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Digital Library Collections

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The Rare Collection

Special Collections is currently working to digitize selected rare materials, including many seventeenth- through nineteenth-century British religious and political pamphlets. Digitized materials in Special Collections are available at the University of Missouri Digital Library and Missouri Digital Heritage. Specific materials available online include:

Image of printed text Miscellaneous Texts from the Special Collections of University of Missouri Libraries
Image of portion of pamphlet 17th-19th Century British Religious, Political, and Legal Tracts
Image of Daniel Webster Daniel Webster Speeches Collection
Image with text 'July 4th' Fourth of July Orations Collection

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Missouri Collection

For a description of the Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Collection, see the Sanborn Collection webpage. All of the pre-1923 maps are available in digital versions at the University of Missouri's Digital Library.

Image from Jefferson City map Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Missouri

The Fragmenta Manuscripta Collection

For a description of the Fragmenta Manuscripta collection, see Manuscript Materials in Special Collections. MU is a participant in the Digital Scriptorium project, a web-based database compiling manuscripts from a number of research libraries.

Image of portion of old manuscript Fragmenta Manuscripta materials in Digital Scriptorium
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The University of Missouri Collection

Various Missouriana and University-related materials are also avaialable at the University of Missouri Digital Library and Missouri Digital Heritage. Online resources include:

Image of people from Savitar The Savitar (University of Missouri Yearbook)
Image of title page Missouri: History, Geology, and Culture
Image of platbook 1930 Platbooks of Missouri Counties

The September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack Collection

Images of the magazine covers in the September 11 Collection have been made available at the University of Missouri Digital Library.

New Yorker magazine cover 9.11.01 Magazine Covers

Guides to Special Collections

A listing of online guides to the print materials of Special Collections is available in Guides and Indexes. Digitized versions of some printed guides and catalogues are available at Guides to Special Collections - UMC.