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U.S. Committee on Public Information Division of Women's War Work collection
This collection mostly consists of mimeographed and printed press releases written by the U.S. Committee on Public Information, Division of Women's War Work during World War I. The collection also includes a few materials from other divisions within the Committee, which was popularly known as the Creel Committee.
U.S. Land Office certificates issued for Kansas and Oklahoma
This collection, compiled by Kenneth Spencer Research Library staff from a variety of donors and sources, includes land certificates authorized by the United States General Land Office for real property in Kansas, as well as some properties in Alva, Oklahoma.
U.S.O. Dinner and Dance photographs
The Kansas U.S.O. Event Photographs depict a dinner and a dance in approximately the 1940s in two black and white silver gelatin photographic prints.
Van Leu-Johnson family papers
The Van Leu-Johnson family papers document Kansan George T. Johnson's family through his mother's side (the Van Leu's), including papers regarding John Henry Van Leu and Wendell H. Van Leu.
Vanderslice-Lynds Company shipping records
Records of shipments from the Vanderslice-Lynds Company of Kansas City, Missouri.
Vaudevilles Codex
Some 1450 songs and verses in a French cursive of about 1695. A number of poems are dated 1682-3, and some back to 1664. They are rather free excursions on the foibles of aristocrats and others in the public eye. Among the names figure Sully, Maintenon, T. Corneille; Mancini, etc. The music to which the airs fit is suggested often, as by Lully or the Italian comedians.
Venetian family archives
Collection of legal documents, primarily in Latin, relating to various families in Venice, Padua, Cittadella, etc. written 1342-1764 and covering the period 12[??] to 1764.
Verlean Tidwell family papers
The Verlean Tidwell family papers are those of an African American family from Independence, Kansas. The papers document the family of Verlean and Harry Tidwell and their children Charles, Winfred, Cornelius, John Edgar, and Linda.
Veryl A. Switzer Papers
The Veryl A. Switzer Papers are those of a native Kansan who played football at Kansas State University before playing professional football for five years and serving in the Air Force. He returned to Kansas State University as an administrator and was inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame.
Viaggi di Germania: i piu frequentati e particolarmente da chi viaggia per le Poste
12 route-maps of the posts from Florence and Venice to Vienna, from Vienna to Belgrade, and from Vienna to Berlin via Prague. The maps are in the form of strips, folded and bound together. Include receipt as separated material with its call number.
Victor Plarr letters to Harold Monro
Collection of letters between English poets Victor Plarr (1862-1929) and Harold Monro (1879-1932), mostly containing literary gossip.
Victoria Shinn collection
The collection contains documents, publications, and notes Victoria Shinn collected during her service in the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, the Kansas Association of Colored Women's Clubs (K.A.C.W.C.), and Church Women United. Collection also contains a few papers from the Topeka Council of Clubs and the Ne Plus Ultra Art and Literary Club. A 1952-1961 K.A.C.W.C. scrapbook belonging to Anna Boydston Woods and a 365 Days of Black History Calendar (1989) are also included.
Vietnam era oral history project
Views of Western Kansas
Black and white photographic prints taken mostly in western Kansas by faculty and/or students associated with the University of Kansas, including ornithologist Charles D. (C. D.) Bunker. Many of the photographs focus on geologically interesting views; some are of individuals the KU faculty and/or students met during their travels.
Vinland Grange and Fair records
This collection is comprised of records and collected materials about the Vinland Grange and the Vinland Fair in Douglas County, Kansas. Vinland Grange No. 163 existed from 1873-1985 and the Vinland Fair was first held in 1874 and continues to this day. The material also includes some historical information about the community of Vinland, Kansas, a small amount of material from other local Granges and a few publications from the National Grange organization.
Vinland, Kansas history scrapbook and records
Through photocopies of newspaper articles and photographs, stories of settlers and essays, the Vinland, Kansas history scrapbook describes the history of Vinland, Douglas County, Kansas, and the Coal Creek Valley area from its beginnings as a settlement of abolitionists in 1854 until 1998. The collection also includes other publications written about Vinland's history and obituaries of area residents from the 1960s to the 1990s.
Viola Lobberding papers
This collection contains a Hanover High School diploma and high school scrapbook of Viola Lobberding. She attended Hanover High School in Hanover, Kansas from 1908-1912. Also included in this collection is an autograph book of "Miss Kittie" - the majority of signatures and notes recorded were written by friends from Lawrence and Vinland, Kansas.
Virgil Thomson collection
This collection consists of two typed letters from Virgil Thomson to Wilfred Z. Thompson; two typed, signed quotations from Thomson about composers John Cage and Ned Rorem; a photographic postcard of Thomson; and a signed bookplate.
Virginia B. Docking collection
This collection of papers of Virginia B. Docking, wife of Kansas Governor George Docking and mother of Kansas Governor Robert B. Docking, includes letters received by her from U.S. Presidents Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Baines Johnson and their wives from 1955 to 1961. The collection also includes slides and an accompanying audio tape and script, presented March 11, 1978 by the Shawnee County Democratic Party at an event honoring Mrs. Docking.
Virginia Ricard papers
The Virginia Ricard Papers are those of a native Kansan who attended Dunbar School in Salina, Kansas and later became an educator.
"Visualizing Muscles" scrapbook
Vogel family collection
Voiage d'Italie faict en 1660 et 1661.
Book: travel-book. Late draft, with corrections. Full Title: Voiage d'Italie faict en 1660 et 1661 mesle de plusiurs traicts d'histoire, de geographie, de morale, et de poesie tires des meilleurs poetes auec la fondation des uilles, et une exacte description de tout ce quil y a de plus remarquable.
Volunteer Clearing House of Douglas County records
The Volunteer Clearing House of Douglas County (Kansas) was founded in 1973, sponsored by the Area Council of Lawrence (Kansas) Parent-Teacher Association with a grant from the Human Ecology Department of the University of Kansas Medical Center. The organization aimed to match the interests and abilities of volunteers with agency needs. This collection contains correspondence, logbooks, newsletters, publications.
Vote for liquor-by-the-drink mug collection
The Vote for liquor-by-the-drink mug collection contains a single mug listing local Lawrence businesses supporting the liquor-by-the-drink legislation in 1986. This legislation removed a food purchase requirement at restaurants in order to buy alcohol, allowing customers to instead purchase alcoholic beverages by the drink.