November 18 2009 by Suzanne Maggard No Comments
In 2002, the University of Cincinnati Libraries was bequeathed an outstanding collection of books from the personal library of Robert E. Cazden, professor emeritus of library science at the University of Kentucky and a noted scholar on German-American history and literature. The portion of these materials that pertain to German-American studies – more than 1400 volumes – has now been fully catalogued and added to the German-Americana Collection in the Archives & Rare Books Library at the University of Cincinnati. This acquisition maintains the position of the German-Americana Collection as one of the premier libraries on this subject in the world. read more …
November 17 2009 by Melissa Norris No Comments
The University of Cincinnati Libraries have digitized Cooperative Engineer, a quarterly publication produced by students and alumni of UC’s College of Engineering from 1921 to 1975.
Accessible via http://digitalprojects.libraries.uc.edu/cooperative_engineer/, each scanned issue of Cooperative Engineer can be viewed in its entirety. The issues are also searchable by keyword and by phrase. In addition, viewers of the collection can browse by issue cover.
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November 17 2009 by jen pollock No Comments
On Wednesday, November 4th, newly inducted University President, Gregory Williams, paid a visit to the Robert A. Deshon and Karl J. Schlachter Library for Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP Library).
During his visit, President Williams enjoyed viewing the artists’ book Global University, part of DAAP Library’s special collection of nearly 400 artists’ books. The one-of-a-kind book is an examination of both the story of one immigrant to the US and the University of Cincinnati’s globalization plan. Written and created by DAAP student Anne Catherine Yu See, Global University spoke to the interests of the President, who is the author of Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black. President Williams was raised partially in Virginia, where he attended an all-white school. However, he discovered that his father was biracial and had a white father and black mother. President Williams, his brother, and his father later moved to a predominantly black neighborhood in Indiana, and Williams was not accepted by black relatives because of his white heritage and was ostracized by whites for his black ancestry. As a result of his childhood experiences, President Williams now holds a special interest in diversity issues and matters of civil rights.
He was also able to view the DAAP Library’s collection of over 340 snow globes – the many New York snow globes were a favorite after his tenure as President of City College, New York. President Williams left DAAP library with a charge to bring in a new snow globe from Indiana, the state where he attended high school after moving from his home state of Virginia.
November 12 2009 by Suzanne Maggard 1 Comment
A page from Raymond Walter's 1949 diary in which he describes his trip to Hiroshima.
As the University of Cincinnati welcomes it 27th president, Gregory Williams, it seems appropriate to look back on the previous 26 UC presidents. A list of former presidents and their photos appear on UC’s Office of the President website, but if you are wondering what Raymond Walters was doing in 1949, what Nancy Zimpher did on her first day as UC President or similar information on UC’s former presidents, then the Archives and Rare Books Library is the place to go. read more …
November 10 2009 by Melissa Norris No Comments
A reminder that UC Libraries will be closed Wednesday, November 11 for Veterans’ Day with the exception of the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library, which will be open 9am to 5pm.
October 30 2009 by Suzanne Maggard Comment are Disabled.
Artwork by Barry Moser from the Pennyroyal Edition of Frankstein
What better time of year to celebrate one of the greatest horror stories in world literature than now? Since its publication in 1818, the tale of the man-made monster in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus has captivated readers and caused no small stir of debate on the creation of life and the egotism of mankind. In fact, Dr. Frankenstein’s monster has been re-created time and again in film and literature, sometimes as an awful and terrible creature and occasionally as a poor wretch who desperately tries to break free of man’s cruelty. The Archives and Rare Book Library hold some electrifying editions of Mary Shelley’s famous work. read more …
October 28 2009 by Suzanne Maggard 1 Comment
Image from the 1958 Band Camp welcome flyer
The Archives and Rare Books Library recently processed a new collection of records documenting activities of the University of Cincinnati Bearcat Bands from 1954 to 1996. The records are part of the University Archives through the UC Band Alumni Association. Operating as a department within the Division of Student Life, UC Bearcat Bands provides students of all majors with opportunities for performing musically while obtaining fine arts credit. The UC Band Alumni Association provides alumni opportunities to stay connected with UC Bearcat Bands and other alumni after graduation. Alumni members can also participate in the Community/Alumni Band. read more …
October 23 2009 by Melissa Norris Comment are Disabled.
PLEASE NOTE: Serials Solutions has scheduled a system upgrade for this coming Saturday, October 24. This upgrade is scheduled to begin at 3:01 AM Cincinnati time and will take anywhere from 2 to 6 hours, but most probably just 2 to 3 hours total. So all systems should be back up by 9:01 AM at the latest. Systems affected will be the Serials Solutions e-journal portal (A-Z list of journals), ArticleLinker, and OneSearch.
October 22 2009 by Suzanne Maggard Comment are Disabled.
The Constitution of the Synzygus Verein of the First German Baptist Church, which appears to have been adopted prior to 1915.
The records of the First German Baptist Church or Deutsche Baptisten-Kirche of Cincinnati have been fully processed and a finding aid is now available on the OhioLINK Finding Aid Repository. The collection holds various records for the church between 1880 and 1991 including church meeting minutes, financial records, and Sunday school attendance sheets. The material in the collection prior to the 1930s is primarily in German.
The records of the First German Baptist Church illustrate a small, but significant religious movement among Cincinnati Germans in the late nineteenth century. The First German Baptist Church was founded in Cincinnati in 1857, with the assistance of the Ninth Street Baptist Church, whose congregation saw the need for a Baptist missionary movement among German immigrants. read more …
October 19 2009 by Lisa Haitz Comment are Disabled.
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The University of Cincinnati has excellent resources available for those seeking information about the flu. These include the following:
