Rauner Special Collections Library

On this day in 1799, the discovery of the Rosetta Stone was formally reported by Michel Ange Lancret to the Institut D'Egypte, a newly...

When the United States entered World War I in 1917, the propaganda machines clicked on. Here is an interesting little example created by the...

It is our week for thinking about book covers. We just blogged a mundane 19th-century book jacket --here is the polar opposite. Kenneth Patc...

In about 1920, flashy book jackets became all the rage. Publishers recognized that a dust jacket could do more than simply protect a book in...

On June 23, 1828, John Treadwell of the Class of 1830 set off fireworks near Dartmouth Hall. That doesn't sound like that big of a deal ...

One of our lesser-known book collections in Special Collections is the Wilfrid Scawen Blunt collection. It was given to the college in 194...

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in Greenwich Village. The mass demonstrations were a crucial turning point for t...