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Historic Textbook Collection.

Scope and Contents The books are useful today as a survey of pedagogical methods and contents as well as a portrayal of the American popular mind of…

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Incunabula

The Department of Rare Books and Special collections maintains a small collection of incunabula (European books printed before 1501) and early printed…

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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…

James D. Gossage Photographs and Material of Lanford Wilson and His Plays.

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

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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.

Biographical Sketch John Tinney McCutcheon (1870-1949) is often referred to as “the Dean of Cartoonists” and is best known for his political and…

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.

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

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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 Addison Morton Walker was born in Eldorado, Kansas in 1923, reared in Kansas City and graduated from the University of Missouri.…

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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.

Description Note Documenting the ownership and locations of plots of land in Missouri counties, the 111 items in the collection are an invaluable…

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…