{"id":14552,"date":"2012-04-19T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=14552"},"modified":"2012-04-18T11:53:19","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T15:53:19","slug":"post-about-cincinnati-the-nelson-and-florence-hoffmann-cincinnati-postcard-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2012\/04\/post-about-cincinnati-the-nelson-and-florence-hoffmann-cincinnati-postcard-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Post about Cincinnati: The Nelson and Florence Hoffmann Cincinnati Postcard Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Lauren Fink, Archives and Rare Books Library Intern<\/em><\/p>\n

The Nelson and Florence Hoffmann Cincinnati Postcard Collection is now available for viewing in the Archives & Rare Books Library.\u00a0 The 1,675 postcards in the collection were acquired by Nelson Hoffman over several decades, documenting Cincinnati\u2019s history and culture from the late 1800s through the late 1900s.\u00a0 Through their images and texts, the postcards in this collection provide fascinating reflections of life in Cincinnati, both recreationally and professionally.<\/p>\n

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Processing these materials for research use began this past January.\u00a0 The postcards, part of ARB\u2019s Urban Studies Collection, have been kept in Hoffman\u2019s original binders, which he titled and organized according to area or topic, such as \u201cAmusements,\u201d \u201cDowntown,\u201d \u201cCity Operations,\u201d \u201cTransportation,\u201d \u201cChurches,\u201d \u201cHotels,\u201d and \u201cCity Parks.\u201d\u00a0 Though digitizing all of the postcards is not possible at this time, over 50 samples have been scanned and will be available online in a forthcoming web exhibit.<\/p>\n

Nelson Hoffmann was an avid deltiologist, collecting not only postcards but also miscellaneous associated ephemera, \"Ticket<\/a>like ticket stubs, programs, and receipts, which are also included in this collection.\u00a0 Over the years, he frequently conducted his research in the Archives & Rare Books Library; his research notes comprise a further three boxes in the collection, organized alphabetically according to Hoffman\u2019s provenance.\u00a0 \u00a0Typical materials in the folders are photocopies from books, newspaper articles, programs, and Hoffmann\u2019s own handwritten summaries on any given topic.<\/p>\n

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A general finding aid for the collection is now available on the OhioLINK Finding Aid Repository<\/a>.\u00a0 A more detailed finding aid for the collection will be available online in the upcoming web exhibit.\u00a0 It has been created in an Excel document to facilitate easy searching for interested researchers.\u00a0 If a name, year, location, building, church, school, park, or other topic is searched, all matching results will be displayed. \u00a0Every postcard is individually catalogued with a complete title description, date, manufacturer\u2019s number, catalogue number, binder number, and box number.<\/p>\n

In addition to browsing online, researchers may visit the Archives & Rare Books Library to study the collection first hand.\u00a0 \u00a0For more information about this or any other of the Archives & Rare Books Libraries holdings, please visit our website at http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/libraries\/arb<\/a>, email us at archives@ucmail.uc.edu<\/a>, or call us at (513)-556-1959.<\/p>\n

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