Rauner Special Collections Library

With the approach of 2018, we hope that you have plans to spend New Year's Eve in style, whether that be out on the town enjoying musi...

We hope this gets you into the spirit of the season! brought to you by the inventor of the modern Christmas card, Louis Prang, his "Win...

If you were a book illustrator faced with creating the first illustrations for Milton's Paradise Lost , where would you focus? Let...

Last week, we brought you an 1890 plea to farmers to stay in New Hampshire. The lure of the rich soil of the Midwest was proving too strong,...

Amelia Buell was born on May 25, 1856, in Lisbon, New Hampshire. She was the daughter of George Hansen Buell and Cordelia Thayer. On Novembe...

Yesterday was Pearl Harbor Day and, while going through a box of President Ernest Hopkins's presidential papers, we stumbled quite by ch...

  New Hampshire was never a friendly place for farmers, who had to scratch out a living in the state's rocky soil. Even nearby Vermont...