Manuscripts Index
Wild West Postcards, no date (P0044)
1 folder
Postcards depicting legends of the western frontier.
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Wilder Family Photographs, 1940, no date (P0294)
2 photographs
Copy photos of Laura & Almanzo Wilder and their home in Mansfield, MO.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Papers, 1894-1943 (C3633)
3 rolls of microfilm (34 folders)
Papers of the author of the "Little House" series of children's stories. Manuscripts, a diary and some correspondence are included.
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Hershel Wileman Papers, 1945-1952 (S0736)
0.25 cubic foot, 9 folders
During the late 1940s, Hershel Wileman served as the President of United Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers of America-Local #476. He worked for the Mercury Record Corporation in St. Louis, MO. The collection includes labor agreements, Congress of Industrial Organization's newspapers, union literature, correspondence, wage measures, and job classifications.
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Thomas Houston Wiles Records, 1906-1945 (R1234)
(1 volume)
This is a record book kept by the Reverend Thomas Houston Wiles, a Baptist minister or several congregations in Missouri, Colorado, and Kentucky, most notably at Grant Avenue Baptist Church in Springfield in Greene County, Missouri. Included are records of sermons, baptisms, marriages, funerals, and 'conversions and additions' to the membership of his churches.
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Robert S. Wiley Collection, 1869-1994 (R0521)
8.5 cubic feet (177 folders, 639 photographs, 25 slides, 2 audio discs, 13 oversize folders)
The Robert S. Wiley Collection consists of legal documents, publications, promotional material, and ephemera related to Missouri, specifically Stone County, and to travel, tourism and recreation in the White River region of Missouri and Arkansas. The collection also contains material largely focused on Missouri State Representative Dewey Short and the Republican Party.
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Estella Wilferth Papers, 1912-1962 (C3035)
0.2 cubic feet
A collection of correspondence written to Estella Wilferth from friends and family members, mostly during World War I. The letters cover topics concerning local events, weather, daily activities, and feelings about the war from the perspective of both soldiers and civilians.
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Ken P. Wilhelm Photograph Collection, 1928 (P0499)
2 photographs
Photos of Current River Bridge (Van Buren, MO) and Big Spring, 1928.
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William H. Wilkening Photograph Collection, 1900, 1975 (P0467)
2 photographs
Photos of Old Appleton Zion United Methodist Church, Cape Girardeau Co.
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Rodger A. Wilkin Architectural Records, 1950-2007 (K1159)
12 c.f.
Architectural drawings for building, primarily suburban residences in the Kansas City area, designed by Wilkin.
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Wilkins Family Papers, 1931-2006 (S0273)
0.8 cubic foot
The Wilkins Family Papers contain correspondence, photographs, meeting minutes, programs, hymnals, and recipe books pertaining to the Wilkins family of Webster Groves. The materials in this collection primarily reflect the lives of Mattie Hunt Wilkins and her descendants. Items of interest include the meeting minutes of Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter 4. Mattie Wilkins was the Worthy Matron (WM) of the lodge.
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Reginald P. Wilkins Photograph Albums, 1943-1944 (C4599)
0.35 cubic feet (11folders)
Photographs taken and collected by Wilkins during 1943 and 1944 while a Civil Air Patrol instructor. Includes photographs of students, aircraft, air fields, friends, and numerous communities: including Columbia, Missouri, and Pittsburg, Kansas.
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Frank Courtney Wilkinson Family Papers, 1862-1958 (K0713)
41 c.f.
Wilkinson was an attorney, banker, real estate businessman, and member of the Missouri House of Representatives. Includes notebooks, photographs, memorabilia, correspondence among family member, high school and college coursework, Navy publications and printed material used in son Frank Lee Wilkinson's training during World War II, and genealogical research and family history.
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James Wilkinson Proclamation, 1806 (C1809)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Proclamation forming the Arkansas District of the Louisiana Territory and appointing district officials.
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James Wilkinson Proclamation, 1806 (C1810)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Proclamation altering the boundary between the New Madrid and the Cape Girardeau Districts of the Louisiana Territory.
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James L. Wilkinson Papers, 1877-1913 (C0187)
0.25 cubic feet (12 folders)
Papers of a Franklin County, MO, area teacher. Includes personal account books, 1884-1911; Grange Mutual Aid Society account book, 1877-1885; Missouri teaching certificates, 1878-1905; a "Manual of Ironton Public Schools;" a pamphlet entitled "Silver Nuggets" by Lon V. Sephens; and miscellaneous pamphlets and essays.
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Will Mayfield College Yearbook Collection, 1927 (R0950)
(1 folder)
This is "Ozark Glory," the 1927 yearbook for Will Mayfield College at Marble Hill in Bollinger County, Missouri. The book was dedicated to the college's prisendent, W. C. Ferguson, and contained information about the school's faculty, students, activites, and campus.
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Sidney L. Willens Collection, 1976-2010 (K1190)
0.5 c.f.
Willens was an attorney specializing in civil liberty issues in Kansas City, MO. includes correspondence, news articles, Jackson County Office of Human Relations and Citizen Complaints Reports, and Willins' writings on the value of humor.
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Willett Family Papers, 1883-1982 (C4233)
1.5 cubic feet (34 folders), 10 volumes
The papers of the Willett Family document the professional and civic activities of Rollin and Seena Willett family of Columbia, Missouri, including their involvement with the White Shrine of Jerusalem and the Athens Rebekah Lodge.
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William Armstrong Testimony Collection, 1825 (R0732)
(1 folder)
This is a holograph transcript of sworn testimony by William Armstrong in a civil suit in St. Francois County, Missouri, between John McKee, plaintiff,and William Alexander, defendant, concerning the condition of a female slave and her child.
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William Chrisman High School (Independence, Mo.), Class of 1951 Collection, 1946-2018 (CA6155)
0.7 cubic feet
Addition of brochures, newspaper clippings, reunion materials, newsletters, yearbooks, and miscellaneous material.
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William Chrisman High School (Independence, Mo.), Class of 1951 Collection, 1948-2001 (C3979)
0.6 cubic feet (26 folders)
This collection contains material pertaining to the class of 1951 from William Chrisman High School in Independence, Missouri. The bulk of the records come from 1948 to1951 and include such items as yearbooks, photographs, playbills, graduation announcements, and commencement programs.
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William Cullen Bryant School Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) Records, 1913-1990 (K0273)
9 c.f.
Scrapbooks, meeting minutes, photographs, and financial records related to the PTA and the Kansas City Mo. School District elementary school.
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William Jewell College Photograph Collection, 1913-1995 (K0498)
0.3 c.f.
Glass plate negatives of images of William Jewell College, Liberty Ladies College, and other sites in Liberty, MO.
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William Jewell College Photographs, no date (P0500)
9 photographs
Photos of William Jewell College in Liberty, MO.
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William Jewell College Receipt, 1869 (C0638)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Receipt form of William Jewell College, Liberty, MO.
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William Latour Photographs, 1869-1910 (P1192)
Photographs by William Latour of Sedalia, including studio portraits and photos from a tour to Egypt and Jerusalem, ca. 1910.
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William P. Hall Circus Photograph Collection, 1913-1918 (P0538)
Copy photos of the William P. Hall Circus, Menagerie, & Hippodrome near Lancaster, MO.
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William Volker and Company Records, 1893-1964 (K0059)
14 c.f.
The William Volker Company provided William Volker with the means to become a major philanthropist in Kansas City, Missouri. Included is limited correspondence, Company records pertaining to sales, accounts, employee policies, and photographs of employees. Also included are requests for financial assistance from the William Volker Fund.
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William Woods University Records, 1880s-2000s (CA6180)
140.85 cubic feet, 26 oversize volumes, 9 oversize items, 1 audio tape
Academic and administrative records of school established in 1870 in Camden Point, Missouri, and moved to Fulton, Missouri, in 1890. Includes yearbooks, newspapers, newsletters, catalogs, student scrapbooks and photograph albums, and materials of Olympian Helen Stephens.
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Williams Family Papers, circa 1861-2000s (R1308)
(10 folders, 121 photographs)
These are photographs, business papers, genealogical materials, and other items from the Williams, Sturgeon, Watson and allied families of Phelps County, Missouri. Included are papers concerning pyrite mining in Phelps County and a rare view of the village of Beulah around 1906.
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Williams Family Photographs, no date (P0867)
16 photographs
Portraits of Williams family members in carte de visite and tintype formats. Removed from family bible.
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Alice May Williams Diaries, 1863-1867 (S0178)
1 roll of microfilm
This collection consists of the diary of a young St. Louis woman, documenting her daily life, as well as her voyage to Venezuela with her father in 1867.
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Abraham J. Williams Receipt, 1820 (C1734)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Transfer of title to Thomas A. Smith from Williams, 4 May 1820.
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Blair Stanton Williams Stamp Collection, no date (C1438)
0.23 cubic feet (2 volumes)
Two scrapbooks of U.S. postage stamps with Missouri postmarks. Stamps are primarily from the 1940s and 1950s and are arranged alphabetically according to postmark location.
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C.C. Williams Papers, 1897 (C1530)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers contain a quitclaim deed to Williams of Pettis County, MO, from the Equitable Fire and Marine Insurance Company and the Merchants Insurance Company, under the name of Rhode Island Underwriters Association.
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Clarence Williams Photograph Collection, 1928-1946 (P0063)
6 photographs
3 original photos of log cabin that was the birthplace of Andrew Taylor Still, one of which shows a nearby amphitheater. 2 photos of American School of Osteopathy, established in 1892 by Andrew Taylor Still. One photo of the Churchill-Truman visit to Westminster College.
Clyde Williams Papers, 1904-1941 (C0188)
0.22 cubic feet (11 folders)
Papers of a congressman from Missouri, 1927 to 1942. Arranged chronologically, the papers include Williams' commission as prosecuting attorney of Jefferson County, 1904; petitions endorsing Williams' application as a commissioner of the Missouri Supreme Court, 1922; constituent correspondence, mostly requesting government publications and copies of Williams' speeches and undated jokes and stories possibly used in speeches.
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Clyde Williams Papers, 1920s-1940s (CA6437)
1 cubic foot
Speeches, clippings, biographical information, and miscellaneous material of a lawyer from Jefferson County who served as a Democratic U.S. Representative in the late 1920s to the early 1940s.
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E. L. Williams Mining Papers, 1912 (R0741)
(1 folder)
This is a mining lease between E. L. Williams, the lessee, and Harriet E. Etheridge, the lessor, for property in Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri. The ten-year lease stipulated a 10% royalty on the value of lead and zinc mined from the site.
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Frances Royster Williams Papers, 1913-1997 (K0249)
60 c.f.
Original illustrations, poetry, layouts, clippings and fan mail related to the "Cuddles and Tuckie" newspaper series and books. Also included are scripts, audio tapes, copyright certificates, and news clippings related to the "Cuddles and Tuckie" dramatizations; and Mrs. Williams' commercial artwork for local businesses. Also includes personal papers of the family including home movies.
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Francis Marion Williams Papers, 1862-1866 (R0413)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Francis Marion Williams Papers contain the Civil War documents of a native of Fredericktown, Madison County, Missouri. He served in the 4th Missouri Militia Regiment, a unit composed of six-month volunteers under the command of Colonel P. Simpson and later as a sergeant of Co. F of the 50th Missouri Infantry. The collection includes correspondence and military papers concerning duty at the St. Francis Bridge and in Iron and Washington counties in Missouri.
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George Williams Papers, 1892 (R1384)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The George Williams Papers contain the testimonies for those who witnessed the murder of George Williams a deputy sheriff in Taney County, Missouri. He was killed by a mob in March 1892.
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Glenn A. Williams Papers, 1945-1947 (C0422)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Papers pertaining to assignment with the Associated Press in London, England. Newspaper work in England, visit to parliament, and opinions of some of the cabinet members.
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Helen Ford Williams Photograph Collection, no date (P0757)
4 photographs
Photos of homes relating to the Williams family of Withers Mills, and Providence Baptist Church (Withers Mills).
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Jack Williams Photograph Collection, 1900, no date (P0711)
11 photographs
Photos of Bradford Zinc Company, Oronogo Circle, and zinc and lead mining in Jasper County, ca. 1900.
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John M. Williams Autobiography, no date (C3367)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains recollections of Williams' Civil War experiences. A sergeant in an Ohio division, he enlisted at age 18 after teaching school in Elizabethtown, OH.
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Mr. and Mrs. Walter Williams Photograph Collection, 1871-1945 (P0535)
45 photographs
Copy photo of Presbyterian Church, ca. 1871, Boonville. Photos of Phelps, Franklin, Carter, Greene, and Crawford counties, focusing particularly on caves and other natural features.
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Nellie J. Hall Williams Papers, 1920-1983 (K0141)
0.8 c.f.
Personal notes and records documenting the Hall, Colton, and Williams families in the Maryville, Nodaway County, MO. Diaries of Nellie Hall and her mother, during their trip to California in 1923. Also a diary by Nellie during her final year in high school and her several reminiscences of her life and career as a teacher in rural Missouri.