Durell, Edward.

A message asking an unknown correspondent to pose for pictorial photography.

DiGenova, Peter.

Correspondence, transcripts, and moving image media relating to American pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock.

Dixon, Thomas.

Letter from Dixon to an unnamed recipient, complaining about payment from American editors and various other issues relating to his work.

DeWitt Family

Spanning 1786-1850, the DeWitt Family Papers includes correspondence, financial and legal records, memorabilia, surveying records, and writings of the New York State family whose involvement in political, military, and geographical affairs helped shape the development and growth of the state.

Dallas, Alexander J. (Alexander James), 1791-1844.

A letter enquiring about an abandoned ship, the Charming Sally.

Drinker, H. S.

A letter describing the writer's travels through New York and Pennsylvania shortly after the start of the War of 1812.

Daboll, John.

Manuscript letter, signed, dated 30 July 1812 from John and Patty Daboll of Aurelius, N.Y., to Richardson Miner of Colraine, Mass., describing the settlement of the region around the Central New York towns of Aurelius, Auburn, and Union Springs in significant detail.

Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870.

Papers of the U.S. naval officer, established ordnance system. Collection includes correspondence (1836-1905); 13 diaries (1834-1870); notebooks, memoranda, articles, and other papers relating to Dahlgren's naval career, including his pioneer work in naval ordnance, and the development of the Dahlgren gun. Includes a diary of his wife, Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren, and a Civil War journal of an unidentified person. Correspondence includes that of Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren, Percival Drayton, Andrew H. Foote, R.B. Forbes, R.P. Parrott, Henry Augustus Wise, and others.

Deferiet, James.

Letter from Deferiet to Juston Butterfield of Watertown, N.Y.

Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879.

Papers of the Army officer; U.S. Senator (1845-1849); U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. During the Civil War, President Lincoln commissioned Dix a major-general, and ordered him to take charge of the Alexandria and Arlington Department, then reassigned him to the Department of Maryland. Dix later served as commander of the Department of the East. After the Civil War, Dix was named Minister to France (1866-1869), and following his return to the U.S., the life-long Democrat became the Republican Party nominee and the successful candidate for the Governorship of New York State (1873-1875). Includes more than 130 items of outgoing correspondence, more than half of which were written to Edwards Pierrepont between 1861 and 1877. Subjects include the Civil War, Reconstruction, New York State and national politics, and French politics and foreign relations preceding the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War.

Dill family.

Correspondence and financial papers of the Dill and King families of central New York (Port Byron, Camillus, Auburn).

Dewey, George, 1837-1917.

Papers of the Admiral in the U.S. Navy. Collection consists of thirty-two outgoing letters (1902-1907) to John W. Crawford, as well as incoming letters from William E. Chandler, John Schuyler Crosby, Loyall Farragut, Marcus A. Hanna, and Hilary A. Herbert.

Davis, Henry L.

New York regional railroad. Collection includes financial records, legal records and correspondence; also some non-railroad related papers of Henry L Davis, the secretary of the Lake Ontario Shore Railroad.

Dodson, John E., 1857-1931

A letter likely written by the English actor and vaudeville performer.

Davis, Carrie, fl. 1870.

Incoming letters from friends and family, to a Miss Carrie (or Cara) Davis, resident of Central New York.

Dickinson, Hebron E..

Civil War solidier. Collecton includes a diary, photographs, news clippings and other material.

Dawson, Henry B. (Henry Barton), 1821-1889.

A letter sent to the American journalist and historian, from an unknown correspondent.

Day, James Roscoe, 1845-1923.

The James Roscoe Day Papers contain personal and professional correspondence, annual reports, minutes and other documents relating to Day's time as Chancellor of Syracuse University.

Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881.

Letter written by the British Prime Minister, as well as a portrait photograph of him.

Delta Upsilon Fraternity. Syracuse University Chapter.

Alumni files, chapter files, Dikaia Foundation records, memorabilia, photographs, printed material, and scrapbooks of the Syracuse chapter of Delta Upsilon