Manuscripts Index
Busch Voigts Papers, 1960s-2007 (K0566)
0.25 c.f.
Papers of former Trans World Airlines (TWA) pilot. Includes correspondence, invitations, pilot newsletters, newspaper clippings, card decks, photographs, and a TWA booklet.
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Volker Rememberance Album, 2003 (K0436)
0.16 c.f.
Research notes, planning, and public relations information for the annual show house funding raising event for the Kansas City Symphony.
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Harold L. Volkmer Papers, 1960-1996 (C4022)
16 cubic feet
The papers of Harold L. Volkmer, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 9th District, include correspondence, bills and resolutions, press releases, hearings, subcommittee briefs and reports, research and studies, pamphlets, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, speeches, and amendments and testimonials. Also included is material on the McClure-Volkmer Bill (also known as the Firearm Owner's Protection Act), the 1993 flood disaster, dioxin contamination, hazardous and radioactive waste material at Weldon Spring, Missouri, and farmer's claims resulting from the Cannon Dam Flood in 1982.
Voluntary Interdistrict Coordination Council Collection, 1986-1987 (S1007)
0 .4 cubic feet
The Voluntary Interdistrict Coordination Council collection contains newsletters, reports, and a settlement agreement connected to the development of the magnet schools in St. Louis.
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Benjamin Von Phul Letter, 1891 (C3265)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To William P. Barlow, St. Louis, MO, from St. Louis, MO, Nov. 5, 1891. Regards lieutenants in Von Phul's Battery, Missouri Artillery, Confederate States of America.
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Lester A. Vonderschmidt Photograph Collection, 1838-1933 (P0849)
9 photographs
Portraits of Missouri representatives to the General Assembly
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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.
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Edgar B. Voskamp Architectural Records, 1922-1968 (K0696)
30 r
Architectural drawings of Gentry and Voskamp, a Kansas City area firm.
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Ernst F. Voss Receipt, 1854 (C1697)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Receipt for railroad tax.
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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.
W.A. Meyer Mercantile Company Books, 1893-1931 (C2316)
1.22 cubic feet (4 volumes)
The collection contains Glasgow, MO, mercantile company ledgers. W.A. Meyer (b. 1838) was a merchant and agent for Missouri River packet lines. The business was established about 1870.
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W.A. Russell and Company Records, 1895-1929 (C2407)
2.13 cubic feet (15 volumes)
The records contain volumes from a general store located at Neelys Landing, Cape Girardeau County, MO. Neelys is a ferry landing on the Mississippi River.
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W.C. Gilman & Co., St. Louis Metropolitan Area Transportation Study, 1959 (S0405)
0.01 cubic foot
The St. Louis Metropolitan Area Population, Land Use, and Employment Study contains population, land, and employment estimates for the St. Louis area in 1957 and provided projections for 1970 and 1980. Dr. Ernest Jurkart of Marketers Research Services, Inc. authored the study.
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W.E. Berghauser Hardware Company (Fulton, Mo.) Records, 1874-1929 (C2565)
29 rolls of microfilm
Accounting records of the W.E. Berghauser Hardware Company of Fulton, MO.
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Wabash Railway Maps, 1919 (CA4907)
6 oversize items
Maps of Wabash Railway right of way and track between Centralia and Columbia, MO, 1919.
Waddell Canning Company Label Collection, no date (R1014)
(1 folder)
This is a label for Nancy Jane Justice brand tomatoes packed by the Waddell Canning Company at Ash Grove in Greene County, Missouri.
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Betsy Wade Papers, 1986-2012 (CA6162)
2.4 cubic feet, 2 audio cassettes
Betsy Wade wrote a travel column for The New York Times, was head of the Times foreign copy desk during the Vietnam War, and an editor of the Pentagon Papers. The collection largely concerns the Journalism and Women Symposium. Correspondence, newsletters, and audio cassettes are also included.
Charles A. Wade Papers, 1854-1920 (C3237)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of Charles A. Wade contain letters, commissions, and miscellaneous material of a captain in Company C, 25th Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry, who was killed at the Battle of Pittsburgh Landing, April 10, 1862. The letters urge his wife to sell out and join him.
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Charles George Wade Papers, 1888 (K0908)
3 c.f.
Wade was the assistant engineer on the construction of the Railway. Includes a booklet and drawings relating to the Kansas City Cable Railway.
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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.
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Henry Wadsworth Papers, 1849-1864 (C1916)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters from relatives in Maryland and Illinois regarding collection of debts, scarcity of money, politics and war.
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.
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Herb Waeckerle Photograph Collection, 1875-1902 (P0110)
8 photographs
8 glossy prints of sites related to Jesse James and family, including the James Farm, graves, and historic markers.
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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.
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Lisa Wagaman Papers, 1974-1992 (S0542)
6.4 cubic feet, 112 folders
The Lisa Wagaman papers contain meeting minutes, publications, buttons, posters, flyers, t-shirts, and newspapers relating to her activism in St. Louis's LGBTQ community. Also included in this collection are early records of the Mid-Continent Life Services, Inc.
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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.
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G.O. Wagner Account Books, 1851-1860 (C1284)
0.14 cubic feet (2 volumes)
Accounts of a Glasgow, MO, merchant.
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Helen Graves Wagner Postcard Collection, no date (P0611)
5 postcards
Postcards of P.F. Graves, his residence, Doe Run Lead Co, the first building in Doe Run, and Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, Doe Run.
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Lillian M. Wagner Photograph Collection, no date (P0255)
3 photographs
Three photographs: Jacob Neely and son, Thomas; Wilson G. Wagner; Wilson G. Wagner with Mr. Swift.
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Patricia Youmans Wagner Papers, 1959-1962 (K0037)
0.25 cf
A series of working papers Ms. Wagner prepared in the late 1950s and early 1960s regarding voluntary associational life in Kansas City, Missouri, in the period 1870 to the early years of the twentieth century
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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.
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Irwin M. Wahlers Papers, 1918 (R0155)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Irwin Wahlers Papers contain photocopies of a letter written by Wahlers during his service in World War I while stationed in France.
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Wainright Building Photographs, 1890-1891, 1982 (P0817)
4 photographs
Photos of the Wainwright Building, St. Louis, in 1982, and one photo of its construction.
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William Tyler Waite Collection, 1870-1934 (K1240)
0.01 c.f.
Biography and photographs of Waite, a piano tuner and violin maker in Kansas City, MO, written by grandson David Murrell Huckett.
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Wakanda Record Ledger, 1870-1871 (CA6631)
0.05 cubic feet (1 folder)
Ledger, scrapbook, and notebook for the Wakanda Record newspaper, published in Carrollton, Missouri. Includes expenses and accounts for the newspaper, which was edited at the time by A.T. Combs. Also includes newspaper clippings, notes, articles, and essays on morality.
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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.
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Fred H. Walden Letter, 1791 (C0909)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To a friend in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from Stockholm, Sweden, April 12, 1791. Description of a naval battle in which the Swedish fleet was victorious over Russian ships.
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Waldensian United Presbyterian Church of Monett Records, 1956-1991 (R1359)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Waldensian United Methodist Church of Monett Records contains photocopied newspaper articles detailing the history of the Waldensian faith and the history of the Waldensian church in Monett, Missouri.
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Reverend L. Walk Photograph, no date (P0256)
Photo of Reverend Mark Rich.
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Walker Family Papers, 1782-1883 (C0423)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders), 1 oversize item
Wills, tax receipts, letters of character, 1782 bond for service, letters and portraits of a family from North Carolina who moved to Tennessee, then to New Madrid County, MO, and later to the Boone's Lick Country. Also an address given by Nannie Jane Walker Lenoir at Christian College, 1883.
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Walker Manufacturing Company Stock Certificate, 1929 (C2003)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Certificate of ownership for 19 shares of stock issued to I.T. Curd.
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Addison A. Walker Diploma, [1864] (C1787)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Diploma from the University of Missouri signed by John H. Lathrop, Chairman of Faculty.
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Ann Bracken Walker Tintype, 1860 (P0292)
1 photograph
One encased tintype of Ann Bracken Walker, circa 1860.
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Charles P. Walker, Daily Express Collection, 1861 (R0649)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Charles P. Walker, Daily Express Collection contains Volume 1, No. 29 of the Daily Express, published December 11, 1861 at Rolla in Phelps County, Missouri. Charles P. Walker, editor of the weekly Rolla Express, published the daily sheet for the military market during the Civil War. It contains an address to Congress by President Lincoln, camp news, and official notices.
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James Blaine Walker, "The Unmuffled Voice in the Ozark Tourist Region", 1950 (R0929)
(1 folder)
The James Blaine Walker, "The Unmuffled Voice in the Ozark Tourist Region" are two newsletters for two African American Methodist churches of which James Blain Walker was the pastor. They were Mount Lebanon Methodist Church at Lebanon in Laclede County, Missouri, and Elkins Methodist Church at Rolla in Phelps county, Missouri. Included are church calendars and news items, inspirational articles, and advertisements for local businesses.
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Josephine Snyder Walker Portrait, 1873 (P0570)
1 photograph
Photo and biography of Josephine Snyder Walker (1842-1914).
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M. E. Walker, Jr. Papers, 1918 (K0785)
0.1 c.f.
The collection of M. E. Walker Jr. contains a training notebook and notes concerning information about weapons and ammunition, patrols, and military organization and procedures. A hand drawn sketch of a woman, presumably by Walker, is also included.
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Matthew Rankin Walker Papers, 1830-1860 (K0211)
0.03 c.f.
Incoming correspondence, primarily from family members, to Matthew Walker, a member of the Delaware Tribe in Wyandotte County, KS and prominent farmer and civic leader.
Ralph Walker Photographs, 1861, 1950-1980 (P0108)
Photographs by Ralph Walker, produced for the state of Missouri.
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"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.