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Friday, April 1, 2011

April Fool's Day - The Autumn Version

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While attempting to showcase this day of hoax and trickery, of practical joke and parody, we sadly discovered that Dartmouth historically ha...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

The Second Folio

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One of the most requested items in our collection is our copy of Shakespeare's first folio from 1623. But we want to spread a little lov...
Friday, March 25, 2011

The Perfect Page

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An imperfect image of a perfect page In 1470 Nicolas Jenson printed the first book to employ his new Roman type, Eusebius's De euang...
Tuesday, March 22, 2011

The Wheelock Succession in Chairs

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In addition to the presidential portrait that each member of the Wheelock Succession sits for during his presidency, the College has another...
Friday, March 18, 2011

Get Katy to the Nunnery!

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We are introduced to the town of Hillsover and Arrowmouth College in What Katy Did at School , by Sarah Woolsey, first published in 1873. Ka...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Wearers of the Green

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That would be Dartmouth Green not Irish Green, despite the time of year.  Why Green and how was it chosen? It's a question that has been...
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Friday, March 11, 2011

Fit for a Princess

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We have a number of Books of Hours in the collection, but this is one of the smallest, with each of its one hundred and fifty six parchment ...
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