Vorwaerts Workmen's Singing Society Records, 1895-1977 (S0237)
3.2 cubic feet, 79 folders
German immigrants formed Arbeiter Gesangverein "Vorwaertrs" to maintain their musical heritage and to promote working-class interests. Voerwaerts and Damenchor Vorwaerts presented regular concerts and participated in national songfests. Walter Hoops edited the Saenger Zeitung, the national journal from 1967 to 1977. The collection contains protocol books, financial ledgers, correspondence, programs, and issues of the Saenger Zeitung.
Edgar B. Voskamp Architectural Records, 1922-1968 (K0696)
30 r
Architectural drawings of Gentry and Voskamp, a Kansas City area firm.
Maurice E. Votaw Papers, 1909-1978 (C3672)
1.2 cubic feet (55 folders)
The papers of a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism primarily pertain to his years as a professor of journalism at St. John’s University, Shanghai, China, and an adviser to the Nationalist Chinese Ministry of Information. Included are transcripts of oral interviews, correspondence, literary productions, minutes, printed materials, maps, lists, photographs, and books. Topics include Votaw’s life; writers, missionaries, political and military leaders, and events in China (1922-1977); U.S. China policy; Chinese and American journalism and newspapers; the Shanghai Short Story Club; and St. John’s University and the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
J.D. Wade Papers, 1940s-1960s (CA6386)
1 cubic foot
Papers of an employee of Service Pipeline Company from Odessa and Carrollton, Missouri, largely consist of personal account ledgers detailing daily expenses. Also included is a small amount of Service Pipeline and Standard Oil material and miscellaneous material.
Homer Clark Wadsworth Papers, 1949-1982 (K0724)
8 c.f.
Personal and professional correspondence of Wadsworth, civic leader, director of the Kansas City Association of Trusts and Foundations, and president of the Kansas City school board with foundations, trusts, special projects, and universities with which was associated. Also his speeches.
Herb Waerckle Papers, 1942-2000 (S1008)
1 cubic foot, 6 photographs
The papers of Herb Waerckle contain family histories and a scrapbook pertaining to Waeckerle's career as a journalist for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and as well as his career in public relations working for the Schnucks and Monsanto.
Hyatt Howe Waggoner Letter, 1949 (K0120)
1 f
Letter in which Waggoner, a professor at the University of Kansas City and head of the local chapter of the Americans for Democratic Action, discusses the political situation in Kansas City and its impact on Richard Bolling, U.S. Representative from Kansas City.
William Wagner Papers, 1883-1966 (K0016)
1 c.f.
Materials relating to William Wagner's personal life and to his career with the Postal Service in Kansas City, Missouri. Also in the papers are materials which belonged to Wagner's father, Joseph M. Wagner who was an architect/builder; and his mother, Minna (Schiller) Wagner.
Mark Waldemer Labor Collection, 1920-1997 (S1193)
2 cubic feet
This collection contains labor agreements, correspondence, news articles, and photographs documenting Mark Waldemer's labor activism.
"Walkin' Preacher of the Ozark Mountains," Guy Howard, 1940 (C0120)
0.2 cubic feet
Original draft of autobiography of a rural preacher and teacher of southern Missouri. Describes family and social life of the hill people, rural churches and communities, and a transient camp near Branson, MO.
Wallace Family Papers, 1929-1983 (S0725)
0.25 cubic feet, 5 folders, 33 photographs
The Wallace Family Papers contain the papers of Lester James Wallace (1902-1985) and his wife Eleanor Wallace (1903-1986), a Catholic family who lived at 4852 Tiemann Street in St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Wallace worked as a truck driver for ice cream and wholesale dairy operations in the 1940s and 1950s. Their papers include correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, a volume of Wallace Family History, an identification card, and a WWII draft card.
Gene Ray Wallace Letters, 1946-1947 (C0421)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Written to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawman Wallace, Bogard, MO. By a platoon sergeant in Tokyo, Japan. The letters tell of his activities as a military policeman attached to the war criminals trials. Mention of Tojo.
Maude Orita Wallace Papers, 1906-1949 (CA6119)
0.4 cubic feet
Papers of Maude Orita Wallace who attended the University of Missouri in 1917 and taught school in Mexico, Missouri. Includes a photograph, 1936 Missouri Writer's Guild award plaque, and select plays and music for children written and published by Wallace, primarily during World War I. Also includes limited sheet music.
Mildred Wallhausen Papers, 1949-2002 (CG0050)
2.1 c.f.
The Mildred Wallhausen Papers is a collection of various articles, correspondence, pictures, programs, and newsletters with a primary focus on local African American peoples of Southeast Missouri. There are many negatives and photographs of Black churches and church leaders, integrated youth sports leagues, integration protests and projects, Lincoln High School before it was demolished, and assorted individuals; programs from funerals and churches; and newspaper clippings from the 1950s-1990s from papers like The Enterprise-Courier, which Mildred helped run, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Standard Democrat, the Chicago Defender, the Southeast Missourian, the Charleston Spokesman, and others. The collection also contains scrapbooks with clippings from Millie's Soap Box column, with dates from 1970-2002.
Walling Family Papers, 1895-1993 (R1396)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders, 15 photographs)
The Walling Family Papers include family photographs and genealogical research on the Cook, Hutson, and Walling families.
Frank C. Wallower Papers, 1877-1966 (R0057)
6 folders
The Wallower papers consist primarily of materials connected with his unfinished autobiography,
"A Review of Sixty Years," which he began writing after his retirement. There are three
separate versions of the autobiography in this collection, each containing both original pages and
carbons. Each version is incomplete and differs slightly from the others. Taken as a whole, they
provide a composite of the intended form of the autobiography
Joseph H. "Jack" Wally, Jr. Collection, 1933-2005 (K0329)
30 c.f.
Wally was a professional photographer with the Kansas City Journal, a businessman, and an inventor. Photographs of famous local and national individuals. Places and events. Motion picture film of family activities and Wally's interests in trains and aviation. Also materials relating to his interests and the production and promotion of his businesses and inventions.
Walnut School, Pettis County, Missouri Records, 1906-1966 (R0260)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Walnut School, Pettis County, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy of the records of the district clerk of Walnut School in southern Pettis County, Missouri. With the exception of 1963 to 1964 the records are complete for the period 1906 to 1966.
Martin Walsh Papers, 1904-2005 (S0834)
0.8 cubic foot, 25 folders
The Walsh Papers Collection consists of brochures, books, photographs, booklets, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets, relating to the history of St. Louis, earthquakes, and the space program.
Robert Emmett Walton Papers, 1928-1974 (K0973)
4 c.f.
Walton, a Catholic priest, was an army chaplain during World War II, parish priest and pastor in Kansas City, a missionary in Bolivia, and a priest on a Navajo reservation in New Mexico. Includes yearbooks, magazines, programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and newsletters, and photographs, slides, and negatives chronicling Walton's adventurous life.
Frederick Marion Wanger Family Papers, 1890-1956 (K0588)
1 c.f.
Personal papers of Wanger, a Police Judge in St. Joseph, MO including photographs, letters, and family other documents.
Frederick Marion Wanger World War One Collection, 1917-1970 (K0587)
1 c.f.
Personal papers of Wanger of St. Joseph, MO who served as Company Clerk of Company "A", 356th Infantry Regiment, 89th Division in World War I. Includes letters, photographs, a manuscript and printed history of Company "A, artifacts and other documents relation to Company "A", its service in the War and after, its reunions, and the American Legion.
Fred Wappel Papers, 1938-1992 (C4674)
2.0 cubic feet (68 folders)
The papers of Fred Wappel, a former head athletic trainer at the University of Missouri, include material relating to the university’s athletic department, general correspondence, papers from the National Athletic Trainers Association, and reference materials on athletic training and rehabilitation.
Warren County (Mo.) Schuetzen Company No. 1 Records, 1893-1950 (C3647)
1 roll of microfilm (5 volumes)
Minutes, treasurer's reports and account books of a German social club established in Warren County in 1856. Books contain membership lists and records of the Schuetzenfest sponsored annually since the club was founded.
Susan Warren Papers, 1943-1989 (K0508)
5.2 c.f.
Personal correspondence, research materials, lecture notes, photographs, audiotapes, travel materials, ephemera and journals containing Warren's observations of China during her work as an editor and writer and her travels to China.
Warrensburg Chamber of Commerce Photograph Collection, 1914-1951 (P0720)
4 photographs
Photos of Central Missouri State University and Lake Cena, Pertle Springs Park.
Jacob Warshaw Papers, 1910-1944 (C0036)
12 cubic feet (769 folders, 12 volumes)
Correspondence and papers of the Chairman of the Department of Spanish at the University of Missouri from 1926 to 1944. Copies of articles written by Warshaw for scholarly publications, extensive notes on Spanish and Latin American literature and life. Letters are about departmental matters, personal affairs, and Spanish scholarship.
Henry Warten Photograph Collection, 1940, no date (P0111)
5 folders
Collection of approx 90 b/w and color photos snapshots, polaroid prints and photographs chiefly of Thomas Hart Benton's artworks with a scattering of views of Benton's Kansas City home and studio, Benton 's Cape Cod home and surrounding area.
Washington County Health Council Records, 1932-1969 (R0381)
18 folders, 2 volumes microfilmed
These are financial records, minutes of meetings, and miscellaneous papers of the Washington
County Health Council, a volunteer organization which began in 1937 as the Advisory Council of
Public Health and Child Welfare. The collection includes papers of the Washington County Nursing
Service, 1939-1942, and the annual reports of the Washington County Health Department,
1949-1958.
Washington County, Missouri Motion Picture, circa 1936-1940 (R0392)
(1 videocassette)
This is a film by Harry F. Blount of Potosi, concerning the barite industry in Washington County, Missouri. Included are views of manual and mechanized mining methods, the refining process, and the standard of living of the miners and their families. The film has been duplicated on _" videotape.
Washington University Photographs, 1936-1956 (P0194)
Photographs of Washington University, ca. 1936 and 1952.
Washington University School of Medicine, Class of 1943, Photograph, 1943 (P0581)
1 photograph
Class photograph from the Washington University School of Medicine, December 1943.
Arthur Washington Papers, 1929-1995 (S1113)
1 cubic foot, 72 folders, 52 photographs
The Arthur Washington Papers contains student handbooks, school programs, memos, certificates, and photographs pertaining to Washington's involvement in Sumner High School's academic and athletic programs. The collection also documents Washington's involvement with Alpha Phi Alpha, the Archdiocesan Development Appeal, and the campaign to revitalize the Ville neighborhood.
Waters Family Papers, 1860s-2021 (CA6619)
0.1 cubic feet
Photographs, correspondence, and genealogical material concerning the Joseph C. Waters family of Boone County, Missouri.
Watkins Woolen Mill Oral History Project, 1934-1988 (K0826)
0.16 c.f.
The Watkins Woolen Mill Oral History Project collection contains correspondence, pamphlets, newspaper articles, and research concerning Watkins Woolen Mill and the Watkins Mill Association, as well as oral history interviews conducted with Lee Oberholtz, secretary and founding member of the Watkins Mill Association.
Beverly S. Watkins Collection, 1934-1983 (K0246)
0.25 c.f.
Scrapbook of news clippings and historical research compiled by James Anderson, historian for the Native Sons of Greater Kansas City, concerning the French Settlement and Community in Kansas City, MO and other people, places and events of Kansas City history.
Marie Oliver Watkins Papers, 1822-1962 (C2689)
2.8 cubic feet
Genealogical research in preparation for the book TEARIN' THROUGH THE WILDERNESS, MISSOURI PIONEER EPISODES, 1822-1885 by Marie Oliver Watkins and Helen Hamacher Watkins, a genealogy of the descendants of Charles Allen Watkins and Henrietta Rives of Ray County, MO.
Ralph K. Watkins Papers, 1866-1970 (C4551)
1.4 cubic feet (31 folders)
Papers of a University of Missouri education professor including teaching resources, educational publications, information on professional activities and presentations, and family genealogy research material.
Watson-Westlake Family Papers, 1813-1949 (C0186)
0.7 cubic feet
Correspondence, receipts, legal documents, and miscellaneous items of the Watson family of Boone County. Memoir by Thomas W. Westlake of his Civil War and post-Civil War experiences.
Watts Family Papers, 1870s-1979 (CA6121)
2 cubic feet, 5 oversize items
The papers of a family from Putnam County, Missouri, include an autograph book; travel scrapbooks and family photograph albums compiled by Bertha and Christine Watts; diaries composed by the Rev. Samuel S. McWilliams; and poetry and writings.
Jeanette Miller Wayne and Robert H. Wayne Papers, 1938-1989 (K1007)
0.2 c.f.
personal papers and photographs, papers of Sam Dantzig who served in WWI with Harry S. Truman including invitation to Truman's inauguration and signed portrait of Truman
Weathers Family Papers, 1868-1991 (C4014)
3.0 cubic feet (71 folders), 1 audio cassette
The papers document the lives of Virginia “Kate” and Benton H. Weathers of Howard County, Missouri, and the lives of their children and grandchildren. In addition to genealogical materials on the Weathers, Duncan, and Grigsby families, the collection includes some materials on the Weathers Lumber and Hardware Store in Fayette, Missouri, and the Missouri Polled Hereford Association Records.
Weathers Family Papers, 1920s-2000s (CA6216)
32 cubic feet, 3 audio tapes
Addition of family papers, primarily from Gene Weathers of Fayette, Missouri. Includes correspondence and teaching materials for the blind.
Weaver Family Papers, 1941-1943 (S1168)
1 cubic foot, 28 folders
This collection consists of correspondence between Jack Weaver and Ruth Riddick, a St. Louis-area couple, during World War II. In Weaver's letters to Riddick, he describes his service in the United States Army, providing insight into his daily life and the training he underwent in the Army's Officer Candidate School. Riddick's letters to Weaver include descriptions of life in St. Louis during the war, as well as her activities in church functions and work at United Motors as a secretary. Weaver and Riddick married in June 1943.
Webb City Community Chest Records, 1939-1955 (R0551)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Webb City Community Chest Records are records of contributions, minutes of meetings, and miscellaneous papers of the Webb City Community Chest in Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri.
Webb Funeral Homes Records, 1913-1978 (K1355)
1.17 c.f.
The records contain biographical information about decedents and document funerals arranged by Webb Funeral Homes of Blues Springs and Oak Grove, Missouri.
Webber Family Papers, 1870-1976 (R1502)
0.25 cubic foot (6 folders, 22 photographs, 9 tintypes, 5 cabinet cards, 1 cartes-de-viste)
The Webber Family Papers contains a family genealogy documents, photographs, and newspaper clippings for the Webber family of Phelps County.
Weber Family Papers, 1899-1966 (C3113)
0.5 cubic feet
Miscellaneous papers of the Weber family of Farmington, MO, including copy book of Frank S. Weber, obituary of Kossuth W. Weber, and correspondence and newspaper clippings of Nan Gardiner Weber. Genealogy and family photographs.
Thomas A. Webster Papers, 1921-1988 (K1219)
9 c.f.
Webster was executive director of the Urban League of Kansas City, community activist, and chairman of the Social Science Department of Avila College. Includes files related to his research and writing: notes, clippings, preliminary and final drafts of articles, correspondence, and printed material. Also his personal and professional correspondence and scrapbooks and files of his wife, Fern Beck Webster (1911-2002), an early childhood educator and advocate.
Robert M. Wedow Collection, 1924-1992 (K1156)
12 c.f.
Research materials compiled by Wedow concerning Thomas J. Pendergast, his political machine and Kansas City politics and organized crime during that era. Includes scrapbooks, news clippings of articles, photographs, artist illustrations of individuals relating to the Machine, oral interview tapes and transcripts, and books.