Rauner Special Collections Library

The College's ongoing custom of conducting oral history interviews with Dartmouth's retired presidents was begun back in the winter ...

While at Dartmouth, William Newton Johnston, Class of 1893, was an average student. He belonged to a fraternity and the telegraph associatio...

Skijoring is a winter sport that likely originated in Scandinavia.  The name comes from the Norwegian word skikjøring which means snow driv...

This engraved title page depicting a temple on a hill in a sculpted landscape with formal gardens ushered readers into an equally remarkable...

In 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.  In a letter to her mother dated March 12, 1850, Caroline...

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady was a publishing sensation in the 1920s. Penned by the experienced scre...

The earliest known image of Dartmouth appeared in the February 1793 issue of Massachusetts Magazine , illustrating a brief article on the Co...