Monday, December 15, 2025

A Ghost Story for Christmas

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When A Christmas Carol was published in 1843, it came with the subtitle "Being a ghost story of Christmas." Ghosts might not be t...
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Friday, December 5, 2025

“A wise man is never surprised”: Decoding a 200 year old cipher

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One of my responsibilities at Rauner is ingesting PDF scans of archival material into our digital repository for long-term preservation. If ...
Monday, December 1, 2025

A Signet Classic

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Okay, it is just #715 in the regular Signet series, not part of the Signet Classics, but the cover sure qualifies as a classic. We were goin...
Friday, November 14, 2025

Different, the Same, then Different Again

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We have been doing some work to enhance access to our collection of 'incunabula,' the term used for books printed in the 15th centur...
Friday, November 7, 2025

Body-Snatching and Bad Luck

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In the winter of 1810, Doctor Nathan Smith wrote from Hanover to a fellow physician in Philadelphia. Smith apologized for not writing sooner...
Friday, October 31, 2025

At the Late Night, Double-Feature Picture Show... by RKO

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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...
Friday, October 24, 2025

Cinderella, by any other name

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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...