Major Urban Reference Collection Now Available in the Archives & Rare Books Library

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In 2004, after 90 years, the City of Cincinnati’s Municipal Reference Library was about to come to an ignominious end, consigned to the dumpster. With the active involvement of city planner Skip Forwood and UC history professor Judith Spraul-Schmidt, the bulk of this valuable collection of urban resource materials was rescued and given a home in the Archives & Rare Books Library’s Urban Studies Collection. Now, it is catalogued and available once more for research.

Photo: “The Flying Squad, Co. No. 4” from the 1913 Annual Report of the Cincinnati Fire Department, one of the many resources of the Muncipal Reference Library

The Municipal Reference Library was created in 1913 under the Municipal Code of Cincinnati, which detailed the purpose of the library, and the Administrative Code, which stated that it would be maintained by the city’s planning department. Consisting primarily of city records, periodicals, reports, ordinances, news clippings, and studies, the MRL historically had been open to the public, but primarily used by city employees. Continue reading →

Tribute to a Champion

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hogue_04_thumb_000Paul Hogue, one of the greatest athletes in the University of Cincinnati’s history, and a member of the school’s NCAA championship teams in 1961 and 1962, passed away in Cincinnati on August 17, 2009 at the age of 69.

As a tribute to Paul, the Archives and Rare Books Library has created an online exhibit sharing images of him from his remarkable Bearcat career. 

From the exhibit: “Paul Hogue was UC’s first truly effective big man who was variously measured at 6’ 9” or 6’ 10 inches tall, a veritable oak on the court as he set picks and cleared the lane for his teammates.  Running into a Hogue pick was a memorable experience for opposing players.  His offense, coupled with a nice soft shooting touch, made him a collegiate star.”

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DAAP Library Featured in Cincy Chic

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The services provided in the Robert A. Deshon and Karl J. Schlachter Library for Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, along with its new librarian, Jennifer Pollock, are featured in an article on Cincy Chic.

Among other accolades, the article states “…the DAAP library provides several subscriptions to periodicals, including Bazaar and W and international magazines like L’Officiel (French) and Sportswear International (British) so that library visitors can be up on the latest trends happening around the world.”

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New Online Exhibit Looks at German-Americans in the World War II Era

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A desolate street in an unknown post-war German city

A new online exhibit is available on the Archives and Rare Books Library website highlighting the library’s German-Americana collection. This exhibit, entitled A War in Shades of Gray: German-Americans and Germany in the World War II era, examines the thoughts and experiences of a few German-Americans through images and words from the German-American collection. The exhibit begins in Hitler’s pre-war Germany and continues through the end of the war to the clean-up and the questions that remained after the war.

The exhibit displays photographs, essays, and letters from three archival collections:the George E. Armstrong Photograph Collection, GA-08-02, the Gerhard R. Schade Papers, GA-06-03, and Helmecke family papers, GA-09-04, along with images from the Rare Books Collection. Almost twenty images and documents are on display in the exhibit including Nazi propaganda, a letter from a German-American teaching in Nazi Germany, photographs of the destruction to German homes, buildings, and infrastructure taken at the end of the war, and the thoughts of a German-American on the Cold War that began soon after the end of the war.

Discover Carl Blegen

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blegenHave you ever wondered about the man who gave his name to the Blegen Library? Now, thanks to a new exhibit located on the fourth floor of Blegen Library, you can find out more about this icon of the world of archaeology.

Curated by Janice Schulz, University Records Manager and Archives Specialist in the Archives & Rare Books Library, Discovering Carl Blegen includes images from Blegen’s major campaigns in Troy and Pylos as well as his work and life at UC and abroad. Continue reading →

UC Libraries Introduce Retooled Homepage

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UC Libraries Retooled Homepage

UC Libraries Retooled Homepage

Introduced August 18, the retooled homepage provides direct access to library resources. Front and center on the retooled homepage is a new search box that allows users to search for library resources such as books, articles, electronic journals, and more.

Users can also access online reference materials such as almanacs, dictionaries, and encyclopedias, as well as links to “Help Using the Library.”

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New Blog for the Nat’l Book Award:60 Years

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nbaThe National Book Foundation has a new blog up to celebrate it’s 60th anniversary. The Blog features 77 fiction novels that have won their National Book Award. Notice something strange?

As the LA Times says:

“The National Book Foundation, celebrating its 60th anniversary, is running a series celebrating the 77 novels that have won its fiction award — or rather, awards. Because obviously somebody got fancy in there if they ended up with 17 more winning books than there have been years.”

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Welcome New Student Orientation

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orientationWelcome New Student Orientation

Langsam Library is playing host to new students 10-11am, June 30-Aug 13.

UC Libraries Orientation Volunteers are giving new students a taste of what’s available in the Libraries. While visiting Langsam, the new students spend time in the Info Commons to learn about the UC Libraries Web site, printing in the libraries, and to take their turn at trying to stump a peer mentor on their trivia knowledge.

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