Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Dale Messick
- Abstract:
- The Messick mss. VI, 1956-1961, consist of 199 original pen and ink drawings for the comic strip Brenda Starr by Dale Messick, 1906-2005, cartoonist.
- Extent:
- 1 Box (1 custom)
- Language:
- Materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Messick mss. VI, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Dale Messick, 1906-2005, was a cartoonist and author of the Brenda Starr, Reporter comic strip from South Bend, Indiana.
- Scope and Content:
The 1956 strips contain the stories of Prince Raymond and the case of the Andrews twins. The 1961 panels include stories of Elizabeth Cleaver, No-No Night's double, and the beginning of the Alloy P. Steele episode.
Each panel is dated with the month and day of its appearance in print.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift: 1978
- Physical location:
- Lilly - Stacks
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Art
- Names:
- Messick, Dale
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open for research.
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- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Photography and digitization may be restricted for some collections. Copyright restrictions may apply. Before publishing, researchers are responsible for securing permission from all applicable rights holders, then filling out the Permission to Publish form.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Messick mss. VI, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@indiana.edu