Manuscripts Index

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Betty Winfield Papers, 1930s-2010s (CA6743)
0.65 cubic feet, 1 oversize item

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Addition of multiple publications and manuscripts, research material, photographs, University of Missouri course papers, and research material on the Little Rock Central High School crisis.

Betty Winfield Papers, 1978-1997 (C4462)
1.5 cubic feet (63 folders)

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The papers of journalism historian and former University of Missouri Professor, including research material and notes for her doctoral dissertation Roosevelt and the Press: How Franklin D. Roosevelt Influenced Newsgathering, 1933-1941 (1978) and her books FDR and the News Media (1990) and Bleep! Censoring Rock and Rap Music (1999).

Winfrey Family Papers, 1847-1871 (C4628)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)

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The Winfrey Family Papers include transcriptions and original letters of the Winfrey family from Carroll County, Missouri, to Caroline Kirkpatrick of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1857-1871. Additional records include genealogical research by Melvin Kirkpatrick on the Winfrey family, compiled largely in the 1990s and early 2000s, and miscellaneous correspondence to the Kirkpatrick family, 1847-1870.

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Wingrath-Reistorff Family Record Book, 1754-1855 (C1800)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Photocopy of a receipt book used by Jacobus Reistorff and Christian Wingrath, German immigrants to Loose Creek, Missouri. Interspersed throughout the book are letters. Included is a partial transcription. Part of the German Heritage Archives.

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Shevie Schuman Winitz Papers, 1972-1984 (K1184)
1.3 c.f.

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Winitz served on the board of the Greater Kansas City branch of B'nai B'rith Women Includes BBW, minutes, programs, newsletters and photographs. Also material relating to Congregation Beth Shalom.

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Jeffrey Bruce Winkel and Deborah Gale Winkel Papers, 1910-2005 (K1008)
0.25 c.f.

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Family papers including bonds, certificates, genealogical charts, and photographs.

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E.J. Winkelmeyer Photograph Collection, 1890 (P1007)

Photograph of the old Boone County Courthouse

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Winston Churchill Memorial and Library Photographs, no date (P0454)
5 photographs

Copy photos of Churchill related sites in Callaway County

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Winston Family Papers, 1805-1886 (C0190)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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Letters to and from various members of a North Carolina family concerning settlement of estate, governmental positions, sums of money, and family information. Bill of sale for two slaves. Letter from Francis Marion Cockrell to John H. Winston, Clay County, MO, concerning possibilities of renomination for the U.S. Senate.

Alice Bernice Greer Winter Papers, 1944-1996 (K0868)
9.25 c.f.

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The Alice Bernice Greer Winter Papers contain draft manuscripts, letters, photographs, and other materials of Winter, a Kansas City novelist and short story author.

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Anne Winter and Kurt von Schlemmer Collection, 1980-1990 (K0606)
1 c.f.

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Collected materials gathered or produced by Recycled Sounds, a Westport MO phonograph record store owned by Winters and Schlemmer. Includes "Recycled Sounds" magazine issues, newspaper articles; and a few photographs, and posters handbills and promotional materials of various rock bands and venues in the Kansas City area, and materials concerning the Greater Kansas City Coalition against Censorship.

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Winterbower-Wooldridge Family Papers, 1836-1926 (C3046)
2 rolls of microfilm

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Correspondence, legal documents, financial records, and miscellaneous items of the Winterbowers and Wooldridges, prominent Cooper County, Missouri, families.

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Wisconsin Company of Gold Seekers Roster, 1849 (C3512)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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List of 26 men who left St. Joseph, Missouri, on April 19, 1849, to seek gold in California.

Wisconsin, Eighth Infantry Regiment, "Old Abe" Mascot, 1865 (C4150)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Image of "Old Abe," the live Eagle, which was carried through a three year campaign by the 8th Wisconsin Regiment.

W.W. Wisdom Photographs, 1961-1962 (P0094)
1 folder

Snapshots of historic buildings in Warsaw, Benton County, and Moniteau County, ca. 1961-1962.

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Wise Family Photographs, 1893-1904 (P0874)
8 photographs

Photos of and relating to the Wise family of Kirskville, MO.

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Donald A. Wise Photograph Collection, 1910, 1990 (P0569)
2 photographs

Two photographs of W.H. Crosswhite Store, Columbia, MO. 1910 and 1990.

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Paul Sheldon Wise Papers, 1942-1943 (R1255)
(1 folder)

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These are nine letters from Paul Sheldon "Shel" Wise, a Signal Corps trainee at Camp Crowder in Newton County, Missouri, to his parents and family in Steubenville, Ohio. Wise was assigned to the 804th Signal Service Regiment at the Midwestern Signal Corps Replacement Training Center.

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Sheldon Wishna Papers, 1949-1979 (K1265)
0.3 c.f.

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Scrapbooks, photographs and other materials relating to the Beth Shalom Men's Club of which Wishna served as president.

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Carl Withers Papers, 1929-1972, bulk 1939-1942 (SP0081)
2.1 cubic feet

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The Carl Withers Papers are field notes, drafts, and correspondence pertaining to Carl Withers' book, Plainville, U.S.A., a social survey of the town of Wheatland, Hickory County, Missouri, and materials for an unpublished follow-up book on Plainville folklore and history.

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Carl Withers Papers, 1939-1955 (CA6672)
2.0 cubic feet

Field notes, drafts, and correspondence pertaining to Carl Withers' book, Plainville, U.S.A., a social survey of the town of Wheatland, Missouri.

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Ethel Massie Withers Scrapbook, ca. 1916 (C1440)
0.3 cubic feet, 175 lantern slides

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An album of photographic copies of lantern slides used to illustrate the Missouri Daughters of the American Revolution lecture, "Pioneering in Missouri," 1916. Also includes a copy of the lecture, written by Ethel Massie Withers, with explanations of the photographs.

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Mollie E. Withers Papers, 1856-1872 (C3081)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers of Mollie E. Withers contain two promissory notes from Mollie E. to Jennings Withers, 1869, 1872, and a letter of recommendation for E.T. Withers by George H. Matthews, professor of ancient languages, University of Missouri, 1856.

Arthur Witman Color Photograph Collection, 1932-1984 (S0665)
135 photographs

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The collection consists of color photographs Witman took of various St. Louis scenes and events, including Busch Stadium during the 1967 World Series, the Veiled Prophet, the St. Louis Zoo, and Powell Hall.

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Arthur Witman 120mm Photograph Collection, 1932-1984 (S0732)
749 photographs

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This addenda to the Arthur Witman papers contain photographs he took as a photographer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. They include images of labor unions, women in World War II, sharecroppers, children, and schools.

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Arthur Witman 35mm Photograph Collection, 1932-1984 (S0733)
1,750 photographs

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This addenda to the Arthur Witman papers contain 35mm photographs he took as a photographer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. They include images of labor unions, women in World War II, sharecroppers, children, and schools.

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Arthur Witman 35mm Photographs, 1932-1984 (S0549)
547 photographs

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This collection consists of 35mm photographs taken by Arthur Witman during his career as a photographer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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Arthur Witman Arch Construction Photographs, 1963-1967 (S0702)
2522 photographs

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This collection consists of photographs took of the construction of the Gateway Arch from 1963 to 1967 for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He was the only news photographer on permanent assignment at the construction and had complete access at the site, enabling him to take photographs from all heights and angles. He primarily worked with slide film, but also used a Panox camera, the only one of its kind in St. Louis, to create photographs covering 140 degrees horizontally.

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Arthur Witman Papers, 1934-1978 (S0455)
1 cubic foot, 38 folders

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Arthur Witman was St. Louis Post-Dispatch news photographer (1932-1969), who pioneered the use of 35mm in news photographs and organized the St. Louis Press Photographer's Association in 1945. The papers contain correspondence, articles, speeches, and newspaper clippings.

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Arthur Witman Papers Addenda, 1954-1987 (S0794)
.4 cubic feet, 54 photographs, 12 audiotapes

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This addenda to the Arthur Witman Papers include photographs, newspaper clippings, letters of congratulations, and audiotapes, pertaining to Witman's freelance work and lectures he gave on photojournalism. Also included in this addenda is a mock-up of a book on the Gateway Arch that Witman had written but was never published.

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Arthur Witman Photograph Addenda, 1932-1984 (S0717)
13516 photographs

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This addenda to the Arthur Witman Papers contain photographs Witman took as a photographer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Subjects of interest include Busch Stadium, Cahokia Mounds, women in World War II, and fundamentalist religious gatherings.

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Arthur Witman Photograph Collection, 1932-1984 (S0541)
1695 photographs

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Arthur Witman was St. Louis Post-Dispatch news photographer (1932-1969), who pioneered the use of 35mm in news photographs and Organized the St. Louis Press Photographer's Association in 1945. This collection consists of photographs Witman took for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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Arthur Witman Photographic Prints Collection, 1936-1956 (S0836)
2 cubic feet, 94 folders, 1971 photographs

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This collection contains photographic prints of images Witman took as a photographer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The photographs include images of women working in factories during World War II, the St. Louis Zoo, Carl Sandburg, and the March on Washington Movement (MOWM) Rally in St. Louis.

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Arthur Witt Jr. Papers, 1913-1995 (C4632)
2.6 cubic feet (73 folders, 32 oversize items)

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The Arthur Witt Jr. papers document the life of a WWII pilot who served from 1942-1947. After the war, Witt became a zoology professor at the University of Missouri and ended his career as a professor of Forestry, Fisheries, and Wildlife, retiring in 1983. The papers include military papers and ephemera, aeronautical maps of Asia and the United States, forestry projects, military training manuals, and some correspondence.

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L. L. Wittich, "Joplin News Herald’s Zinc and Lead Handbook" Collection, 1916 (R0275)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The L. L. Wittich, “Joplin News Herald’s Zinc and Lead Handbook” Collection contains a pamphlet concerning the zinc and lead industries and mineral production in the Joplin District of Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Included are production figures for mines and mining companies in the Joplin District, and statistics on the international production, pricing, and consumption of zinc and lead.

Melbern E. Wiyninger Papers, 1950-1980 (K0464)
4 c.f.

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Wiyninger was a mechanic with Trans World Airlines (TWA). Includes photographs, training and maintenance manuals and catalogs relating to aircraft engines

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Frank Oliver Wiziarde Papers, 1887-1993 (K0322)
16 c.f.

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Wiziarde was Whizzo the Clown, much beloved television personality airing and at other venues in the Kansas City area and Topeka, KS. Includes news clippings, correspondence, Whizzo show ideas, magazines, photographs, circus contracts, posters, masks, banners, flyers and videotape and film.

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Robert Oliver Wiziarde Papers, 1894-1980 (K1157)
0.01 c.f.

Research notes and short biography and copies of correspondence and music written by Wiziarde, a composer, playwright, poet, and author in the Kansas City region.

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Paul A. Wobus Papers, 1918-1989 (R0008)
2.5 cubic feet (58 folders, 89 notebooks, 79 photographs)

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The Paul A. Wobus Papers contain the personal and professional papers of Reverend Paul A. Wobus of Manchester, Missouri. The papers include Wobus’s uncompleted and unpublished memoirs, photographs, correspondence, materials concerning Mount Zion Community Church and the Ozark Community Council, historical notes concerning Wobus’s avocational interest in the mills and railroads in the regions, miscellaneous newspaper clippings and other printed materials, narrative accounts of many of his trips into the Ozarks. Also included are 89 small notebooks, dated from 1938-1972, in which he kept records of his mileage, routes, schedules, expenses, and places and person visited.

Woermann Construction, Architectural Drawings Collection, 1916-1979 (S0681)
195 cubic feet

This collection contains blueprints, building specifications, and contracts for St. Louis area buildings built by Woermann Construction from 1916 to 1979. Materials of interest include plans for Optimist International Headquarters in St. Louis.

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Grace E. Wold Papers, 1889, 1944 (C3767)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Quitclaim deed and warranty deed for land in Barry County, Missouri.

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Jacob H. Wolf Jr. Papers, 1972-1980 (CA6493)
3.3 cubic feet, 6 audio cassettes, 1 oversize item

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The papers of a UPI bureau chief in Jefferson City, Missouri, contain material from Missouri political campaigns on which Wolf served as press secretary.

Theodore H. Wolff Papers, 1865-1979 (C3057)
0.8 cubic feet

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Manuscripts, correspondence, and research materials used by Reverend Theodore Wolff in his writings. Also information on the Methodist movement in Missouri and other religious sectors.

Wolkow and Benjamin Family Papers, 1831-1978 (K1241)
3 c.f.

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Genealogical charts of the David Hersh Wolkow and David Benjamavich [Benjamin] families.

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Wollman Family Collection, 1986 (K1242)
0.1 c.f.

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Book: "Jonas and Betty (Kohn) Wollman and Their Descendants," by. Joan F. Curran.

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Duane and Judith Woltjen Meramec Dam Collection, 1952-1984 (S0210)
0.4 cubic feet

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The collection contains correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and bumper stickers documenting Duane and Judith Woltjen's involvement with the Sierra Club, Ozark Chapter's efforts to prevent the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ plan to dam the Meramec River near Sullivan, Missouri, in Franklin County.

Woman Gathering II Collection, 1984 (S0208)
0.1 cubic foot, 2 cassette tapes, 1 16mm film

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The Second National Woman’s Gathering met in St. Louis at Fontbonne College on August 17-20, 1984. The Gathering was intended to empower women and reject the powerless and inferior gender roles placed upon them by society. The materials in this collection include a registration sheet, Off The Wall II, two cassette tapes documenting the Gathering, and a 16mm film entitled Women’s Voices: The Gender Gap Movie.

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Woman's Auxiliary to the Boone County Medical Society Records, 1925-1973 (C3692)
0.18 cubic feet (9 folders)

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The records of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Boone County Medical Society contain minutes and treasurer's records of an organization of wives of Boone County, Missouri, physicians.

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Woman's Benefit Association Collection, no date (R1193)
(1 folder)

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This is a promotional booklet for Franklin Camp, a summer camp for women and girls near Sugarcreek in Venango County, Pennsylvania. The camp was operated by the Woman's Benefit Association, which also operated a similar camp near Hollister in Taney County, Missouri.

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Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Missouri Records, 1937 (R1248)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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This is the "Report of the Fifty-Fifth Annual Convention" of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Missouri, held at the First Baptist Church of Joplin in Jasper County, Missouri, on September 28 to October 1, 1937.

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