Rauner Special Collections Library

Frederick Ransom was a member of the Class of 1820, though he did not reach graduation. We don't know much about him. He came from a loc...

On July 24, 1863, Rev. Nathan Lord resigned the presidency of Dartmouth College, an office he had held for thirty-five years. He gave it up ...

For the majority of Dartmouth's history, a Black student on campus was a rarity. The College had graduated its first Black student in 18...

When traveling somewhere you do not speak the local language, what are the phrases you would prioritize learning? You can find countless phr...

In 1944, Dr. Agnes Bartlett left Hanover to serve as a medical officer at the Poston Internment Camp in southwestern Arizona, one of the lar...

We just had one of those "discovery" moments. We put that in quotes because the only reason we could make the discovery was becaus...

In 1876, Americans celebrated the centennial of the Declaration of Independence in grand fashion. For six months, millions of visitors flock...