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Mecklin's equator-crossing certificate
John Martin Mecklin, Class of 1939, traveled a lot. A few years after graduating from Dartmouth, he became a correspondent for the Chicago Sun in Europe, sending regular eyewitness accounts of developments in the war. After World War II, he continued as a reporter in Italy. Later he would have posts in Paris and in Saigon but today we're looking at one very specific achievement in world travel.
Title page to Report of the Woman's Rights Convention
Well, we just managed to acquire something we always thought would be out of reach, but here it is, joining the collections, shaming everything around it for being too weak and mealy-mouthed. Despite its humble printing and ephemeral appearance, this is a document of revolution--a document not afraid to call out the oppressors and fight for rights. It is the 1848 Report of the Woman's Rights Convention held at Seneca Falls, N.Y., July 19th and 20th, 1848 printed by the local printer in Rochester.
Group of men including a young Takanobu Mitsui
December 7, 1941 changed a lot for many in the United States, especially students of the draft age, but perhaps none experienced uncertainty and fear quite like Takanobu Mitsui '43, a Dartmouth student from Japan. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the College was transformed into a training site for the U.S. Navy, and for many Mitsui represented an enemy on home soil.

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Silhouette of man with backpack and trees with map in background
January 27, 2025 - March 17, 2025
Rauner Library, Class of 1965 Galleries
illustration of men digging up grave with corpse and tombstone in foreground and cityscape in background
September 16, 2024 - December 13, 2024
Rauner Library, Class of 1965 Galleries
Black top and bottom with yellow background overlain with a reperesentation of a stage. At right, a black hand grasps a mutlicolored 'rainbow' (red, yellow, green, black, and white)
July 08, 2024 - September 28, 2024
Rauner Library, Class of 1965 Galleries