Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities

New acquisitions, unique documents, and visual and textual curiosities from the collections.

Now We Are Five . . .
July 18, 2012

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the Cabinet of Curiosities. Thanks to all of our readers, supporters, commentors, detractors, correctors, oglers, ogres,...
New Research in Beinecke Collections
July 13, 2012

Beinecke Library archivist Matthew Mason has identified the photographer of an important photograph documenting Sigmund Freud’s 1909 visit to Clark...
Donald Windham and Sandy Campbell Papers
July 5, 2012

A new guide to the Donald Windham and Sandy Campbell Papers is now available online: Guide to the Donald Windham and Sandy Campbell Papers (YCAL MSS 424) ; a...
Eve Arnold Papers
July 2, 2012

A new guide to the Eve Arnold Papers is now available online: Guide to the Eve Arnold Papers (YCAL MSS 611) ; a brief description of the collection is...
"How Will You Look This Summer?"
June 22, 2012

Issues of Strength and Health magazine from the late 1930s/early 1940s - with some back cover ads.
A Barrel full of Rhymes
June 19, 2012

A curious object - a small wooden barrel housing a strip of linen printed with Alphabet rhymes.Circa 1880.
Student Research in Beinecke Collections
June 1, 2012

Zara Kessler, Yale College Class of 2012 John Hersey’s Yale Education written for Professor John Gaddis, The Art of Biography, HIST215J An excerpt: On...
Featuring Beinecke
June 1, 2012

#22 YALE Yale Special. Planned, edited & designed by graphic design department, Yale School of Art. PARTICIPANTS & CONTRIBUTORS include Beinecke...
Student Research in Beinecke Collections
May 25, 2012

Katherine Fein, Yale College Class of 2014 Quite a Story to Tell: The Laughs and Loves of Mary Welsh written for Professor John Gaddis, The Art of Biography,...
The Grand Eleusinian Spectacle
May 14, 2012

Playbill for an evening’s entertainment at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, London, England: The Grand Eleusinian Spectacle of Magic & Mystery , by...