| Accession Number: | SC U: 08 |
| Location: | RB-M |
| Dates: | 1878-2003 |
| Size: | 1 legal Hollinger, 2 periodical boxes; 1.25 cu. ft. |
| Creator/Collector: | Various |
| Acquisition info: | Collected by SLPL staff |
| Accruals: | None expected |
| Custodial history: | SLPL Central |
| Language: | English |
| Processed by: | Amanda Bahr Evola, April 2012 |
| Conservation notes: | Items placed in archival acid-free folders. |
| Scope and Content: | This collection contains programs, clippings and ephemera of the Veiled Prophet Ball and Fair. |
| Arrangement: | Collection arranged by chronologically within format |
| Restrictions: | Unrestricted |
| Remarks: |
Veiled Prophet Collection
1878-2003
1 Legal Hollinger, 2 periodical boxes; 1.25 cu. ft.
| Box | Folder |
| 1/1 | Finding Aid |
| 1/2 | Invitation Envelopes (blank, no date) |
| 1/3 | Broadside: To ye people of ye North End, Greeting, 1878 |
| 1/4 | 1884 (envelopes, dance cards) |
| 1/5 | 1885 program |
| 1/6 | 1885 dance program |
| 1/7 | 1888 envelope |
| 1/8 | 1889 tickets and program |
| 1/9 | 1890 invitations and program |
| 1/10 | 1893 invitations, programs, and dance card |
| 1/11 | 1895 ticket and dance cards |
| 1/12 | 1896 program |
| 1/13 | 1897 invitation |
| 1/14 | 1899 invitation |
| 1/15 | 1900-1919 Rules for Veiled Prophet Ball 1916 parade advertisement 1904 dance card 1915 notice from River Carnival Committee with VP events (2) Plan of Coliseum as arranged for VP Ball, October 7, 1913 Plan of Coliseum as arranged for VP Ball, October 6, 1914 Notice of VP appearance, October 3, 1911 |
| 1/16 | 1912-1915 postcard streamers |
| 1/17 | 1913 parade invitation |
| 1/18 | 1920-1939 invitations, programs |
| 1/19 | 1927 menu for Royal Supper Dance |
| 1/20 | 2002 VP Parade program |
| 1/21 | 2002 VP Fair Health and Safety Badge |
| 1/22 | Fair St. Louis parking hang tag |
| 1/23 | VP Parade Viewing Stand ribbons (2) |
| 1/24 | newspaper clippings |
| 1/25 | 1956 publication, "The Story of the Veiled Prophet" by Sanders and Drury (2) |
| 1/26 | advertising artwork and intact articles |
| 1/27 | pamphlets |
| 1/28 | press releases |
| 1/29 | list of VP souvenirs, 1878-1959 (2) |
| 1/30 | cardboard lid to VP souvenir box (no date) |
| 1/31 | 1985 VP Fair 5th anniversary commemorative book advertisement |
| 2/1 | VP Fair Souvenir Program and Magazine 19891988 (2) 1987 1986 1985 (3) 1983 1982 (2) 1981 (2) Daily Program 1984 Daily Program 1985 |
| 3/1 | 19901992 1994 1995 (2) 1997 (2) 1998 (3) 1999 2000 2001 (2) 2002 (4) 2003 (3) Daily Program 2000 |
