Photographs

William Jewell College Photograph Collection, 1913-1995 (K0498)
0.3 c.f.

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Glass plate negatives of images of William Jewell College, Liberty Ladies College, and other sites in Liberty, MO.

William Jewell College Photographs, no date (P0500)
9 photographs

Photos of William Jewell College in Liberty, MO.

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.

William P. Hall Circus Photograph Collection, 1913-1918 (P0538)

Copy photos of the William P. Hall Circus, Menagerie, & Hippodrome near Lancaster, MO.

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.

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).

Luke Edon Williams Scrapbook, 1920-1930 (K0784)
0.1 c.f.

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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.

Wayman Williams Photograph Collection, no date (P1094)

Portraits of Judge John D. Lawson, his mother, and his wife.

Arthur Eddie Williamson Photograph Collection, 1980-2000 (K0653)
3 c.f.

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Photographs taken by Williamson, a professional photographer in the African-American community of Kansas City.

Hugh P. Williamson Photographs, 1884, 1958-1959 (P0468)
18 photographs

Photos of historic houses in Callaway County.

Willow Springs, Missouri Postcard Collection, circa 1930s (R0328)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Willow Springs, Missouri Collection contains two postcard views of the business district of Willow Springs in Howell County, Missouri. The cards were published by the Willow Springs News and marketed by Ferguson Drug.

Clarence Wilson Photographs, 1936, no date (P0407)
19 photographs

Photographs of Hannibal and Kirskville, Missouri, by Clarence Wilson. Also, images of the Lake of the Ozarks, a Daniel Boone Marker, and Warren County.

Cora M. Wilson Collection, 1884-1903 (P0837)
6 photographs

Portraits of Joseph W. Folk, David R. Francis, and James W. Van Cleave.

Jenny Wilson Photograph Collection, 1950-1961 (P0470)
7 photographs

Photos of Poplar Bluff, ca. 1960

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.

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

Photograph of the old Boone County Courthouse

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

Copy photos of Churchill related sites in Callaway County

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Joseph Wood Photograph Collection, 1931-1958 (S0819)
0.25 cubic foot, 212 photographs

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The Joseph Wood Collection contains photographs of St. Louis baseball teams and players, dog shows, and the U.S. Merchant Marine. Wood was an accomplished photojournalist with the St. Louis Globe-Democrat for twenty-seven years and was has been inducted into the Missouri Photojournalist Hall of Fame. Additional items include magazines, newspapers, and a booklet.

Gary Woolfolk Photograph Collection, 1896-1900, no date (P0880)
1 folder

Copy photos of the Fulton area.

World War I Photograph Collection, 1917-1925 (P1030)

Photographs of organizations dealing with aspects of the war effort

World War II Engineer's Photograph Collection, 1941-1944 (S0796)
0.25 cubic foot, 194 photographs

The World War II Engineer's Photograph Collection consists of 194 black and white photographs taken from 1941-1944. The collection includes images of several bridges and railroad construction projects in Italy and France.

World War II, European Theatre, Snapshots, 1940-1945 (P1058)

Twenty-five snapshots of soldiers, landscapes, and military operations during World War II in the European Theatre. People and places in these photographs are unidentified.

Wright Studio Photographs, 1954 (P1162)

Four copy photos of the aftermath of the 1954 State Penitentiary riot in Jefferson City, Missouri.

Wright's Studio Postcards, no date (P0629)
7 postcards

Photo postcards of Trenton, MO, published by Wright's Studio.

Edward C. Wright Jr. Photographs, 1958-1961, no date (P0674)
0.15 linear feet

Photos of Independence area historic sites and buildings, 1961.

Jay Wright Photograph Collection, 1877-1882 (P0795)
4 photographs

Copy photos of the Randolph County Courthouse and Mount Pleasant College.

Robert Wright Photograph Collection, 1908-1924 (P0011)
0.125 linear feet

Collection of images focused on Audrain County and Mexico, MO. Includes some train accident photo postcards and images of steamboats.

Ruth Osborne Wright Papers, 1950-1999 (S1023)
62 cubic feet

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The papers of Ruth Osborne Write contain poetry, notebooks, correspondence, and artwork documenting Wright's career as an artist, as well as her service in the United States Navy during World War II.

R.O. Wykoff Photograph Collection, 1882-1892 (P0557)
9 postcards

Postcards of Robert Ford Funeral, 1892, in Colorado.

Ilene Sims Yarnell Collection, 1906-1972 (P0601)
0.19 linear feet

Photographs and postcards of Morgan County, especially churches, houses, and schools in and near Versailles, MO. Postcards, primarily depicting the Lake of the Ozarks area and adjacent counties.

James E. Yeatman Portrait, 1868 (P0975)
1 photograph

Copy print of James E Yeatman

Mary Ann Younk Photograph Collection, 1927 (P0008)
15 photographs

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15 original photos showing damage to houses and buildings after F4 tornado hit St. Louis, September 29, 1927.

T.H. Yount Photograph Collection, 1840, 1920, no date (P1068)

Slides depicting historic structures in Sedalia and Sedalia history.

Frank Zeisler Photograph Collection, 1914-1945 (S1210)
0.4 c.f.

Collection of photographs and postcards depicting scenes in Europe during and shortly after World War I, including monuments, tourist sites, gas attacks, trench warfare, and combat. Also included in the collection is a series of German photographs from World War II, and a book, 'The Horror of It: Camera Records of War's Gruesome Glories' by Frederick A. Barber, Historical Foundations, New York, 1933.

Christine I. Zelinsky Photograph Collection, 1967-1969 (K0678)
0.5 c.f.

Zelinsky is an artist and freelance graphics designer who was hired by the City of Kansas City to establish a design program for the city. Includes slide transparencies depicting Kansas City architecture and the various activities at City Hall.