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Vandivort Family Papers, 1910, 1939-1948, 1963-1965 (CG0025)
0.6 c. f.
This collection contains correspondence from Arthur Clayton Vandivort from 1941-1945. Work related correspondence and membership cards for Leon Vandivort from 1910 and 1943-1944. Also includes genealogical information, graduation announcements, and high school basketball tournament brackets for members of the Vandivort family.
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Vanmeter Family Papers, 1836-1948 (C0414)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Business papers, tax receipts, real estate documents, and World War I letters of a Saline County, MO, family.
Farm record books kept by A.J. Vanmeter, 1859-1871; bank checkbook; and travel diary of a motor trip from Missouri to California and back in 1922.
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Thomas Jefferson Vantine Memoirs, 1860 (C2378)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
An account of Valentine's experiences during a Texas scouting trip, April-October 1860. Mentions Wichita River, Cimarron River, Old Adobe Fort, North Canadian River, Fort Belnap, Indians, and hunting for food and water.
Vantine was born in Huntington County, IN, and moved to Collin County, TX, in 1854.
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Kathryn Brossard Clarke Varnell Oral History, 1922-1992 (S0632)
0.01 cubic foot
This collection contains an oral history of Kathryn Brossard Clarke. She discusses her experiences in St. Louis with her son, John Rodney Clarke.
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Cassius and Obadiah Varney Letters, 1862-1865 (C1960)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters to their family from brothers in the Union army who spent time in Washington, D.C., and North Carolina.
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C.T. Varnon Letter, 1904 (C0435)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To A.W. McAlester, Columbia, MO, from Mexico, MO, Mar. 2, 1904. Requesting advice on the advisability of reopening a school that was exposed to scarlet fever without first disinfecting the building.
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Charles Vatterott Dissertation Collection, 1919-1972 (S1004)
3 cubic feet, 75 folders
This collection contains correspondence, articles, oral history interviews, and photographs collected by Cornelia Frances Sexauer for her 2003 thesis, "Catholic Capitalism: Charles Vatterott, Civil Rights and Suburbanization in St. Louis and the Nation 1919-1972." Charles Vatterott was a real estate and civil rights activist, who was instrumental in creating the St. Louis Interracial Justice council in 1944. He also established the Vatterott Foundation in 1948 to improve educational and career advancement opportunities for ethnic and religious minorities.
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Mason Vaugh Papers, 1928-1969 (C2639)
2 cubic feet
The papers of Mason Vaugh contain correspondence and reports. Vaugh was the second person to receive a degree in agricultural engineering from the University of Missouri and for thirty-six years served as a Presbyterian lay missionary in India.Biographical material, index to publications, correspondence, articles, research materials, and miscellaneous pamphlets.
Mason Vaugh Papers, 1928-1970 (C3130)
0.9 cubic feet
Papers of the second person to receive a degree in agricultural engineering from the University of Missouri, who for thirty-six years served as a Presbyterian lay missionary in India.
Biographical material, index to publications, correspondence, articles, research materials, and miscellaneous pamphlets.
Davis Vaughan Letter, 1865 (C3536)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letter from Vaughan, publisher of the newspaper Express, asking Pat Ingraham of Saline County, Missouri, to show copies of his paper to friends there in order to increase subscriptions.
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Isaac P. Vaughan Diploma, 1837 (C1851)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a diploma in medicine from the University of Pennsylvania. Vaughan practiced medicine in Glasgow, MO, from 1839 until 1864.
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Joseph Harry Vaughan, Jr. Papers, 1968-1979 (K0581)
1 c.f.
Audio broadcast newscasts made by Vaughan dealing with major news events in the metropolitan Kansas City, and Lawrence, Kansas areas.
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Vaughn Family Papers, 1860 (K1360)
1.25 c.f.
One book on the history of First Congregational Church of KC - Edward and Mary Vaughn founding members; receipt from Dr. Peter Baker for medical services for Edward Vaughn; thirty-one (31) photographs in pristine condition (many taken by KC studio photographers)
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"Veblen on the Missouri Campus," Matthew White Paxton, no date (C0689)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a biographical sketch of Thorstein Veblen, but little concerning his time at the University of Missouri. Prepared for MISSOURI ALUMNUS but not used.
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W. N. Veirs Realty Company Records, 1910 (R0737)
(1 oversize volume)
This is a brief real estate record index kept by W. N. Beirs Realty company of Springfield, Missouri, in 1910. It includes descriptive entries for individual parcels, located mostly in Springfield.
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Mary Ann Venable Letter, no date (C2788)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To J.C. Bay, Chicago, Illinois, from Cincinnati, Ohio. Letter informing Bay that there are no plans to publish a new edition of Beginning of Literary Culture in the Ohio Valley by William Henry Venable.
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Vernon County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1902, 1939, no date (P1150)
An artificial collection of photographs Vernon County, Missouri.
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Vernon County, Missouri, Township 4, School District 2 Record Book, 1858-1860 (C2467)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)
Handwritten minutes of the meetings of the legal voters called for the purpose of deciding issues such as school repairs, hiring of a teacher, and election of trustees.
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Verona Baptist Church (Verona, Mo.) Records, 1869-1921 (C3616)
1 roll of microfilm
Rules of decorum, articles of faith, membership records, and minutes.
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Amy Newell Verseman Papers, 1977-2011 (S0349)
0.8 cubic feet
The Amy Newell Verseman Papers contain correspondence, meeting minutes, photographs, artwork, and posters documenting her involvement with Archon, a St. Louis-area science fiction and fantasy convention. Materials of interest include correspondence from noted Science-fiction authors Robert Bloch and Philip Jose Farmer.
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George Graham Vest Scrapbooks, 1879-1902 (C1435)
0.35 cubic feet (2 volumes)
The scrapbooks of George Vest contain newspaper clippings of speeches made by George Graham Vest as a member of the U.S. Senate, 1879-1903. Selections are titled and dated, and were compiled and edited by Henry M. Rose, chief clerk, U.S. Senate.
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George G[raham] Vest Speech, 1895 (C0738)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection consists of a speech by George G. Vest delivered before the Jefferson Club, St. Louis, Missouri, 31 October 1895, on the occasion of unveiling a bust of Thomas Jefferson. Vest gives a biographical sketch of Jefferson, his political views, and opposition. The last part contains advice to the Democratic party of the time.
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G[eorge] Graham Vest Letters, 1885, 1889 (C0675)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letter to Duke Draffen, Boonville, Missouri, February 23, 1885, suggests the possibility of Vest getting Draffen a district judgeship. Letter to Draffen, June 9, 1889, announces a prospective visit and reminisces about earlier days.
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George Graham Vest Letter, 1903 (C1665)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Editors of the SAVITAR, Columbia, MO, from Washington, D.C., Mar. 30, 1903.
Vest wrote the University of Missouri yearbook editors thanking them for dedicating the 1902-1903 issue to him and mentioning his view of educational opportunities and his belief in self control and continuous effort.
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George Graham Vest Letters, 1874, 1896 (C1666)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters to Joseph Pulitzer, giving information about a colored couple, Si and Susan Williams, 1874, and his decision to begin a senatorial campaign at the old homestead, 1896.
Veterans History Project (Cass County, Mo.) Collection, 2002-2005 (C4569)
0.6 cubic feet (38 folders, 42 audio cassettes)
Oral history interviews and transcripts of Missouri veterans conducted as part of the Library of Congress, Veterans History Project in Cass County, Missouri. Collection also includes transcriptions, miscellaneous photocopied military papers, and some photographs.
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Veterans Newsletters Collection, 2000-2002 (S1005)
2 cubic feet
This collection contains local, state and national newsletters published by veterans' groups.
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This is a souvenir program booklet for the fifth annual homecoming sponsored by the Puxico Memorial Post No. 7322, of the VFW at Puxico in Stoddard County, Missouri, on August 14-18, 1951.
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This hard-bound booklet lists military veterans, mostly from World War II, from Advance in Stoddard County, Missouri. Included are 75 individual entries and five "Gold Star Boys." Entries include photographic portraits, dates and branch of service, rank, domestic and overseas postings, and awards. At the back are snapshot views of Advance and nine pages of advertising.
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Vichy Normal High School and Business Institute (Vichy, Mo.) Catalogues, 1887-1888 (C0611)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Catalogues for the 1887-1888 school year giving information about tuition and courses of study, description of courses, and information about the town and area.
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Vichy, Missouri Photograph Collection, circa 1927 (R1192)
0.02 cubic foot (1 folder, 1 lantern slide)
This is a colored glass-plate lantern slide and accompanying descriptive sheet of Sunday School pioneers at Vichy in Maries County, Missouri. Believed to have been produced in 1927, the slide has been attributed to the Presbyterian National Missions Board. It shows a group of youngsters at Vacation Bible School.
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Margaret Ray Vickery Papers, 1887-1974 (R0366)
105 folders microfilmed
These are papers of Margaret Ray Vickery, a newspaperwoman and author of Salem, Dent
County, Missouri. The papers consist of clippings, correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous
historical research material, most of which pertain to her award-winning weekly column, "Sugar and
Spice," published by the Salem News, 1952-1971. The collection also includes papers of the Vickery
and Ray families.
Margaret Vickery Photograph Collection, 1896-1986 (P0610)
12 photographs
Copy photographs of Dent county homes, businesses, and buildings.
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Video Collection, 1990-2011 (S0832)
1 cubic foot, 34 videotapes
The Video Collection consists of VHS tapes, DVDs and other video formats of recordings pertaining to St. Louis history. Topics of interest include the Gateway Arch, Fran Landesman, Pruitt-Igoe, and the Saint Louis Zoo. Also included in this collection are oral histories staff members conducted with Judith Styx, James Neal Primm, and Irene Cortinovis.
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Vietnam War Moratorium Papers, 1969 (C3325)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Pamphlets and newspapers gathered during student strike and anti-war moratorium at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 15 October 1969. Materials present various views and positions regarding U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia and student attitudes toward this involvement.
Vietnam War Photographs, 1968 (C3324)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Photographs of Vietnamese villages, Marine artillery and water buffalo.
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Elaine Viets Papers, 1967-2018 (S1239)
12 cubic feet
The Elaine Viets Papers contains correspondence, copy-edited manuscripts, photographs, books, and newspaper clippings pertaining to her career as a columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1972-1997) and mystery writer of the Francesca Vierling, Dead-End Job, and Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper series. Materials of interest include correspondence from fans of Viets’s mystery novels wishing her well after her stroke in 2007, as well as photographs from Viets’s book tours and the set of Viets Beat, a KMOV talk show Viets hosted in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Also included in this collection are scrapbooks containing Viets’s columns for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, written between 1972 and 1995. The newspaper clippings are incomplete, however, as they do not contain her St. Louis Post-Dispatch columns written from 1996 to 1997.
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Hy Vile Family Papers, 1922-1984 (K0560)
8 c.f.
Vile was a civic leader and founder and chairman of the board of Vile-Goller/Fine Arts Printing and Lithographing Co. Personal and professional correspondence of Vile including newspaper columns and manuscripts he wrote; materials related to his various community and civic activities; honors, awards and recognitions received; family history; and travel literature.
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Sue Kross Vile and Joel David Vile Papers, 1970 (K1209)
0.01 c.f.
The Vile family has been prominent leaders in the Kansas City Jewish Community. Includes a Vile family history.
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Jonas Viles Photograph Collection, 1853-1933 (P0080)
1 folder
BUST VIEWS of Missouri Governors (Bates, Boggs, Gamble, Lisa, and McNair). Photos of the Royal Gorge, Iron, and tombstone in Cape Girardeau. Bagnell Dam in Miller. Newsclippings from the James Harrison house; photos of Defiance area homes. Missouri State Capitol, 1911, and North Frieze, 1930. McKendree Chapel before 1930 (Cape Girardeau). Madison Mine La Motte. Textile industry, spinning wheel in operation. Photos and postcards of Ozark Scenes. Scenes from Parks, Levees, Riverfronts, Prairie, and other Rural Views from Andrew, Carter, Crawford, Jackson, Schuyler, Taney, and Wheat.
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Viles-Hosmer Family Papers, 1814-1948 (C3709)
6.1 cubic feet (464 folders)
This collection contains autograph albums, account books, diaries, and personal and business correspondence of the Viles and Hosmer families. Included are Jonas Viles' professional papers while professor of history at the University of Missouri from 1902 to 1942.
Village à Robert, Missouri, Plat, 1794 (C1667)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Surveyed by M[onsieur] Bouvet, under the command of Captain F. Dunegan of St. Ferdinand, by order of Zenon Trudeau, lieutenant-governor at St. Louis. Includes names of landholders.
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Village Shalom Collection, 1900-2005 (K1315)
14.5 c.f.
papers and photographs from the first 100 years of this retirement community
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Vinita, Oklahoma, Article, no date (C3431)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
"Downingville, Vinita or The Junction." Excerpt from the book, VINITA, I.T., THE STORY OF A FRONTIER TOWN OF THE CHEROKEE NATION, 1871-1907. Contains references to Vinita Ream.
Samuel Spencer Vinton Collection, 1864-1939 (R0819)
(2 folders)
This is a freight receipt book of Samuel Spencer Vinton (1828-1890), and a reminiscence by his son, Samuel Spencer Vinton (1857-1951). The receipt book reflects a freighting business from Sedalia to southwestern Missouri, 1864-1865. The reminiscence, written in 1939, concerns life around Springfield, Missouri, circa 1875-1890.
Eugene Morrow Violette Collection, 1806-1921 (C1033)
0.4 cubic feet
The papers of Eugene Morrow Violette contain papers collected by a professor of history in Missouri and Louisiana concerning land claims in the Louisiana Territory, 1806-1808; transcript of the inquest of the 5th Circuit Court of Missouri into charges against Joseph Smith, Jr., and other Mormons in Missouri, 1838; papers concerning the Missouri and Mississippi Railroad; and miscellaneous note cards.
"A Visit to the Home of Little Eva," J. Christian Bay, no date (C2743)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Account of visit to Federal Hill, Bardstown, KY, and the Kennedy mansion, Paint Lick, KY; history of Stephen Foster's "My Old Kentucky Home;" and Harriet Beecher Stowe's use of Kennedy family in UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. Five photographic postcards of Federal Hill and the Kennedy home.
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Henry Voelkner Letters, 1861-1862 (C0436)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Letters written in German by a Union soldier fighting in Missouri during the Civil War, including description of the battle of Sugar Creek. Also typed translations.
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John Diedrich Voerster Collection, 1802-2002 (S1115)
0.5 cubic foot
The John Diedrich Voerster collection includes family tree data for the Voerster family. Also included in this collection is family tree data from the descendants of John Diedrich Voerster (1802-1878), Engelbert Voerster (1842-1908), and John Voerster (1870-1936). The collection also includes forty-six photographs of Voerster family members.
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Harry Anton Voight Papers, 1918-1951 (R1166)
1 cubic foot (26 folders, 419 photographs)
The Harry Anton Voight Papers contain the photocopies and original papers of a marine engineer, steamboat inspector, and Coast Guard officer who spent most of his career working on the Ohio River. Included are applications for federal positions, papers concerning service in the Marine Inspection Service and Coast Guard, photographs of the Ohio River flood of 1945, and personal papers.