Scope and Content Note

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 Complete Steve Canyon live action DVDs, 1958/1959, Volumes 1 and 2, and the Steve Canyon Special Edition DVD original 1958 live action TV series. Also references to cartoonist and author J.B. Winter’s book Miss Mizzou: A Life Beyond Comics, published August 13, 2014. Material covers roughly the years 1951-2015.

Provenance

The Miss Mizzou Collection was donated to the University of Missouri Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books by Brad Winter on October 17, 2019.

Access

The collection is available to all researchers in the Special Collections reading room during regular service hours. Materials do not circulate.