Rauner Exhibits | Dartmouth Libraries

Explore exhibits showcasing the fascinating items from our collections, spanning 20 years. At any given moment, visit the Class of '65 Galleries, our dedicated exhibit space located on the second floor of the library, to discover a curated selection of archival materials.

Illustration of a man on a white horse blowing a long trumpet with a woman and another figure behind. Trees, hedges, and a rendering of the US capitol in background, right.

Making the Case for Suffrage

Now on Exhibit

January 07, 2026 - March 13, 2026

Curated by Sarah Bowman.

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map of eastern United States with red line denoting Appalachian Trail running from Georgia to Maine

From Vision to Reality

September 15, 2025 - December 12, 2025

Curated by Dakota Jackson, Senior Director of Visitor Engagement at the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, and Morgan Swan, Special Collections Librarian for Teaching and Scholarly Engagement at Dartmouth Libraries, with help from Kim Wheeler, Research & Learning Librarian at Dartmouth Libraries. The poster was designed by Max Seidman, Exhibits and Graphic Arts Designer.

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A sepia photograph of a cross-dressing individual in an early 20th century dress with text: "Let the Old Traditions Fail" and information about the exhibit.

Let the Old Traditions Fail

July 09, 2025 - September 12, 2025

Designed by the students in Professor Matthew Ritger’s ENGL 61.03/WGSS 66.20 class, "Early Modern Literature and the History of Sexuality."

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Colored illustration of woman in late 18th, early 19th century dress preparing food in a kitchen.

March 17, 2025 - June 13, 2025

This exhibit was curated by Kira Parrish-Penny, the 2024-2025 Edward Connery Lathem ’51 Special Collections Fellow, and will be on display in the Class of 1965 Galleries in Rauner Library from March 17th through June 13th, 2025. The poster was designed by Joshua Shaw, Library Web and Application Developer.

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Silhouette of man with backpack and trees with map in background

January 27, 2025 - March 17, 2025

Curated by Daniel Abosso, Librarian (Baker-Berry Library) and Elaina Vitale, Librarian (Biomedical Libraries). Poster designed by Sam Milnes, Collection Management Assistant (Rauner Special Collections Library).

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illustration of men digging up grave with corpse and tombstone in foreground and cityscape in background

September 16, 2024 - December 13, 2024

Curated by Morgan Swan

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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)

Creating and Preserving Culture

July 08, 2024 - September 28, 2024

Curated by the members of Associate Professor Monica Ndounou’s “Curating Black Theater” class (THEA 10/AAAS 32) during the Spring 2024 term: Aidan Adams ‘24, Ivie Aiwuyo ‘26, Tamonie Brown ‘24, Julia Cappio ‘27, Makayla Charles ‘27, Godwin Kangor ‘27, Noah Martinez ‘27, Kambrian Winston ‘26, and Justine Zakayo ‘25.

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silhouette of medusa on grey background

More Than a Monster

March 25, 2024 - June 28, 2024

Curated by Elizabeth Hadley '23, the Edward Connery Lathem '51 Special Collections Fellow

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woodcut of four male figures dressed as kings

The Whirligig of Time

November 20, 2023 - March 15, 2024

Curated by students in Professor Matthew Ritger’s ENGL 15 Shakespeare class.

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Cat rides on shoulder of man in arctic parka

Through the Eyes of a Cat

September 27, 2023 - November 10, 2023

Curated by Sam Milnes, Collection Management Assistant, and Jay Satterfield, Special Collections Librarian.

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magnifying glass over documents and images

Histories Unheard

June 19, 2023 - September 15, 2023

Curated by Val Werner '21, Historical Accountability Student Research Program Coordinator, and Morgan Swan, the Special Collections Librarian for Teaching & Scholarly Engagement.

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white man painting native american with other figures and teepees in background

April 03, 2023 - June 16, 2023

Curated by Sydnie Ziegler '22, Edward Connery Lathem '51 Special Collections Fellow.

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Email & Phone

Rauner Special Collections Library

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Rauner Special Collections Library

6065 Webster Hall
Hanover, NH 03755

Our Staff

Joshua A. Lascell

Assistant Archivist for Acquisitions and Collections

Joshua.A.Lascell@dartmouth.edu

Peter D. Nowell

Rare Book and Manuscript Metadata Librarian

Peter.D.Nowell@dartmouth.edu

Peter works primarily with rare published resources (monographs, serials, broadsides, artists' books, scores, etc.), ancient and medieval manuscripts, two-dimensional visual resources (prints), realia, digital resources, and collections of materials. He researches bibliographic, archival, and other aspects of these resources and creates metadata using national and international standards.

Morgan R. Swan

Special Collections Librarian for Teaching and Scholarly Engagement

Morgan.R.Swan@dartmouth.edu

Morgan Swan is the Special Collections Librarian for Teaching & Scholarly Engagement at Rauner Special Collections Library. He facilitates class visits to Rauner Library, supervises special collections public services, and coordinates special collections outreach efforts to the campus and community. Morgan has a PhD in English Literature from Yale University and received his Master's in Library and Information Science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He grew up in Macau, China, and is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.

Julia W. Logan

Archivist and Records Manager

Julia.W.Logan@dartmouth.edu

Jay Satterfield

Head of Rauner Library Special Collections & Archives

Jay.Satterfield@dartmouth.edu

Since arriving at Dartmouth in 2004, Jay has worked to integrate Special Collections into the intellectual life of the College through intensive curricular use of the collection. He is an advocate for hands on learning and creating meaningful connections between the past and the present with rare and unique materials. He is the author of “The World’s Best Books”: Taste, Culture and the Modern Library and holds a PhD in American Studies from the University of Iowa.

Scout Noffke

Reference and Administrative Specialist

scout.noffke@dartmouth.edu

Vi Welker

Assistant Archivist for Records

Vi.Welker@dartmouth.edu

Vi joined Dartmouth in 2018 as the Records Analyst specializing in the examination and evaluation of systems and procedures related to the creation, processing, storing and disposition of records. She works with College departments and offices to ensure the integrity, accuracy, and safekeeping of institutional records.

Vi has a B.A. in History from Shippensburg University and a Masters in Library and Information Science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She earned the designation of Certified Records Analyst (CRA) in 2021.

Valen R. Werner

Historical Accountability Student Research Program Coordinator

Valen.R.Werner@dartmouth.edu

Val Werner is the coordinator of the Historical Accountability Student Research Program. He was formerly the 2021-22 Edward Connery Lathem '51 Special Collections Fellow. He grew up in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and has been part of the Dartmouth community since 2016.

Charlie Langenbucher

Processing Specialist

Charlie.Langenbucher@dartmouth.edu

Charlie (they/them/theirs) joined Rauner Special Collections Library as a Processing Specialist in February 2022. They graduated from Brandeis University with a B.A. in 2016, and earned master's degrees in history and library science (archives management concentration) from Simmons University in 2021.

Kent D. Randell

Assistant Archivist for Digital Collections

Kent.D.Randell@dartmouth.edu

Kellyann Wolfe

Collection Management & Outreach Assistant

Kellyann.Wolfe@dartmouth.edu

I joined Rauner in December of 2025 after 2+ years in Access Services. Very recently I worked as a freelance indexer, mostly of scholarly books; prior to that I taught Introduction to Hebrew Bible and biblical Hebrew. I live with my spouse Tim and cats Dayenu and Pip in the valley below Mt. Cardigan, where I cultivate an asparagus patch and forage wild foods. Ask me about eating milkweed!

Sarah K. Bowman

Processing Specialist

Sarah.K.Bowman@dartmouth.edu

Sophie Chadha

Edward Connery Lathem ’51 Special Collection Fellow

Sophie.Chadha@dartmouth.edu

A ’25 from Brookline, Massachusetts, Sophie studied English and neuroscience at Dartmouth and is interested in how literary and cognitive fields approach understanding thought, perception, language, memory, and development across species.

Special Collections played an integral role in her undergraduate experience: revisiting her favorite childhood stories in a ‘Victorian Children’s Literature’ course through the richly illustrated first editions at Rauner reignited a curiosity that evolved into extensive research with the archive’s holding of Rudyard Kipling’s short story collection Wee Willie Winkie: and Other Child Stories and culminated in a senior honors thesis titled, Forty Winks Later: The Dream of the Nation in the Children’s and Adult Literature of Kipling and Rushdie.

As an undergraduate assistant at Rauner during her senior year, she paged materials for classes on a range of topics she wouldn't have explored in her own coursework, from medieval bestiaries to 1920s foxtrot scores.

An aspiring educator, Sophie strives to create a learning environment that sparks students’ curiosity so they are also excited to return to Rauner Library and investigate the collections further. She is focused on creating innovative pairings of materials and active learning activities that supplement students’ analytical toolkits, making the subject(s) they study more tangible by foregrounding the essential relationships between form, content, and audience.

Sophie has designed and facilitated classes for ‘Romantic Era Literature and Frankenstein,’ ‘The Rise of the Novel,’ ‘Moby Dick,’ ‘U.S. and the World from Independence to 1865,’ and constructed sessions for visiting groups on WWI French-American correspondence and Robert Frost poetry.

Building off her passions for children’s literature and genre theory, Sophie is currently processing a previously un-cataloged collection of artworks by Victorian children’s and adult illustrators, including H.M. Brock and Hugh Thompson. She is also curating an exhibit on Transportive Literatures, which will explore escapist genres and portable literary forms to consider the impact of when and where we read on our engagement with narrative.

Ann K. Evans

Records Analyst

Ann.K.Evans@dartmouth.edu

All Rauner Special Collections Library Staff