Rauner Special Collections Library

None of Wheelock’s biographers, nor any of the historians of the College, ever mention Wheelock’s youth, other than to note his piousness an...

We just acquired something that was presented to us 78 years ago. It took a while to get here. It is a mimeograph, typescript copy of Frankl...

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words - this is certainly true if that picture is a map. When we think of what purpose maps se...

Humor - and especially black humor - often sticks in the imagination in a way that a dry reading of a subject doesn't. The Monarchs of ...

If you've ever seen Rauner's Instagram, you may know that Tuesday is a bit of a special day when we post pictures of our coolest an...

We just picked up a beautiful copy of a 1960s classic that inspired a generation of hipsters to try to write novels: the first printing of...

Have you ever wondered whether there was a reason for the arrangement of student desks in school rooms? Well, in 1855, Virgil Woodcock of Sw...