Dowd Illustration Research Archive
The Dowd Illustration Research Archive (formerly Dowd Modern Graphic History Library) at WashU includes original art and printed material from many fields of popular American pictorial graphic culture. Focusing on 20th-century illustration, the collection includes artists’ working materials, sketches, and original artwork from books, magazines, and advertising.
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Collection Rose O’Neill Collection
The Rose O'Neill Collection holds original artwork, Kewpie illustrations, and other published books, proofs, and tear sheet materials.View Collection about Rose O’Neill Collection -
Collection Craig Yoe Teaching Collection
The Craig Yoe Teaching Collection's materials encompass the story of the history of comics and their creators and will allow...View Collection about Craig Yoe Teaching Collection -
Collection Charles Johnson Papers
Special Collections recently acquired the Charles Johnson Papers, an archival collection of materials related to the life and work of...View Collection about Charles Johnson Papers -
Collection Al Parker Collection
Includes personal and professional development materials, photographs of artist models, original artwork, and published materials featuring his artwork.View Collection about Al Parker Collection -
Collection Walt Reed Illustration Archive
The Walt Reed Illustration Archive is a comprehensive collection that includes over 200,000 magazine tear sheets, 8,000 magazines, 1,200 books,...View Collection about Walt Reed Illustration Archive -
Collection Center for the Humanities Comics Collection
The Center for the Humanities Comics Collection is mainly comprised of comic books, periodicals, pulp magazines, and graphic novels.View Collection about Center for the Humanities Comics Collection -
Collection Ink Tank Archive
The collection includes original artwork and published materials by the artists of The Ink Tank Archive, founded in 1978 by...View Collection about Ink Tank Archive -
Collection Pokenia Comic Strip Collection
The Pokenia comic strip was created by Spencer Thronton Banks and ran throughout the 1940s.View Collection about Pokenia Comic Strip Collection -
Collection John Held Jr. Collection
The John Held Jr. Collection consists mostly of correspondence from later in Held's career, covering a sizable gap in biographical...View Collection about John Held Jr. Collection -
Collection Louis & Jodi Atkin Family Collection
The Louis and Jodi Atkin Family Collection consists of World War I memorabilia and over 400 recruitment and propaganda posters.View Collection about Louis & Jodi Atkin Family Collection -
Collection Henry Raleigh Collection
The Henry Raleigh collection includes original artwork and published materials dating from 1910-1940.View Collection about Henry Raleigh Collection -
Collection Robert Weaver Collection
The Robert Weaver Collection includes original artwork in the form of sketches, paintings, and collages in addition to published material...View Collection about Robert Weaver Collection
Collecting Areas
Digital Collections
Digital Collections highlight those portions of the Julian Edison Department of Special Collections that have been made or born-digital.
Dowd Illustration Research Archive
The Dowd Illustration Research Archive (formerly Dowd Modern Graphic History Library) at WashU includes original art and printed material from many popular American pictorial graphic culture fields.
East Asian Library Special Collections
The East Asian Library's special collection includes about 900 volumes of rare and special books, manuscripts, and other materials.
Film & Media Archive
The Archive is committed to the preservation of documentary film and other media which chronicles America's great political and social movements with a particular emphasis on the African-American experience.
Kranzberg Art & Architecture Library Special Collections
The Art & Architecture Special Collections is a 4,200-volume collection of rare and unique art and design printed materials located at the Kranzberg Art & Architecture Library. The main focus is illustrated books, prints, and photographs from the 18th and 19th centuries and contemporary book design.
Local History Collections
The local history collecting area focuses on the history of St. Louis and the surrounding region.
Manuscript Collections
WashU Libraries' Julian Edison Department of Special Collections Manuscript collections contain a broad range of materials dating from the 2nd century BC through the present.
Modern Literature Collection
The Modern Literature Collection includes more than 175 authors, presses, and journals, more than 125 of which are represented by manuscript materials.
Music Special Collections
Special Collections at the Gaylord Music Library include sheet music, manuscripts, rare books, and digital materials.
Rare Book Collections
The Rare Book Collections include books from all Special Collection areas. The collections’ primary strengths are in literature, the material culture of the book, including the history of printing, graphic design, and the book arts, and aspects of American and world history.
Washington University Archives
The University Archives chronicles the history of WashU from 1853 to today with over 300 unique collections, including campus publications, reports, photographic prints and negatives, books, film, sound recordings, oral histories, architectural plans, and artifacts.