V002
VAIL, ALFRED, 1807-1859
New Jersey Historical Society Library (Newark)
Profession: Inventor
Dates of collection: 1826-1912
Size: 2 ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
A diary (1826-29, 1850-58), nine essays on religion and human behavior (ca. 1831-36), correspondence, Vail family genealogy, and transcriptions of the Alfred Vail manuscripts in the Smithsonian Institution. Vail worked with Samuel F.B. Morse from 1837 on the development of the electric telegraph at the Speedwell Iron Works in Morristown, NJ, which his father, Stephen Vail, owned and operated. Gift, in part, of A.A. Marsters, 1922.

V003
VAIL TELEGRAPH COLLECTION
Smithsonian Institution Archives (Washington, DC)
Profession: Inventor
Dates of collection: 1830-98, 1912
Size: 4.5 cubic ft.
NUCMC #: MS72-1258
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished guide
Correspondence, telegraph journals, research notes, account books, contracts, agreements, assignments, patent applications, scrapbooks, photos, and other papers, relating to Alfred Vail's role in telegraph development. Correspondence between Vail and Samuel F.B. Morse, Amos Kendall, George Vail, and others relates to investments, litigation and patents, administration of the Magnetic Telegraph Co. and other companies, the Morse-Joseph Henry dispute, litigation concerning Morse, Francis O.J. Smith, and Henry O'Reilly, construction of lines, insulation, receiving magnets and keys, laying lines in lead pipe, and the Baltimore-Washington line. Includes items relating to Vail's publications, especially The American Electro-Magnetic Telegraph (1845) and The Telegraph Register of Electro-Magnetic Telegraph Companies (1849), and correspondence of Vail's wife, Amanda, after his death, relating to his achievements. Gift of Mrs. Alfred Vail, George Vail, James C. Vail, and Stephen Vail.

V004
VALENTINE, HARRY
Vincennes University, Byron R. Lewis Historical Collections Library (Vincennes, IN)
Profession: Lawyer, Socialist politician
Dates of collection: 1911-34
Size: 1 box
NUCMC #: MS76-1785
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Correspondence, legal papers, pamphlets on socialism, and reports of the Home Telephone Co. Includes letters of Valentine's daughter.

V005
VAN DELDEN, EGBERT HAROLD,
b. 1905
Columbia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (New York, NY)
Profession: Professor of business administration
Dates of collection: 1938-39
Size: 152 items
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Letters written to Van Delden regarding the Committee on Award of the Marconi Memorial Medal, which was to have been awarded annually for contributions to radio and for which David Sarnoff had been chosen as the first recipient before the committee was dissolved in disagreement with policies of the Italian government. The medal was never awarded. Correspondents include Lee de Forest, Ernst F.W. Alexanderson, John H. Hammond, Frank B. Jewett, Gerard Swope, Charles Edison, and Alfred N. Goldsmith. Gift of Mr. Van Delden, 1978.

V006
VAN DEPOELE, CHARLES J., 1846-1892
Harvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration, Baker Library, Manuscripts and Archives Department (Boston, MA)
Profession: Inventor
Dates of collection: 1877-1946
Size: 2 ft.
NUCMC #: MS80-1980
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Patents, drawings, scattered legal and business papers, and photos, of Belgian-born Van Depoele, inventor of electrical machines, light bulbs, and trolley motive power equipment, who came to America in 1869, developed several electric power companies in Detroit, MI, and Chicago, IL, and later was with Thomson-Houston of Lynn, MA. Gift of Mr. Van Depoele's granddaughter, Mrs. Helen G. Burke, 1978.

V007
VARIAN, RUSSELL H., 1898-1959
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History (Washington, DC)
Profession: Co-inventor of the klystron tube, co-founder (with Sigurd Varian) of Varian Associates, worked at various times for Stanford University, Humble Oil Co., Farnsworth Television Corp., and Sperry Gyroscope Co.
Dates of collection: 1937
Size: 2 items
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Papers contain two notebooks, 12 April-14 July 1937 and 14 July-8 September 1937, documenting development of the klystron tube at Stanford University.

V008
VARIAN ASSOCIATES
University of California at Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Business: Electronics firm
Dates of collection: 1948-72
Size: 6 cartons
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: temporary guide
Includes annual and budgetary reports, copies of the firm's magazine, catalogues and promotional material, minutes of meetings, and reports on subsidiary companies. Subjects include klystron tubes and microwave apparatus.

V009
VASSEUR, ALBERT
(in History of Science collection)
University of California at Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Dates of collection: 1974
Size: 3 vols.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: indexes
Copy of "De la TSF a l'électronique: histoire des techniques radioelectriques." (n.p., 1974), an unpublished book (typescript) in French on the history of wireless telegraphy from 1842 through 1950. Includes chapters on radio navigation, radar, television, and microwaves. Volume 3 consists of indexes.

V010
VERNAM, GILBERT SANDFORD, 1890-1960
George C. Marshall Research Library (Lexington, VA)
Profession: Communications engineer
Dates of collection: 1912-26
Size: 19 items
NUCMC #: MS80-842
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Diaries (1918-19, 1922-26), notes, blueprints, and other papers, relating to Vernam's career with American Telephone and Telegraph Co., patents held by him, and his contributions to cryptology. Includes material on the Morkrum set and military ciphers. Gift of Mr. Vernam's daughter, Mrs. Per W. Nielssen, 1969.

V011
VILLARD, HENRY, 1835-1900
Harvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration, Baker Library, Manuscripts and Archives Department (Boston, MA)
Profession: Investor
Dates of collection: 1862-1900
Size: 45 ft.
NUCMC #: MS68-1277
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished listing
Collection contains material relating to Siemens & Halske and to the Edison Electric Light Co., including one box of miscellaneous undated Edison Electric Light Co. material; 5 boxes of annual reports (1890-92), letters (1891-92), and statements from the Edison Electric Light and Power Co. of St. Paul, MN; and 3 boxes of agreements with the Edison General Electric Co. and with Villard, letters to Siemens & Halske (1887-94), and letters to Villard (1890-91) from Siemens & Halske.

V012
VINCENNES, IN. BUSINESS RECORDS.
Vincennes University, Byron R. Lewis Historical Collections Library (Vincennes, IN)
Dates of collection: 1777-1969
Size: 7 items, 18 vols., 16 folders
NUCMC #: MS76-1747
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Account books, minutes, and other records, of general stores, physicians, banks, and other businesses, chiefly in Vincennes, IN. Companies represented include the Vincennes Electric Railway Co. and Vincennes Traction Co. Acquired from various sources.

V013
VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY
University of Virginia Library, Manuscripts Department and University Archives (Charlottesville)
Dates of collection: 1968-74
Size: 10 ft.
NUCMC #: MS77-1250
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished guide
Preliminary and final safety analysis reports submitted by VEPCO to the Atomic Energy Commission for a license to construct a nuclear power plant in Louisa County, VA; together with correspondence, reports, hearings conducted by the AEC, and other papers generated by the contention of the North Anna Environmental Coalition that the plant was sited on a geological fault. Gift, 1974.

V014
VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY
Virginia Historical Society Library (Richmond)
Dates of collection: 1937-
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: finding aid
Auditing dept. records including chronological corporate chart of Virginia Electric and Power Co. as of 1 January 1937 (compiled in 1938 and revised in 1942), showing names and dates of mergers that now make up the company. Gift of the Virginia Electric and Power Co., 1973.

V015
VON FOERSTER, HEINZ, b. 1911
Coll. # 11/6/26
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University Archives
Profession: Professor of electrical engineering and biophysics, director of the Biological Computer Laboratory at the University of Illinois
Dates of collection: 1949-76
Size: 28.6 ft.
NUCMC #: MS77-1192
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Correspondence relating to cybernetics, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language, notation of body movement, and departmental and Biological Computer Laboratory matters, including Ph.D. committees, staff and administration, student counseling, and recommendations on students and associates; together with course material in electrical engineering, biophysics and heuristics, and other papers. Acquired, 1974.

V016
VON NEUMANN, JOHN, 1903-1957
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division (Washington, DC)
Profession: Mathematician
Dates of collection: 1936-57
Size: 10,000 items
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Correspondence, drafts and mss. of articles, scientific papers, and books, lecture notes, subject and computer files, financial papers, and near-print materials. Gift, 1974-75.