Rauner Special Collections Library

These covers are just too good. We couldn't resist a follow up to the Christmas posting . Pears' Soap issued it's own holiday ...

The Christmas tree, colorful packages, cards, the big family dinner... you know the schtick. You've seen it in the movies, heard it in s...

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (London: W. Strahan, 1755) is an authorial tour de force . That one person could po...

In late November 1773, the Nantucket whaling ship Dartmouth sailed into Boston harbor. Her cargo was tea, brought back from England after ...

The adage that “all your dysfunctional relationships have one thing in common, you” comes to mind whenever Eleazar Wheelock’s legacy is up f...

In 1850, P. T. Barnum coaxed thirty-year-old Jenny Lind out of retirement for a grand tour of the United States. That tour, which earned Lin...

Things are pretty quiet here in Rauner Library since the students left for break.  We just have a few folks in doing some research, but th...