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Samuel S. Wilson Letters, 1849-1852 (C2692)
1 volume
The collection contains six letters written from a steamboat on the Missouri River, a camp on Blue River, and Sacramento, California, to family describing overland travel, gold mining, and camp life. Also included are resolutions by friends to the memory of Wilson, who died enroute home, and a copy of "The California News," 14 February 1852, with letter from George B. [ ].
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Suzanne Wilson Papers, 1959-2009 (SP0004)
9 cubic feet (382 folders), 1 oversize
The Suzanne Wilson Papers consist of the fiction, nonfiction, and personal correspondence of free-lance writer Suzanne Wilson (1937- ). The papers cover a variety of topics, but many deal with nature. The bulk of her work was created for Scouting Magazine.
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Theo Wilson Papers, 1914-1997 (C3972)
9.0 cubic feet (451 folders, 7 volumes), 4 rolls of microfilm, 1 audio cassette, 1 audio tape, 1 video cassette
The papers of Theodore R. Wilson, trial reporter for the New York Daily News, consist of newspaper articles, trial notes, awards, correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous items spanning her 60-year career as a reporter and writer.
Thomas Earl Wilson Papers, 1928-1965 (C4164)
0.2 cubic feet
Journal of a Holt County, Missouri, farmer spanning the years 1928-1965. Entries detail family life and farm operation. Includes two photographs and a preface written by his grandson, Thomas Soapes, in 2012.
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Walter E. Wilson Scrapbooks, 1942-1969 (CA6473)
0.9 cubic feet
Two scrapbooks compiled by a resident of St. Joseph, Missouri, documenting his career in the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Volume 2 includes a 1930 photograph of the crowd and burning school building at the lynching of Raymond Gunn in Maryville which Wilson witnessed. The event inspired him to go into law enforcement.
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William Henry Wilson Papers, 1909-1963 (K0046)
2.5 c.f.
Personal incoming and outgoing correspondence of a historian and educator, including that related to Wilson's work on the Kansas City History Project, proposals for a history of the J.C. Nichols Company, and progress on his dissertation on the City Beautiful Movement. Also included are research notecards and early printed material related to the Kansas City Terminal Railway Company.
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Yvonne Starks Wilson Papers, 1937-2019 (KA2506)
29 cubic feet
Papers related to the life of Yvonne Wilson.
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Homer H. Winchell Letters, 1868-1869 (C1922)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Two letters from the clerk of the Marion County circuit court regarding the gift of a portrait of Judge Nathaniel B. Tucker to be hung in the circuit courtroom.
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Windsor Family Photographs, no date (P0386)
Photographs of the Windsor family of Lexington, MO. Includes portraits of Arnold Thomas Windsor, Bettie Offutt Windsor, and Lydia Offutt Windsor.
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Betty Winfield Papers, 1978-1997 (C4462)
1.5 cubic feet (63 folders)
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).
Betty Winfield Papers, 1930s-2010s (CA6743)
0.65 cubic feet, 1 oversize item
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.
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Winfrey Family Papers, 1847-1871 (C4628)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)
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)
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.
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.
Family papers including bonds, certificates, genealogical charts, and photographs.
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Henry Winkelman Papers, 1964-2012 (S0729)
53 cubic feet
The Henry Winkelman Papers contain sketches, design plans, meeting minutes, photographs, and notes documenting Winkelman’s career as an architect for Hellmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum. His notable projects include the renovation of the St. Louis Union Station and the Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
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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)
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.
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.
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
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)
List of 26 men who left St. Joseph, Missouri, on April 19, 1849, to seek gold in California.
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Wisconsin, Eighth Infantry Regiment, "Old Abe" Mascot, 1865 (C4150)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Image of "Old Abe," the live Eagle, which was carried through a three year campaign by the 8th Wisconsin Regiment.
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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)
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.
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
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
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)
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.
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Arthur Witman Color Photograph Collection, 1932-1984 (S0665)
135 photographs
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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)
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.
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.
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)
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.
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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.