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The McCain Library and Archives is the chief reserve library for The University of Southern Mississippi. It houses the items in Southern Miss' possession that are not available for checkout. Besides being the archives, the building also houses the office of the President Emeritus, and the universities audio visual department. The Archives also house the DeGrummond's Children's Literature Collection, one of the largest collections of children's literature in the world. The McCain building is also home to the world's largest collection of Curious George writings and artifacts. Many of the original artworks etc for the Curious George are housed in the McCain Library and Archives. The author of Curious George even created a special drawing as a gift to the university upon giving their collection to the university that depicts George carrying all of his books etc past and old time directions sign that points towards Hattiesburg. A copy of this drawing can be viewed in the Curious George section of Barnes and Noble in The Thad Cochran Center.

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Scanned copy of original Curious George Flys a Kite complete with author revisions http://cdm.lib.usm.edu/cdm_usm/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/rey&CISOPTR=17&CISOBOX=1&REC=1

Link to Children's Literature Collection http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/


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