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| De Antonio, Emile, 1919-1989 | Title: Emile de Antonio Papers, 1868-1989 (bulk 1950s-1980s)
Quantity: 75.8 cubic feet (112 archives boxes and 31 records center cartons), 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm), 569 audio recordings, 529 photographs, 51 contact sheets, 16 color transparencies, 52 negatives, 6 posters, 2 clipping files, 675 reels of film, and 130 videorecordings Call Number: U.S. Mss 117AN; Micro 988; Audio 1100A; additional call numbers for visual materials found in contents list Abstract: Papers, mainly 1950s-1980s, of Emile de Antonio, a documentary filmmaker whose work was characterized by critical exploration of themes in contemporary politics and society. Included are biographical information, correspondence, and extensive files on films produced or considered for production. Produced motion pictures are documented by correspondence, research material, legal and financial records, scripts, production notes, promotion and distribution information, and reviews. This collection includes extensive film, video and audio tape, as well as some three-dimensional objects. |
| De Gelleke, Gerrit J., 1872-1960 | Title: Gerrit J. De Gelleke Papers, 1894-1958
Quantity: 0.6 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 346 Abstract: Gerrit J. De Gelleke was a native Milwaukee architect who studied under, and later formed a partnership with fellow architect H. J. Van Ryn and designed many well known Milwaukee buildings. Gerrit and his brother Peter, also an architect, designed Milwaukee County General Hospital. This collection is some of De Gelleke's personal papers. |
| Dean, Robert W., 1923- | Title: Robert W. Dean Papers, 1958-1963
Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 75 Abstract: Papers of a Wisconsin state senator, lawyer, and judge, Robert Dean, including legislative subject files which are primarily routine but include reports of the Conservation Commission and Highway Committee on which Dean served, and one folder concerning Menominee Indian termination proceedings. Correspondence is primarily from his constituents. |
| Dean, Thomas, 1783-circa 1843 | Title: Thomas Dean Papers, 1814-1836
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Micro 22 Abstract: Papers of Thomas Dean, the Indian agent at Brotherton, New York, including an account book and diary with a description of a survey expedition on the Fox River, 1824, and of journeys to Green Bay in 1830, to Washington, D.C. in 1831, and along the Lake Huron coastline starting on the Saint Clair River in 1834; deeds for Indian lands; copies of petitions to President Andrew Jackson, 1830, and to Enos Throop, governor of New York, 1831; and a number of letters from other Indian agents and federal officials for Indian affairs. |
| DeBowers Family | Title: DeBowers Family Civil War Letters and Photographs, 1861-1865, 1898
Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) and 27 photographs Call Number: M2011-042 Abstract: Civil War letters of soldiers from several different Wisconsin regiments addressed to friends and relatives describing life at Camp Randall in Madison, Wisconsin, food, weather and surroundings, discussions of the draft, the Battle of Hatcher Run in early 1865, and miscellaneous family concerns. Also included is a poem, “The Slave's Appeal,” as well as 27 photographs of an unidentified Civil War-era house and monument and portraits. |
| Decker, Edward, 1827-1911 | Title: Edward Decker Papers, circa 1848-1906
Quantity: 13.4 cubic feet (10 records center cartons, 7 archives boxes, and 3 half-archives boxes) Call Number: M76-276; M95-279; M2010-167 Abstract: Papers of Edward Decker documenting his role in Kewaunee, Wisconsin, as a public official, land owner/developer, businessman, and newspaper owner. The collection includes correspondence, tax certificates, deeds, citizenship papers, marriage and land transaction records, household financial records, and other miscellaneous papers. |
| Decramer, Pierre | Title: Pierre Decramer Diary, 1861-1865
Quantity: .1 cubic ft. (1 folder) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 83 Abstract: Collection contains a diary, written in French, by Decramer, dating from October 1861 through October 1865, and an English translation. Decramer was a member of the 1st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (reorganized), Company D. The diary provides a daily description of Decramer's movements and his impressions of the war. |
| Deer, Ada Elizabeth, 1935- | Title: Ada Deer Papers, 1969-1978
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 120 Abstract: Biographical newsclippings and general correspondence of Ada Deer, a Menominee Indian leader who was a founding member of DRUMS, a lobbyist to restore federal aid and reservation status to the Menominee tribe in Wisconsin, and Menominee tribal chair (1975-1977). |
| Delafield Men's Club (Wis.) | Title: Delafield Men's Club Records, 1925-1956
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss EU Abstract: Records of a local club formed to promote good fellowship in informal surroundings. In addition to meals, lectures, and entertainment features, the club held an annual Christmas community party, and a Fathers and Sons Day, with the boys and faculty of the Wisconsin Home and Farm School as guests. The club was disbanded in 1956. The collection includes minutes and related materials from regular monthly and executive committee meetings, with a small amount of correspondence, membership lists, and financial papers. |
| Delafield (Wis.). Clerk | Title: Delafield (Wis.). Clerk: Clerk's Records, 1890-1968
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Waukesha Series 21 Abstract: A variety of records primarily from the early 1960s concerning public welfare, city finances, zoning, the municipal court, and other matters. |
| DeLong, Delmar | Title: Delmar DeLong Legislative Papers, 1967-1978
Quantity: 6.4 c.f. (16 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 1012 Abstract: Legislative papers of Delmar DeLong, a Wisconsin Republican assemblyman of the 44th district, representing Walworth and Rock Counties from 1973 to 1982. As a state legislator, DeLong was a member of the Education, Rail Service Advisory, Retirement Research, Rules, and Taxation committees. During his term in office, he was also the Minority Caucus Chairman from 1975 to 1982. The bulk of the collection (1973-1978), consists of subject files which provide cursory background information on a wide variety of legislative issues and consist of memoranda, published materials, and correspondence. The only subject files with comprehensive coverage correspond with DeLong's committee involvements pertaining to education, retirement research, and taxation issues. Also included is extensive documentation of Wisconsin's Republican Party and of issues relating to Walworth and Rock Counties as well as constituent correspondence. |
| Delta Kappa Gamma Society. Sigma State (Wis.) | Title: Delta Kappa Gamma Society. Sigma State Records, 1935-1987
Quantity: 5.0 c.f. (5 record center cartons) Call Number: M88-323 Abstract: Records of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society, 1935-1987, including Sigma State scrapbooks, 1935-1981, and a scrapbook of Sigma State News newsletters, 1948-1981. Also included are yearbooks, bulletins, newsletters, scrapbooks of various organizational activities and conferences, including the Northwest Regional Conference, 1981, and histories and resolutions of various state chapters. |
| Delta Omicron. Delta Eta Chapter (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) | Title: Delta Omicron, Delta Eta Chapter Records, 1941-1998
Quantity: 5.7 cubic ft. (13 boxes) Call Number: UWM Archival Collection 172 Abstract: Records of the Delta Eta chapter of the Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The collection consists of chapter histories, constitution and bylaws, concert programs, correspondence, membership records, minutes, financial records, scrapbooks, and sheet music. |
| Demko, Olive Sutton | Title: Biographical Materials of La Crosse Central High School Coach Mark Sutton, 1924-1996 Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 272 Abstract: Photocopied biographical materials related to Central High School coach Mark Sutton compiled by his daughter, Olive Sutton Demko |
| Democrat Printing Company (Madison, Wis.) | Title: Democrat Printing Company Records, 1881-1902, 1918-1930
Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (11 volumes and 1 package) Call Number: Wis Mss PY Abstract: Records of the Democrat Printing Company (Madison, Wisconsin) consisting of a ledger, cash books, journals, an advertising register, sample public library posters, and a record book of paper issued and returned by the State Printer, 1902. |
| Democratic General Committee of La Crosse (La Crosse, Wis.). | Title: Democratic General Committee of La Crosse Proceedings Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 038 Abstract: Proceedings of the Democratic General Committee of La Crosse, including organizational information and names of candidates. Materials range in date from 1870 to 1878, but are not complete for all years. |
| Democratic Party (Dane County, Wis.) | Title: Democratic Party of Dane County Records, 1950-1979
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (1 record center carton) Call Number: Mss 651 Abstract: Records, mainly 1955-1972, of Wisconsin's Dane County Democratic organization that played a vital role in the reformation of the state party during the late 1940s and early 1950s and which has since been the state Democratic “intellectual power base.” Included are constitutions, minutes of executive board and general membership meetings, correspondence, mailings, financial records, membership records, and subject files dealing with several special projects. |
| Democratic Party (Pierce County, Wis.) | Title: Democratic Party (Pierce County, Wis.) Records, 1956-1985
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: River Falls Mss D Abstract: Minutes, resolutions, roll calls, correspondence, clippings, financial records, and miscellaneous materials of the Pierce County Democratic Party, including examples of 1960 Presidential campaign materials. |
| Democratic Party (Wis.) | Title: Democratic Party of Wisconsin Records, 1944-1988
Quantity: 17.0 c.f. (15 archives boxes, 10 record center cartons, 2 flat boxes); plus additions of 20.6 c.f., 46 tape recordings, and 92 photographs Call Number: Mss 642; M85-034; M86-051; M88-071; M88-178; M89-289; M91-152; M98-188; PH 2689; PH 3883; M2002-141 Abstract: Records of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin and its predecessor, the Democratic Organizing Committee (DOC), documenting state and national conventions, campaigning, fundraising, public relations, party organizing, delegate selection, candidates and elections, caucuses, membership, and administrative and financial activities. |
| Dennis Atkinson, collector | Title: Dennis Atkinson Collected Films and Other Materials, 1907-1974
Quantity: 420 film reels (16 mm) and 5 film reels (35 mm) Call Number: AC 013-AC 015; AC 017-AC 022; AC 024; AC 027-AC 033; AC 035; AC 037-AC 038; AC 041-AC 045; AC 047-AC 058; AC 061; AC 079; AC 081-AC 083; AC 100-AC 101; AC 103; AC 119; AC 124; AC 139; AC 159; AC 172-AC 173; AC 186-AC 189; AC 238-AC 239; AC 242-AC 244; AC 276-AC 278; AC 297; AC 302-AC 303; AC 347; AC 352; AC 379; AC 405; AC 489-AC 494; AC 496; AC 498; AC 502-AC 504; AC 516-AC 520; AC 522-AC 523; AC 528-AC 535; AD 872-AD 877; AD 930-AD 932; AD 934-AD 935; AD 943-AD 945; CA 695; CA 712-CA 718; CA 856; CA 870; CA 880-CA 881; CA 902; CA 905-CA 913; CA 915-CA 919; CA 924-CA 929; CA 934-CA 938; CA 950-CA 953; CA 972-CA 974; CB 003; CB 008-CB 014; CB 077; CB 079; CB 081; CB 086; CB 098; CB 113; CC 044-CC 050; CC 069-CC 078; CC 080-CC 081; CC 868; DD 138-DD 141; DD 186-DD 193; DD 199-DD 204; DD 211; DD 213-DD 215; DD 218-DD 224; DD 281-DD 285; DD 287-DD 292; DD 317; DD 326-DD 328; DD 333-DD 334; DD 340; DD 352-DD 353; DD 363; DD 402-DD 404; DD 408-DD 412; DD 483; DD 487-DD 489; DD 494; DD 499-DD 500; DD 503-DD 504; DD 506; DD 508; DD 513-DD515; DD 594-DD 601; DD 614-DD 615; DD 648; DF 684-DF 687; FB 628-FB 629; FB 878; FD 656-FD 660; FE 271-FE 273; FE 275-FE 277; FE 283-FE 302; FE 338-FE 340; FE 378-FE 379; FE 387-FE 388; FE 393-FE 399; FE 405-FE 407; FE 420-FE 421; FE 424-FE 429; FE 436-FE 437; FE 447-FE 449; FE 458-FE 459; FE 486; FE 490-FE 492; FE 501-FE 502; FE 509-FE 510; FE 710-FE 711; FE 716-FE 720; FE 809-FE 812; FE 821-FE 823; FE 838-FE 839; FE 852-FE 854; FE 873-FE 874; FE 880-FE 884; FE 899-FE 901; FE 952-FE 953; FE 971-FE 974; FE 978-FE 982; FE 986-FE 987; FF 017-FF 020; FF 023-FF 024; FF 028-FF 031; FF 034-FF 035; FF 039-FF 043; FF 046-FF 049; FF 059-FF 061; FF 063-FF 065; FG 013; HA 787-HA 791 Abstract: Collection of 301 motion picture films, including both feature length motion pictures and shorts largely from the classical Hollywood era and some television episodes, given by film collector Dennis Atkinson. Also includes license agreements and clippings collected by Atkinson. |
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Dennis, Eugene; Dennis, Peggy |
Title: Eugene and Peggy Dennis Papers, 1923-1982
Quantity: 5.4 c.f. (10 archives boxes, 1 flat box, 3 card file boxes), 12 reels of microfilm (35mm), and 5 tape recordings Call Number: Mss 607; Micro 975; Tape 1048A Abstract: Papers of lifelong activists in the Communist Party, USA. Eugene Dennis was general secretary of the Party from 1946 to 1959. He died in 1961. Peggy Dennis' Party work centered on teaching and writing. She left the Party in 1976 but continued her political writing. The collection consists of correspondence, articles, unpublished writings, research notes, and tape recordings. About half of the collection is research material collected by Peggy Dennis for her book The Autobiography of an American Communist. Those papers relate to the couple's organizing activities in southern California, China, Wisconsin, and New York, and the internal strife and government repression which the Dennises and the Party experienced in the 1940s and 1950s. The remainder of the collection consists of correspondence and writings which document Peggy Dennis' independent political action and her journalistic work on a variety of social issues. Numerous items pertain to the viability of the American Communist Party and to the status of women. |
| Denny, Ludwell, 1894-1970 | Title: Ludwell Denny Papers, 1917-1959
Quantity: 3.2 c.f. (8 archives boxes) and 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: U.S. Mss 151AF; Micro 612 Abstract: Papers of an author and journalist specializing in foreign affairs, who was long-associated (1928-1970) with Scripps-Howard Newspapers as editorial writer, columnist, and editor. Included are correspondence, memos, notes, a speech, charts of the appearances of his stories, and copies of his Scripps-Howard Alliance columns and editorials (some on microfilm), 1928-1935 and 1939-1958. Correspondents include Henry Elmer Barnes, Bernard Baruch, Bruce Bliven, Chester B. Bowles, Charles R. Crane, Louis Fischer, C. Hartley Gratten, Louis M. Hacker, Roy W. Howard, Cordell Hull, Harold L. Ickes, William W. Kiplinger, H. L. Mencken, Frank Murphy, Marie Teresa Norton, Ralph P. Patterson, Ernest T. Pyle, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Carlos P. Romulo, Herbert Bayard Swope, Arthur H. Sulzberger, Jr., Oswald Garrison Villard, and Burton K. Wheeler. The correspondence is supplemented by material on Denny's development as a journalist during the 1920's, articles written for The Nation and The Freeman, a synopsis of an unpublished book on American foreign policy, and correspondence and reviews concerning two published books, We Fight for Oil (1928) and America Conquers Britain: A Record of Economic War (1930). The balance of the collection consists of news clippings, sermons, and miscellany relating to Denny's activities as a Unitarian minister, 1917-1921. |
| DeNomie, Edward S. | Title: Edward S. DeNomie Papers and Photographs, Quantity: 0.2 linear ft. (1 archives box) of papers, 0.6 linear ft. (1 archives box, one flat box, and 61 negative flaps) of photographs. Call Number: WVM Mss 1227 Abstract: Manuscripts and photographs relating to the service of Edward DeNomie, a Bad River Ojibwa who served with Company K, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment during the Mexican Border War and with the 128th Infantry Regiment of the 32nd Division during World War I. Originally from Keweenaw Bay, Michigan, DeNomie attended the Tomah Indian Boarding School in Tomah and was later recruited by the Wisconsin National Guard. The collection includes manuscripts and photographs pertaining to his high school years as well as his service with the National Guard. The manuscripts include service records, letters, photocopies of Indian registers and family history documents, a copy of the Tomah High School yearbook, souvenir brochures, photocopies of a scrapbook, and a personal diary from World War I. The diary contains brief daily entries describing troop movements, supply distributions, disease on the front line, undergoing artillery bombardments, collecting war souvenirs from dead German soldiers, and witnessing his friend “Chub” being killed by shrapnel. It also includes a prayer entitled “A Soldier's Prayer,” which is a humorous take on the Lord's Prayer, and a poem entitled “The Slacker” which demeans those who did not serve during the war. DeNomie wrote a timeline of events pertaining to the 32nd division in his diary, along with a description and sketch of the insignia of all the divisions that comprised the American Expeditionary Force. The letters include one sent by his father and two from Naida while he was training with the National Guard in 1917. They discuss happenings within the family and friends, with Naida kidding him about being a “sissy.” There is also one letter (1920) from his sister, Odelia, who joined a convent, wishing his family a Happy Easter. There is also a souvenir program from a reception held for the return of Company B, 121st Machine Gun Battalion. It lists the members of the battalion, including DeNomie, who is listed as a private. Also of interest is a comical “will” of Kaiser Wilhelm that names who he is leaving his things to after the war. The photographs include oversized images of his high school sports teams, family images, training at Fort Douglas, and postcards and photographs from his combat service. The images taken during training show DeNomie and Native American soldiers relaxing and humorously posing. One photograph shows two Native American soldiers pretending to bayonet a fellow soldier, while another shows a soldier aiming a handgun at another soldier who is smiling as he holds his hands up in surrender. There are also images of DeNomie posing with members of his kitchen patrol, and interacting with fellow soldiers. Particularly interesting are several images of soldiers taken during training and during the Mexican Border War that he identifies as being his “buddies.” World War I postcards and photographs include images of the destruction, German soldiers and submarines, and various famous European sites. DeNomie included captions on some images describing battle locations, witnessing destruction, and identifying the ship that took him to Europe. |
| DeNovo, John A. (John August), 1916-2000 | Title: John A. DeNovo Papers Quantity: 3 Linear Feet 3 record cartons Collection includes papers and documents, photographs, pamphlets. Call Number: Accession 1993/042 Abstract: This collection contains correspondence with colleagues and students, letters of recommendation, notes, grant applications, fellowships, and History Department meeting minutes. |
| Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences | Title: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences newsletters Quantity: .42 Linear Feet One letter document box Newsletters Call Number: uac99 Abstract: This collection includes newsletters produced by the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from 2008 to 2019. Newsletters discuss faculty news, departmental events, graduate and undergraduate programs, alumni news, and experiments. |
| Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture (Madison, Wisconsin) | Title: Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture Urban and Regional Planning syllabi Quantity: 4 Linear Feet 4 record storage cartons. 4 linear feet of syllabi. Call Number: uac116 Abstract: This collection includes syllabi from Urban and Regional Planning courses offered by the Department of Landscape Planning and Architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison between 1960 and the early 2000s. The collection includes syllabi, reading lists, course descriptions, and a limited number of course proposals. |
| Dering, Charles L., 1836-1921 | Title: Charles L. Dering Papers, 1827-1872
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box including 1 volume) Call Number: Platteville Mss T Abstract: Papers of Dering, including business papers concerning lead mining by his father Philip and other family members in New Diggings, Wis., in the 1830's and 1840's; a journal of John C. Smith, Galena, Ill. merchant, 1836-1841; and diaries kept by Dering, 1856-1857 (while a student at Hobart College, Geneva, N.Y.) and 1865. Also included is an 1846 deed for land signed by Father Samuel Mazzuchelli. |
| Derleth, August William, 1909-1971 | Title: August William Derleth Papers, 1858, 1907-1978, 1992
Quantity: 69.6 cubic feet (124 boxes and 20 records center cartons), 6 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 2 audio recordings, and 0.3 cubic feet of visual materials (1 archives box and 1 oversize folder); plus additions of 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box) and 12 photographs (1 folder) Call Number: Wis Mss WO; Micro 923; Audio 1718A; PH 4975; M2004-152 Abstract: Papers, 1858, 1907-1978, consisting primarily of correspondence and manuscripts of published and unpublished works, of August Derleth, one of Wisconsin's most prominent and prolific writers. Derleth spent almost his entire life in the small Wisconsin town of Sauk City and wrote about its history and its personalities in his Sac Prairie Saga, a nearly fifty-volume sequence of novels, journals, lyric poems, short stories, and miscellaneous prose which comprises one of the major works of American regional literature. Derleth was also a devotee of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, the master of twentieth century weird fantasy, and a major contributor to the “Cthulhu Mythos,” a body of supernatural and science fiction works originated by Lovecraft. |
| Derleth, August William, 1909-1971, collector | Title: August William Derleth Comic Collection, circa 1846-1971 (bulk 1900-1971)
Quantity: 116.6 cubic feet (8 cartons, 84 flat boxes, and 286 volumes); plus additions of 31.6 cubic feet Call Number: Mss 1081; PH 4647 Abstract: Comic collection, mainly 1900 to 1971, of August Derleth. The comic art collection consists of cartoons clipped from newspapers and magazines, newspaper comic supplements, comic books, and published books of humor and cartoon art. The collection is mostly comprised of American comics and cartoons including but not limited to the Katzenjammer Kids, Marge's Little Lulu, Pogo, Li'l Abner, Alley Oop, Toonerville Folks, Mutt and Jeff, and many others, as well as comics based on animated characters from Walt Disney, Hanna-Barbera, and Looney Toons/Warner Brothers. There are also examples of comics created to sell products such as “Pepsi,” the Pepsi-Cola Cop. The collection also includes essays about comics and their creators compiled by Derleth. |
| Derleth, August, 1909-1971 | Title: August W. Derleth Papers, 1938-1954
Quantity: 1.2 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 12 Abstract: August Derleth was a Wisconsin editor, poet and author. Contains clippings, photographs, and manuscripts. |
| DeRosier, John, 1944- | Title: John DeRosier Papers, 1990-1993
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Eau Claire Mss CH Abstract: Papers of John DeRosier concerning his service in the U.S. Naval Reserve on active duty at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, during the Persian Gulf War in 1990-1991. Included is correspondence, an oral history, a memoir, newsclippings, and other items. |
| Desmond, Karen | Title: Heileman Family History as Compiled by Karen Desmond Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 131 Abstract: Photocopy of the Heileman family history (compiled by Karen Desmond, 1996) and copies of family photographs. |
| Desmond, Robert W., 1900-1985 | Title: Robert W. Desmond Papers, circa 1926-1969
Quantity: 4.8 cubic feet (4 records center cartons and 2 archives boxes) and 1 audio recording Call Number: MCHC68-058; Audio 1993A Abstract: Papers of Robert W. Desmond, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin native, journalism educator, and pioneer in the study of world press history and international communications. Desmond joined the faculty of the Department of Journalism at Berkeley as the first chairman in 1939 and served as chairman for more than 15 years. He was a member of the faculty until his retirement in 1968. During his career, Desmond worked on some of the nation's best-known newspapers--the Louisville Courier-Journal, the New York Times, Miami Herald, Paris edition of the New York Herald, and the Christian Science Monitor. |
| Dessert Family | Title: Dessert Family Business Records, 1839-1964
Quantity: 30.0 c.f. (2 record center cartons, 15 archives boxes, 92 volumes), 1 reel of microfilm [35mm], and 10 photographs Call Number: Stevens Point Mss AO; Micro 1069; Stevens Point Micro 23; PH 3669 (3) Abstract: Records of the Joseph Dessert Lumber Co., Mosinee Land, Log and Timber Co., and other lumber companies owned by Joseph, Louis, Howard, and Abigail Dessert and their descendants, mainly dating from the 1880's to 1930. Among the records are general business correspondence, mainly concerning orders for lumber and routine financial matters; one letterpress book of personal and business letters of George McLaughlin, an officer of several Dessert enterprises; and some letters from the Westfield and Fail River Lumber Co, also owned by the Dessert family. A file of personal correspondence of Joseph Dessert concerns his guardianship of a minor, while personal correspondence of Howard Dessert contains letters and financial statements of the Dessert and Brown Lumber Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan, and materials concerning the 1927 convention of the American Legion in Paris. Also included in the collection are contracts, legal agreements, land transaction records, minutes, numerous financial ledgers and journals, cash books, order books, payroll records, and logging and lumber sales records of the Joseph Dessert Lumber Co. and the Mosinee Land, Log and Timber Co. Minutes of the Joseph Dessert Lumber Co. are available only on microfilm. The photographs portray an unidentified sawmill or lumber mill. |
| Det Nationale Afholdsforbund | Title: Det Nationale Afholdsforbund Records, 1894-1922
Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 1 flat box) Call Number: M2004-244 Abstract: Records of Det Nationale Afholdsforbund (Norwegian National Total Abstinence Union), which was organized in the late 1880s or early 1890s to promote temperance among Norwegians in the upper Midwest, particularly Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and the Dakotas where it had state and local chapters. The papers include correspondence, minutes of meetings, and membership and financial reports of Det Nationale Afholdsforbund as well as semi-annual reports from each chapter which summarize financial and membership records. All papers are in Norwegian and have not been translated. |
| Deutcher Verein (La Crosse, Wis.). | Title: Deutscher Verein Records Physical Description: 0.4 cubic feet Call Number: MSS A Abstract: The Deutscher Verein was a German cultural, social, and musical organization formed officially in 1874 through the consolidation of two much older local German groups from the mid-1850s; namely, the Turn Verein or Turners and Liederkranz or Singing Society. In 1875 the German Independent School Society also joined the Deutscher Verein. The name was changed to the Germania Society in November 1877 but still called itself the Deutscher Verein in official documents. In 1918 the group’s name again changed to the Pioneer Club as a result of anti-German sentiment during World War I. The club was dissolved in 1937 due to a decline in membership. Records of the Deutscher Verein von La Crosse (Wis.), consist of historical background, legal and financial records, 1876-1937, including articles of incorporation (1892 amendments), warranty and quit-claim deeds, bond issues, trustee appointments, and dissolution documents. Also available are records from two of the predecessor groups, the Liederkranz (records date from 1859-1881) and Turn Verein (records date from 1865-1874), and one document of the German Independent School Society stating a merger with the Deutscher Verein in 1875. Some of the early records are written in the German language. |
| Deutsch, Herm. (Hermann) | Title: Hermann Deutsch Letters, 1910-1950
Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box) Call Number: Wis Mss QZ Abstract: Letters of Hermann Deutsch, a German grain broker in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Babbette Deutsch, a historical novelist (apparently not related to Hermann Deutsch) and to a number of authors and statesmen. The letters comment on socialist ideas and express anti-Nazi sentiment. There is also much autobiographical information in the letters. Though primarily written in English, many are in German. |
| Dewey, Nelson, 1813-1889 | Title: Nelson Dewey Papers, 1818-1907
Quantity: 2.6 c.f. (11 archives boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss DK Abstract: Papers, mainly 1836-1889, of Wisconsin's first governor, Nelson Dewey, a resident of Lancaster and Cassville. The papers primarily document real estate investments, both his own and that of others whose interests Dewey represented. The records consist of correspondence, deeds, mortgages, and legal agreements, abstracts, lists, and financial record books. Client files contain records of this type for individuals such as Gerrit V. Denniston of Albany, New York, the initial developer of Cassville, and Joel Allen Barber, Dewey's law partner and a Wisconsin congressman. Despite their extent, the files of Dewey and his partners, Denniston and Barber, are limited for the early years. A large file concerns Congressman Ben C. Eastman of Platteville, whose complicated estate was settled by Dewey. This file includes letters that might properly be considered Eastman's papers, as well as Dewey's legal correspondence with Eastman's widow Charlotte and others. Other Wisconsin individuals who appear in the business files include William A. Barstow, Ira Brunson, Nathaniel Dean, George Delaplaine, and Cyrus Woodman. Congressman Henry Hubbard of Charlestown, New Hampshire, is one of the many Eastern speculators whom Dewey represented. The only personal material in the collection consists of letters from Dewey's brother James in New York City; an inventory of Stonefield, Dewey's home at Cassville that burned in 1873; and receipts and checks documenting personal expenses, 1839-1874. Diaries, which are scattered from 1854 to 1889, provide limited information, as they contain only brief notations about travel and health. However, they do include property memoranda and detailed annual expense lists which supplement the previously mentioned personal information. There are no political papers except for handwritten copies of his annual messages to the Legislature. |
| DeWitt, Jack R. | Title: Jack R. DeWitt Papers and Photographs, Quantity: 0.8 linear ft. (2 archives boxes) of papers, and 0.8 linear ft. (1 archives box and 2 oversize boxes) of photographs. Call Number: WVM Mss 581 Abstract: Papers and photographs of Jack R. DeWitt, an officer in the 14th Armored Division during World War II and with the Army Reserves until 1967. The collection consists largely of the military papers that DeWitt obtained throughout his military career including orders, forms, and reports. These papers do give some insight into service with the Army Reserves. Personal memoirs go into greater detail about his service from enlistment through retirement. DeWitt's interest in veterans organizations and general World War II history are evidenced by reunion materials and other veterans' reminiscences. The photographs include two large and well-captioned scrapbooks that document DeWitt's World War II service, along with some shots from post-war mountain warfare training at Camp Carson. |
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Dexter, Nathanial Beach, 1892-1973; Dexter, Harriet Harmon, 1897-1980 |
Title: Nathaniel and Harriet Harmon Dexter Papers, 1890-1977
Quantity: 3.6 cubic feet (9 archives boxes and 1 package); plus additions of 0.2 cubic feet of photographs (2 folders) Call Number: Northland Mss H; PH 4005; PH 4006 Abstract: Papers, 1914-1977, and photographs, 1890-1977, related to the careers, civic interests, and families of Nathaniel and Harriet Harmon Dexter, faculty members at Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin and leaders in the Presbyterian-Congregational Church and other community activities. Papers contain information on missionary teaching in China in 1923, settlement work in Ashland with Eastern European refugees in the 1950s, college teaching in Lebanon in 1961-1962, Northland College, small business development work in the Ashland area, efforts to develop local products, community activities, religious talks and manuscripts, the Dexter family genealogy, and other topics. Included is correspondence, diaries, subject files, manuscripts, and clippings. The photographs include portraits of Dexter and Harmon family members, snapshots recording family activities over many decades, and pictures of several events in the Chequamegon region of Wisconsin, 1900-1955. |
| Dexter-Roundy Family | Title: Dexter-Roundy Family Papers, 1772-1951
Quantity: 1.4 cubic feet (4 archives boxes), 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm), and 41 photographs Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 108; Milwaukee Micro 57; Micro 1126; PH 3691 Abstract: Family and some business papers of a family originally from Shelbyville, Illinois, that founded in 1872 the independent Milwaukee grocery wholesale firm Roundy, Peckham & Dexter. Included is detailed correspondence between Judson A. Roundy and his brother-in-law Joshua L. Dexter, concerning family matters and the establishment of their Shelbyville, Illinois grocery business in 1851; letters and diaries of Joshua's son Charles J. concerning his education and early life, move to Milwaukee in 1879, and other matters; correspondence and diaries of Charles' son Edward who was also active in the business; and a detailed European travel diary (1908) and correspondence of Charles' wife, Effie McBeth Dexter. Also pertaining to her family are numerous legal papers primarily concerning investments in Ohio during the first half of the nineteenth century. Pertaining to Roundy, Peckham & Dexter are articles of incorporation and circular letters. Also included are genealogical material, and miscellaneous correspondence of various other members of the extended family. The photographs include portraits of the family, friends, and images of homes. There are also several examples of advertising materials and labels used for canned produce. |