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not insure it in Missouri. In 1867, he ventured into the lumber business in Hannibal. This
business proved to be profitable and included interests in Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Washington,
Louisiana, and Minnesota.
Collection contains the personal papers of William Henry Fields Dulany, pioneer Missouri
tobacco and lumber entrepreneur. Includes personal papers and ephemera of his nephew and sonin-law
Thomas Epps Gates Dulany (1841-1923); grandson William Henry Dulany, Jr. (1874-
1948); granddaughter Vivian Duncan Dulany Murphy (1885-1965); and her husband, George
Thomas Murphy (1877-1959). Also includes items pertaining to the Dulany Memorial Library
(Hannibal, Missouri) and genealogical material.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: William Henry Fields Dulany Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0416
Dumaine, Lucien (1800-1875).
Genealogy, 1909. 1 folder (approximately 25 items)
Lucien Dumaine was born in France and emigrated to the United States in 1816 and arrived
in St. Louis in 1819. Here he engaged in the fur business. In 1820, he married Julie Bouis. In the
1870s, he moved to Farmington, Missouri, where he died April 13, 1875.
Genealogical information.
Cite as: Lucien Dumaine Genealogy, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2666
Duncker, Charles Henry (1865- ).
Family History Sheet, after 1918. 1 item [formerly Alphabetical File]
Family history sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Charles Henry Duncker,
12 Brentmoor Park, St. Louis County, Missouri. Includes genealogical data on his family.
Cite as: Charles Henry Duncker Family History Sheet, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A0417
Dunham, Katherine (1909-2006).
Papers, 1965-1980s. 56 boxes; 16 volumes
Katherine Dunham came to Southern Illinois region in 1964 at the invitation of Southern
Illinois University-Carbondale to stage and choreograph a production of Faust. Dunham’s
brother-in-law, Davis Pratt, worked at SIU-Carbondale and made the connection. Upon
completion of the production in February 1965, SIU asked Miss Dunham to stay on at the
university as a guest lecturer in the arts. Dunham had larger plans; she proposed to create an arts
education program for students in East St. Louis. The plan fell through in 1965, but when
Dunham returned from Senegal in 1967, the St. Clair County Economic Opportunity
Commission (a War on Poverty agency funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity in
Washington, D.C.) gave Dunham a small grant to run a summer pilot program in the arts. This
set the stage for the final chapter in Katherine Dunham's career, in which Dunham became
deeply involved in national questions about the role of higher education and the performing arts
in urban redevelopment.
The majority of the collection documents Dunham’s work in East St. Louis from 1965 until
1992, the year the collection was donated to the Missouri History Museum Library. Dunham’s
main focus in East St. Louis was the Performing Arts Training Center (PATC), an institution of
arts education affiliated with Southern Illinois University. Related to the PATC were Dunham’s