Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities

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

    A Woman of Genius

    April 21, 2011

    Dust jacket for: A Woman of Genius by Mary Austin, Doubleday, Page & Company,1912.
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    2011 Yale College Poets Reading

    April 18, 2011

    Yale College Poets Reading Featuring Ilan Ben-Meir, Elisa Gonzalez, Alice Hodgkins, Laurel Hunt, Casey Blue James, Kate Lund, Hannah Zeavin Musser, Noah Warren...
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    Survivor

    April 14, 2011

    Mahala Dutton Benedict Douglas (1864-1945) photographed by Carl Van Vechten, New York, November 22, 1935. Douglas survived the sinking of the Titanic. Her...
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    Poor traits

    April 7, 2011

    Gelett Burgess’s song about The Goops, 1900...
  • The Skeleton in Armor

    March 30, 2011

    Morris & Co. and Walter Crane Crossing the Pond March 24, 2011 marked the 177th anniversary of the birth of William Morris (1834-1896), the incredibly...
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    Discovering E. M. Forster’s Secret Lives

    March 24, 2011

    Wendy Moffat discusses her new biography of E. M. Forster Using photographs, images of holograph letters, and other evidence, Wendy Moffat will explore a few...
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    Hilton Als at Beinecke

    March 16, 2011

    THE JAMES WELDON JOHNSON MEMORIAL LECTURE | 2011 A Reading & Conversation with New Yorker critic Hilton Als Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 4:00 pm Hilton Als...
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    No Leaning Out!

    March 15, 2011

    Circular Bridge, Mt. Lowe Railway (Altadena, California), no. 53072. Detroit Photographic Co. or Detroit Publishing Co. ca. 1897-1924
  • Historic Dress

    March 7, 2011