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Names starting with the letter D

Name/Abstract	File no.
D. W. Onan & Sons, Inc.: An Inventory of Its Photograph Collection	sv000008
Collection includes interior and exterior views of the D. W. Onan Company. Interior views include product production and completed products. Several views feature employees at work. Exterior views include the building as well as Onan products in use.
Dakota Conflict of 1862 Manuscripts Collections	m0582
This compilation comprises a variety of small collections of letters, reminiscences, reports, diaries, and related materials dealing with Minnesota's Dakota Conflict and related activities of 1862-1865. They primarily detail the personal experiences of both white and Indian participants or witnesses, including raids and killings, construction of fortifications, hostages' experiences, the execution at Mankato of 38 Dakota, and the subsequent Sibley and Sully punitive expeditions into western Minnesota and Dakota Territory. A few items offer insight into the background and causes of the conflict.
Dakota County. District Court: An Inventory of its Naturalization Records and Index	SAM107
Personal name index, declarations of intention, final papers, petitions, and related records.
Dakota County. Independent School District No. 197, West St. Paul: An Inventory of Its Records	isd197
Records documenting the administration, finances, students, teachers, and reports and plans of the district.
Dakota County. Inver Grove: An Inventory of Its Records	inverg03
A variety of records documenting the history and governance of the village of Inver Grove in Dakota County.
Dakota County, Minnesota: An Inventory of Telephone Directories at the Minnesota Historical Society	lb00100
A collection of telephone directories for cities in Dakota County, Minnesota. Telephone directories are published by telephone companies and include alphabetical listings of residential and business phone numbers and street addresses in the white pages, and a listing of businesses arranged by subject in the yellow pages. Each entry on the inventory lists the city name, year of coverage, and the shelf number of the printed volume or microfiche set which includes that city.
Patrick Daly and Family: An Inventory of Their Papers	00799
Photocopied letters (1860-1885) and genealogical data (1860-1887), and a volume of family history and reminiscences, The Profile of a Priceless Legacy, (circa 1974), collected and prepared by Frank A. Daly and relating primarily to his paternal grandfather, Patrick Daly, who left Ireland for Australia and New Zealand (1860-1870), and then came to Minneapolis with his family. There is also information on other members of the Daly family in Ireland and the United States; on friends who remained in the New Zealand gold fields; and on Frank Daly's career as a civil engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul Division (1930s-1960s). Also included is a Fireman's exempt certificate issued to Daly by the Minneapolis Fire Department.
David M. Daniels: An Inventory of His Papers	00813
Scrapbooks and related materials documenting the career of St. Paul native David Daniels, a singer and actor with numerous Broadway and television performing credits.
Jared Waldo Daniels: An Inventory of His Reminiscences	P2247
Typed copies of eleven reminiscent chapters by Daniels describing events in his career as a physician to whites and Indians in Minnesota and elsewhere during the 1850s through the 1870s, with details on his experiences during the Dakota Conflict (1862), the ensuing Sibley Expedition (1863) and Sully Expedition (1864), and his subsequent work with the Sisseton Indians in Dakota Territory.
Davis, Kellogg & Severance: An Inventory of Its Law Firm Records	00361
Case files, 1878-1941 (88 ft.) and letterpress books, 1898-1925 (97 vols.) of the St. Paul law firm of Davis, Kellogg and Severance, founded in 1887 by Cushman K. Davis, Frank B. Kellogg, and Cordenio A. Severance. The records, concentrated in the period 1900-1920, reflect the firm's specialty as counsel for numerous coporate clients in Minnesota and elsewhere.
Charles Lowrey Davis: An Inventory of His Civil War Papers	00747
Military records (personnel returns, muster rolls, special orders, financial accounts, and inventories of effects for enlisted deceased) maintained by Captain Charles L. Davis for the 10th Minnesota Infantry Regiment, Company D. Includes autobiographical information (1872) supplied by Davis while publisher for Red Wing, Minnesota's Argus newspaper.
Cushman K. Davis: An Inventory of His Papers	00822
Correspondence, speeches, clippings, and miscellaneous papers of this United States senator from Minnesota (1887-1900) and member of the St. Paul (Minnesota) law firm of Davis, Kellogg, and Severance.
Edward W. Davis: An Inventory of His Papers	P1058
Correspondence, articles, reports, technical papers, histories, patents, newsletters, speeches, photographic slides and prints, and scrapbooks relating to Minnesota's iron ore industry and to Davis' work at the University of Minnesota Mines Experiment Station, where he developed a commercial process for extracting iron ore from taconite.
Ida Blehert Davis: An Inventory of Her Papers	P2635
Papers of Ida B. Davis (1895-1970), a Jewish community leader in Duluth, with information on the history of the Jewish community in Duluth and St. Paul.
John B. Davis: An Inventory of His Papers	00143
Biographical information, correspondence (1966-1975), speech files (1948-1991), newspaper clippings and magazine articles (1945-1998), reports, legal documents, printed matter, and photographs (1970) documenting Davis' career in Massachusetts as a teacher and school administrator (1944-1966), in Minneapolis as superintendent (1967-1975) and interim superintendent (1993) of Minneapolis public schools, and in Saint Paul as president of Macalester College (1975-1985).
Ken and Barbara Jo Davis: An Inventory of Their Papers	00346
Papers reflecting the personal lives, education, and business ventures of an African-American couple from Minneapolis (Minn.). The papers include correspondence (1971-1993), photographs undated and 1960-1973), a guest register (1986, 1989), legal documents, business plans (1986, 1991), articles of incorporation (1973, 1989), minutes (1989), marketing and sales reports (1992-1996), financial statements, stock certificates, newspaper advertisements, coupons, trademarks, menus, flyers, posters, labels, price lists, order forms, newspaper and magazine clippings (undated and 1965-1993), three audio cassettes (undated and 1989), and a scrapbook.
Samuel K. Davis: An Inventory of His Papers	00271
Biographical information and personal correspondence (1919-1968), and subject files (1932-1980) compiled by Samuel K. Davis, journalist and Communist Party activist, reflecting his career as editor of the newspaper Midwest Labor, and his activities in the Minnesota Communist Party and in civil and human rights organizations.
David Day: An Inventory of His Papers	P2324
Certificates, a scrapbook, and miscellaneous papers of David Day, doctor, postmaster, and an early settler in the city of St. Paul.
Bruce B. Dayton: An Inventory of His George D. Dayton Research Files	P2374
Notes and references, photographs, correspondence and memoranda, photocopies of newspaper articles, and miscellaneous printed items generated in researching and writing a biography of Worthington (Minn.) banker and Minneapolis retail merchant George Draper Dayton. The materials were created or collected by co-authors Bruce B. Dayton and Ellen B. Green.
Charles K. Dayton: An Inventory of His Papers	P1354
Correspondence, legal documents, reports, printed matter, and background materials documenting Dayton's work as legal representative for the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group, the North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club, and the Minnesota Federation of Ski Touring Clubs on litigation relating to snowmobiling and logging operations in the wilderness sections of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
George D. Dayton: An Inventory of His Papers	00743
Correspondence (1873, 1901-1977); photographs (ca. 1950s); Dayton, Winchell, and McDonald genealogical material; newspaper clippings; and an unpublished religious manuscript related to Minneapolis, Minnesota, businessman George Draper Dayton II and family.
Mark Dayton: An Inventory of His Senatorial Files	00688
Personal and political records, legislative records, Minnesota office files, press and media relations, and office administration files of United States senator from Minnesota, Mark Dayton, spanning 2001-2006.
John De Laittre: An Inventory of His Papers	00362
Papers of a Minneapolis bank president relating particularly to his career as a banker, government official, and corporate director; his involvement in banking industry groups; family finances and trusts; iron mining in northern Minnesota; and to Tettegouche, De Laittre's wilderness retreat.
William Blake Dean and Family: An Inventory of Their Papers	P1444
Correspondence, biographical and genealogical materials, newspaper clippings, reminiscences, organizational papers, family memorabilia, and miscellany documenting the career of this St. Paul (Minn.) hardware dealer and the lives of members of his family.
Delta Kappa Gamma Society International. Tau State (Minn.): An Inventory of Its Records	00171
Records of the Minnesota chapter of an Austin, Texas-based international honor society for women educators. The materials document the activities of Tau State and its constituent local chapters, and the accomplishments and professional development of the members. There is some information about the history and activities of the national/international organization.
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party: An Inventory of Its State Central Committee Records	00586
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, print and near-print issuances, financial records, and clippings documenting the state Democratic party's internal operations, organization, activities, programs, and policies, and its role in Minnesota politics.
Frederick L. Deming: An Inventory of His Papers	00644
Correspondence and memoranda, reports and publications, minutes of meetings, speeches, scrapbooks, some photographs, and other papers of banker and economist Frederick L. Deming, documenting his career at the Federal Reserve banks in St. Louis and Minneapolis, as a Treasury Department official in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson, on the Macalester College board of trustees, and on the boards of a variety of other organizations.
Janet M. Deming: An Inventory of Her Papers	00825
Personal papers of the owner and president of a Minneapolis-based employee-assistance firm, reflecting her personal interest in and study of social services, feminism, and civil rights in the 1960s and 1970s.
DeMong And Sorenson Families: An Inventory of Their Photographs	sv000142
Views of Jacob and Augusta DeMong, their children Clyde, Jessie and Choral, Jessie's husband Fred P. Sorenson, and Clyde's wife Ethel and their son Vance. Includes views of the DeMong farm in Murray County, Minn., the Sorenson residence at 3336 Forty Fifth Avenue South, Minneapolis and delivery vehicles for J. DeMong & Son Grocers, Minneapolis. Includes digital content.
Terry Dempsey: An Inventory of His Papers	00023
Legislative papers of a Minnesota state representative (Independent-Republican, District 23A) who was elected in 1978 and resigned in 1992 to accept a judicial appointment.
Frances Densmore: An Inventory of Her Papers	P0763
Essays, addresses, and articles prepared by Densmore, a Red Wing (Minn.) native and authority on American Indian music, accompanied by photographs (some taken by Densmore) used in publications of the U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology.
Dental Examiners Board: An Inventory of Its Records	dent01
Records of this board to regulate the practice of dentistry in the state.
James I. DePuy: An Inventory of His Family Papers	P1601
Genealogical materials, correspondence, and financial documents relating to the descendants of Moses DePuy, particularly the family of his grandson, James I. DePuy.
Edward J. Devitt: An Inventory of His Papers	00132
Personal papers, including speech files and legal opinions, documenting the professional activities of a U.S. district court judge (1954-1991) and Republican congressman (1947-1948) from St. Paul, Minnesota.
DFL Feminist Caucus: An Inventory of Its Records	00173
Administrative records and subject files documenting the organization, activities, and political goals of a feminist caucus formed within the state Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party in 1973.
John H. Dietrich: An Inventory of His Papers	P1682
Correspondence (1905-1968), published addresses (1917, 1930-1936), miscellaneous writings (1910-1987), clippings (1909-1935), and other papers of a Unitarian clergyman who was a leader (1920s-1930s) of the humanist wing of American Unitarianism and of the First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis.
Charles Fremont Dight: An Inventory of His Papers	P1628
Correspondence (undated and 1892-1936), photographs (1879-1930s), lecture notes (1900-1908), essays, article manuscripts (1906-1910, 1933-1936), newspaper clippings (1900-1927), scrapbooks (1914-1930s), radio scripts (1928, 1933), editorials (ca.1921-1935), income tax forms (1919-1936), pamphlets, flyers, bills, minutes, and printed matter related to the life and career of a Minneapolis medical professor, socialist politician, and leader of the eugenics movement in Minnesota.
Stuart Dimond and Family: An Inventory of Their Papers	P2546
Diaries, family history materials, and other papers relating to the Dimond, Willard, and Dudley families.
Disability Council: An Inventory of Its Committee Records	discou02
Agendas, minutes, reports, correspondence, agenda items, and related materials documenting various committees and task forces of the council.
Disability Council: An Inventory of Its Minutes and Correspondence	discou01
Minutes and correspondence covering all aspects of the administration of the council.
Disability Council: An Inventory of Its Published Records	discou04
Annual reports, legislative publications, newsletters, studies, proposals, brochures, planning documents, and various print and near-print materials documenting the activities of the council and its predecessors.
Disability Council: An Inventory of Its Subject Files	discou03
Topics covered include the Americans with Disabilities Act, accessibility, community needs assessments, legal rights, transportation, disability awareness, and employment.
Dodge County: An Inventory of Telephone Directories at the Minnesota Historical Society	lb00045
A collection of telephone directories for cities in Dodge County, Minnesota. Telephone directories are published by telephone companies and include alphabetical listings of residential and business phone numbers and street addresses in the white pages, and a listing of businesses arranged by subject in the yellow pages. Each entry on the inventory lists the city name, year of coverage, and the shelf number of the printed volume or microfiche set which includes that city.
Dodge County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records and Index	SAM021
Personal name index, declarations of intention, final papers, petitions, and related records.
Don Braman & Associates (Minneapolis, Minn.): An Inventory of Its Records	00247
Client files (1958-1982), professional subject files, publicity scrapbooks, photographs, press releases, and related materials documenting a Minneapolis public relations firm (1958-1977) and the public relations career of its founder, Don Braman. In 1977 the firm merged into Doremus and Company.
Ignatius Donnelly: An Inventory of His Family Papers	00782
Correspondence, literary materials, pamphlets, speeches, diaries, scrapbooks, financial records, and other materials documenting Donnelly’s long and active career as townsite speculator at Nininger (Dakota County, Minn.), politician, author, editor and publisher of three newspapers, lieutenant governor of Minnesota (1860-1863), member of Congress (1863-1869), member of the Minnesota Senate (1874-1878, 1891-1893) and House (1887, 1897), and a national leader in third-party movements. Donnelly’s correspondents were numbered by the hundreds and ranged from day laborers and local politicians to figures of national and international fame. Includes digital content.
Ignatius Donnelly and Family Papers: A Guide to the Microfilm Edition	m0138
Correspondence, literary materials, pamphlets, speeches, diaries, scrapbooks, financial records, and other materials documenting Donnelly's long and active career as townsite speculator at Nininger (Dakota County, Minn.), politician, author, editor and publisher of three newspapers, lieutenant governor of Minnesota (1860-1863), member of Congress (1863-1869), member of the Minnesota Senate (1874-1878, 1891-1893) and House (1887, 1897), and a national leader in third-party movements. Donnelly's correspondents were numbered by the hundreds, and ranged from day laborers and local politicians to figures of national and international fame.
Ignatius Donnelly: An Inventory of His Family Papers	00782
Correspondence, literary materials, pamphlets, speeches, diaries, scrapbooks, financial records, and other materials documenting Donnelly’s long and active career as townsite speculator at Nininger (Dakota County, Minn.), politician, author, editor and publisher of three newspapers, lieutenant governor of Minnesota (1860-1863), member of Congress (1863-1869), member of the Minnesota Senate (1874-1878, 1891-1893) and House (1887, 1897), and a national leader in third-party movements. Donnelly’s correspondents were numbered by the hundreds and ranged from day laborers and local politicians to figures of national and international fame.
Royal and Doris Bruchman: An Inventory of Their Letters and Memoirs	00608
Primarily letters from Royal Bruchman, during World War II and the Korean War, to his sweetheart and wife Doris. Also there are numerous letters from other suitors to Doris, letters from Doris to her parents and to Royal, and Royal's memoirs of his military service, written in 1996.
George W. Doud: An Inventory of His Diaries	P2240
Bound typescript copy of three diaries kept by Doud while serving with the Eighth Minnesota Volunteers during the Dakota Conflict and in the Sully Expedition of 1864.
Douglas County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records and Index	SAM022
Personal name index, declarations of intention, final papers, petitions, and related records.
Douglas County. Equalization Board: An Inventory of Its Minutes	doug002
Minutes of this board which met as required by law to decide classifications or valuations of county properties.
Douglas County, Minnesota: An Inventory of Telephone Directories at the Minnesota Historical Society	lb00096
A collection of telephone directories for cities in Douglas County, Minnesota. Telephone directories are published by telephone companies and include alphabetical listings of residential and business phone numbers and street addresses in the white pages, and a listing of businesses arranged by subject in the yellow pages. Each entry on the inventory lists the city name, year of coverage, and the shelf number of the printed volume or microfiche set which includes that city.
Michael J. and Jennie B. Dowling: An Inventory of Their Papers	00915
Newspaper and magazine articles, correspondence, printed materials, photographs, film recording, and memorabilia of Michael J. Dowling, a Minnesota politician, newspaper publisher, businessman, and spokesman for the physically handicapped, who as a boy lost three of his limbs to frostbite, and of his wife Jennie.
Josephine Downey: An Inventory of Her Papers	00960
Papers related to a St. Paul (Minn.) woman's teaching experience in a small South Dakota town (1929); her travels in Europe (1931, 1936) and Mexico (1939); and her World War II service as a cryptographer with the Women's Army Corps in New Guinea (1944-1945) and the Philippines (1945-1946).
Thomas F. Doyle: An Inventory of His Papers Relating to the Order of Railroad Telegraphers	P0009
Papers collected by Thomas F. Doyle, a Northern Pacific Railway Company telegrapher, including letters of recommendation written for him; bylaws of the order's Montana division; business letters to Doyle from Northern Pacific officials; information about strikes; Northern Pacific telegraphers' rules, wage schedules, and agreements; membership cards; and related miscellany.
Dr. Jane Hodgson Legal Defense Fund: An Inventory of the Fund's Records	00676
Correspondence, financial files, minutes, and other materials created by a defense fund to help pay the legal costs associated with Dr. Jane Hodgson?s appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court following her conviction in a 1970 abortion case.
Drainage Commission: An Inventory of Its Annual and Biennial Reports	gr00001
Published reports of the drainage commissioners or of the drainage engineer on behalf of the commission.
Drainage Commission: An Inventory of Its Engineers' Reports	gr00002
Reports, primarily by George A. Ralph, on inspection of proposed ditch sites and on the progress of and expenses for ditch construction; on the status of the state topographical and drainage survey; on the history of drainage as it affected state-owned lands; and the commission's published report of the water resources investigation of Minnesota.
Drainage Commission: An Inventory of Its Financial Records	gr00003
Voucher registers, expense records for work on drainage surveys and ditch construction, and records of miscellaneous expenses.
Drainage Commission: An Inventory of Its Minutes	gr00004
Minutes documenting the activities of the commission.
Drainage Commission: An Inventory of Its Miscellaneous Records	gr00005
Miscellaneous records documenting Minnesota ditches and waterways, commission activities, and drainage surveys in the United States generally.
Joan Dressen: An Inventory of the Dressen Family Papers	00012
Correspondence, news clippings, and other material collected by Joan and Roger Dressen of Hopkins, Minnesota, documenting their involvement in organizations for the parents and families of gay and lesbian people.
Daniel Greysolon Duluth: An Inventory of His Papers	P355
Typewritten and photographic copies of miscellaneous papers relating to fur-trader and explorer, Daniel Greysolon DuLhut (Duluth). Included are copies of his Last Will and Testament and: An Inventory of the estate of DuLhut, and items relating to DuLhut and a banquet given in his honor and in honor of the city of Duluth by the Rotary Club of St. Germain-Laval.
Duluth (Minnesota) Lynchings of 1920: An Inventory of the Selected Materials	duluth_inv
A compilation of Minnesota government records and several additional items relating to the lynching of three African American men by a mob of angry whites in Duluth, Saint Louis County, Minnesota on June 15, 1920; the events that precipitated the riot and lynchings; the investigations of the incidents; the subsequent legal proceedings involving the black men charged with rape and the white men charged with riot, instigating a riot, and murder; the incarceration in two state correctional facilitates of those convicted; their attempts to secure a pardon or parole; and their release and discharge from prison.
Duluth (Minnesota) Miscellaneous Newspapers Collection	lb.00004
A list of miscellaneous newspapers from Duluth, Minnesota.
Duluth, Missabe, and Iron Range Railway: An Inventory of Its Records	00363
Personnel, financial, and other records of a Duluth, Minnesota-based railroad owned for many years by United States Steel Corporation that transported iron ore and taconite pellets from mines on the Vermilion and Mesabi iron ranges in northeastern Minnesota to ports at Two Harbors (Minnesota) and Duluth, for transportation via ore boats to eastern steel mills. Includes records of two prececessor railroad companies and several subsidiary land, mining, power, and transfer railway companies.
James Taylor Dunn and Family: An Inventory of Their Papers	00261
Personal and family papers created and collected by librarian and local historian James Taylor Dunn, his family, and the following collateral families: Curran, Grigg, Langford, Monfort, Sweeting, Taylor, and Bach.
Robert C. Dunn: An Inventory of His Papers	00599
Correspondence relating to the campaign of Robert C. Dunn, Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota in 1904. Pamphlets, speeches, and newspaper clippings also are included.
David Durenberger: An Inventory of His Senatorial Files	00257
Papers of a 3-term (1978-1995) Republican U.S. senator from Minnesota. Dave (David F.) Durenberger (b.1934), a lawyer, corporate official, and executive secretary to Minnesota Governor Harold LeVander (1967-1971), won a special 1978 election to the Senate to fill out the uncompleted term of the late Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.). The collection is particularly strong in its documentation of health care reform issues.
Sigel Granville Dyer: An Inventory of His Letter and Related Family History Materials	P0895
Dyer's 1898 letter, written on birch bark, describing incidents and conditions relating to the "Leech Lake Uprising"; along with genealogical material on the Dyer, Thiede, and other related families compiled by Joseph Pehoushek.