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Democratic convention papers
The collection contains material concerning the activities of the delegation in Minnesota, and at the convention along with correspondence to Wright before the convention. Also included is material from the McCarthy, Humphrey, and McGovern campaigns, and miscellaneous publications, etc. from the New Democratic Coalition and Universities Anti-War Fund.
Denise Low papers
Dennis Enslinger papers
The Dennis Enslinger papers are mostly photocopies from his research into churches in Western Kansas, the Pendergast political machine in Kansas City, Missouri, and artist and building designer, William A. Griffith. There are also materials related to historical survey projects Enslinger performed in Old West Lawrence, Kansas and Saint Joseph, Missouri, including maps, photographs and negatives.
Dennis K. Helm papers
This collection from a University of Kansas graduate and artist best known for his landscapes and portraits, contain letters that Dennis K. Helm received from many other Kansas artists, including Elizabeth Layton and his mentor, Robert Sudlow. Also in the collection are Helm's outgoing letters concerning other Kansas artists, manuscripts of his articles and essays regarding artists Robert Sudlow and Albert Bloch, and a posthumous sampler of Helm's writings, compiled in 1993 by Don Helm.
"Depiction of the Nine Phases" scroll
Taniguchi Gessō (1774-1865), a Japanese artist during the Edo period, was born in Mie prefecture, Japan. He studied painting under Tanke Gessen (丹家月僊). He depicted landscapes, portraits, and flowers and birds (Kachō-ga) in his paintings. This scroll, the Depiction of the Nine Phases, which has a Buddhist theme, shows the nine stages of decomposition of the human body after death.
Devil's Front Porch, with editorial proof markings
The Devil's Front Porch, with editorial proof markings and photographs.
D.H. Cross family photographs
This collection includes a photograph of a horse-drawn plow near Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas and a photograph of a horse-drawn threshing machine taken around Cimarron, Gray County, Kansas with the D.H. Cross family.
Diane Di Prima collection
The journal is the author's archives, presumably from when she was located in New York City: collection of carbons and drafts of letters, notes, journals, editorial work, etc. Includes much personal material. The two reel to reel tapes are recordings of Di Prima's poetry, and the "absurd" play was written in the round during the fall or winter of 1959 in pencil in several hands (bookseller indicates the play was by "Diane Di Prima, Freddie Herko, and James Waring").
Diaria
Diariorum Francisci Mucantij Ceremoniarum Magistri Tom. Primus [-Secundo] 1572 – 1580.
Diaries
These diaries were written by Hudson detailing his activities and those of his family and acquaintances. He consistently notes weather conditions, chores he performs, and other activities of a business and social nature. Hudson's diaries are unusually complete, but he discontinued writing in 1905.
Volumes are handwritten in pencil and ink.
Diaries of Anna Johnson
This collection consists of the diaries of farmer's wife Anna L. Johnson, who lived most of her life in Columbus, Cherokee County, Kansas. The diaries follow most of her adult life. Also in the collection are some birthday books, address books, and diaries Johnson specifically kept for trips she made.
Diaries of Elizabeth Duncan
Three diaries kept by Elizabeth Duncan in the mid 1860s, both while she lived in Lawrence, Kansas and while she traveled overland from Lawrence to San Jose, California in 1867. Typical entries may include discussion of the weather, Duncan's daily activities, information about her family and friends or acquaintances who came to visit or wrote, and her own spiritual and emotional states.
Diaries of John H. Eibest
John Henry Eibest was a farmer in Grant Township in Douglas County, near Lawrence, Kansas. This collection contains 51 diaries and associated documents pertaining to the farm, property, and life of John Eibest.
Diaries of Margaret C. Merriweather
Diarium,1504-1506; 1513-1521. Paride Grassi, Bishop of Pesaro. Italy, copied 15--? or 16--?
Diary for 1860, commenced on a passage from Sydney, New South Wales, to Bombay, East Indies [i.e. India, and thence to England], by Mrs. John H. Wilson
Diary of a Month's Tour in Belgium
This manuscript "Diary of a Month's Tour in Belgium Sep: 1840" may have been written by Henry Green, whose engraved armorial bookplate present at the front of the volume appears to be 19th-century, as does the binding. The anonymous writer, who mentions his home being within an hour's travel from London Bridge in London, England, recounts a 28-day journey (29 August - 25 September, 1840) made from London to Belgium and back with his companion, Robert S. Hays.
Diary of a tour through the Pyrenees and Spain
Diary of an overland journey from Hermann, Missouri to California
H.A. (Hugh Alexander) Skinner's diary begins with his departure from Hermann, Missouri, in the company of about 300 emigrants going from Missouri to California. His narrative is thorough and descriptive as he travels by boat and wagon train. Note: To read the last 12 pages of the diary, reverse and invert.
Diary of an unknown young man
Daily accounting of the year 1864 by an unknown young man from the area around Albany County, New York, who traveled west and eventually settled with his parents in Monona, Iowa.
Diary of daily life in Kansas during World War II
Daily history of home life during World War II, kept for the year of 1945 by Bruce Griffith, heavily detailed and closely written. At the bottom of most pages Griffith documents his personal life, describing activities with the American Legion and associated activities as a retired military officer.
"Diary of daily life, Lawrence, Kansas: Elizabeth Duncan in 1864"
Diary of Della Knowles, 1892
This collection contains the diary of Della Knowles as a teenager in 1892 and reveals the social life and customs of the times. The addition includes the Knowles family genealogy and photographs on a compact disc.