Rauner Special Collections Library

We recently ran into something interesting in our files on the Student Army Training Corps. The SATC was a federal program implemented durin...

Feeling a bit brought down by the season? You’re not the only one. This week we’re highlighting a wry little number, currently on display as...

In addition to our current collections of phenomenal books and manuscripts, we are always collecting new amazing items that we know will be ...

When A Christmas Carol was published in 1843, it came with the subtitle "Being a ghost story of Christmas." Ghosts might not be t...

One of my responsibilities at Rauner is ingesting PDF scans of archival material into our digital repository for long-term preservation. If ...

Okay, it is just #715 in the regular Signet series, not part of the Signet Classics, but the cover sure qualifies as a classic. We were goin...

We have been doing some work to enhance access to our collection of 'incunabula,' the term used for books printed in the 15th centur...