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1.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Van Buren, John, 1810-1866.
Inclusive Dates:
1831-1831
Abstract:
American attorney and politician, New York Attorney General. Collection consists of a single document, addressed to Enos T. Throop, governor of New York, giving some legal opinions.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Legal documents.
Subject:
Lawyers.
Politics, government and public administration
New York State
Lawyers -- New York (State)

2.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862.
Inclusive Dates:
1832-1840
Abstract:
President of the United States, 1837-1841. Collection contains two land grants and a handwritten letter, all with Van Buren's signature.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Land grants.
Subject:
Mississippi -- History.
Politics, government and public administration
Land grants -- Mississippi.
Presidents -- United States.

Creator:
Van Buren, James Lyman.
Inclusive Dates:
1844-1965
Abstract:
American Civil War general. Collection contains correspondence and memorabilia.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Transcripts.
Subject:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Soldiers.
Military history
Civil War (U.S.)
Generals -- United States.
Lawyers, Military.

4.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Volk, Leonard Wells, 1828-1895.
Inclusive Dates:
1845-1957
Abstract:
Papers of the American sculptor. Correspondence to and from Volk family members; photographs of a bust of Volk by David Richards, works by Volk, family members, and the areas around Pittsfield, Massachusetts and Wells, New York; and material relating to the acquisition of the collection by Edward Deming Andrews, grand-nephew of Volk.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Subject:
Artists.
Sculptors.
Art -- Sculptors
Civil War (U.S.)
Art, American.
Sculptors -- United States.
Sculpture, American -- 19th century.

5.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901.
Inclusive Dates:
1866-1866
Abstract:
Letter (in the third person) from Queen Victoria to George Peabody, merchant and philanthoropist, thanking him for his giftof $2.5 million to be used for housing for the poor in London.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Philanthropists.
Humanitarianism -- United Kingdom.
Humanitarianism -- United States.
Merchants -- United States.
Philanthropists -- United States.
Urban poor -- Housing -- United Kingdom.

Creator:
Van Valkenburgh, Ruth Hunt
Inclusive Dates:
1887-1966
Abstract:
The Oscar and Ruth Hunt Van Valkenburgh Papers document the personal life of the couple and include photographs, dance cards, printed materials, and other items from their time at Syracuse University.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Dance cards.
Photographs.
Subject:
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- History.
Higher education.
University Archives
Syracuse University -- Alumni
Syracuse University -- History
Greek Letter societies -- United States.

7.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Vincent, Leon H. (Leon Henry), 1859-1941
Inclusive Dates:
1895-1919
Abstract:
Correspondence, printed material, manuscripts, miscellany from the American author and literary critic.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Manuscripts (document genre)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Books.
Subject:
The bibliotaph and other people.
Authors.
Critics.
Literature -- American Fiction
Literature, American.
Literature -- History and criticism.

8.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Vickery, Almeda Campbell.
Inclusive Dates:
1908-1962
Abstract:
Daughter of Kate Campbell Vickery and Charles Rowe Vickery, American Congregationalist missionaries to India and Singapore. Includes photographs, writings, notes, and diaries, as well as Vickery family genealogical material.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Photograph albums.
Lecture notes.
Negatives (photographs)
Typescripts.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Diaries.
Subject:
Clergy.
Missionaries.
Church and clergy
Clergy -- United States.
Missionaries.
Genealogy.
India -- Missions.
South Asia -- Missions.
Singapore -- Missions.
Congregationalism -- Missions.
Congregational churches -- Clergy.

9.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Volodine, George.
Inclusive Dates:
1910-1982
Abstract:
Correspondence, prints, and memorabilia (photographs, scrapbooks, theatre programs, etc.) pertaining to the Russian-American dancer and ballet master.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Engravings (prints)
Photograph albums.
Souvenir programs.
Theater programs.
Concert programs.
Magazines (periodicals)
Manuscripts for publication.
Subject:
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939.
Dancers.
Dance teachers.
Dance and theatre
Ballet dancers -- Soviet Union.
Ballet dancers -- United States.
World War, 1914-1918.

Creator:
Van Duyn, Edward S.
Inclusive Dates:
1916-1918
Abstract:
American physician, World War I army and Syracuse, New York. Collection includes correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, other material relating to his experiences establishing hospitals in France during World War I.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Military records.
Passports.
Photographs.
Postcards.
Receipts (financial records)
Scrapbooks.
Subject:
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- History.
Physicians.
Military history
Science and medicine
Medicine, Military -- United States -- 20th century.
Military nursing -- United States -- 20th century.
Physicians -- New York.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Hospitals, charities, etc.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- France.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- United States.

11.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Van Tine, Harry.
Inclusive Dates:
1917-1938
Abstract:
American news photographer. Collection includes correspondence, photographs and subject files.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Subject:
Photographers.
Journalism
Photography
Photographers -- United States.
Photojournalists -- United States.

12.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949.
Inclusive Dates:
1919-1920
Abstract:
Letters from the American editor to Mary Ethel McAuley about her books and articles.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Editors.
Journalism
Activism and social reform
Editors -- United States.

13.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Vintroux, Kendall.
Inclusive Dates:
1922-1966
Abstract:
20 original editorial cartoons from 1966 and copies of material (cartoons and correspondence) dating to the 1920s and 1930s.
Type of Material:
Cartoons (humorous images)
Correspondence.
Editorial cartoons.
Reproductions.
Subject:
United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Charleston (W. Va.) -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Charleston gazette.
Dog wagon stuff (comic strip)
Cartoonists.
Art -- Cartoonists
American wit and humor, Pictorial.
Caricatures and cartoons -- United States.
Caricatures and cartoons -- West Virginia.
Cartoonists -- United States.
Cartoonists -- West Virginia.
Cost and standard of living -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Editorial cartoons -- United States.
Editorial cartoons -- West Virginia.
Elections -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Inflation -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Restaurants -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
World politics -- 1945-1989 -- Caricatures and cartoons.

14.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Vrooman, John J.
Inclusive Dates:
1926-1960
Abstract:
Papers of the American historian, novelist, president of the Schenectady County Historical Society (1884-1963). Correspondence, research, book manuscripts, book reviews, lectures, clippings, and photographs of New York State landmarks.
Type of Material:
Book reviews.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Lectures.
Manuscripts for publication.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Subject:
Mohawk River Valley (N.Y.) -- History -- Fiction.
New York (State) -- History.
New York (State) -- History -- Pictorial views.
Schenectady (N.Y.) -- History -- Fiction.
Authors.
Historians.
Novelists.
Historians
Literature -- American Fiction
New York State
Authors, American.
Historians -- United States.
Historic buildings -- New York (State)
Historic sites -- New York (State)
Novelists, American.

15.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Van Rosen, Robert E.
Inclusive Dates:
1926-1966
Abstract:
Papers of the American industrial designer, author, lecturer; born 1904. Business files including blueprints, correspondence, drawings, patents and product models (1938-1960); photographs; personal files; writings; and published material.
Type of Material:
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Correspondence.
Patents.
Photographs.
Subject:
Industrial designers.
Industrial Design
Design, Industrial -- United States.
Industrial designers -- United States.

16.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Vogel, Herbert D., 1900-1984.
Inclusive Dates:
1928-1981
Abstract:
An engineer and brigadier general, Vogel was director of the Tennessee Valley Authority and engineer adviser to the World Bank. Collection includes correspondence, memorabilia, writings, and other items.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Manuscripts for publication.
Photographs.
Press releases.
Scrapbooks.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
Hydraulic engineers.
Politics, government and public administration
Science and medicine
Hydraulic engineers -- United States.
Water resources development -- United States -- History.

17.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Vassos, John, 1898-1989
Inclusive Dates:
1928-1981
Abstract:
The collection consists of the artwork and professional papers of John Vassos. Arranged in four categories (Correspondence-Subject File, Artwork, Writings, and Memorabilia), the collection focuses on Vassos' creative efforts as an arts administrator (Silvermine Guild of Artists), an innovative illustrator (The Ballad of Reading Gaol, Phobia), and an industrial designer. The collection includes correspondence, designs, drawings, photographs, paintings, essays, books, memorabilia and printed material.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Drawings (visual works)
Essays.
Illustrations.
Photographs.
Subject:
Artists.
Illustrators.
Industrial designers.
Painters.
Art -- Painters
Industrial Design
Art -- Illustrators
Art, American.
Art, American -- 20th century.
Art deco -- United States.
Design, Industrial -- United States.
Greek American artists.
Illustrators -- United States.
Industrial designers -- United States.
Painters -- United States.
Painting, American -- 20th century.

18.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Voigt, Edwin Edgar, 1892-
Inclusive Dates:
1932-1963
Abstract:
Papers of the American Methodist clergyman and educator. Correspondence, general files, material related to the Council of Bishops, and manuscript sermons (1932-1963).
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Sermons.
Subject:
Clergy.
Church and clergy
Clergy -- United States.
Methodist Church -- Clergy.
Methodists -- United States.
Sermons, American.

19.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Vernon, Mabel.
Inclusive Dates:
1933-1947
Abstract:
Papers of the American suffragist, feminist, pacifist (1883-1975). Collection includes incoming correspondence to Mabel Vernon in her capacity as a member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and campaign director of its committee, the People's Mandate to Governments to End War (later re-named the People's Mandate Committee for Inter-American Peace and Cooperation. Notable correspondents include Grace Abbott, Jane Addams, Frank Aydelotte, Irene Bailey, Newton Baker, Pearl S. Buck, Rafael Calderón Guardia, Samuel P. Cadman, Arthur Capper, Carrie Catt, Raymond Clapper, Jacqueline Cochran, Josephus Daniels, Norman H. Davis, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Abraham Flexner, Zona Gale, Virginia Gildersleeve, Meta Glass, Frank Graham, Inez Irwin, Alfred Landon, Sinclair Lewis, Clare Boothe Luce, Gabriela Mistral, Caroline O'Day, Ruth Owen, Galo Plaza Lasso, Nelson Rockefeller, Leo Rowe, Laurence Steinhardt, Lowell Thomas, M. Carey Thomas, Oswald Villard, Lillian Wald, Wendell Willkie, Mary Woolley, and William Ziff.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Feminists.
Pacifists.
Social reformers.
Politics, government and public administration
Activism and social reform
Feminists -- United States.
Pacifism.
Pacif ists -- United States.
Pacifists -- Political activity.
Social reformers -- United States.

20.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Van Leyden, Ernst, 1892-1969.
Inclusive Dates:
1938-1964
Abstract:
Correspondence, clippings, and writings by European painter and sculptor, Ernst Van Leyden
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Sketches.
Lectures.
Subject:
Artists.
Art -- Painters
Art -- Sculptors
Muralists -- United States.
Painters -- United States.
Sculptors -- United States.