Rauner Special Collections Library

We have been doing some work to enhance access to our collection of 'incunabula,' the term used for books printed in the 15th centur...

In the winter of 1810, Doctor Nathan Smith wrote from Hanover to a fellow physician in Philadelphia. Smith apologized for not writing sooner...

Trying to pick a scary movie to watch tonight? How about pulling some inspiration from Rauner's script collection? We have a few great o...

Charles Perrault (1628-1703) was a French writer and poet as well as a member of the Académie Française. In 1697, at the end of his illustri...

October 16th was "Dictionary Day," so named because it is Noah Webster's birthday. Sure, we have lots of editions of Webster...

We've got an evil one this week, both in terms of a book's subject matter and its impact in the world. Back in the fifteenth century...

When people think of the invention of moveable type and the start of commercial printing in the West, their minds usually go to monumental w...