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Creator:
Whitman Publishing Company
Title: Big Little Books Collection
Date (inclusive): 1933-1948
Extent:
10.4 linear feet
Abstract: The Big Little Books, a series of small books published by the Whitman Publishing Company, consist of stories based on comic
strips, radio dramas, and popular fiction. This collection contains 193 volumes, including titles from the following series:
Dick Tracy, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, and Popeye.
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: D-480
Language of Material: Collection materials in English.
The Big Little Books are a series of small books published by the Whitman Publishing Company. They consist of stories based
on comic strips, radio dramas, and popular fiction.
The collection contains 193 Big Little Books including titles from the following series: Dick Tracy, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse,
and Popeye.
The collection is arranged in alphabetical order by title.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Whitman Publishing Company
Big little books
Comic books, strips, etc.
Collection is open for research.
Sara Gunasekara processed this collection and created and encoded this finding aid with assistance from student employee Michelle
Xie.
[Identification of item], Big Little Books Collection, D-480, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University
of California, Davis.
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf
of the Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis as the owner of the physical items
and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.