31. Dillard, Mabel M.
1922-1979
0.8 ft.

Items generated by research for Jean Toomer, a book by Dillard and Brian J. Benson about this black American writer.

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32. Dobbs, John Wesley, Family
1873-1985
4.0 ft. and 1 box

John Wesley Dobbs was the founder of the Georgia Voters League (1935) and the head of grand lodge of Prince Hall Freemasons (1932-1961). The collection also includes information about the opera singer Mattiwilda Dobbs Janzon and other family members. Includes correspondence, writings, photographs, and press clippings.

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33. Dodd Family
1848-1868 and n.d.
1 box

This collection mostly contains material concerning the Reverend John Dodd, Presbyterian and American Missionary Association life member; and his daughter, Helen, an American Missionary Association teacher. Includes correspondence, photographs, and press clippings.

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34. Donaldson, Marceline
ca. 1968-1986
9.0 ft.

Principle topics include Donaldson v. Pillsbury (an affirmative action case), feminism, women ministers, and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Contains correspondence, legal records, photographs, financial records, and collected printed items.

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35. Douglass, Ester W.
1865-1917 and n.d.
0.4 ft.

Ester W. Douglas was an American Missionary Association teacher in the southeastern United States. The collection includes correspondence, an autobiography, a diary, poems, homilies, press clippings, and other collected items.

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36. Douglass, Harlan Paul
1889-1953
ca. 400 items

Includes the papers of Paul Douglass, which reflect his many and varied roles as a leader of social and religious organizations. The collection also includes family histories written by his parents in 1913 to mark their 55th wedding anniversary. Here, Truman O. Douglass and Maria Greene Douglass reminisce about their respective families, with reference to western migration, the abolitionist crusade, the Civil War, and the development of Congregationalism in the West.

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37. Dunbar, Paul Lawrence
1873-1942
9 reels microform

Correspondence, diaries and other writings, financial records, scrapbooks, and press clippings about the poet, his wife, Alice Dunbar-Nelson and his family.

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38. Edwards, Vera Clement
1945-1976
0.4 ft.

Vera Clements was a teacher at the University of Cincinnati and a civic leader with a special interest in juvenile delinquency and intercultural education. She was very involved in the Children's International Summer Village and Jamboree, a project of Links. Includes her Ph.D. dissertation.

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39. Ellis, Vivian
1968-1986
1 box

Vivian Ellis was a painter and U.S. Armed Forces nurse in West Germany. Collection includes brochures and posters for exhibitions of her art in Europe.

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40. Evans, Brenda, et al. V. Buchanan, Madeline, et al.
1965-1983
24 ft.

Includes papers of and concerning a legal case that began in 1957 to eliminate de jure racial segregation in Delaware public schools. Includes correspondence, notes, financial records, and legal documents.