Rauner Special Collections Library

Enormously popular and critically maligned, the dime novel was one of the first forms of mass culture in the United States. The Western adve...

This document, which is much more impressive when you see it in real life since it is quite large at 26.5 x 27 inches, is John Wheelock'...

The 1939 New York World's Fair, "Building the World of Tomorrow," was a grand spectacular celebrating progress. It optimistica...

Sometimes a book is exciting not so much for its contents but because of its past: the places it has been or the hands that once held it. Th...

George W. Rice sounded hopeful in his diary on January 1st, 1882. As photographer to the 1881-1884 Lady Franklin Bay Expedition lead by Adol...

On Christmas Day, 1903, Anthony Fiala lifted a holiday toast to his crew at Camp Abruzzi on Crown Prince Rudolf Island. The expedition, fund...

Even though the season has ended for the Dartmouth football team, it's not too late to indulge in some nostalgia over past victories.  L...