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Museum Exhibits

1908-2008: 100 Years of Election Cartoons
This exhibit will feature original editorial cartoon drawings that provide critique and commentary on a century of presidential elections in the United States. Among the artworks represented will be original cartoons by such celebrated artists as Daniel Fitzpatrick, Bill Mauldin and Tom Engelhardt.

Alley Oop: 75 Years of the Comic World of V.T. Hamlin
Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the comic strip Alley Oop, this exhibit will explore its place in the history of the comic art medium and American culture. Personal photographs, correspondence, original artwork, daily and Sunday strips, books, and various other ephemera will be on display from the V.T. Hamlin and Comic Art Collections housed in Ellis Library's Special Collections division. V.T. Hamlin studied journalism at MU in 1920. Celebrate the opening of this exhibit Wednesday, Sept. 10, with speakers Jack and Carole Bender, the current artists of the comic strip. Jack received his master's degree from the Missouri School of Journalism in 1962.

Exhibit Opening
  • Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m.
  • Date: Wednesday, Sept. 10
  • Location: Ellis Library Colonnade

Exhibit Information
  • Time: 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
  • Dates: Sept. 10-30
  • Location: Ellis Library Colonnade


Caveman: V.T. Hamlin and Alley Oop
Written and directed by novelist/filmmaker Max Allan Collins, this documentary tells the story of Vincent T. Hamlin, the innovative cartoonist and former MU student who created the dinosaur-laden, long-running comic strip, Alley Oop. The strip has been credited with inspiring everything from The Flintstones to Jurassic Park. Stay for a question-and-answer session after the film with producer Mark Lambert and current Alley Oop artists Jack and Carole Bender. Jack received his master's degree from the Missouri School of Journalism in 1962.

Documentary Showing
  • Time: 7:30-9 p.m.
  • Date: Thursday, Sept. 11
  • Location: Ragtag Cinema, 10 Hitt St., Columbia


Engelhardt on Elections
From 1962 to 1997, Thomas Engelhardt drew more than 8,000 cartoons for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. His cartoons deal with many of the most important political issues of the 20th century, including civil rights, Watergate and political corruption. This exhibition includes selected works from the artist's long career, with examples from the State Historical Society of Missouri collection as well as Engelhardt's personal collection.

  • Time: Museum hours are Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:45 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
  • Date: Exhibit is open to the public Saturday, Sept. 6, through Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009.
  • Location: State Historical Society of Missouri


Missouri Through Lens and Palette
Experience rural Missouri in the 1930s and 1940s through documentary photographs from the Missouri Photo Workshop archives and paintings from the Regionalist art movement.
  • Time: Museum hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday-Friday; noon-4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.
  • Date: Exhibit is open to the public Saturday, Sept. 6-Wednesday, Dec. 24. A preview for members will be held on Sept. 5.
  • Location: MU Museum of Art and Archaeology


The World's Journalism School
An exhibit on the Missouri School of Journalism's international connections will be open throughout the centennial/dedication event. The exhibit contains items given to the School by international visitors and associates and highlights the world travels of founding Dean Walter Williams and his wife, Sara Lockwood Williams, BJ '13.
  • Time: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
  • Date: Wednesday-Friday, Sept. 10-12
  • Location: 243D Walter Williams Hall


Performances

The Front Page [More]
A Maplewood Barn Community Theatre's performance of The Front Page will portray the rough-and-tumble, ethically oblivious journalism that prompted Walter Williams to found a journalism school to promote professionalism.
  • Time: 2 p.m.
  • Date: Thursday, Sept. 11
  • Location: Missouri Theatre, 203 S. Ninth St., Columbia [Map]



Displays

Early Issues of Historical Newspapers: Missouri Gazette and University Missourian
An original copy of Vol. 1., No. 3, of the Missouri Gazette, published in 1808 as the first newspaper in Missouri, will be on display throughout the centennial/dedication celebration. Datelined "St. Louis, Louisiana," the Missouri Gazette was published 13 years before Missouri was admitted to the Union. Also on display will be Vol. 1, No. 1, of the Sept. 14, 1908, issue of University Missourian (now the Columbia Missourian). The first issue of the Columbia Missourian's second century will be added to the display on Sept. 14, 2008.

  • Time: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
  • Date: Wednesday-Friday, Sept. 10-12
  • Location: Marvin D. McQueen Rotunda, Lee Hills Hall


Front Pages, A Century Apart
More than 100 of Missouri's newspapers have been in existence for at least 100 years. This comparison of 1908 and 2008 front pages, from papers selected by the Missouri Press Association, will showcase how the medium has changed during the past century.
  • Time: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
  • Date: Wednesday-Friday, Sept. 10-12
  • Location: Frank Lee Martin Journalism Library, Reynolds Journalism Institute


Newsy.com
A digital newsroom that monitors, synthesizes and presents the world's news coverage is open to the public.

  • Time: 1 p.m. to 10 p.m.
  • Date: Wednesday-Friday, Sept. 10-12
  • Location: 904 Elm Street, #208 (Above The Upper Crust)
  • Reception: 7:30-10 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 11. Sponsored by Apple and Newsy.com


Pictures of the Year International Showcase
Some of the world's best photographs, selected from the 40,000-image archive of POYi, will be on display. POYi photographs also will be presented during the Friday evening presentation of "Telling the Story, Fair and True" at Mizzou Arena.
  • Time: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
  • Date: Wednesday-Friday, Sept. 10-12
  • Location: Reception Area, Reynolds Journalism Institute


Reflections on The Journalist's Creed
Missouri journalists provide a video reflection on Walter Williams' higher calling within the profession of journalism and how The Journalist's Creed means as much today as it did almost a century ago. This 12-minute presentation will be shown on an ongoing basis throughout the celebration.
  • Time: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
  • Date: Wednesday-Friday, Sept. 10-12
  • Location: Frank Lee Martin Journalism Library, Reynolds Journalism Institute

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