Books

The Encyclopedia Arctica. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879-1962).

A color facsimile of 16 volumes of an Arctic encyclopedia, sponsored in the 1940s by the U.S. Office of Naval Research and never-published. The Encyclopedia covers many scientific, geographic, zoological, and ethnographical subjects, and includes maps, diagrams, and biographies of important Arctic figures. For more Stefansson materials, please see Images (1906-1918) from The Stefansson Collection of Arctic Photographs below.

De Arte Amandi. Ovid (43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.)

A color facsimile of a pre-1480 printed Italian book (an incunabulum) -- one of only two copies known in American libraries.

Who's Who & What's What in the Books of Dr. Seuss. Edward Connery Lathem.

This extensive guide, published in 2000, commemorates the seventy-fifth anniversary of the graduation from Dartmouth College of Theodor Seuss Geisel.

The Beginnings of Dr. Seuss: An informal reminiscence. Theodor Seuss Geisel, 1904-1991.

This volume contains Theodor Geisel’s own reflections on his early career —from high school through the publication in 1937 of And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. The text is drawn from tape recordings made in 1975.

The Woodward Succession: A Brief History of the Dartmouth College Library, 1769-2002. Lois A. Krieger.

This 102 page, richly illustrated book tells the story of the history of Dartmouth College Library. Also includes bibliographical references (p. 94-96) and an index.

Russian placards, 1917-1922. Vladimir Ivanovich Lebedev (1894-1966).

Petersburgh: Petersburgh branch of the News of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, 1923.

The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck. Rodolphe Töpffer (1799-1846).

New York: Wilson & Co., [184-?]. The first comic book printed in the U.S.

The Fortunes of Ferdinand Flipper.

New York: Published at the Brother Jonathan Office, 185-?. The first comic book written in the U.S.

Dōchū hizakurige. 道中膝栗毛. Selections. Ikku Jippensha, 十返舎一九, 1765-1831.

Tōkyō: Takamizawa Mokuhansha, 18--. Selections from the 19th century comic novel: A shanks' mare tour of the Tōkaidō.

Music

Instrumental and electro-acoustic music. Jon Appleton (1939-).

Over 140 compositions, freely available for non-commercial uses.

Photographs

Images (1906-1918) from The Stefansson Collection of Arctic Photographs

Over 1,200 black and white images primarily from the Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-1918), and 700 lantern slides (some hand-colored). For more Stefansson materials, please see The Encyclopedia Arctica above.

12,000 color slides, many of volcanoes in Central America (early 1970s), from the Richard E. Stoiber Collection

Richard E. Stoiber '32 (1911-2001) was a professor of geology and a volcanologist at Dartmouth College (1935-1989). Available here are 12,000 color slides, mostly from these field trips to Central American volcanoes.

Dartmouth Photographic Records (1938-present).

Contains details about thousands of images created by College Photographers Adrian N. Bouchard (1938-1976); Stuart Bratesman (1985-1993); and Joseph Mehling (1993-present).

Manuscripts

Samson Occom (1723-1792): Manuscripts Related to Samson Occom and Eleazar Wheelock's Early Indian Students

Letters and other documents to and from Samson Occom, from the 1740s to the early 1790s.

Chronicles of England. [The Brut Chronicle]. England, ca. 1425-1450.

Medieval manuscript -- 121 leaves: parchment.  Composed in Anglo-Norman sometime after 1272, then extended to 1333, and, finally, in about 1400 translated into English; includes second continuation, believed to have been written around 1430, that extends the account from 1377 to 1419.

Terence. Comoediae sex cum argumentis (1462)

Medieval manuscript -- 91 leaves: parchment. Written in Ferrara. Illuminated capitals and marginal commentaries throughout.

Maps

New Hampshire towns and cities, 1880s-1920s. The Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Collection.

Maps of towns and cities giving detailed information on building location and structures for insurance purposes, produced by the Sanborn Map Company. These maps also hold a wealth of information and can be used as primary sources in historical research.

The American Military Pocket Atlas (1776). Robert Sayer and John Bennet.

London, R. Sayer and J. Bennet, [1776]. A collection of maps of the British colonies.

Films

Historical and Contemporary films of Dartmouth College.

The Dartmouth College Library holds hundreds of hours of video from the 1920s to the present day, chronicling the Dartmouth Experience over the decades. This section includes a small selection of these films.