Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities

New acquisitions, unique documents, and visual and textual curiosities from the collections.
  • The Island Weekly

    October 22, 2007

    Die Inselwoche, a hectographed newspaper issued by German prisoners of war in an internment camp on Ile Longue, an island off of Brest in France, 1914-1919...
  • Drawn to Enchant

    October 16, 2007

    New – An Interview with the Author: Tim Young on Drawn to Enchant (MP3) Little girls with barbells! Dogs using quill pens! Odd looking men fishing for...
  • Ombres chinoises

    October 9, 2007

    A group of French finger shadow puppets from World War I depicting combatants from many sides, along with requisite tools of engagement: gun, sword, bottles of...
  • Wild West

    October 6, 2007

    Images from the papers of Nate Salsbury, co owner with Buffalo Bill of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, beginning with a photo of Nate during his days as...
  • the garden, the street . . .

    October 5, 2007

    … ( the city, the airport ) Two poems by Aram Saroyan from Sled Hill Voices , Goliard Press, 1966...
  • Little Creatures

    October 1, 2007

    Photographs made for scenes in Le Grand Meaulnes , a coming-of-age novel by Alain Fournier. These scenarios with molded figures were constructed by Louise-...
  • Beinecke Podcasts

    September 28, 2007

    The Beinecke Library produces podcasts of brief talks and interviews about collections and exhibitions, as well as recordings of some public events at the...
  • O, Temperance, O, Mores!

    September 24, 2007

    Young Gentlemen & Ladies Social & Temperance Society of Chester, CT. A minute book of the organization, 1829-1841 complete with statement of purpose...
  • Shoe Portrait

    September 18, 2007

    Blanche Dunn’s legs and shoes , Photographed by Carl Van Vechten And, photographed in Morningside Park, New York City, by Carl Van Vechten in 1940...
  • Goliard Press

    September 11, 2007

    A selection of publications (which brings Beinecke’s collection to near completeness) from the press run by Tom Raworth and Barry Hall in the late 1960s...