University of Missouri

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THE UNIVERSITY REVIEW, University of Missouri, 1882 (C2361)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Satiric commencement issue of THE UNIVERSITY REVIEW, 1 June 1882.

University Y, YMCA, and YWCA Records, 1900s-1970s (CA2632)
19 cubic feet, 2 oversize volumes

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Correspondence, minutes, conference materials, reports, newsletters, financial records, membership lists, photographs, and miscellany.

UPSTREAM Records, 1983 (C4514)
0.4 cubic feet (9 folders)

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The records of the University of Missouri-Columbia organization UPSTREAM-- University People Striving to Recover Excellence and Mirth--including materials surrounding governance, membership, and events.

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George Graham Vest Letter, 1903 (C1665)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To Editors of the SAVITAR, Columbia, MO, from Washington, D.C., Mar. 30, 1903.

Vest wrote the University of Missouri yearbook editors thanking them for dedicating the 1902-1903 issue to him and mentioning his view of educational opportunities and his belief in self control and continuous effort.

Viles-Hosmer Family Papers, 1814-1948 (C3709)
6.1 cubic feet (464 folders)

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This collection contains autograph albums, account books, diaries, and personal and business correspondence of the Viles and Hosmer families. Included are Jonas Viles' professional papers while professor of history at the University of Missouri from 1902 to 1942.

Maurice E. Votaw Papers, 1909-1978 (C3672)
1.2 cubic feet (55 folders)

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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.

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Addison A. Walker Diploma, [1864] (C1787)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Diploma from the University of Missouri signed by John H. Lathrop, Chairman of Faculty.

Fred Wappel Papers, 1950s-1980s (CA5665)
8 cubic feet

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Papers of a University of Missouri athletic trainer.

Jacob Warshaw Papers, 1910-1944 (C0036)
12 cubic feet (769 folders, 12 volumes)

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Correspondence and papers of the Chairman of the Department of Spanish at the University of Missouri from 1926 to 1944. Copies of articles written by Warshaw for scholarly publications, extensive notes on Spanish and Latin American literature and life. Letters are about departmental matters, personal affairs, and Spanish scholarship.

Ralph K. Watkins Papers, 1866-1970 (C4551)
1.4 cubic feet (31 folders)

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Papers of a University of Missouri education professor including teaching resources, educational publications, information on professional activities and presentations, and family genealogy research material.

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George Armstrong Wauchope Papers, 1892 (C0854)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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A handwritten record of the burning of the University, prefaced by an argument in favor of the retention of the old university columns. Telegrams to the president from Governor David R. Francis and others; also some press clippings on the fire and events that followed.

John C. Weaver Inaugural Papers, 1966-1967 (C2585)
0.7 cubic feet

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The papers of John C. Weaver contain correspondence, lists of delegates and guests, programs, and bulletins prepared for the inauguration of Weaver as the fourteenth president of the University of Missouri, April 1967.

John C. Weaver Inauguration Papers, 1966-1967 (C3112)
2.4 cubic feet

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Correspondence, minutes, and other material of the Inaugural Steering Committee and subcommittees for the inauguration of Weaver as president of the University of Missouri. Invitation lists, replies, and regrets. Printed material on the inaugurations of Stratton D. Brooks in 1923 and A. Ross Hill in 1908.

Raymond L. Weeks Papers, 1873-1954 (C1045)
5.4 cubic feet, 10 a.d.

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Papers of Raymond L. Weeks containing primarily correspondence regarding his academic career in Romance languages, philology, and phonetics at the universities of Michigan, Missouri, and Illinois; and Columba University in New York City. Royalty statements, postcards, poetry, photographs, newspaper clippings, and articles and scholarly writings concerning languages make up the rest of the collection.

Carla Weitzel Papers, 1970-1999 (C2154)
1.8 cubic feet (131 folders), 6 audio cassettes

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The papers of Carla Weitzel, a sociology graduate student at the University of Missouri-Columbia, consist of newspaper clippings, magazine articles, correspondence, posters, pamphlets, photographs, and miscellaneous materials. The materials document civil rights issues, particularly the anti-apartheid and divestment movement that occurred on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus during the mid-1980s.

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Merle McDougald "Doug" Werner Interview, 2000 (C3034)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 4 audio cassettes

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Cassettes and transcript of an interview with a war correspondent and foreign service officer who was one of twenty journalists to land at Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

Western Historical Manuscript Collection-St. Louis Records, 1968-2011 (S1230)
6.5 cubic feet

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The records of the Western Historical Manuscript Collection (WHMC)-St. Louis contains administrative correspondence, meeting minutes, and monthly and annual reports pertaining to the founding and operation of the office. Subjects of interest include the controversy between the State Historical Society of Missouri (SHSMO) and the University of Missouri–Saint Louis (UMSL) regarding WHMC-St. Louis’s desire to remain independent from WHMC, the creation of UMSL’s University Archives, and the development of WHMC-St. Louis’s oral history program. The materials in this collection date from 1967 to 2011.

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E.C. White Address, 1856 (C1717)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Valedictory address delivered by E.C. White at the University of Missouri, 1856.

Jerome Whitfield Papers, 1970s-1980s (C4598)
0.1 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Ephemeral items of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, photographs, student guides, and an autobiography, collected by a University of Missouri student, c. 1970s-1980s.

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John C. Whitten Papers, 1900-1901 (C2424)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letters written to a professor of horticulture at the University of Missouri concerning the publication of an article in THE SOUTHWEST, acknowledging information on plant diseases in Missouri, and concerning salaries and living expenses in Washington, D.C., if he joined the Department of Agriculture.

Fannie L. Whittle Speech, 1884 (C1669)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Valedictory address delivered by Fannie L. Whittle, first woman valedictorian at the University of Missouri.

Sara Lockwood Williams Papers, 1885-1961 (C2533)
27.5 cubic feet (1433 folders, 54 volumes)

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The papers of Sara Lockwood Williams and Walter Williams; material on their journalistic careers; and information on the founding of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and Walter Williams' presidency of the University, 1931-1935.

Tim Williams Photograph Collection, no date (P0863)
0.4 linear feet

Family photos, including glass plate negatives of Columns at University of Missouri.

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Walter and Sara Lockwood Williams Collection, 1920-1942 (C2540)
2.9 cubic feet

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News items by and about Walter and Sara L. Williams; speeches and course notes by the former; School of Journalism faculty meeting minutes, 1911-1924; correspondence about journalism scholarships and prizes; and clippings, pamphlets, and correspondence about journalism here and abroad.

Walter Williams Santa Fe Trail Scrapbook, 1911 (C1443)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Series of newspaper articles on the Santa Fe Trail, written by Walter Williams.

Walter Williams Scrapbooks, 1915-1931 (C1439)
0.83 cubic feet (4 volumes)

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Newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, and miscellaneous material. Scrapbooks cover Pan American Congress of Journalists, 1926; Williams' visiting professorship in Mexico City, 1926; and a South American tour by the Williamses in 1931.

Walter Williams Scrapbooks, 1901-1931 (C3985)
0.8 cubic feet

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Walter Williams' scrapbooks are four volumes of photographs from trips that he took to Europe, the Holy Land, and South America, and a scrapbook of photographs of students, faculty, and the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia. Williams was dean of the School of Journalism and president of the University of Missouri.

Jean Gaddy Wilson Papers, 1959-2011 (C3884)
29 cubic feet (733 folders), 288 audio cassettes, 5 video cassettes, 3 audio tapes

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Papers of a journalism educator and author, primarily dealing with research on women and minorities in media. Contains her work on, "Taking Stock: Women in the News Media 20 Years Before the 21st Century," including taped interviews and transcripts of media professionals and extensive research data. Also includes correspondence, speeches, publications, teaching and conference materials, and papers pertaining to her early career in journalism, media, and public relations.

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).

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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Wood-Smith Family Papers, 1864-1987 (C3857)
5.2 cubic feet, 5 DVDs, 1 audio tape

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Correspondence, scrapbooks, newspaper articles, photographs and films of two Missouri families with roots in Jasper and Pike counties. Guy M. Wood was First Associate City Counsellor for the City of St. Louis in the early 1930s. Roy G. Smith served nearly fifty years with the Young Men's Christian Association in the Philippines, Peru, and the United States.

Marie Woods Photograph Collection, 1931-1952, no date (P0649)
7 photographs

Photos of Linn Methodist Church and Central Methodist University in Fayette, MO. Photographs of the University of Missouri Columns and Memorial Union.

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World Columbian Exhibition (Chicago, Ill.) Award, 1893 (C0926)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Award given to the University of Missouri for its leaf tobacco exhibit.

Jesse E. Wrench Papers, 1871-1976 (C2509)
2.0 cubic feet (124 folders)

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The papers of Jesse E. Wrench, a University of Missouri history professor, include teaching materials, correspondence, and records of organizations with which Wrench was involved in at the university and in Columbia, Missouri. The papers also include some family papers and photographs and two unpublished manuscripts from the Cornell Expedition to Asia Minor in 1907-1908.

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Verna Mary Wulfekammer Collection, 1893-1976 (C3864)
51.9 cubic feet and oversize

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The collection of Verna Mary Wulfekammer, University of Missouri professor of art from 1928 to 1968, contains teaching materials and artifacts, correspondence, clippings, publications and photographs related to the personal and professional life of Wulfekammer and her mentor and colleague, Ella Victoria Dobbs.

Roy A. Wykoff Jr. Papers, 1860-1955 (C0437)
0.17 cubic feet (8 folders)

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Miscellaneous material collected by Wykoff. Missouri University, Stephens College and Christian College programs; letters of Eugene Field, Daniel Read and Homer Croy; and Civil War articles.

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Ardath Cary Young Papers, 1910s-1976 (C4030)
0.25 cubic feet (9 folders)

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The papers of Ardath Anita Cary Young consist of correspondence, postcards, photographs, and miscellaneous family papers documenting the Cary, Young, and McMillen families from Edina, Knox County, Missouri.

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Jack Young Photograph Collection, 1890, 1914 (P0983)
2 photographs

Photos of Columbia College, 1831, and the University of Missouri Dean of Agriculture's house.

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Marcus S. Zuber Papers, 1947-1976 (C4509)
1.0 cubic feet (20 folders)

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The papers of University of Missouri-Columbia agronomy professor and USDA research agronomist, including his research publications, professional correspondence, and materials related to his involvement with the Lutheran fraternity Beta Sigma Psi.

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