Rauner Special Collections Library

In the frigid early morning hours of Saturday, February 5, 1887, a Vermont Central train, the “night express,” was heading north to Montreal...

As today is the 226th birthday of John James Audubon, it seemed fitting to write an entry about him. Since we've posted previously abou...

It may not be a national holiday, but today is the 300th birthday of the Rev. Eleazar Wheelock, Dartmouth’s founder and demiurge. Born on A...

Franklin Leavitt was a farmer from Lancaster, New Hampshire who supplemented his income by acting as a guide for visitors to the White Mount...

This blog began its life as a way to mark this week in U.S. history, particularly the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, and t...

It sure looks like Huck Finn, but it's not. A closer inspection of this rather slim volume of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn reveal...

Early expeditions to the Arctic attempted to force their way through sea ice in hopes of finding a practical northwest trade route to the Ea...