By Lauren Fink, ARB Intern, 2011-2012 Though sayings like, “you can sleep when you’re dead,” abound in American, and especially college, culture, sleep is a crucial activity for maintaining health, conserving energy, and learning. During sleep, the body decreases its … Continue reading
By Lauren Fink, ARB Intern, 2011-2012 When I began working at the Archives and Rare Books Library last June, I never could have imagined all that I would learn in the following year. As my one year anniversary at ARB … Continue reading
By Lauren Fink, ARB Intern, 2011-2012 An exciting collection of Strobridge Calendar cards has just been processed in the Archives & Rare Books Library. The new Gaylord Oscar Shepherd Collection of Strobridge Lithography Company Calendar Cards contains 53 cards and … Continue reading
By Lauren Fink, Archives and Rare Books Library Intern The Nelson and Florence Hoffmann Cincinnati Postcard Collection is now available for viewing in the Archives & Rare Books Library. The 1,675 postcards in the collection were acquired by Nelson Hoffman … Continue reading
By Lauren Fink What is hemochromatosis? Do children get migraines? Why is sleep loss linked with obesity? What are the holiday blues? And do I have them? Finding valid answers to these medical questions is easier, and closer to home, … Continue reading
By Janice Schulz Two new images have been added to our Bearcat exhibit. The photographs, taken by ARB Student Assistant Lauren Fink, depict the Bearcat making a stand around campus. The first is one of two statues guarding the Clifton … Continue reading
By Lauren Fink A new, 11-box installment has been added to the Seven Hills School collection which is housed at the Archives and Rare Books Library. In 2002, the library processed a collection of archival materials belonging to the Seven … Continue reading
By Lauren Fink Two years ago, University of Cincinnati students and faculty celebrated the sesquicentennial anniversary of Charles Robert Darwin’s seminal work, On the Origin of Species. The celebration was a collaborative community educational program for greater Cincinnati that included … Continue reading
By Lauren Fink In the Archives and Rare Books Library, we recently processed a collection containing historical records of the College of Music of Cincinnati. This collection spans 1878-1967 and contains commencement bulletins, programs, student rosters, and minutes of executive, … Continue reading
By Lauren Fink The Archives and Rare Books Library recently processed a collection containing artifacts of and relating to Eleanor Moore Allen. Eleanor Allen, originally from Linneas, Missouri, was a student at the Cincinnati College of Music in the 1930s. … Continue reading