Rauner Special Collections Library
Friday, March 22, 2024
How much is that in Beavers?
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While prepping for a class this Winter, we stumbled on an amazing 18th-century chart of prices. It has the typical merchandise you would exp...
Friday, March 15, 2024
Writing "The Blues"
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Lizzie Jackson, in this letter from February 1853, paints an accurate depiction of someone suffering from depression. Interestingly, though...
Friday, March 8, 2024
Jamaican Pepper and Turkish Figs
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We recently acquired two humble yet fascinating little manuscripts that shed an impressive amount of light on the capitalistic and exploitat...
Friday, March 1, 2024
In March the Wind Blows Down the Door...
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Happy March! We're getting impatient for spring around here and are celebrating the changing seasons with a look at one of the smaller b...
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Friday, February 23, 2024
Perfection through Portraiture
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Can we become more virtuous just by looking at portraits of illustrious people? Yes, we can! This is the claim of 16th century portrait book...
Friday, February 16, 2024
Breaking Bread: The Development of Kosher and Halal Dining at Dartmouth
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“[A] joint Halal-Kosher dining venture on campus … would significantly advance Dartmouth’s vision for its future.” 1999 was an important yea...
Friday, February 9, 2024
Fill the Bowl Up?
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"If every dormitory man had one identical piece of personal furniture, it was a beer mug." In 1975, Norman Carpenter '53 was l...
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