Rauner Special Collections Library
Friday, May 14, 2021
In Celebration of Nonsense
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This past Wednesday was Edward Lear's birthday! Although the 19th-century English author is probably best known nowadays for his nonsens...
Friday, May 7, 2021
A Case Against Fraternity Desegregation
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On November 9, 1950, Dartmouth alumnus W. Lee White wrote a letter expressing his displeasure with a proposal enacted by Dartmouth's und...
Friday, April 23, 2021
Tempestuous Beauty
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Arthur Rackham is widely known as one of the most important illustrators from the "Golden Age" of British book illustration, which...
Friday, April 16, 2021
"Whan that Aprille..."
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Think fast! What language is this story written in? If you guessed, "English," you're right. If you guessed, "Middle Engl...
Friday, April 9, 2021
All Snow and No Skiing
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Have you all ever heard of Malcolm McLane? He was a New Hampshire boy, a member of Dartmouth's class of 1946, and a skiing enthusiast. H...
Friday, April 2, 2021
The Clingy Duckling?
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Today is Hans Christian Andersen's birthday! The famous Danish author-poet-playwright was born in Odense, Denmark, in 1805 and is probab...
Friday, March 26, 2021
Birthday Brevity
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Today is Robert Frost's birthday and the arguably most well-known of Dartmouth College's alumni (to the 20th century, at least) woul...
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