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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,…

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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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…

Underground Newspaper Collection.

Scope and Content Note The Underground Newspaper collection contains independent publications produced by community and student associations…

Betty Winfield Newspaper Collection.

Biographical Note [information from the School of Journalism] Betty Houchin Winfield, PhD, is a specialist in political communication and mass media…

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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…

Anthony C. DeBellis Collection of Humanistic Literature.

Biographical Sketch Anthony C. DeBellis taught Italian language and literature at the University of Missouri from 1966 to 1981. Most of his rare…

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Special Collections

The University of Missouri Special Collections is primarily focused on the history and development of the written word, printing, publishing, and…

Confederate Currency Collection.

Historical Note In 1912, the United States Treasury department gifted the University of Missouri Libraries a collection of bills from the Confederate…

Miss Mizzou Collection.

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

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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Missouri Creators Comic Collection.

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

Underground Comics Syndicate Proofs Collection.

The collection consists of a sample of underground comics published by Rip Off Press, and includes the work of comic artists Ted Richards, Frank Stack…

Bonnet-Brown Comic Art Syndicate Collection.

Scope and Content Note Published strips, cartoons, and features by various comic strip artists of the 1930s, including Burne Hogarth, V.T. Hamlin,…

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University of Missouri Archives

University Archives is the depository of official records of the University of Missouri as well as of the administrative records of the University of…

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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…

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Fine Press Materials in Special Collections.

Scope and Content A fine press is a printing establishment that adheres to particularly high standards in terms of the skill of the workers, the…

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William Peden Short Story Collection.

Scope and Contents The Peden Collection includes volumes of short story collections and anthologies. Included are review copies as well as works by…

William Least Heat-Moon Papers.

Scope and Contents Material by Wililam Least Heat-Moon (b. 1939). Manuscripts and additional materials from the following books:

PrairyErth (A…

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Walter Williams Library.

Historical Note

Walter Williams (1864-1935) was President of the University of Missouri from 1930 – 1935 and served as Dean of the School of…

Walter Miller Library.

Biographical Sketch Walter Miller (1864-1949) was a classicist and archaeologistresponsible for the first American excavation in Greece. He received…

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V. T. Hamlin Collections.

Biographical Sketch Vincent Trout Hamlin was born May 10, 1900 in Perry, Iowa to Erma Garland and Frederick Clarence Hamlin. He enlisted in the Army…