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Style Before Social Media: Fifteen Fashion and Beauty Magazines from 1985 - 2005
Curated by Diana Bell, Gina Hays, Shelby Janke, Julianne Moore, Rachel Peters, Gabrielle Wicker, 2025.
This exhibit features issues of North American fashion magazines spanning 1985-2004. It was curated in summer 2025 as the final project of IS_LT 9428: History of Books and Media.
Toys and Collectibles, 1987-2006
Curated by Arian Abdulla, Abigail Cutts, Zachary Gibson, Jeffrey Gluckman, Jonathan Phillips, & Renee Spinner, 2025
This exhibit presents toy and collectible magazines drawn from the Samir Husni Magazine Collection. The exhibit was curated in summer 2025 as the final project of IS_LT 9428: History of Books and Media.
Vesalius at 500
Curated by Alla Barabtarlo, Kelli Hansen, Julie Christenson, Amanda Sprochi, and Trenton Boyd, 2014.
Vesalius at 500 showcases materials from the Libraries’ collections that helped to shape Andreas Vesalius’ career, including medieval manuscripts and early printed books on medicine. The centerpiece of the exhibition is Vesalius’ most famous work, De Humani Corporis Fabrica. The Libraries hold two copies of this important book, a second edition printed in 1555, and a later edition from 1568.
Welcome to Special Collections
Curated by Kelli Hansen and the staff of Special Collections, 2018-2021.
This exhibit is a part of the University Libraries Online Scavenger Hunt. Whether or not you're a scavenger hunter, use this exhibit to explore just a few of the items in these amazing collections.
WWII Comic Arts and Propaganda
Scarlett Jones, BA in English, 2026.
WWII Comic Arts and Propaganda is an online exhibition of comic arts materials held by Mizzou Libraries Special Collections that address the relationships between comics and propaganda as related to the Second World War. This online exhibition is curated by Scarlett Jones, fourth-year student in the BA in English program as part of her 2026 internship in Special Collections.