Rauner Special Collections Library

Until Louis Prang popularized chromolithography in the second half of the 19th century, printing in color was economically impractical. The...

As winter comes closer, sometimes you just need a good old favorite to curl up with (or admire in the reading room!). Here at Rauner, we hav...

With a big-budget movie coming out next month "based on the incredible true story that inspired Moby-Dick ," and with our own Mo...

The Fifth of November is once again upon us, with the catchy rhyme reminding us of Guy Fawkes' treason (or heroism?!). As with most hist...

From the Archival Photo Files We went looking into The D for some good Halloween stories. We found a few off-color pranks we do not rea...

Here at Rauner, we love Hamlet. We’ve previously written about an edition of the play performed in French and a 1949 woodcut version that ...

We just acquired the first English translations of the brothers Grimm's German Popular Stories . The first volume was published in 1823 ...