Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Autograph collection, 1800s-1900s. 1 box; 1 volume
Vera Giannini Angert, widow of Eugene H. Angert (died May 2, 1929), married Dr. Borden
S. Veeder, a member of the teaching staff of the Washington University Medical School. He was
a nationally recognized authority on children's disease, and was editor of the Journal of
Pediatrics, circa 1954. The collection of autographs was left to Mrs. Veeder by her mother,
Molly Faust Giannini, daughter of Tony Faust. Veeder updated the collection between 1953-
1957.
Several thousand autographs of writers, musicians, statesmen, actors, and celebrities
collected over a period of two generations by Vera Giannini Veeder (Mrs. Bordon S. Veeder)
and her mother, Mrs. A.D. Giannini (Molly Faust). Collection also includes a letter of Thomas
Jefferson dated January 16, 1807; a letter from Henry Clay (1829) and Andrew Jackson (1843);
and autographs of several twentieth-century presidents. Many of the autographs were solicited by
Veeder and her mother.
Cite as: Vera Gianinni Veeder Autograph Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A1686
Veiled Prophet collection, 1878-1988. 13 boxes; 1 oversize folder; 4 volumes
Articles, notes, printed material, and clippings regarding the Veiled Prophet balls and
parades; notes on committee meetings and rules and regulations of the Veiled Prophet
Organization, 1878-1899; notes and information regarding queens, attendants, maids and
matrons, 1874-1921; list of souvenirs accompanying invitations, 1878-1973; list of gifts given in
connection with the Veiled Prophet Ball, 1878-1956; operating procedures for the 1988 Veiled
Prophet Fair; a series of scrapbooks that belonged to R. Fullerton, chairman of Veiled Prophet
publicity, containing mostly newsclippings publicizing the Veiled Prophet Parade and Ball; and a
collection of invitations, admission cards, programs, and dance cards from the Veiled Prophet
Balls, 1878-present.
Cite as: Veiled Prophet Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1687
Verda, Dominic J.
Collection, 1970s-1980s. 1 box; 1 oversize folder
Typescripts, newsclippings, and photographs relating to several St. Louis buildings in West
County, especially Ladue. These include residences at 15 Pine Valley Drive, 16 Pine Valley
Drive, and 2601 Warson Road, and the St. Louis Country Club. The collection also includes
information on the Medical Lister Building at 4500 Olive. Also includes a set of specifications
and architectural renderings of a proposed apartment development in West County, "The
Fountains," by Wedemeyer, Cernik, and Corrubia, Inc., that was never built.
Cite as: Dominic J. Verda Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1688
Verdenal, Dominique F.
Journal, 1858-1861. 2 folders
Resident of San Francisco, California, who attended St. Louis University from November 11,
1858, until October 24, 1860.
Journal of Dominique F. Verdenal while he was a student at Saint Louis University,
containing descriptions of travel to St. Louis from San Francisco via Panama and New York,
discussion of his education and social life in St. Louis, commentary and observations on political