The Rauner Special Collections Library was created after Diana Rauner and Bruce Rauner ’78 donated $5 million in 1996 to renovate Webster Hall so that it could house special collections held by Dartmouth.
What is now known as Rauner opened in 1998 and was dedicated in April 1999, and Dartmouth Libraries last week celebrated the 25th anniversary by highlighting some of the items in the collection. They include a miniature collection of Shakespeare’s complete works, documents about Dartmouth’s history, and even the papers and typewriter of Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather, which the Rauners donated to Dartmouth in 2018.
Bruce Rauner, who worked in private equity and then served as the Republican governor of Illinois from 2015 to 2019, returned to Dartmouth last week to join in the celebration.