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| Vahey, Ray, 1938- | Title: Ray Vahey Papers, circa 1930-2008 Quantity: .4 cubic ft. (1 box); 1 digital audio file; 4 digital video files Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 271 Abstract: The Ray Vahey papers document Vahey's life with his partner, Richard Taylor, and their political activism on behalf of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender civil rights in Wisconsin. |
| 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. |
| Valeriani, Richard G., 1932- | Title: Richard G. Valeriani Papers, 1961-1983 Quantity: 5.6 c.f. (14 archives boxes) and 1 tape recording Call Number: Mss 670; Tape 1130A Abstract: Papers of an NBC News broadcaster best known for his coverage of the State Department and the White House. The collection primarily consists of radio and television news scripts, subject files, and research material and drafts relating to Valeriani's book on Henry Kissinger, Travels With Henry (1979). In addition to documentation of his work at the White House and the State Department, the radio and television news scripts cover the full range of Valeriani's reporting career including assignments in Cuba, Central America, and the South (covering the civil rights movement) for Emphasis, NBC Nightly News, and Today, and his work as Washington, D.C. anchor for the Today show. Subject files include copies of Valeriani's articles about Kissinger, interviews (including one with Paul Newman), a tape recording of Valeriani and Kissinger at a State Department Correspondents Association meeting, and numerous narrative expenditure statements. |
| 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. |
| Van Antwerp, Fidelia, 1881-1956 | Title: Fidelia Van Antwerp Papers, 1945-1958 Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (7 archives boxes and 1 card box) and 15 photographs (1 folder) Call Number: Wis Mss QW; PH 1629 Abstract: Papers documenting the Wisconsin Regional Writers' Association (formerly the Wisconsin Rural Writers' Association) and the Badger Folklore Society, consisting of stories, poems, notes, photographs, and correspondence concerning Wisconsin folklore and legends, kept by Fidelia Van Antwerp, first president of the association. A large group of letters concerns plans for a book on Wisconsin folklore pertaining to trees by the Wisconsin Idea Theatre. A Wisconsin place-names collection, compiled by Mrs. Helen C. Smith, relates the origins of the names and brief histories of present towns and villages in the state. Photographs include images of various unidentified landscapes and activities perhaps assembled circa 1950 for use in the publication Songs of the Winter Wilderness. |
| Van Ells, Mark D. | Title: Mark D. Van Ells Papers and Photographs, Quantity: 1.6 linear ft. (3 archives boxes and 1 flat box) of papers, 0.1 linear ft. (5 folders and 1 oversize folder) of photographs, 0.1 linear ft. (3 folders) of paper prints. Call Number: WVM Mss 46 Abstract: Papers and photographs of Mark D. Van Ells, a member of the Air Force during the 1980s and an historian who worked at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum during the 1990s. The collection contains materials that document Van Ells' researching and writing of a history of the Wisconsin County Veterans Service Officers (CVSO). Correspondence relating to the project, questionnaires filled out by current and retired CVSOs, the written history, and several conference papers provide substantial information about the organization. Other writing projects in the series include an examination of Wisconsin German-Americans prior to World War II. Another large portion of this series consists of flyers, handbills, and posters that Van Ells collected in Madison, Wisconsin during the 1990s. The majority deal with the Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991. These flyers present the alternate view of a relatively popular war. Other flyers relate to American operations in Somalia, Haiti, and Bosnia. Materials from Van Ells' time in the Air Force include his enlistment and discharge papers, certificates, and some letters he wrote to his family. There are also several emails Van Ells exchanged with friends and students regarding their reactions to the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. Photographs contain several shots of Van Ells in Air Force uniform, both alone and in groups. There are also three photographs of the Madison 'Salute to the Troops' parade, held on July 6, 1991, that show protesters holding signs in the background. |
| Van Loon, Johannes, 1841-1941 | Title: Johannes Van Loon Papers, 1841-1956 Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes and 1 folder) Call Number: La Crosse Mss AH; La Crosse SC 47 Abstract: Papers of Van Loon, a La Crosse, Wisconsin, florist and horticulturist; containing diaries, 1862-1938, kept while living in New Amsterdam, New York and while developing his business in La Crosse, and account books, 1885-1909, recording business and personal finances. Also included are miscellaneous papers, 1855-1895, 1961, 1964, concerning Van Loon, his family, and the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam, La Crosse County, Wisconsin. |
| Van Nortwick, John, 1809-1890 | Title: John Van Nortwick Papers, 1828-1942 Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) and 3 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Green Bay Micro 3; Micro 380; SC 214 Abstract: Papers of John Van Nortwick, a railroad engineer and Illinois industrialist, who owned some Wisconsin properties; including correspondence, 1831-1884, 1942; diaries, 1848-1890; and account and memoranda books, 1828-1890s, on microfilm; with paper typed transcriptions of correspondence between Van Nortwick and his father and sister (originals on Reel 1) and photocopies of correspondence of his father-in-law, Meredith Mallory, 1832-1850 (on paper only). |
| Van Ostrand, Edwin H., 1860-1928 | Title: Edwin H. Van Ostrand Papers, 1738, 1805, 1829-1911 Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Oshkosh Mss AY Abstract: Papers of Van Ostrand, of Neenah and Antigo, Wisconsin, a dealer in timber lands in Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Idaho. Included is business correspondence, 1899-1901, 1909-1911; family letters; genealogical notes on the families of Chapman, Culver, and Van Ostrand; agreements and deeds; and two diaries by William L. Culver, Mrs. Van Ostrand's grandfather, kept in Connecticut in 1881 and in Portage, Wis., in 1884. |
| 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. |
| Van Steenwyk, Gysbert, ca. 1876-1967 | Title: Gysbert Van Steenwyk Jr. Book of Pressed Plant Specimens of the La Crosse, Wisconsin Area Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 046 Abstract: Book of pressed plant specimens from the La Crosse, Wisconsin area kept by Gysbert Van Steenwyk, Jr., 1890. |
| Vanderbilt, Paul | Title: Paul Vanderbilt “Iconography of Wisconsin” Photo Series Discussions, 1965-1967, 1982-1984 Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder), 14 tape recordings, and 83 transparencies Call Number: Tape 615A; Tape 751A; Tape 827A; Tape 1088A; Tape 1089A; SC 2966; PH 3159 Abstract: Tape-recorded discussion of a series of photographs designated the “Iconography of Wisconsin” series, selected by Paul Vanderbilt, former State Historical Society of Wisconsin Curator of Iconography. Vanderbilt and others discuss the motif, interpretation, and thematic elaboration of selected parts of the series. The transparencies illustrated the discussion on Tape 827A, presented at an Advanced Studies Workshop, George Eastman House, Rochester, N.Y., in 1967. A paper transcript for this tape also is present. |
| 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. |
| Vanoff, Nick, 1929- | Title: Nick Vanoff Papers, 1958-1970 Quantity: 20.0 c.f. (50 archives boxes) and 5 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: U.S. Mss 144AN; Micro 520 Abstract: Papers of Nick Vanoff, a television producer-director best known for his work with variety shows. Annotated scripts, production records, set designs, photographs, and clippings for Hollywood Palace (ABC), The King Family (ABC), Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (NBC), and other series and specials form the bulk of the collection. |
| Vaughn, Howard Ridgeway, 1859-1934 | Title: Howard Ridgeway Vaughn Family Papers, 1871-1983 Quantity: 13.8 c.f. (35 archives boxes), 22 reels of microfilm (35mm), 1069 photographs, 3922 negatives, and 9 drawings Call Number: Stout Mss 16; Stout Micro 6; Micro 1188; PH 3902; PH 3903; PH 3920 Abstract: Papers of Vaughn, a pastor for the Home Missionary Society, Congregational minister, and religious educator of northwestern Wisconsin, and his family. The papers consist primarily of the papers, sermons, and speeches of the Reverend Howard Ridgeway Vaughn, founder of the religious day school movement; family and professional correspondence; and the papers and writings of Myra Vaughn, daughter of Howard Vaughn, including a biography of her father and a history of the religious day school movement. There are also early records of associations formed to promote the religious day school movement, and documentation of the curricula and course materials used in the religious instruction. The correspondence documents the daily life of the family of a home missionary and minister, and is especially complete for Myra Vaughn. In addition, there is documentation of Myra Vaughn's teaching career at the high school on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota. |