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…

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

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

Biographical note New York cartoonist Milton Caniff was inspired to create the character of Miss Mizzou, a blond bombshell wearing only a trenchcoat,…

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

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

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

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

Biographical Note Betty Houchin Winfield, PhD, is a specialist in political communication and mass media history. She completed her doctoral studies…

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

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

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…

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

Biographical SketchGeorge Fett was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the only child of Hungarian immigrants Frank J. and Elizabeth Horvath Fett. He graduated…

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

Scope and Contents The Collection contains photographs, negatives, and positive proof sheets taken by photographer James D. Gossage of playwright…

Currently includes works from Cartoonists & Writers’ Syndicate, North America Syndicate, Inc., and United Feature Syndicate.
Syndication is the…