Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities

New acquisitions, unique documents, and visual and textual curiosities from the collections.
  • Portraits of Elizabeth Bishop and Louise Crane, circa 1930s, from the Louise Crane Papers.

    Exchanging Hats

    November 19, 2010

    Portraits of Elizabeth Bishop and Louise Crane, circa 1930s, from the Louise Crane Papers .
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    In Memoriam

    November 12, 2010

    Former provost and distinguished intellectual historian Frank M. Turner — who only two months ago embarked on a five-year term as University librarian,...
  • November, 1930 from The Pooh calendar: verses by A.A. Milne ; decorations by E.H. Shepard (New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. [1929]

    "Tut-tut it looks like rain"

    November 5, 2010

    November, 1930 from The Pooh calendar : verses by A.A. Milne ; decorations by E.H. Shepard (New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. [1929]
  • 1956 card game tracing the major automobile routes around France.

    Jeu des 7 Grandes Routes

    November 1, 2010

    Images of a 1956 card game tracing the major automobile routes around France. Published by Editions Willeb and brought to you by the folks at British Petroleum.
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    Invitation pour deux personnes

    October 28, 2010

    … which would mean both Gertrude Stein and Alice Toklas. An invitation sent to the couple by Pablo Picasso in 1924. Visit the Beinecke Library digital...
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    Naughty tricks

    October 26, 2010

    Lothar Meggendorfer. Bubenstreiche: ein Verwandlungsbilderbuc h. Eßlingen & München: Schreiber, 1899. One of Meggendorfer’s ingenious moving books,...
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    Fröbelgabe (or kindergarten pixelation)

    October 21, 2010

    A beautiful example of a kindergarten exercise - specifically the 14th of Friedrich Fröbel’s “gifts” intended to allow young children free range of play...
  • 20 trillion ways to see the world

    October 18, 2010

    A landscape puzzle from around 1830, the 16 cards can be arranged in a myriad of ways (20,922,789,888,000 to be exact), forming a seemingly endless view. Below...
  • “Collection of numbers, designs and letters …” by Marsden Hartley

    Numbers, Letters

    October 13, 2010

    “Collection of numbers, designs and letters …” by Marsden Hartley Marsden Hartley, Photographed by Carl Van Vechten Photographs by Carl Van Vechten are...