Rauner Special Collections Library

This paper lantern balloon from the 1888 Presidential campaign of Benjamin Harrison and his running mate Levi Morton was a common form of ca...

In the mid-19th century, when urban dwellers in the United States began to venture into nature for the sake of relaxation rather than conque...

In 1671, publisher and writer John Ogilby created a compendium of all relevant information about the New World. In true 17th-century form, t...

If you didn't make it to the beach this summer, we have the book for you. Maggie Puckett's Salty reeks of the ocean even though it w...

Known best for his involvement in the occult and reputation as the "wickedest man in the world," Aleister Crowley also appears to ...

John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim's Progress first appeared in 1678 but remained enormously popular for hundreds of years. In the 19th century ...

H. L. Mencken rarely spared anyone's feelings in his writing during his life, so it was with great anticipation that his autobiographica...