Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities

New acquisitions, unique documents, and visual and textual curiosities from the collections.
  • The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

    Publication Studio New Haven

    November 15, 2011

    Publication Studio comes to the Elm City to redefine the social life of the book. A One-week Residency in the Coop Center for Creativity November 14 – 19, 2011...
  • The Moon at one Meter

    November 8, 2011

    A souvenir from the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, an attraction that allowed visitors to view the moon through a giant telescope. The imagery for the...
  • The Grandpère of the MAD Fold-in

    October 25, 2011

    Shades of Al Jaffee and MAD Magazine … A printed and folded novelty celebrating Louis XVIII, King of France, 1814-1824. (Published by J.B. Verzy, circa...
  • Terry Tempest Williams

    Terry Tempest Williams Archive

    October 20, 2011

    The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library has acquired the papers of American writer, poet, naturalist, and activist Terry Tempest Williams. The author...
  • The Game of Medicinal Herbs

    October 17, 2011

    Jeu d’Herbes Medicinales par Kneipp [Germany, c. 1905] A board game based on alternative medicine theories promoted by the Catholic priest Sebastian Kneipp (...
  • The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

    Exorcism

    October 12, 2011

    The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University has acquired Eugene O’Neill’s “lost” one-act play, “Exorcism” (1919). The play, along with a...
  • The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

    Transparency

    October 10, 2011

    Selected images from a set of transparent playing cards. When held to a light source, an image with a proverb can be seen. Unknown maker, but likely US, circa...
  • A scrapbook of original designs and proof prints for early Victorian bindings done by R. A. Harrison, ca. 1840s.

    Centroid envy

    October 6, 2011

    A scrapbook of original designs and proof prints for early Victorian bindings done by R. A. Harrison, ca. 1840s. Along with sketches for roundels and...
  • A scrapbook of original designs and proof prints for early Victorian bindings done by R. A. Harrison, ca. 1840s.UNION FRANÇAISE DES INDUSTRIES EXPORTATRICES. l’Elegance Francaise. Paris Ateliers d’Impressions et de Cartonnages d’Art, [1940].

    A Woman's Paradise

    October 3, 2011

    UNION FRANÇAISE DES INDUSTRIES EXPORTATRICES . l’Elegance Francaise. Paris Ateliers d’Impressions et de Cartonnages d’Art, [1940]. A deluxe book showcasing all...