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.

Poster for “Corresponding Friendships: Robert Frost’s Letters,” featuring a collage of handwritten and typed letters and stamped envelopes.
Corresponding Friendships
September 10, 2014 - November 01, 2014

Curated by Laura Braunstein & Jay Satterfield

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Poster for “Free Men All: Dartmouth & the Civil Rights Movement,” with an orange background and a large circular button reading “RISE UP” in bold red letters.
Free Men All
August 30, 2014 - October 03, 2014

Curated by Julia Logan

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Poster for “Free Men All: Dartmouth & the Civil Rights Movement” on an orange background and “RISE UP” in bold red.
Item as deScribed
August 01, 2014 - August 31, 2014

Curated by Ben Patrick and Morgan Swan

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Poster for “A Richer Dust: Rupert Brooke & the Culture of Mourning,” featuring a black‑and‑white profile portrait of a young man with wavy hair.
A Richer Dust
June 04, 2014 - July 31, 2014

Curated by Laura Braunstein and Morgan Swan

Rauner Library, Class of 1965 Galleries
Poster for the exhibit “A Matter of Absolute Necessity: Eleazar Wheelock and Moor’s Indian Charity School,” featuring an illustration of a classroom above a handwritten manuscript.
"A Matter of Absolute Necessity"
December 02, 2013 - February 28, 2014

Curated by Shermaine Waugh, Edward Connery Lathem '51 Special Collections Fellow, with assistance from Peter Carini and Barbara Kreiger

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Black-and-white woodcut-style poster showing Adam digging with a spade while Eve and two children stand nearby under a tree
When Adam Delved & Eve Span
July 01, 2013 - August 30, 2013

Curated by Laura Braunstein & Jay Satterfield

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A vintage anatomical illustration of a human figure stripped of skin muscles, holding a flayed skin in one hand and a scalpel in the other.
The Body
April 02, 2013 - June 21, 2013

Curated by Caitlin Zellers '16, Lynn Huang '16 & Regan Haegley '16 from Sienna Craig's Anthropology 7 class "The Values of Medicine"

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This vintage style poster features illustrated portraits of three American authors—Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, and H.L. Mencken—along with brief biographical text beneath each portrait
American Curmudgeons
January 07, 2013 - February 28, 2013

Curated by Morgan Swan

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Exhibit poster featuring an old scientific illustration of planetary spheres orbiting the Sun.
Natural Philosophy in a Time of Revolution
October 01, 2012 - November 30, 2012

Curated by Ilana Grallert & Jay Satterfield

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This exhibit poster has a suit jacket covered in an assortment of colorful political campaign pins and buttons representing multiple US elections and causes.
It's Political
August 06, 2012 - September 30, 2012

Curated by Josh Lascell & Peter Carini

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A textured exhibit poster featuring handwritten 18th-century script over a fiery orange-red background, titled "Is Not My Word Like Fire," highlighting Eleazar Wheelock and the Great Awakening.
Is Not My Word Like Fire?
May 10, 2012 - July 30, 2012

Curated by Eliz Kirk, Associate Librarian for Information Resources

Rauner Library, Class of 1965 Galleries
A vintage-style exhibit poster featuring a black-and-white illustration of a surprised woman reading two books simultaneously, titled "Literary Gentlemen and a Girl Like I."
Literary Gentlemen and a Girl Like I
December 15, 2011 - February 29, 2012

Curated by Anne Peale, Edward Connery Lathem '51 Special Collections Fellow & Jay Satterfield

Rauner Library, Class of 1965 Galleries