F272. 90 items from 1948–1965: manuscripts, typescripts, print publications, photographs, and other documents. In Lithuanian and Russian. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of the collection is Robertas Vadys-Vadiškius (b. 1922), staff member of the Board of Artistic Affairs under the Council of Minister of the Lithuanian SSR (1949), later editor at the State Publishing House of Educational Literature, editor of the journal “Amateur Art”.
The collection was acquired in 1970 from Eleonora Vaidišienė.
F152. 56 items from 1941–1958: manuscripts and autographs. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of the collection is Petras Vaičiūnas (1890–1959), poet, playwright, translator, director of the Central Library of the Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian SSR (now the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences) in 1941–1945.
The collection was acquired in 1945–1958 from the founder in Vilnius.
F173. 96 items: documents from 1889–1930. In Lithuanian, Polish, and Russian. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founders of the collection are the following Vailokaitis family members: Jonas (1886–1944), financier and industrialist; Juozas (1880–1953), economist; Pranas (1892–1921), jurist and financier; Viktoras (1887–1956), educator.
The collection was received in 1952 from the Institute of Lithuanian Language and Literature of the Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian SSR (now the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore).
F274. 179 items from 1912–1968: typescripts, photographs, manuscripts, print publications. In Lithuanian, Russian, Latin, English, German, Estonian, and Latvian. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of the collection is Antanas Vaitkevičius (1905–1968), ornithologist, Candidate of Biological Sciences.
The collection was acquired in 1972 from Antanas Vaitkevičius’ widow through the efforts of Danielius Šemetulskis, Secretary of the Institute of Zoology and Parasitology of the Lithuanian SSR.
F367. Partially catalogued, 481 temporary items. Manuscripts from the second half of the 20th century. Described in a temporary item list.
The founder of the collection is Bronius Vaitkevičius (1926–2002), historian, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences, director of the Institute of History.
The documents were received from Vanda Vaitkevičienė in 2002.
F260. 898 items: manuscripts and typescripts from 1508–1942. In Lithuanian, Polish, Ruthenian, and German. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of the collection is Vacys Valadka, educator, collector of old manuscripts and other documents.
The collection was acquired in 1965, when it was brought from Kėdainiai by the historian Vytautas Merkys.
F234. 149 items from 1837-1954: manuscripts, typescripts, print publications, and photographs. In Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, and French. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The collection was acquired in 1963 from Aleksandra Valeišienė, Vilnius civic activist, chairman of the Romuva Lithuanian Catholic Club.
F153. 7 items from 1940–1954: manuscripts and typescripts. In Lithuanian and Russian. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of the collection is Valerija Valsiūnienė (1907–1956), poet and writer, head of the Writers’ Union Club in 1945–1947, poetry consultant at the Lithuanian Writers’ Union in 1948–1954.
The collection was acquired in 1957 from the poet Eugenijus Matuzevičius and Vladas Abramavičius.
F338. 12 items from 1989–1994: typescripts, technical drawings, print publications. In Lithuanian. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of the collection is Vytautas Valunta (1930–1998), cultural historian and scholar in Lithuanian studies.
The collection was acquired in 1993 from Vytautas Valunta through the mediation of Antanas Tyla, Director of the Lithuanian Institute of History.
F346. Partially catalogued, 152 temporary items. Described in a temporary item list.
The founder of the collection is the physicist Vladas (Vladislovas Eimutis) Vanagas, (1930–1990),
The collection was acquired in 1995.
F205. 262 items from 1337–1944: manuscripts, typescripts, print publications, photographs (and their microfilms). In Lithuanian, Latin, German, Russian, Polish, and French. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of the collection is Antanas Vasiliauskas (1902–1974), Doctor of Hisrtory, lecturer at Kaunas Vytautas Magnus University since 1937, later at Vilnius University. Lectured auxiliary historical disciplines: paleography, diplomatics, chronology, sphragistics, heraldry, and historical methodology.
The collection was acquired in 1951 from the library of the then Kaunas State University (part of the collection is held by Vilnius University).
F378. Partially catalogued, 682 temporary items. Documents from 1924–1987. Described in a temporary item list.
The founder of the collection is Petras Vasinauskas (1906–1995), agriculturist, professor, vice-rector of the Lithuanian Academy of Agriculture, corresponding member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
The collection was acquired from his son, A. Vasinauskas, in 2005.
F394. Uncatalogued
The founder of the collection is Algirdas Antanas Vaškelis (1937–2009), physicist, chemist, Doctor of Chemical Sciences (1983), professor of the Institute of Chemistry of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
The collection was acquired in 2010 from the Institute of Chemistry of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
F357. Partially catalogued, 241 temporary items. Described in a temporary item list.
The founder of the collection is historian Rimantas Vėbra (1931–1999).
The collection was acquired in 1999.
F361. Partially catalogued, 158 temporary items. Described in a temporary item list.
The founder of the collection is Juozas Vilčinskas (1909–1992), engineer, public figure, activist of the Lithuanian expatriate commmunity in Great Britain, representative of the Social Democratic party in exile.
The archive was sent by his relatives through the ambassador Justas Vincas Paleckis in 2001.
F240. 45 items from 1886–1937: manuscripts, autographs, photographs, postcards, and other documents. In Lithuanian and Polish. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Emilija Vileišienė (1861–1935), civic activist in the Vilnius Lithuanian community.
The collection was received in 1962 from the Institute of Lithuanian Language and Literature of the Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian SSR (now the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore).
F241. 71 items from 1870–1937: manuscripts, typescripts, print publications, and maps. In Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, English, French, and German. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Antanas Vileišis (1856–1919), physician, civic activist, author of popular medical and other books.
In 1932, Antanas Vileišis’ widow, Emilija, donated her late husband’s archive to the Lithuanian Scientific Society. Later, the archive was held by the Institute of Lithuanian Language and Literature of the Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian SSR and transferred to the Manuscripts Department of the Central Library of the Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian SSR in 1962.
F239. 411 items from 1894–1940: manuscripts, typescripts, print publications, photographs, plans. In Lithuanian, Polish, Latin, French, Italian, and German. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Antanas Viskantas (1877–1940), priest, prelate, Doctor of Philosophy, civic activist, one of the founders and the chairman of the Lithuanian Scientific Society. He promoted the establishment of Vilnius Society of Lithuanian Maidservants (St. Zita), later founded the St. Casimir Society. Was a notary at the Vilnius Curia.
The collection was received in 1963 from the Institute of Lithuanian Language and Literature of the Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian SSR (now the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore).
F383. Partially catalogued, 109 temporary items. Documents from 1943–2006. Described in a temporary item list.
The founder of this collection is Stanislovas Pranciškus Vitkevičius (1926–2013), jurist, professor, Habilitated Doctor of Social Sciences, politician, and civic activist.
The collection was donated by the founder in 2008.
F296. Partially catalogued, 317 temporary items. Described in a temporary item list.
The founder of this collection is Angelė Vyšniauskaitė (1919–2006), ethnographer, member of the Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Science (since 2000), senior researcher at the Department of Ethnology of the Lithuanian Institute of History, professor at the Department of the Ethnology and Folklore Studies of Vytautas Magnus University.
The collection was acquired in 1979.
F172. 990 items from 1799, 1891–1944: manuscripts, typescripts, draft copies, transcripts, photographs, signatures, seals. In Lithuanian, Russian, and German. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Augustinas Voldemaras (1883–1942), the first prime minister of Lithuania and historian.
The collection was acquired in 1947 from the former Palace of the Bank of Lithuania in Kaunas.
F154. 200 items from 1883–1939: manuscripts, cuttings, and other documents. In Lithuanian, Latvian, Russian, and German. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Eduardas Volteris (1856–1941), scholar in Lithuanian studies and text linguist, folklorist, ethnographer, literary historian, privatdozent at St. Petersburg University, professor at Kaunas Vytautas Magnus university, director of the Vilnius Public Library since 1919.
The collection was acquired in 1951 from the library of the then Kaunas State University.
F397. Partially catalogued, 321 temporary items. Documents from 1979–2007. Described in a temporary item list.
The founder of this collection is Ona Brazauskaitė-Voverienė (b. 1938), Habilitated Doctor of Social Sciences, professor at the Department of Information Systems of the Faculty of Communication of Vilnius University (1995–2000).
The collection was acquired from the founder in 2011.
F155. 494 items from 1890–1924: manuscripts (originals and transcripts), cuttings from publications. In Lithuanian, Russian, and Polish. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Tadas Vrublevskis (Tadeusz Wróblewski, 1858–1925), lawyer, founder of the Eustachy and Emilia Wróblewski Library in Vilnius, civic activist, law consultant to the Government of Lithuania in 1918–1920.
The collection was received in 1940 from the then State Wroblewski Library (the present-day Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences).