The Lilly Library is the rare books, manuscripts, and special collections library of the Indiana University Libraries, Bloomington. Its collections represent a diversity of subjects, including literature; children’s literature; history; folklore; science; radio, film and television; book collecting and bookselling; journalism; and translation.
The Messick mss. VIII, 1949-1950, consist of 125 original pen and ink drawings for the comic strip Brenda Starr by Dale Messick, 1906-2005, cartoonist.