Rauner Special Collections Library

Friday, March 30, 2018

First Press in Vermont--at Dartmouth

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We have been moving though a very old backlog of minimally cataloged books and manuscripts. Most of them have to do with local history or Da...
Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Dartmouth's Unsolved Mystery

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For one of the most iconic buildings on Dartmouth's campus, Dartmouth Hall has quite the checkered history. If you've seen any of ou...
Friday, March 23, 2018

Colonial Views of the Pearl River Delta

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These stunning water-colors come to you from an unlikely source. The artist, Major General Henry Hugh Clifford, served in the British Arm...
Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Arms Robbery

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We were looking through a file on Corey Ford for some photos. Corey Ford, for those who don't know, was a writer, humorist, avid sportsm...
Friday, March 16, 2018

Stimulating Reading

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Most pamphlets published in the 17th century had the coffee-house crowd in mind as the audience. Coffee houses served as a kind of gentleman...
Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Sealing Wax and other Fancy Stuff

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We just bought a cool medical recipe book that was kept by Thomas Chadbourne, an early graduate of the Dartmouth Medical School (now the Gei...
Friday, March 9, 2018

Accounting for Wheelock

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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...
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