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Contains copies of orders sent by Colonel Daniel Brodhead, who commanded the Western Department from his headquarters at Fort Pitt from 1779-1781, to various military officers, including those stationed at Forts Armstrong, Wheeling, Tuscarora, and Laurens; they reveal the recurring difficulties posed by food shortages, lack of money, uncooperative officers, and raids conducted by hostile Indian tribes, which contributed to settlers abandoning their property.

The Darlington Digital Library was created from the first major collection of books, manuscripts, atlases, maps and artwork donated to the University of Pittsburgh. Most of the credit for assembling the Darlington Collection rightly goes to William M. Darlington, an attorney by profession who was born in Pittsburgh in 1815.

Contains the minutes of the monthly meetings of the Daughters of Erin, Court #9, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1956-1976.

A Bureau/Department of Public Health existed for the City of Pittsburgh beginning in 1852 through sometime in the mid-twentieth century. The Bureau/Department was charged with maintaining hospital/vaccination records, vital statistics, sanitation inspection, regulation, and enforcement, as well as food inspection. Records included here consist of 28 volumes of Annual reports from the Bureau of Public Health for the years 1871-1907 (not inclusive), and the reports from the Department of Public Health for the years 1909-1916 (inclusive).

The Dillon and Fetterman families papers consist of personal letters, a diary, and other documents concerning Humphrey Dillon and his family from 1799 to 1854.

Images from the Dollar Bank corporate archives. Included are historical images of bank offices, advertising, and general bank activities focusing on the 1960s and 1970s.

Visual images document several generations of the Dorsey and Turfley families as well as African-American sports teams (1890-1987).

The Duquesne Light Photograph Collection contains approximately 2,255 negatives, the majority of which are 5×7 inch cellulose nitrate negatives. The photographs feature electrical stations, employees, and their families, company outings as well Pittsburgh scenes, including several views of Pittsburgh floods, the 1929 Light's Golden Jubilee honoring the anniversary of Edison's incandescent light bulb, the Cathedral of Learning, and McKees Rocks.