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| Valders Canning Company | Title: Valders Canning Company, 1913-1964 Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes) and 28 photographs Call Number: Green Bay Mss 48 Abstract: Records of one of the largest companies in Wisconsin that packed only peas. Founded by William F. Christel and others, the company packed six brands of peas in its plants in Valders, Hilbert, and St. Nazianz. The company was liquidated in 1963. The collection contains administrative and legal records, and extensive files of financial records. |
| Valley Victors 4-H Club | Title: Valley Victors 4-H Club Records, 1946, 1949-1970 Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: River Falls Mss CD Abstract: Record books of the Valley Victors 4-H Club, Town of Pleasant Valley, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, containing minutes, membership records, listings of club and individual projects, and photos and clippings on special projects and awards. |
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Bennett, Van S.
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Title: Van S. Bennett Civil War Papers, 1861-1864 Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) Call Number: Wis Mss 48S Abstract: Diaries (1863-1864) of Captain Van S. Bennett of Company I, 12th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, giving accounts of the Siege of Vicksburg and other campaigns while he was a member of Sherman's army in Mississippi and Georgia, and his observations of the activities of the Union soldiers he served with. Also included are his notebook containing various accounts, orders for equipment, and lists of wounded; and the Orderly Sergeant's roll book for Company I (1861-1862). |
| van Steenwyk family | Title: Van Steenwyk Family Papers Physical Description: 6.0 cubic feet Call Number: MSS G Abstract: Papers of an early La Crosse, Wisconsin, banker and mayor, and of his family. Gysbert van Steenwyk, Sr. (1814-1902), who founded the Batavian Bank in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and was active in state and local politics. Van Steenwyk, a Dutch immigrant, served a term in 1873 as mayor of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and also served in the Wisconsin state legislature as assemblyman in 1859 and senator 1879-1880. Other family members represented in the collection include Mariette Nichols van Steenwyk, their son, Gysbert van Steenwyk, Jr., banker and businessman of La Crosse, Wisconsin; the son's wife Grace Pettinhill Hogan van Steenwyk; and Ella May van Steenwyk Cassels, daughter of Gysbert Sr. and Mariette van Steenwyk. The collection includes personal and business correspondence together with business and organization financial records, legal documents and genealogical information, papers and records relating to the estate of Cadwallader C. Washburn and miscellaneous materials. Among the business interests of his son Gysbert van Steenwyk, Jr., were the La Crosse Trust Co., Machine Products Co., La Crosse Rubber Mills, and La Crosse Floral Co. Apart from their business activities, the van Steenwyks were involved with the La Crosse Theater Co., and the Home for the Friendless. Some materials are in the Dutch language. |
| Vanguard League (Columbus, Ohio) | Title: Vanguard League Records, 1941-1972 Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) and 3 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Mss 40; Micro 570 Abstract: Records of the Vanguard League, a watchdog organization composed almost entirely of Afro-Americans and devoted to eliminating racial discrimination in the Columbus, Ohio, area. In 1950, it affiliated with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). The collection is composed of correspondence, minutes of the central organization and several committees, affidavits of black workers, leaque publications, and reports relating to race relations, housing, and labor. |
| Vanishing Art of Barbering Oral History Project | Title: Vanishing Art of Barbering Oral History Project Records, 1994 Quantity: .4 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 105 Abstract: Transcripts and audio records of interviews conducted as a 1994 class oral history project at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The collection documents the remembrances of six Milwaukee barbers about their personal background, apprenticeship, changings in barbering, role of female barbers, clientele, unionism, and the future of barbering. |
| Bornet, Vaughn Davis, 1917- | Title: Vaughn Davis Bornet Papers, 1949-1958 Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Mss 100; Micro 648 Abstract: Papers of Professor Vaughn Bornet concerning his research in 20th century labor history and his special interest in locating original manuscripts of labor leaders and of state federations of labor. Included is miscellaneous correspondence and research materials with information on the location of labor manuscripts, particularly the American Federation of Labor records and the efforts of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin to acquire them; labor support of presidential candidates in 1928; and other topics. |