Notice: These exhibits were prepared for the ARB Library throughout the last few years.
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• Rare Book Occasional
  Selections From the University of Cincinnati's Archives & Rare Books Library
• The Irish Literature Collection
  UC's Irish Literature Collection- from the 16th century to the present
• The Irish in Cincinnati
  This website grew from a University of Cincinnati Honors Program seminar, “The Irish in America”
• The Historical Textbook Collection
  The textbook collection contains primary source materials for the history of education in the United States. Comprised of more than 2,000 books from the early 19th century to the turn of the 21st century, the textbooks cover virtually every subject taught in elementary, middle and secondary schools.
• Don Heinrich Tolzmann German-Americana Collection
  German-Americana Collection. The Don Heinrich Tolzmann German-Americana Collection (GA-17-01) contains material stretching from the nineteenth century to the present day, and ranges from newspapers from around the country to personal letters, census records, spelling books, and almanacs published in both English and German. There are also several sets of photographs of buildings, people, and landscapes, including a tourism guide to the United States.
• George B. Barbour
  The George B. Barbour collection at the University of Cincinnati consists of documents pertaining to the personal and professional aspects of the geologist and educator’s life.
• The Paoletta Opera Collection
  Paoletta was commissioned by the trustees of the 1910 Cincinnati Industrial Exposition. Cincinnati had a long tradition of excellent industrial expositions. In 1910 the Fall Exposition was to commemorate the settlement of the Ohio Valley.
• Southwest Ohio Folklore Collection
  The Southwest Ohio Folklore Archive was donated to the Urban Studies Collection by Edgar Slotkin, professor emeritus of Englsih at the University of Cincinnati.
• Theodore M. Berry Papers
  Theodore “Ted” Berry (1905-2000) was the first African American mayor in Cincinnati, served the Lyndon Baines Johnson presidential administration in civil rights programs, and was an active attorney for the NAACP.
• Marian Spencer
  The Marian and Donald Spencer papers at the University of Cincinnati Archives include a wealth of information on the life of one of our city’s most important civil rights leaders
• UC Libraries Archives and Rare Books Library
  Exhibits
• The Ambrose Bierce Letters Project
  UC's collection of Ambrose Bierce letters consists of fifty-nine items
• William J. Lawrence Collection
  The Lawrence Collection consists of 99 handwritten notebooks containing his research on the Irish stage from 1630 to 1911.
• The UC Bearcat
  A history of the UC Bearcat
• UC LibrariesA War in Shades of Gray
  This exhibit looks at the Second World War through the images and words of German-Americans who witnessed it.
• Louise Shropshire
  An exhibit about Louise Shropshire, a civil rights pioneer and composer.
• William Morris
  William Morris was a designer of stained glass, tapestries, wallpaper, chintzes, furniture, books, and typefaces. He was also a preservationist, socialist, poet, novelist, lecturer, calligrapher, translator of classic Icelandic and early English sagas, and founder of the Kelmscott press.
• School & Country: Military Life at the University of Cincinnati
  This exhibit examines how the military has contributed to student life, as well as how the University and its students have played an important role in the defense of our country.
• William Shakespeare
  ARB's Shakespeare Collection
• The Benjamin Gettler papers
  This exhibit highlights some of his work that is represented in the Benjamin Gettler Papers at the University of Cincinnati Archives & Rare Books Library. The collection was donated by Benjamin Gettler’s family, which consists of his work for the Cincinnati Transit Company, the University of Cincinnati, the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, the Jewish Institute of National Security Affairs, and political participation. The collection is almost 9 linear feet and contains meeting minutes, correspondence, books, photographs, commemorative objects, a robe, and jelly beans.
• Old St. George, 1868-2008
  
• Strobridge Lithography Company Calendar Cards
  The Lawarence F. Albers and George J. Albers Collection of Strobridge Lithography Company Calendar Cards. The 114 cards in the Albers Collection are monthly calendars produced by the Strobridge Lithography Company from the 1890s to World War I. ranging from 1987 to 1917, the calendar cards are exquisite examples of Art Nouveau design in America, showing the artistry and printing skills of the company to its highest advantage.
• Virginius C. Hall Jacobite Collection
  A special collection in the Archives and Rare Books Library of the University of Cincinnati
• Bookmongers and Other Delights of the Trade
  Exploring the art of bookselling one page at a time.
• BLUE
  Content by Sydney Vollmer and Kevin Grace. Exhibit design by Sydney Vollmer.
• -In Life and in Death: The University of Cincinnati - Spring Grove Cemetery Connection
  The University of Cincinnati (1819) and Cincinnati’s Spring Grove Cemetery (1855) have a strong connection over the past 17 decades. Located just a few miles from each other, this urban university and the city’s beautiful garden cemetery share a heritage that includes UC students, faculty, administrators, and benefactors. Our exhibit is a continuing project that documents the relationship between the two institutions through the tombstones of those who made the University of Cincinnati what it is today.
• The Fresh Painters
  THE FRESH PAINT CLUB of the University of Cincinnati. Exploring the World of the Infamous Musical Comedy Group on UC’s Campus in the 1920s and 1930s.
• Fore-edge Painting
  An online exhibit for the Rare Books and Manuscriptions course
• The Gaylord Oscar Shepherd Collection of Strobridge Lithography Company Calendar Cards
  he 53 cards in this collection are monthly calendar cards printed by the Strobridge Lithography Company, spanning the years 1896 – 1912.
• Miriam Irwin Collection of Margaret Armstrong Book Design
  Margaret Armstrong (1867-1944) is considered one of the most influential book cover designers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.