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Special Collections Exhibits

WWII Comic Arts and Propaganda

Comic book cover of Nick Fury and American soldiers fighting Nazi soldiers with men in prison uniforms running away; Soldier with a swastika on his helmet in the foreground and a fire in the background

WWII Comic Arts and Propaganda is an online exhibition of comic arts materials held by Mizzou Libraries Special Collections that...

Toys and Collectibles, 1987-2006

Magazine cover with different games over red background and green title

This exhibit presents toy and collectible magazines drawn from the Samir Husni Magazine Collection. The exhibit was curated in summer 2025...

Sports Magazines, 1986-2006

Picture of three basketball players shooting the ball , and a baseball and football player at the bottom<br />

This exhibit presents sports magazines drawn from the Samir Husni Magazine Collection. The exhibit was curated in summer 2025 as the...

Religious Magazines, 1986-2020

Photograph of a child on a swing

The decades leading up to the new millennium and the decades beyond saw the arrival of modern religious magazines. These...

Style Before Social Media: Fifteen Fashion and Beauty Magazines from 1985 - 2005

Woman in pink dress with red flower designs and black buttons in shadow

This exhibit features issues of North American fashion magazines spanning 1985-2004. It was curated in summer 2025 as the final project...

Bridal Magazines, 1992-2011

East-Indian woman wearing purple dress with sequins

This exhibit focuses on a select number of Bridal magazines during that peak from 1992 to 2011. They were donated...

Fancy Magazines for Pet Fanciers: Birds, Cats, Dogs, and Ferrets

Cover of Best Friends magazine with photograph of a cat with white face, green eyes and brown and black colors

In this exhibit, we are showcasing fourteen pet-centric magazines from the Samir Husni Magazine Collection. Many of these magazines are...

Life in America: Sixteen Black Magazines from 1953 to 1998

Photograph of Black woman

Over the course of the 20th century, the number of magazines published in the United States went from approximately 5,500...

Leaders and Heroes 2: The Arts

This exhibit was born out of a desire to showcase materials within Special Collections at the University of Missouri that...

Alley Oop

Black and white comic panel of a caveman and a dinosaur

In September 2008, MU Libraries celebrated the 75th anniversary of the syndication of the comic strip Alley Oop with an...

Cartas Ejecutorias

Red and blue shield with blue Knight's helmet and people on horses with a sword and spears

The documents on display in this exhibition were created for one purpose: to prove their owners’ nobility or hidalguía. In...

Places in the World: Treasures from the Venable Collection

1600s map of the world shown in two large circles and human figures representing earth, water, fire and air with other figures and symbols

Maps tell us where we are. The most obvious way they do this is geographical, but there is also a...

Incunables in Special Collections

Very large writing in dark letters

Printing with moveable type began in Europe in the 1450s in the German city of Mainz with the Gutenberg Bible...

Hiller Collection

Photograph of a man with sunglasses sitting on a curved tree trunk in a field in Soochow.

The Hiller Collection documents cities, industries, farming, and everyday life in China during the second phase of the Chinese Civil...

Welcome to Special Collections

Fragments of a page of papyrus with black symbols

This exhibit is a part of the University Libraries Online Scavenger Hunt. Whether or not you're a scavenger hunter, use...

Fragmenta Manuscripta

Fragmenta Manuscripta is a collection of manuscript fragments that date from the eighth through the seventeenth centuries.

Lanford Wilson

A black-and-white photograph of playwright Lanford Wilson, seated at a desk with bookshelves behind him

This interactive display provides some insights into the materials available in the Lanford Wilson Collection, in MU Libraries Special Collections...