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Jacques Flach Collection.

Biographical Sketch GeoffroiJacques Flach(1846-1919) was born in Strasbourg, France, the capital of the Alsace region, on February 16, 1846. His…

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John G. Neihardt Collection.

Biographical Sketch John Gneisenau Neihardt (1881-1973) accepted a position at the University of Missouri-Columbia's Department of English in 1949…

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John Tinney McCutcheon Collection of Editorial Cartoons.

Scope and Contents The majority of the items in this collection are original pen and ink cartoons drawn for theChicago Tribunefrom 1903 to 1944.…

Kenneth W. Leish Theatre Reviews, 1961-68

Biographical Note Kenneth W. Leish (Kenn.) was a freelance drama critic in New York City from 1961-1966 for Variety Magazine. Variety’s policy did…

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Lanford Wilson Collection.

Biographical Sketch Lanford Wilson (1937-2011) was born in Lebanon Missouri to Ralph and Violetta Tate Wilson. In 1942 his parents divorced, and he…

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Legacy Bookbindery Collection

This collection contains bookbinding models created by James Downey, a bookbinder and conservator who used to run the Legacy Bookbindery in Columbia,…

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Limited Editions Club Collection.

Historical Note The Limited Editions Club was founded by George Macy in 1929 to publish finely printed, illustrated, and bound editions of literary…

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Literary and Historical Manuscripts

Special Collections holds modern manuscript materials in the form of books, correspondence, and personal papers. These materials were collected at…

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Martin and Margaret Hiller Collection of Audiovisual Materials on China, 1945-1948.

Scope and Contents The Hiller Collection documents cities, industries, farming, and everyday life in China during the second phase of the Chinese…

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Mary Lago Collection.

Biographical Sketch Mary McClelland Lago (1919-2001) was on the University of Missouri Department of English faculty from 1977 to 1991. From 1989…

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Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts.

Special Collections maintains a small collection of European manuscripts intended to demonstrate the physical characteristics of the manuscript books,…

Miss Mizzou Collection.

Scope and Content Note Newspapers, magazines, calendars, bookmarks, comics, photographs of material focusing on Miss Mizzou, a character created by…

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Missouri Creators Comic Collection.

The Missouri Creators Comics Collection includes graphic novels, zines, mini-comics, and comic books created by Missouri residents.

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Mort Walker Collection, 1946-2001.

Biographical Sketch [information supplied by Walker] Addison Morton Walker was born in Eldorado, Kansas in 1923, reared in Kansas City and graduated…

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Pages from the Past Collection

Pages from the Past is a collection of original manuscript and rare book leaves compiled and sold by a New York book dealer Alfred W. Stites from 1964…

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Plat Books of Missouri Counties Collection.

Documenting the ownership and locations of plots of land in Missouri counties, the 111 items in the collection are an invaluable research tool for…

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Poster Collection.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of posters from both World War I and World War II with a tourist and other miscellaneous posters from the…

Press Ephemera Collection.

Scope and Contents The collection contains material on private and specialty presses, dating primarily from the 1980s to the present. Many items in…

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Private Collection of Antiquarian Books and Manuscripts.

The University Libraries and a private collector are partnering to make an extensive collection of medieval and early modern materials available to…

Ralph Barton Collection

Biographical Note Ralph Emerson Barton (1891-1931) was a caricaturist and illustrator. Barton’s first caricature was of Thomas Hart Benton, his last…

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Rare Books

The Rare Books Collection is the default designation for materials in Special Collections that are acquired as individual items. Like Special…

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Samir Husni Magazine Collection.

Biographical Sketch Samir "Mr. Magazine™" Husni, Ph.D., is a leading expert on print journalism and magazine industry consultant. Husni received his…