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

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

PrairyErth (A…

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

Historical Note

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

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

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…

History In 1953-54 an attempt was made to create as complete a collection as possible of every item published by University students, faculty, and…

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

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

Scope and Content Note The collection consists of a sample of underground comics published by Rip Off Press, and includes the work of comic artists…

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The collection consists of ephemeral political materials distributed by and for members of national organizations and…

Biographical Sketch Thomas Moore Johnson (1851-1919) was an attorney, collector, and student of philosophy in Osceola, Missouri. Though his formal…

Scope and Contents The majority of the programs are for performances dated from 1945 to the present in New York, London, Washington D.C., and St.…

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

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The collection consists of domestic and international magazines and newspapers that show how the September 11th…

History

The Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Company, established in 1867, compiled and published maps of U.S. cities and towns for the fire…

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

The Research Files on the Fragmenta Manuscripta Collection consist of research material describing fragments of manuscripts that make up the…

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

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

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

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

Description Note In 1930 W.W. Hickson and Co. of Rockford, Illinois published plat books of townships in counties throughout Missouri.Documenting the…

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…