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The Archives & Rare Books Library has moved back to room 808, Blegen Library. All collections and services are available. For the next few months we will be getting things in order and we will hold an opening event sometime in September.
The Gaylord Oscar Shepherd Collection of Strobridge Lithography Company Calendar Cards
The 53 monthly cards donated by Gaylord Oscar Shepherd Jr. to the Archives & Rare Books Library have all been digitized and are viewable in this web exhibit.
The Nelson and Florence Hoffmann Cincinnati Postcard Collection
Nelson Hoffman’s postcards, ephemera, and research all offer a unique view into Cincinnati’s past.
We have digitized Cincinnati maps dating 1802-1929 and have made them available for research.
Archives & Rare Books Marks the 150th Anniversary of the Start of the Civil War
Cincinnati Birth and Death Records, 1865-1908
SimplyMap added to Urban Studies Resources
SimplyMap is a web-based mapping application that lets users quickly create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using demographic, business, and marketing data for the United States. Access it from our Urban Studies Resources page under "General Resources."
The Life and Career of William Morris
Libraries Receive a Grant to Make Available the Papers of Theodore Moody Berry
Sacred Spaces of Greater Cincinnati and the German Influence
Gemutlikeit, Schnitzelbank, and Kitsch: German American Caricature in Vintage Postcards
Camp Washington Chili in the Urban Studies Collection
Coming soon in exhibits:
The Man of the Hour: William Howard Taft and the Presidential Election of 1908.
In the meantime, enjoy the 1908 campaign song, performed by CCM graduate students Albert Mühlböck and Brendan Emig, and recorded by CCM Associate Professor of Electonic Media Thomas Haines.
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