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Legacy Bookbindery Collection
(2024)Scope and content note: This collection contains bookbinding models created by James Downey, a bookbinder and conservator who used to run the Legacy Bookbindery in Columbia, Missouri. Downey donated his collection of binding ... -
Editorial Cartoons Syndicate Proofs Collection, 1970-1998
(2024)Scope and Content Note: [Includes: publication Symbolics of Writers and Cartoonists Syndicate (WCS), ’94; Illustrator Margaret Scott of WCS, ’95-’96; North America Syndicate Incorporated, ’97-’98; United Feature Syndicate ... -
James D. Gossage Photographs and Material of Lanford Wilson and His Plays
(2024)Scope and contents: The Collection contains photographs, negatives, and positive proof sheets taken by photographer James D. Gossage of playwright Lanford Wilson, along with photographs of the actors performing in scenes ... -
Samir Husni Magazine Collection: First Edition Magazines, 1985-.
(2024)Scope and content note: The series contains a wide range of first and special-issue magazines published in the United States from 1985 to 2022. This includes popular titles and uncommon magazines, some of which only survived ... -
Samir Husni Magazine Collection: First Edition Magazines, 1985-.
(2024)Scope and content note: The series contains a wide range of first and special-issue magazines published in the United States from 1985 to 2022. This includes popular titles and uncommon magazines, some of which only survived ... -
George Fett Original Cartoons
(2024)Scope and content note: Comic strip proofs from George Fett’s Sniffy, later named Little No-No and Sniffy, which eventually became Norbert. 1973-1977. One phase box. -
Research Files on Fragmenta Manuscripta
(2024)Scope and Content Note: The Research Files on the Fragmenta Manuscripta Collection consist of research material describing fragments of manuscripts that make up the collection, dating from the eighth through the seventeenth ... -
Gary E. and Janet J. Venable Antiquarian Atlas & Map Collection
(2021)Scope and Content Note: The Venable Collection documents the history of cartography, geography, and exploration from the sixteenth through the early twentieth century. Materials in the collection include maps on loose ... -
Kenneth W. Leish Theatre Reviews, 1961-68
(2022)"Variety" Newsprint clippings of reviews of off-Broadway openings, or follow-up reviews of long running Broadway shows, or shows with a new cast. Includes annotations by the author-donor. Occasionally includes letters and ... -
V.T. Hamlin Collection II: Hamlin, Vincent Trout, 1900-1993, Papers, 1900-2016
(2022)The collection consists of material from a variety of sources by and about V.T. Hamlin and his career. Also included are works by and about Hamlin's Alley Oop successors, Dave Graue, Jack and Carol Bender. [Hamlin material ... -
Betty Winfield Newspaper Collection
(2021)Scope and Content Note: The Betty Winfield Newspaper Collection is composed of a variety of U.S. newspapers and magazines covering 1850-2010. The collection includes scans, facsimiles, and original publications from national ... -
Underground Newspaper Collection
(2021)Scope and Content Note: The Underground Newspaper collection contains independent publications produced by community and student associations throughout North America. Collection spans from 1880-2013. Bulk of the collection ... -
Edgar E. Martin Collection II
(2021)Included in the Edgar E. Martin Collection II is material related to Martin and his comic strip Boots and Her Buddies that have been added since the Martin I collection was placed on deposit in 1991 and 1992. Material from ... -
Modern Manuscripts, c. 1700-1992
(2021)Special Collections holds modern manuscript materials in the form of books, correspondence, and personal papers. These materials were collected at various times and from various sources; see individual item records for ... -
Miss Mizzou Collection
(2021)Newspapers, magazines, calendars, bookmarks, comics, photographs of material focusing on Miss Mizzou, a character created by cartoonist Milton Caniff and used in his popular Steve Canyon comic strip. Also included is The ... -
Lanford Wilson Collection
(2020)This collection contains personal and professional papers created and received by Lanford Wilson throughout his life and career as a playwright. The vast majority of the collection consists of manuscripts in various forms ... -
Dime Novel Collection
(2021)Dime novels were published from the middle nineteenth century through the early twentieth century and were largely pulp fiction aimed at a young male audience. This guide lists the dime novels held in Special Collections. ... -
Confederate Currency Collection
(2021)This collection includes 50 cent, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 dollar bills. All the bills in this collection were printed in Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederacy. They were printed from 1861-1864 and were ... -
Walter Williams Library
(2020)Walter Williams (1864-1935) was President of the University of Missouri from 1930-1935 and served as Dean of the School of Journalism from its founding in 1908. The Alumni Association of the School of Journalism established ... -
Ralph Barton Collection
(2009)Caricature drawings of artist Ralph Barton, containing copies of work he did for newspapers, various theater and entertainment magazines and periodicals, such as Puck, The New Yorker, Collier's, Photoplay, Vanity Fair, ...