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            <titlestmt>
                <titleproper>
                    <num>SPEC.CGA.DGC</num>
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            <publicationstmt>
                <publisher>Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections</publisher>
                <address>
                    <addressline>1858 Neil Avenue</addressline>
                    <addressline>Columbus, OH, 43210</addressline>
                </address>
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            <creation>This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit
                <date>2026-03-31T10:28-0400</date>
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            <langusage>English</langusage>
            <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules>
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        <did>
            <unittitle>Donald Goldsamt Collection of Miss Fury Comics</unittitle>
            <unitid>SPEC.CGA.DGC</unitid>
            <repository>
                <corpname>Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections</corpname>
            </repository>
            <langmaterial>
                <language langcode="eng"/>
            </langmaterial>
            <physdesc>
                <extent>0.8 Cubic feet</extent>
                <extent>(1 box) </extent>
            </physdesc>
            <unitdate>1941-1948</unitdate>
            <abstract id="ref11" label="Abstract">Donald Goldsamt Collection of Miss Fury Comics is a small collection featuring newspaper comic strip clippings and reproductions of the comic strip Miss Fury by June Tarpe Mills. Miss Fury is a comic book superheroine from the Golden Age of Comics. She first appeared as The Black Fury on April 6, 1941, a Sunday comic strip distributed by the Bell Syndicate, and created by artist June Tarpé Mills (writing as Tarpé Mills).The strip was retitled Miss Fury in November 1941. Also included in the collection are two letters from Mills to Donald Goldsamt and clippings of newspaper articles referencing the strip.</abstract>
            <physdesc id="ref12" label="Physical Description">(1 flat box: 18.5" x 24.5" x 3")</physdesc>
            <langmaterial id="ref13" label="Language of Materials">English</langmaterial>
        </did>
        <arrangement id="ref14">
            <head>Arrangement of Materials</head>
            <p>Materials are arranged by size within box.</p>
        </arrangement>
        <acqinfo id="ref15">
            <head>Acquisitions Information</head>
            <p>CGA.2019.091: Bradley Goldsamt, 2019</p>
        </acqinfo>
        <prefercite id="ref17">
            <head>Preferred Citation</head>
            <p>[identification of item], [Box number/ folder number], Donald Goldsamt Collection of Miss Fury Comics, SPEC.CGA.DGC, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library &amp; Museum, Ohio State University</p>
        </prefercite>
        <accessrestrict id="ref18">
            <head>Access to Materials</head>
            <p>Materials in this collection are available for use, but may be used in the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library &amp; Museum reading room only. For access to the collection please contact the reading room 614-292-0538 or email 
                <extref ns2:actuate="onRequest" ns2:show="embed" ns2:title="cartoons@osu.edu" ns2:href="cartoons@osu.edu">cartoons@osu.edu</extref>.</p>
        </accessrestrict>
        <userestrict id="ref19">
            <head>Use of Materials</head>
            <p>Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright, and are made available for research and educational purposes. In general, the OSU Libraries do not own the copyright for materials from our collections and cannot grant copyright permissions for these materials. The user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status. If copyright protection applies, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exceptions to the law. Works in the public domain are not protected by copyright and do not require permission to use.</p>
        </userestrict>
        <processinfo id="ref20">
            <head>Processing Information</head>
            <p>BICLM Staff, November 2025</p>
        </processinfo>
        <bioghist id="ref21">
            <head>Biographical Note</head>
            <p>Donald Goldsamt was a fan and collector of the Miss Fury comic strip and his collection was donated to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library &amp; Museum.</p>
        </bioghist>
        <scopecontent id="ref22">
            <head>Scope and Contents</head>
            <p>Donald Goldsamt Collection of Miss Fury Comic contains newspaper comic strip clippings of Miss Fury by June Tarpe Mills (writing as Tarpe Mills), reproduction prints of the strip, newspaper articles, and two letters written by Mills and send to Goldsamt. The material dates mainly from 1941-1948, but are scattered, not chronological order.</p>
        </scopecontent>
        <dsc>
            <c01 id="ref1" level="file">
                <did>
                    <unittitle>"Cartoon Strip Cat Goes Off To War" and "Meet the Real Miss Fury- It's All Done With Mirrors" photocopied newspaper clippings</unittitle>
                    <container id="cid19805001" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">DGC 1</container>
                    <container parent="cid19805001" type="Folder">1</container>
                    <unitdate>1945</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 id="ref2" level="file">
                <did>
                    <unittitle>Black Fury comic strip reproduction (B&amp;W)</unittitle>
                    <container id="cid19805002" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">DGC 1</container>
                    <container parent="cid19805002" type="Folder">2</container>
                    <unitdate>June 22, 1941</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 id="ref3" level="file">
                <did>
                    <unittitle>Letters from June Tarpe Mills to Donald Goldsamt</unittitle>
                    <container id="cid19805003" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">DGC 1</container>
                    <container parent="cid19805003" type="Folder">3</container>
                    <unitdate>1942</unitdate>
                </did>
                <separatedmaterial id="ref4">
                    <head>Separated Materials</head>
                    <p>Original art matted with letters has been removed and cataloged in the 
                        <extref ns2:actuate="onRequest" ns2:show="embed" ns2:title="original art database" ns2:href="https://osucartoons.pastperfectonline.com/">original art database</extref>. Original art matted with June 1, 1942 letter, Object ID: CGA.AC.BE3.051; Original art matted with July 6, 1942 letter, Object ID CGA.AC.BE3.050</p>
                </separatedmaterial>
                <scopecontent id="ref5">
                    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
                    <p>Two letters dated June 1, 1942 and July 6, 1942, each matted to board. Originally matted with original art by June Tarpe Mills. Images of the original objects are in the folder.</p>
                </scopecontent>
            </c01>
            <c01 id="ref6" level="file">
                <did>
                    <unittitle>Miss Fury comic strip color prints</unittitle>
                    <container id="cid19808001" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">DGC 1</container>
                    <container parent="cid19808001" type="Folder">4</container>
                    <unitdate>1941-1944</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 id="ref8" level="file">
                <did>
                    <unittitle>Miss Fury newspaper comic strip clippings</unittitle>
                    <container id="cid19808002" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">DGC 1</container>
                    <container parent="cid19808002" type="Folder">5-6</container>
                    <unitdate>1941-1947</unitdate>
                    <physdesc id="ref9" label="Physical Description">(2 folders)</physdesc>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 id="ref10" level="file">
                <did>
                    <unittitle>Miss Fury newspaper comic strip clippings</unittitle>
                    <container id="cid19808003" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">DGC 1</container>
                    <container parent="cid19808003" type="Folder">7</container>
                    <unitdate>1943-1947</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
        </dsc>
    </archdesc>
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