Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities

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

  • 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...
  • A label for a brand of chocolate sold in France in the middle of the 19th century.

    Choco-Choc

    September 29, 2011

    A group of labels for brands of chocolate sold in France in the middle of the 19th century.
  • The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

    How are Multitides?

    September 23, 2011

    EXHIBITION CLOSING PARTY How is a Book? and Multitudes: A Celebration of the Yale Collection of American Literature, 1911 – 2011 Friday, September 23, 2011 at...