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Vick, Harriette; Vick, Harvey |
Title: Harvey and Harriette Vick Papers, 1907-2009 Quantity: 5.1 c.f., 527 photographs, 84 negatives, and 0.6 c.f. of additional photographs Call Number: M2005-064; M2005-136; M2006-094; M2010-055 Abstract: Scrapbooks principally documenting Harvey and Harriette Vicks' travels throughout Wisconsin. The scrapbooks consist of maps, brochures, and news articles the Vick family collected while visiting parks and historic sites throughout the state. Some ephemera is also included. |
| Victor, David, 1910- | Title: David Victor Papers, 1938-1964 Quantity: 24.0 c.f. (60 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 63AN Abstract: Papers of a journalist, producer, and writer consisting entirely of scripts and related production information for numerous radio and television series and pilots. The majority of the scripts, many of which are annotated, pertain to the radio series The Hedda Hopper Show (NBC), The Mel Blanc Show (CBS), and Let George Do It (Syndicated), and to the television series Fireside Theatre (NBC), Gunsmoke (CBS), I'm the Law (Syndicated), The Rebel (ABC), and Walt Disney Presents (ABC). In 1961 Victor became producer of Dr. Kildare (NBC) and over half of the collection consists of production notes, correspondence, and numerous progressive script drafts for this program. Also present are scripts for two motion pictures and various radio and television auditions. |
| Viehman, Theodore A., 1889-1970 | Title: Theodore A. Viehman Papers, 1910-1961 Quantity: 5.6 c.f. (13 archives boxes and 1 flat box) Call Number: U.S. Mss 196AN Abstract: Papers of Theodore A. Viehman, a director, actor, and drama teacher active in American community theater. Included are annotated scripts, correspondence, clippings, production notes, programs, and set and costume designs from many productions directed by Viehman. The bulk of the collection pertains to productions staged at the Tulsa Little Theater, Tulsa, Oklahoma, which Viehman ran from 1942 to 1961; the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where Viehman studied and taught, 1915-1926; the Guild Players of Pittsburgh at Carnegie, founded by Viehman in the 1920's; and the Pittsburgh Playhouse, 1942-1943. Other materials illustrate Viehman's work as actor, director, and writer of community pageants during the 1910's and 1920's; work by his mentor, Thomas Wood Stevens, on several community pageants; and Viehman's interests in theater organizations and English folk dancing. |
| Vietnam Moratorium Committee (U.S.) | Title: Vietnam Moratorium Committee Records, 1969-1970 Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes), 1 disc recording, 16 photographs, and 2 posters Call Number: Mss 202; Audio 908A; Disc 116A; PH Mss 202; PH Mss 202 (5) Abstract: Records of the Vietnam Moratorium Committee, a national group of liberal students, faculty, members of Congress, and other concerned citizens that organized local debates, vigils, and other nonviolent activities protesting U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Concerning the October 15, 1969, Moratorium and later events the group supported are correspondence (largely incoming), publications, clippings, forms, and lists. There are also clippings, flyers, and forms received from various regional offices. Visual materials include photographs of group members and posters advocating social action. |
| Vietnam Veterans Against the War | Title: Vietnam Veterans Against the War Records, 1967-2006 (bulk 1967-1975) Quantity: 27.4 c.f. (23 record center cartons, 8 archives boxes, 2 flat boxes, 1 card box, and 1 oversize folder), 0.4 c.f. of photographs and drawings (1 archives box), 48 negatives on 10 strips (3 folders), 18 transparencies, 2 discs, 33 tape recordings, and 3 videorecordings; plus additions of 22 videorecordings (2 record center cartons) Call Number: Mss 370; PH 4580; Disc 154A; Audio 898A; VHA 642; VBC 108-109; M93-167 Abstract: Records, mainly 1967-1975, of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), a national organization formed in 1967 by Vietnam veterans who favored military withdrawal from Vietnam. After the war, VVAW worked for improved services and benefits for Vietnam veterans. Included are records of the national office, which was located in New York City and then Chicago, documenting national programs and activities, especially participation in anti-war demonstrations and the Winter Soldier war crimes investigation, as well as support for the rights of active-duty G.I.s around the world and political prisoners such as the Gainesville Eight, Gary Lawton, Ashby Leach, and the Leavenworth Brothers. Of special note is correspondence with various incarcerated prisoners. In addition to records from the national office there are records created by three local chapters: Brooklyn-Northern New Jersey (later Clarence Fitch), Madison, and Milwaukee, all focusing on the post-Vietnam War period and primarily documenting Agent Orange work and involvement in the peace movement during the 1980s and 1990s. |
| Vilas Family | Title: Vilas Family Papers, 1813-1950 Quantity: 2.8 c.f. (7 archives boxes) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 86 Abstract: Correspondence of a family prominently connected with business and social affairs in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, together with some papers of their relatives in the Morse and Platt families also of that city. The majority of the correspondence consists of discussions of family matters, health, travel, and events received or sent by Cornelia Vilas Morse (1829-1916), her brothers and sisters, and her daughter Helen Vilas Morse (1871-?) and other children. Also included are letters concerning the military service of her husband, Cornelius W. Morse, in a Vermont regiment during the Civil War and correspondence from George W. Vilas concerning his experiences in France during World War I. |
| Vilas, William F. (William Freeman), 1840-1908 | Title: William F. Vilas Papers, 1827-1961 Quantity: 27.4 c.f. (97 archives boxes, 5 card boxes, and 1 flat box) Call Number: Wis Mss HY Abstract: Papers, 1827-1961, of William Freeman Vilas, a cabinet officer during the first administration of President Grover Cleveland (1885-1889), and Democratic senator from Wisconsin (1891-1897), together with papers of his father, Levi B. Vilas (1811-1879), and his daughter, Mary Esther Vilas Hanks (1873-1959). The bulk of the collection relates to state and national politics and consists of correspondence, legal papers, and cabinet papers. |
| Vincent, Richard J., 1921-2005 | Title: Richard J. Vincent Papers and Photographs, circa 1850-circa 1998 (bulk 1860-1940) Extent: 8.0 c.f. of papers and photographs (19 archives boxes and 1 flat box), 2.5 c.f. of transparencies (5 half record center cartons), and 1.0 c.f. of negatives (5 negative boxes) Call Number: M2006-089 Abstract: Collection of papers and photographs, circa 1850-circa 1998, of Richard Vincent, a monument salesman for J.P. Vincent & Sons Monument Company in Galena, Illinois, whose territory covered northwest Illinois and southwest Wisconsin. Vincent's avocation was collecting historical information and photographs documenting the area, in particular lead mining and the communities in the lead-mining region, especially Galena, from the late 1800s to 1998 (bulk 1860-1940). For other communities, Vincent's research concentrates on local mining activities as well as the general history and tools of farming and railroads. The transparencies comprise the most important part of the collection and are accompanied by an index identifying each slide and, in the case of Galena, cross-referencing by subject. |
| Visiting Nurse Service (Madison, Wis.) | Title: Visiting Nurse Service Records, 1924-1960 Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Mss 162; Micro 2038 Abstract: Records of the Visiting Nurse Service in Madison, Wisconsin, an organization which provides in-home nursing care for sick and chronically ill patients at the request of doctors, hospitals, families, or social agencies. VNS was a part of the Attic Angels, a private charitable organization, from its founding in 1908 until separation in 1950. The records document activities of both the Service and the Attic Angels in minutes, reports of the Nursing Committee, and correspondence. |