Special Collections - Finding Aids: V

Letters written by B.P. Vosbury to his mother, Katie Vosbury of Washington, DC, while he was serving aboard the U.S.S Tracy (214) in 1930 and 1931 and aboard the U.S.S. Avocet (AM19) in 1932. The letters describe his tours on the U.S. Asiatic Station and life in the Philippines and the South Seas in the years prior to World War II.

Typed transcripts and one handwritten letter from a Union soldier to his parents while he was a prisoner of war at Cahaba Prison in Dallas County, Alabama, and at a parole camp near Vicksburg, Mississippi. There are also typed transcriptions of manuscripts describing prison life and the explosion of the Steamer "Sultana".

The collection contains two letters written from Villa in Rockport, Kentucky, to "My Darling Chris," expressing her love for him and asking him to write to her.

This collection consists of eleven letters from Albert N. Verno, United States Army, to his friend, Robert "Bob") Haas, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at Camp Croft and Lake Charles, Louisiana, from December 11, 1942, to December 11, 1944, during World War Two.

Scrapbooks and newspaper clippings about this prominent Tuscaloosa, Alabama, family.

Civil War diary of a Virginia native who later settled in Alabama. The entries are limited to 1863.

Papers of Edward Bressie Vaughan, Sr. and Jr. The majority of the papers are requisitions, receipts, Quartermaster stores, etc. from August through November 1862 during the Kentucky Campaign signed by or sent to Lieutenant E.B. Vaughan, Jr. of the 26th Alabama Regiment while he was the acting Quartermaster. Other papers include both E.B. Vaughan, Jr.'s and Sr.'s personal and business correspondence from 1832 to 1869. The collection also contains Vaughan, Sr.'s Oath of Allegience (dates 16 October 1865) to the United States.

Lightelle, Billy

A petition to Congress written by several members of the "Committee of Petitioners in the City of New York" to "prevent the transportation of the mail on the Sabbath and the keeping open of post-offices on that holy day."

Letters from Hugh A. Vantreese to his wife and children while he was employed by the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company in Mobile and Selma, Alabama. Also included are letters from W. A. Vantreese, Hugh's brother, advising Emma about suing the railway company over Hugh's death.

A page of genealogical research from the Freehold and Middletown R. D. Church baptismal records to Theodore VanDyke of Philadelphia, Pennsylvanis. The research was done by the Holland Society of New York who charged VanDyke $1.00.

Parents C. and Louisa Van Duren of Dansville, New York, write to children in Franklin, Michigan, about crops and harvest. The weather has been irregular and caused the premature death of the fruit and potatoes, though the wheat harvest has been abundant.

Contains one letter written on business letterhead from I. C. Van Der Karr of Kankakee, Illinois, to Agnes M. Wert of Des Moines, Iowa, concerning the latter's purchase of a grave marker for a deceased family member.

This collection contains plantation ledgers, law notes, and personal and business correspondence of Adrian Sebastian Van de Graaff (also spelled: Vandegraaff, Vandegraf or Vandegraff) between 1882 and 1917. It also includes a scrapbook on Robert Van de Graaff's accelerator made in 1966 by Mrs. Welch's Fourth Grade class at Northington Elementary School, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Contains one postcard and two letters written by Jenny V. of Kentucky to her friend Marjorie Bledsoe at various locations in Kentucky and Indiana. She gave news of neighbors, family members, and church business. She also frequently discussed people who seemed to be monks and nuns.

Adrian Sebastian Van de Graaff Papers , 1851-1967 , 2.0 linear foot

Contains one letter written on business letterhead from I. C. Van Der Karr of Kankakee, Illinois, to Agnes M. Wert of Des Moines, Iowa, concerning the latter's purchase of a grave marker for a deceased family member.

Parents C. and Louisa Van Duren of Dansville, New York, write to children in Franklin, Michigan, about crops and harvest. The weather has been irregular and caused the premature death of the fruit and potatoes, though the wheat harvest has been abundant.

A page of genealogical research from the Freehold and Middletown R. D. Church baptismal records to Theodore VanDyke of Philadelphia, Pennsylvanis. The research was done by the Holland Society of New York who charged VanDyke $1.00.

Letters from Hugh A. Vantreese to his wife and children while he was employed by the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company in Mobile and Selma, Alabama. Also included are letters from W. A. Vantreese, Hugh's brother, advising Emma about suing the railway company over Hugh's death.

A petition to Congress written by several members of the "Committee of Petitioners in the City of New York" to "prevent the transportation of the mail on the Sabbath and the keeping open of post-offices on that holy day."

Lightelle, Billy

Papers of Edward Bressie Vaughan, Sr. and Jr. The majority of the papers are requisitions, receipts, Quartermaster stores, etc. from August through November 1862 during the Kentucky Campaign signed by or sent to Lieutenant E.B. Vaughan, Jr. of the 26th Alabama Regiment while he was the acting Quartermaster. Other papers include both E.B. Vaughan, Jr.'s and Sr.'s personal and business correspondence from 1832 to 1869. The collection also contains Vaughan, Sr.'s Oath of Allegience (dates 16 October 1865) to the United States.

Civil War diary of a Virginia native who later settled in Alabama. The entries are limited to 1863.

Scrapbooks and newspaper clippings about this prominent Tuscaloosa, Alabama, family.

This collection consists of eleven letters from Albert N. Verno, United States Army, to his friend, Robert ("Bob") Haas, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at Camp Croft and Lake Charles, Louisiana, from December 11, 1942, to December 11, 1944, during World War Two.

The collection contains two letters written from Villa in Rockport, Kentucky, to "My Darling Chris," expressing her love for him and asking him to write to her.

Typed transcripts and one handwritten letter from a Union soldier to his parents while he was a prisoner of war at Cahaba Prison in Dallas County, Alabama, and at a parole camp near Vicksburg, Mississippi. There are also typed transcriptions of manuscripts describing prison life and the explosion of the Steamer "Sultana".

Letters written by B.P. Vosbury to his mother, Katie Vosbury of Washington, DC, while he was serving aboard the U.S.S Tracy (214) in 1930 and 1931 and aboard the U.S.S. Avocet (AM19) in 1932. The letters describe his tours on the U.S. Asiatic Station and life in the Philippines and the South Seas in the years prior to World War II.