Rauner Special Collections Library

This month we have a new single-case exhibit installed at Rauner Library, one appropriate to the summer and especially to this coming Fourth...

Anyone who has spent some time either in our reading room or following our blog will recognize the name Viljhalmur Stefansson. Stefansson wa...

Starting sometime in the late 1700s, the graduating class threw a ball after commencement. The earliest ticket we have is from 1792. The bal...

French professor and scientist Guillaume Rondelet (1507-1566) dabbled in many areas, among them anatomy, medicine, botany, and zoology. We...

Many people dream of a hand-delivered official summons from the Queen for a private appointment. Sounds pretty exciting, but each of the ten...

Multiculturalism was one of the hottest cultural flashpoints in the United States during the late 1980s and early 1990s, especially in highe...

We're all terrifically glad that spring is here for real, and so we would like to share a lovely book that celebrates the signs of the s...