Baseball on the Green
Harvard (3) vs. Dartmouth (4) - May 13, 1892. "Harvard made its first appearance on Dartmouth's campus for ten years, on Friday, May 13 and after a hot contest left the field defeated, but apparently not discouraged. Luck was against them. Their trunks had miscarried at Concord..."

Dartmouth in 1803
This is an early view of the principal buildings of Dartmouth College in 1803. At center is Dartmouth Hall. The print is framed with a reproduction of George Ticknor's presentation note.

Reunions at Dartmouth
June 7 - 17 is reunion season at Dartmouth, and Rauner Library always enjoys welcoming the classes back to campus. In addition to the many alumni who come in to see yearbooks, freshmen books, past issues of The Dartmouth, or the photographic collection, returning classes often hold exhibits in the library during reunion week.

Missal ca.1470
A leaf from an Italian missal. Note the historiated initials and floral border.

Karluk in Ice
"The Karluk just before she sank, showing, supended below the bowsprit, the umiak or walrus hunting boat mentioned by Hadley. Last view of the Karluk before the sun disappeared. At that time, the vessel was in about latitude 74 degrees."

Lady Franklin Bay Expedition
The Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, roughly ten years after Bradford's photographic book, is an excellent example of the other extreme of the polar regions. The expedition, under the aegis of the International Polar Year program, traveled to Lady Franklin Bay on Ellesmere Island and there nearly froze and starved to death.

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
This is the 3rd edition. Published by Bernard Quaritch in London in 1872. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe of London. A similar edition and binding is thought to have sunk with the Titanic.

Blaeu Atlas
Title page to the Europa section of Joan Blaeu's (1596-1673) eleven volume atlas: Geographia, quae est cosmographiae Blavianae pars prima...

Sine Illustrated Books Collection
Edward P. Sine, Class of 1951, was the donor of approximately 3,000 original watercolors and drawings by noted British illustrators and 6,000 books illustrated by them, about them, or referring to them; as well as related materials.