1940s
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Minutes of meetings, by-laws, membership records and scrapbooks related to the activities of the Club.
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Women's Physical Education Club of St. Louis and Vicinity Records, 1931-1994 (S0226)
0.25 cubic foot, 6 folders
The Women’s Physical Education Club of St. Louis and Vicinity Records contain correspondence, meeting minutes, rosters, and treasurer’s reports documenting the club’s mission to provide a forum for women physical educators to discuss mutual problems and demonstrate physical skills and teaching techniques.
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Women's Progressive Farmers Association of Missouri, Inc. Records, 1921-1985 (C3726)
5.5 cubic feet (243 folders, 16 oversize volumes)
The records of an organization dedicated to the improvement of rural life and the support of its counterpart, the Missouri Farmers Association, consist of correspondence, meeting minutes membership lists, newsletters, and account books. The association was affiliated with Associated Country Women of the World.
Wood Family Papers, 1702-1978 (C4208)
0.15 cubic feet (7 folders)
Correspondence, genealogical material, transcriptions of wills and deeds, notes, and clippings related to the Wood, Warren, Gibbs, Church, Peabody, and other connected families. The Wood family appears to have originated from York, England, then settled in Maine, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Bristol County, Massachusetts. The majority of the material focuses on the 1700s.
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Gordon Reid Wood Papers, 1771-1993, bulk 1940-1993 (C4689)
2.75 cubic feet (94 folders) 7 audio discs, 5 audio cassettes, 2 computer tapes, 38 audio tapes
The papers of a dialectologist and World War II veteran from West Virginia include correspondence, military records, genealogical materials, scholarly articles, and the research files of a decades-long study on regional dialect variation in the American South.
Joseph Wood Photograph Collection, 1931-1958 (S0819)
0.25 cubic foot, 212 photographs
The Joseph Wood Collection contains photographs of St. Louis baseball teams and players, dog shows, and the U.S. Merchant Marine. Wood was an accomplished photojournalist with the St. Louis Globe-Democrat for twenty-seven years and was has been inducted into the Missouri Photojournalist Hall of Fame. Additional items include magazines, newspapers, and a booklet.
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Wood-Smith Family Papers, 1864-1987 (C3857)
5.2 cubic feet (306 folders), 5 DVDs, 1 audio tape
Correspondence, scrapbooks, newspaper articles, photographs and films of two Missouri families with roots in Jasper and Pike Counties. Guy M. Wood was First Associate City Counsellor for the city of St. Louis in the early 1930s. Roy G. Smith served nearly fifty years with the Young Men’s Christian Association in the Philippines, Peru, and the United States.
Viola Woodall Papers, 1942-1946 (S0481)
0.4 cubic foot, 25 folders
The Viola Woodall Papers contain service men's letters, newsletters, and ledgers. During the 1940s, Viola Woodall directed the Young Men's Choir of Immanuel Baptist Church in St. Louis City. After many choristers joined the armed services during World War II, Woodall organized church women, "service mothers," to write them as a means of bolstering morale.
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Woodlandville United Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Ladies Aid Society Records, 1910-1975 (CA5994)
0.6 cubic feet
Meeting minutes and cash books for the Ladies Aid Society of the Woodlandville United Methodist Church, 1910-1975.
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Woodruff-Stumpff Family Papers, 1901-2022 (S0506)
0.4 cubic feet
The Woodruff-Stumpff family papers contain correspondence, photographs, diplomas, yearbooks, and family tree charts documenting the Woodruff and Stumpff families of St. Louis, Missouri.
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Harriett F. Woods Papers, 1939-2006 (S0051)
60 cubic feet, 384 photographs, 34 scrapbooks, 22 audio cassettes, 81 videos, 3 16mm films
The papers of Harriett Woods contain correspondence, senate bills, transcripts of senate committee hearings, newsletters, press releases, and photographs chronicling her life as a journalist, television producer, Lieutenant Governor, and Missouri State Senator from the 13th district.
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Robert Gail and Margie McDaniel Woods Collection, 1920s-2023 (CA5749)
82.2 cubic feet, 5 oversize volumes, 2 oversize items, 41 audio cassettes, 14 audio tapes, and 6 video cassettes
Family papers, photographs, and genealogical records of Woods, Edwards, Hanna, and related families, and historical and organizational records of various Methodist churches and communities in and around St. Louis.
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Robert Patterson Woods Papers, 1870-1963 (K0788)
11 c.f.
Personal and professional life of Woods, civil engineer, and former Kansas City Street Railway Commissioner. Includes correspondence, project notebooks, newspaper clippings, residential inventories, genealogical files, and photographs. Also files pertaining to the history and growth of Research Hospital.
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Woods-Spilman Family Papers, 1845-1980 (C4064)
0.2 cubic feet (8 folders)
This collection includes genealogical information, legal records, letters, photographs, and miscellaneous materials of the Woods and Spilman families of Lawrence County, Missouri. It also includes published histories of the Spilman family, Lawrence County, and Pierce City, Missouri.
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Woolf Brothers Collection, 1880-1980 (K0410)
12 cubic feet
Business ledgers, historical business papers, stock certificate booklets, and business titles from Woolf Brothers department store dated 1880-1980
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Woolf Brothers Company Records, 1910-1990 (K0282)
92 c.f.
Woolf Brothers was a premier men's clothing store, which also produced some item under their own label, located in Kansas City, MO. Includes orders, patterns, advertisements and other financial, legal, and sore related data. Known for the innovative use of advertising, the Woolf Brothers Company maintained a collection of scrapbooks of their newspaper ads which have been microfilmed.
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World Affairs Council of St. Louis Records, 1949-1974 (S0712)
4 cubic feet, 205 folders
The World Affairs Council of St. Louis Records contains correspondence, meeting minutes, literature, and subject files documenting the organization’s efforts to educate citizens on world affairs.
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World War II Engineer's Photograph Collection, 1941-1944 (S0796)
0.25 cubic foot, 194 photographs
The World War II Engineer's Photograph Collection consists of 194 black and white photographs taken from 1941-1944. The collection includes images of several bridges and railroad construction projects in Italy and France.
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World War II Scrapbooks, 1941-1942 (K1245)
1 c.f.
Scrapbooks of clippings from Kansas City newspapers.
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World War II Veteran Survey Records, 1942-1995 (S0647)
2 cubic feet, 97 folders
In 1985, Vice-Chancellor Blanche Touhill asked Dr. Jerry Cooper, professor of military history at the University of Missouri-St. Louis to preserve the memories of World War II veterans. Dr. Cooper conducted the survey in 1988, with the help of a newspaper column by Harry Levins of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Cooper received 83 responses to the survey and additional material from veterans and families. The collection consists of the administrative files of the project and the surveys.
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World War II Veteran's Survey Correspondence, 1991-1994 (S0761)
0.7 cubic foot, 13 folders, 2 photographs, 1 cassette tape
This collection contains correspondence between Harry Levin, a writer for the St. Louis Post Dispatch, and World War II veterans. These letters reflect personal accounts of civilian or military personnel during the bombing of Pearl Harbor or the D-Day invasion. The letters provided Mr. Levin with material from which he could write articles commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of these events.
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World War II Bond Drive Collection, 1942-1945 (C4110)
0.2 cubic feet, 10 oversize items
The World War II Bond Drive collection contains materials related to the efforts of the War Finance Division, U.S. Treasury, to raise public funds in support of the war. The collection contains promotional materials and forms related to the funding drives of 1945.
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World War II, European Theatre, Snapshots, 1940-1945 (P1058)
Twenty-five snapshots of soldiers, landscapes, and military operations during World War II in the European Theatre. People and places in these photographs are unidentified.
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World War II Letters, 1941-1945 (C3222)
2 cubic feet
This collection of World War II letters was collected by W.W. Gillespie for publication in the Memphis Revielle, a weekly newspaper in Scotland County, Missouri, and by Frederick Tainter for publication in the Bugle, published monthly in St. Charles, Missouri. Also included are letters collected by the State Historical Society of Missouri in 1946 from various donors. Most are concerned with acknowledging receipt of the letter.
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World War II Letters, 1940-1946 (C0068)
14.6 cubic feet (3,467 folders)
Letters written by servicemen during the war to friends and relatives throughout the United States. Arranged alphabetically by writer's name.
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World War II Letters, c. 1944 (C1329)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Family letters to a Japanese soldier found on a battlefield in Guam by an American soldier and transcripts of the letters. One of the letters is written on rice paper. There is also a brochure that shows naval flag symbols and a postcard depicting Japanese children.
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"The Wornall House," Jessie Benton, 1944 (C2938)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a brief history of the Wornall House and family, with incidents of the Civil War Battle of Westport. Included is a sketch of the floor plan. Photographs are located in the editorial office of the State Historical Society.
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Lloyd E. Worner Jr. Papers, 1943 (C0418)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters to Worner in response to his inquiries about state and national politics ca. 1920 from Arthur M. Hyde, Charles M. Hay, and E. Mont. Reily.
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Jesse E. Wrench Papers, 1871-1976 (C2509)
2.0 cubic feet (124 folders)
The papers of Jesse E. Wrench, a University of Missouri history professor, include teaching materials, correspondence, and records of organizations with which Wrench was involved in at the university and in Columbia, Missouri. The papers also include some family papers and photographs and two unpublished manuscripts from the Cornell Expedition to Asia Minor in 1907-1908.
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Wright County Baptist Association Records, 1931-1948 (R0233)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Wright County Baptist Association Records contain the printed reports of the annual sessions of the Wright County Baptist Association. The reports include meeting minutes, statistical information on member churches, and reports on finances, missions, and church-sponsored programs.
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Wright Family Collection, 1822-1991 (CA6506)
0.4 cubic feet, 423 MB of digital files, 3 oversize items
Family papers, photographs, and illustrated biographical sketches concerning members of the Wright and related families of Boone County, Missouri, including J. Kelly Wright II, Rebecca Wright Crighton, and Paul Morris Wright.
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Bob Wright Collection, 1934-2003 (CA6551)
0.2 cubic feet, 226 MB of digital files, 1 audio disc, 1 CD
The collection contains material concerning the Broadway musical career of Bob Wright, originally from Columbia, Missouri, largely during the 1940s-1960s.
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D.P. Wright Account Books, 1914-1949 (C0659)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Records of a medical practice.
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Herbert Perry Wright Papers, 1896-1945 (K0013)
5 c.f.; 16 (MR)
Scrapbooks compiled by H.P. Wright, a Kansas City banker, pertaining to friends, institutions, and events in which Wright was interested.
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Verna Mary Wulfekammer Collection, 1893-1976 (C3864)
51.9 cubic feet (493 folders and oversize)
The collection of Verna Mary Wulfekammer, University of Missouri-Columbia professor of art from 1928 to 1968, contains teaching materials and artifacts, correspondence, clippings, student work, publications, and photographs related to the personal and professional life of Wufekammer and her mentor and colleague, Ella Victoria Dobbs.
Wyaconda Baptist Association Program, 1944 (C0714)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains one program of the centennial celebration at the Baptist church in Wyaconda, Missouri.
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Roy A. Wykoff Jr. Papers, 1860-1955 (C0437)
0.17 cubic feet (8 folders)
Miscellaneous material collected by Wykoff. Missouri University, Stephens College and Christian College programs; letters of Eugene Field, Daniel Read and Homer Croy; and Civil War articles.
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Ilene Sims Yarnell Collection, 1906-1972 (P0601)
0.19 linear feet
Photographs and postcards of Morgan County, especially churches, houses, and schools in and near Versailles, MO. Postcards, primarily depicting the Lake of the Ozarks area and adjacent counties.
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Yeager School, Benton County, Missouri Records, 1945-1957 (R0267)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Yeager School, Benton County, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy of the district clerk records for Yeager School, School District No. 64.
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Yeagle Family Papers, 1732-1984 (C4129)
5 cubic feet
The papers of a Saline County, Missouri, family consist of account books, receipts, wills, deeds, diaries, assorted genealogical material, personal and business correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, school material, and miscellaneous material.
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Doris L. Yelton Political Button Collection, 1860s-1990s (C4604)
0.35 cubic feet (8 folders)
Political buttons, ribbons, and miscellaneous items collected by Doris "Sally" Yelton, an antique collector and dealer from Jefferson City, Missouri, 1860s-1990s.
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Raymond Orlando Youmans Papers, 1916-1953 (K1139)
10 c.f.
Youmans was a retired psychologist, a publisher and printer, educator, and clergyman. Includes materials related to Youmans' publishing business: financial records, books published and/or distributed by him, and manuscripts considered or published. Also his instruction notes and other university related materials from the Kansas City University (Kansas City, KS).
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Young Family Papers, 1793-1958 (C3123)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Brief history of the Young, Croft and Scouller families. Two letters of millwright Andrew Young, Rockbridge County, VA, to John Scouller, 1793-1794. Miscellaneous letters containing family genealogy. Scrapbook containing news clippings and genealogical notes on the Croft family.
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Young Matrons of Kansas City Records, 1917-1964 (K0100)
Micorfilm (13 rolls)
Organizational records including minute books of regular meetings, Executive Board meetings, and the meetings of the Carolyn Farwell Fuller Unit. Occasional financial reports and general financial material from the Charity and Welfare Committee..
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Young Men's Christian Association Book Collection, 1898-1957 (S0602)
1 cubic foot
This collection contains books published primarily by the Association Press in New York City, the publishing house of the YMCA.
Young Men's Christian Association, Indian Guides, 1926-1999 (S0801)
0.25 cubic foot, 10 folders
This collection contains scrapbooks and a newsletter of the YMCA's Indian Guides program.
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Young Men's Christian Association, Pine Street Branch Newsletters, 1924-1948 (S0697)
0.8 cubic feet, 3 microfilm rolls
The newsletters give a good account of the early years of this important YMCA branch as well as a glimpse of the African-American community of the time. Each issue has been assigned a folder number to enhance indexing. The newsletters were separated from the rest of the addenda because of their fragile condition.
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Young Mens Christian Association (YMCA) of Kansas City Records, 1878-2006 (K0332)
80 c.f.
Minutes, newspaper clippings, printed materials, publications, administrative files, reports, surveys, studies, photographs, slides, audio/visual media, memorabilia, and scrapbooks.
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Young Mens Christian Association (YMCA) of Kansas City, Kansas Records, 1924-1992 (K0601)
16 c.f.
Organizational records including minutes, financial records, programs, rosters, photographs, slides, films, scrapbooks, and architectural records.
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Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) of Greater Kansas City Records, 1893-1982 (KA2624)
5 c.f.
The addition contains yearbooks and books for the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) of Greater Kansas City.