Rauner Special Collections Library
Friday, May 12, 2017
Theater of Cruelty
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The Reformation spurred a lot of books decrying the evils of Catholicism. Our collections are full of diatribes against Popish forces along ...
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Cocaine and Cuckoldry
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While answering a reference question for a researcher who couldn't visit us in person, we had the good fortune to encounter this littl...
Friday, May 5, 2017
A Starry Messenger
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Italian mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and philosopher Galileo Galilei played an incredibly vital role in the scientific revolution of...
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Case Study in a Fully Functioning Government
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Situated remotely in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, the Mount Washington Hotel opened its doors in July, 1902, boasting that it could accommo...
Friday, April 28, 2017
Your Next Travel Dictionary: The All-in-One Guide for the "Speedy Learning of the Italian Tongue"
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If you’ve ever wondered how to say “mouthful” in Italian, you might want to consult John Florio’s Queen Anna’s New World of Words , a hefty ...
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Audubon's Prospective Patrons
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Tomorrow marks what would have been John James Audubon's 232nd birthday. Our copy of the famous naturalist's Birds of America , wh...
Friday, April 21, 2017
Wheelock's Demise
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Historians agree that Eleazar Wheelock met his end on April 24, 1779, but that’s about where agreement ends. Some record his age as 68 and o...
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