professional talks. They include aesthetic photography of Europe, and a smaller number that relate to the Wisconsin Dells, Devil's Lake, and the St. Louis World's Fair. Some of these images were photographed by Katherine Allen, Charles N. Brown, Ethel Raymer Edmundson, Reuben Gold Thwaites, and Frederick Jackson Turner and copied by Dudley.
Dudzik, Joseph A.; Milwaukee (Wis.). Common Council.	Title: Joseph A. Dudzik Aldermanic Records 1988-2012 Quantity: 2.1 cubic ft. (6 boxes) 1 oversize folder Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 82 Abstract: Records of Common Council Alderman Joseph A. Dudzik, who served Milwaukee's 11th District from 2002-2015. Collection contains correspondence, reports, subject files, ordinance copies/drafts, handwritten notes, clippings, and publications.
Dueholm, Harvey L., 1910-1980	Title: Oral History Interview with Harvey L. Dueholm, 1978 Quantity: 15 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 723A Abstract: Interview conducted by Mark Dorman and Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with farmer and Wisconsin state assemblyman Harvey Dueholm, concerning his youth in Polk County; his early political experiences in the Progressive and the Democratic parties; memorable legislative issues, events, and people; and agriculture from the 1920's through the 1970's.
Dueholm, Harvey L., 1910-1980	Title: Harvey L. Dueholm Papers, 1914-1978 Quantity: 4.0 c.f. (3 record center cartons and 3 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: River Falls Mss CS; River Falls Micro 13; Micro 1051 Abstract: Legislative papers of a Democratic assemblyman (1959-1978) from Luck, Wisconsin, who was noted for his wit and his advocacy of liberal political positions. The collection consists of personal and constituent correspondence, subject files, bill files, and microfilmed biographical material. Prominent correspondents include William Osborne Hart, Hubert Humphrey, Gaylord Nelson, David Obey, Walker K. Wyman, and John Wyngaard. The subject files also include newsletters, press releases, form letters, and speeches. There is some material pertaining to reelection campaigns. Although the collection offers incomplete coverage of Dueholm's long tenure in the Assembly (1959-1978), the paper documentation is supplemented by an extensive, separately-catalogued oral history interview.
Duerr, Mark	Title: Mark Duerr Photographs, 1980s Quantity: 69 photographs Call Number: PH 6158 Abstract: Twenty-four black and white photographs made by photographer Mark Duerr in the early 1980s concerning Wisconsin cheese production at family-owned factories, and forty-five black and white photographs concerning Wisconsin food cooperatives and people involved in the production and distribution of their stock. Duerr drove a truck for North Farm Co-op in the early 1980s so that he could make these photographs.
Duff, Marc, 1961-	Title: Marc Duff Papers, 1982-2002 Quantity: 4.4 c.f. (11 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 206 Abstract: Papers of a New Berlin Republican state legislator representing Wisconsin's 84th Assembly district from 1988 to 2002. The bulk of the collection consists of Subject Files relating to issues addressed by Duff during his term in office such as the environment, alternative fuels, government waste, and education. Other topics include national issues like abortion and gun control to local concerns such as commerce, mass transit, and energy utilities. The Legislative Files consist of documents related to specific bills sponsored by Duff or in which he took a specific interest and include letters, memos, news clippings, press releases, and reports.
Duffy, F. Ryan, 1888-1979	Title: F. Ryan Duffy Papers, 1906-1979 Quantity: 10.4 c.f. (27 archives boxes), 1 tape recording, 3 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and photographs Call Number: Mss 679; Audio 992A; Micro 1086; PH 3659 Abstract: Papers of F. Ryan Duffy, a Democratic U.S. senator (1932-1938) and federal judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (1939-1949) and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1949-1978), consisting of biographical material, correspondence, campaign material, legislative and judicial files, and speeches. General correspondence (1933-1973) deals with such subjects as his law firm, honors, politics, personal matters, reunions, and trips. Campaign material covers Duffy's election bids for the U.S. Senate, as well as general Wisconsin politics during the period. On Duffy's Senate career there is correspondence about various events and issues and files on patronage and legislation written or supported by Duffy. His work on copyright legislation is especially well represented.
Duncan Group, Inc.	Title: Duncan Group, Inc.: Through One City's Eyes Video Recording and Interview Transcripts, 1998-1999 Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) and 2 videorecordings Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 202; VFA 003; VHA 518 Abstract: Transcripts of interviews conducted in 1998 and 1999 for the documentary Through One City's Eyes: Race Relations in America's Heartland, produced by The Duncan Group in association with Milwaukee Public Television and Wisconsin Public Radio. Interviewees discuss race relations in Milwaukee during the civil rights movement, as well as contemporary city issues. Also included is a brief description of the program and a few newspaper articles about the documentary.
Dunham, Howard R., 1912-1980	Title: Howard R. Dunham Papers, 1930-1935 Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (4 folders) 37 nitrate negatives Call Number: UWM Small Collection 48 Abstract: This is the loose-leaf journal kept by Howard R. Dunham during his trip across the United States with the Milwaukee State Teachers College singing group in the summer of 1932. The collection also includes photographs and negatives relating to the trip. Other items in the collection include one photograph dated 1930 and another dated 1935.
Dunlap, Bryan R.	Title: Bryan R. Dunlap Papers, 1964-1972, 1994 Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: M2000-007 Abstract: Papers documenting the activities of Bryan R. Dunlap, a civil rights worker who participated in the Mississippi Freedom Summer (1964-1965) in Vicksburg, Mississippi, where he started a Freedom Library and an African-American community newspaper, the Vicksburg Citizens' Appeal. Dunlap’s parents supported him from their Leonia, New Jersey home, where they formed the Friends of Freedom Libraries (active from 1965-1968) and the Leonia-Vicksburg Committee, and participated in the Mississippi Project Parents' Committee. Also included are civil rights newsletters, material from other civil rights groups, and news clippings concerning the retrial in 1994 of Byron de la Beckwith in the 1963 shooting of civil rights activist Medgar Evers.
Dunlap, Thomas R., 1943-	Title: Thomas R. Dunlap Interviews Concerning DDT, 1973-1974 Quantity: 12 cassette recordings Call Number: Audio 915A Abstract: Thomas R. Dunlap interviews done while researching concerns on the use of DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane). Interviewees include Lorrie Otto, Maurice Van Susteren, Hugh H. Iltis, Orie Loucks, Charles F. Wurster Jr., Joseph J. Hickey, Victor J. Yannacone Jr., R.K. Chapman, E.K. Fisher, and Francis B. Coon.
Dunn County Agricultural Society (Wis.)	Title: Dunn County Agricultural Society Records, 1894, 1908, 1919-1958 Quantity: 0.3 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 oversize volume) Call Number: Stout Mss 4 Abstract: Records of the group which sponsored the Dunn County Fair until 1954; including minutes, financial records, stockholder records, two premium booklets (1894 and 1908), and miscellany.
Dunn County Health Care Center (Wis.)	Title: Dunn County Health Care Center Records, 1891-1978 Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes, 1 flat box, 1 oversize folder) and photographs Call Number: Dunn Series 166; PH Dunn Series 166 Abstract: Records of a Dunn County institution originally founded as the Dunn County Asylum for the Chronic Insane (1892) and the Dunn County Poor House (later known as the Dunn County Home). During the 1940s, the two institutions became the Dunn County Hospital and Home. In 1972, a new facility that included a nursing home and a psychiatric unit was opened under the name Dunn County Heath Care Center. The records primarily document the institutions' financial history. Included are unpublished annual reports, audit reports by the Wisconsin Tax Commission, and reimbursement bills submitted to the state and other counties. Patient records primarily consist of lists of original residents of the asylum, residents from the 1930s and 1940s, and a population movement book, 1955-1970, although additional information about individual patients is included in other records in the series. Miscellaneous records include minutes of the original asylum building commission (which included J. H. Stout and A. R. Hall), architectural plans and photographs, brochures, employee rules and lists, property inventories, a patient diary dated 1915-1916, a journal of crops raised, and leases.
Dunn County Historical Society (Wis.)	Title: Dunn County Historical Society Records, 1951-1967 Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Stout Mss F Abstract: Correspondence, scattered minutes, clippings on Dunn County events and people, biographical sketches, and other materials. Biographical sketch subjects include John Holly Knapp, William Wilson, Andrew Tainter, Michael Griffin, John J. Jenkins, Stephen S. McCann, George Bullen Shaw, Charles D. Parker, and James H. Stout.
Dunn County (Wis.). Register of Deeds	Title: Dunn County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Grantor/Grantee Indexes, 1857-1888 Quantity: 3 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Dunn Series 44 Abstract: Index to Dunn County real estate deeds (Dunn Series 31) noting names of grantors (sellers) and grantees (purchasers). Noted are date and time the deed was recorded, names of grantor and grantee, type of instrument, description of the property, and volume and page number of the deed record where instrument is recorded.
Dunn County (Wis.). Register of Deeds	Title: Dunn County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Deeds, 1857-1938 Quantity: 15 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Dunn Series 31 Abstract: Documents recording the conveyance of real estate. Entries show number and type of deed, date, names of grantor and grantee, description of property, names of witnesses, amount paid, date recorded, and notarial acknowledgement. Tax Deed volumes cover 1857-1916, Homestead Deeds run through 1938, and all other types of deeds through 1886.
Dunn County (Wis.). Superintendent of Schools	Title: Dunn County (Wis.). Superintendent of Schools: Normal School Records, 1900-1957 Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes) Call Number: Dunn Series 60 Abstract: Records of the school, established in 1899 to prepare teachers for instruction in the county's rural schools. Included are a history of the school, commencement programs, index to graduates, student transcripts (1900 and 1939 are missing), records of students incompletes and withdrawals, and miscellaneous informational brochures and other materials relating to program requirements.
Dunn County (Wis.). Treasurer.	Title: Dunn County. Treasurer. Tax Rolls, 1864-1967 Quantity: 217 reels of microfilm (35mm) and 12.0 c.f. (129 volumes) Call Number: Dunn Series 40 Abstract: Volumes indicating land ownership and a description of taxable real estate, valuation of each parcel, taxes due, and a record of the payment of taxes. Also includes valuations, taxes due, and taxes paid for personal property in many of the volumes. Tax rolls are arranged alphabetically by township and thereunder chronologically. Cities and villages are arranged alphabetically under the appropriate township. Records for 1864-1949 are available only on microfilm.
Dunn County (Wis.). Treasurer	Title: Dunn County (Wis.). Treasurer: Assessment Rolls, 1857-1867 Quantity: 4.4 c.f. (11 archives boxes) Call Number: Dunn Series 41 Abstract: Assessment rolls containing a description of property, assessed valuation, land ownership, and the various state, county, and local taxes assessed for each piece of property. In some instances, there are notations as to whether the taxes were paid.
Duplex Manufacturing Company (Superior, Wis.)	Title: Duplex Manufacturing Company Records, 1891-1985 Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Superior Mss AA Abstract: Business records of a Superior, Wis. firm which manufactured and sold farm water supply items including windmills, steel towers, iron pumps, and water tanks. A windmill which could pump water and grind grain at the same time was patented in 1882 and designated “duplex” by the Lake City Tool Co., Madison, Wis. In 1885, the firm was purchased by the Andrew brothers and moved to Brooklyn, Wis. under the name Duplex Windmill Co. The company was re-established in Superior in 1892 with the name Duplex Manufacturing Co. The collection consists of scattered correspondence; letterbooks; an invoice book; scattered historical materials; written recollections of company president Homer L. Andrew, Delphin M. Johnson, and William M. Spencer; materials concerning company ownership and stocks; and seven product catalogs.
Duren, Joanne M., 1931-	Title: Joanne M. Duren Papers, 1965-1985 Quantity: 23.6 c.f. (15 archives boxes and 18 record center cartons), 4 reels of microfilm (35mm) and 154 tape recordings Call Number: Mss 636; Tape 1070A; Tape 1161A; Micro 1088; Micro 1093 Abstract: Legislative papers of a Democrat from Cazenovia, Wisconsin, who represented the 50th Assembly District (1970-1982) and who was best known for her leadership of the legislative opposition to abortion. Included are constituent correspondence; legislative, subject, and committee files; and press releases, speeches, scripts (on microfilm) and recordings of her weekly radio broadcasts. Information on her opposition to abortion in Wisconsin is extensive, as is material on smoking, alcohol, railroad abandonment, and the University of Wisconsin College of Veterinary Medicine, although her reputation on these issues was less well known. Committee files relate to Tourism, Recreation, and Economic Development, the Special Study Committee on State-Supported Programs; State-Federal Relations; and other committees which she headed or on which she served. These include minutes, transcripts, tape recordings and correspondence. Also available only on microfilm are biographical clipping albums.
Durham, Deni, 1954-	Title: Deni and Terry Durham Papers, 1988-1999 Quantity: 0.6 cubic feet (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 1176 Abstract: Papers, 1988-1999, of Deni Durham, documenting her activities with organic and sustainable agriculture organizations, including the Missouri Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (MOSAWG), the Missouri Organic Association, the Ozark Small Farm Viability Project (OSFVP), and the Ozark Organic Growers Association (OOGA). Included are materials relating to conferences Durham coordinated or attended, and background materials she gathered for articles on organic agriculture and food safety. Also included is a small amount of material related to her former husband, Terry Durham, who served as president of the Missouri Organic Association in the 1990s and is currently a leading Missouri elderberry producer. Deni Durham's current name is Deni Phillips (since 2002?).
Dutton, Ira B.	Title: Ira B. Dutton Papers and Photographs, Quantity: 19.2 linear ft. (12 archives boxes and 9 flat boxes) and photographs 0.2 linear ft. (6 folders). Call Number: WVM Mss 14 Abstract: Papers and photographs of Ira B. Dutton, a Civil War officer and Quarter Master with the 13th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry; the Acting Assistant Quarter Master for the Northern District of Alabama at Decatur, Alabama; a post-war War Department employee involved with Union soldier grave disinterment, reparations for refugees and freedmen, and war claims; and a Roman Catholic missionary at the leper colony on Molokai, Hawaii as Brother Joseph Dutton. The bulk of the collection concerns Dutton's activities as the Acting Assistant Quarter Master for the Northern District of Alabama at Decatur, covering the period June 1864 through September 1865, however it does also include some material from Dutton's service with the 13th Wisconsin. Civil War records include correspondence; orders; quarter master records and reports; freight records, including bills of lading; personnel records, which includes material on soldiers, civilian employees, and scouts; the records of boards convened to determine compensation for the use or damage of property; military railroad and transportation passes; and part of the daily journal of the armed river transport U.S.S. Stone River. Dutton's post-war activities are more briefly documented. Included are correspondence, orders, and records documenting Dutton's work with the War Department overseeing the disinterment of Union soldiers; the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands; and investigating war claims arising out of the Civil War. Dutton's missionary activities are documented by correspondence with G.A.R. comrades in Wisconsin and elsewhere, including Hosea Rood and A.G. Weissert; observations about customs of the native Hawaiian people; a photocopy of a letter from President Warren G. Harding extolling his work with the lepers on Molokai; and an 1884 room and board receipt from the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani, when he was beginning his life as a Catholic brother. Also included are a small number of photographs of Dutton at various points in his life, the mission at Molokai, his mother, and the Brother Joseph Dutton School in Beloit, Wisconsin.