Other holdings: 1860 to Present
The Hess contains a small collection of comic books, including a number of series dating from the collector's "golden age" (1938-1955). The collection also includes more than 500 Big Little Books which were acquired in the 1960s and a complete set of American Boy (1900-1941) donated by Charles Messecar. We are expanding our holdings in pulps, comics, and science fiction.
The Denis R. Rogers/Edward S. Ellis Collection came to the University in 1986. It includes roughly 1,100 British and American hardcover books by Ellis and a few of his contemporaries, over 300 European editions of Ellis titles, plus dime novels in over 60 different series, and 57 different periodicals. It also has microfilm, photocopies, Roger’s typed transcriptions of Ellis stories, plus correspondence and notes covering more than 30 years of research. The collection also holds a typescript for the original version of Roger’s bibliography, A Guide to Edward S. Ellis, and the partial revision. Roger’s correspondence alone fills 19 manuscript boxes. We’re working on a guide to the correspondence and notes, since they contain so much useful information.
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| Pat Nelson: Ace of Test Pilots [Big Little Book] Whitman, 1937 |
New Secret Service Series #22 Street and Smith Publishers, 1903 |
Suspense Comics #11 [Golden Age] Continental, 1946 |
Hess Collection digital resources
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