"It is proposed to make in the college library an anti-slavery collection, complete as possible, for the future historian, in which shall be gathered every book, every pamphlet, every report, every tract, every newspaper, and every private letter on the subject. For such a collection nothing is unimportant. Scattered here and there these documents are all but worthless, but gathered in one collection they would be priceless." Rev. Henry Matson, librarian at Oberlin College, quoted in...
Note: This collection includes uncensored images and content from the historical record, some of which are objectionable and offensive. Our reproduction of this material does not represent an endorsement of the content. This collection includes holdings from the Walter F. Tunks Collection of Dime Novels , received in 1959. Containing approximately 4,000 items, the Tunks Collection includes issues from 225 different series over a publication period beginning in the 1860s until about...
Published by the Oberlin College Alumni Association continuously since 1904. This collection includes issues from 1904 through 1960.
Selections from the expansive Special Collections of the Oberlin College Conservatory Library, including rare books and scores from the Violin Society of America/H.K. Goodkind Collection and the Frederick R. Selch Collection of American Music History.
FIELD: Contemporary Poetry and Poetics is a twice-yearly journal and has published spring and fall issues each year since its founding in 1969. It provides a forum where poets show each other and those who follow the course of the art what is innovative and most interesting.
Materials from the Special Collections in the Clarence Ward Art Library at Oberlin College.
Topics: art, oberlin college
This collection includes reports by the president and treasurer of Oberlin College, as well as various other officers (e.g. deans, librarian, etc.).
Topics: Architecture -- designs and plans, Sepulchral monuments
This collection includes examples of early American chapbooks from the Special Collections of the Oberlin College Library.
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723
May 19, 2021
05/21
by
DeFord, C. S. (Charles Sylvester), 1860-1954
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Topic: Religion and science
Includes bibliographical references. v. 1. A discourse of matter pertaining to religion -- v. 2. Sermons-Prayers -- v. 3. Discourses of theology -- v. 4. Discourses of politics -- v. 5-6. Discourses of slavery -- v. 7. Discourses of social science -- v.
Topics: Theology, Unitarian churches, Sermons, American, Slavery and the church, United States -- History
191
191
1979
1979
by
Oberlin College
texts
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Topic: poetry, modern -- 20th century -- periodicals
Topics: Guitar -- Instruction and study, Guitar music, Dance music, Guitar -- Methods
Topics: Music, Church music, Musical instruments, Music theory -- Early works to 1800
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72
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Issued in series: Wild West weekly: a magazine containing stories, sketches, etc., of western life ; no. 678. "October 15, 1915." Includes serial stories: Brother X, or, The gobblers of Turkey Neck / by Dick Ellison. Sinbad the Second, or, The wonderful adventures of a new Monte Cristo / by "Pawnee Jack". Includes also: A gambler's madness / by Alexander Armstrong.
Topics: Pulp literature, American, Dime novels, American -- Specimens
Topics: Music theory -- Early works to 1800, Church music -- Early works to 1800
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183
1937
1937
by
Oberlin College
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Topics: Mechanical drawing -- Early works to 1800, Geometry, Descriptive -- Early works to 1800,...
Another issue, with different title-page, is dated 1723; Second edition, Rome 1776, has title: Descrizione degl'istromenti armonici.
Topic: musical instruments
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69
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Issued in series: Wild West weekly: a magazine containing stories, sketches, etc., of western life ; no. 654. "April 30, 1915." Includes serial stories: The fate of Philip Funk, or, Left in the Land of Fire / by "Pawnee Jack". The Rob Roys, or, Bold Bob, the captain of the team / by Dick Ellison. Include also: A terrible leap / by Kit Clyde.
Topics: Pulp literature, American, Dime novels, American -- Specimens
Topics: Fast-day sermons -- Maine -- Portland, Slavery -- United States -- Sermons
Includes bibliographical references.
Topics: Buxton, Thomas Fowell, Sir, 1786-1845, Slavery -- West Indies, British, Abolitionists -- Great...
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59
texts
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Issued in series: Wild West weekly: a magazine containing stories, sketches, etc., of western life ; no. 662. "June 25, 1915." Includes serial stories: The fate of Philip Funk, or, Left in the Land of Fire / by "Pawnee Jack". The Rob Roys, or, Bold Bob, the captain of the team / by Dick Ellison. Includes also: The crazed belle / by Paul Braddock.
Topics: Pulp literature, American, Dime novels, American -- Specimens
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64
1899
1899
by
Shackleford, H. K. (Harvey King), 1841-1906
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Issued in series: Work and win : an interesting weekly for young America ; no. 21. “April 28, 1899.” Includes: Letters from P. Adolphus Sweetcake, the dude ; no. 19.
Topics: Pulp literature, American, Dime novels, American -- Specimens
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238
1956
1956
by
Oberlin College
texts
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33
1900
1900
by
Old Sleuth, 1839?-1898
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Issued in series: Old Sleuth library ; vol. 5, no. 90. "Sept. 15, 1900."
Topics: Detective and mystery stories, Dime novels, American -- Specimens
Includes bibliographical references.
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Topics: Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States, Slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United...
385
385
1950
1950
by
Oberlin College
texts
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260
1938
1938
by
Oberlin College
texts
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389
389
1942
1942
by
Oberlin College
texts
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105
105
1939
1939
by
Oberlin College
texts
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79
texts
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Issued in series: Wild West weekly: a magazine containing stories, sketches, etc., of western life ; no. 648. "March 19, 1915." Includes serial stories: The fate of Philip Funk, or, Left in the land of fire / by "Pawnee Jack". Dickering Dick, or, The lucky boy trader / by Dick Ellison. Includes also: The chase / by D.W. Stevens.
Topics: Pulp literature, American, Dime novels, American -- Specimens
Oberlin Conservatory Library Special Collections
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46
The drummer's instructor : or martial musician, containing the rudiments of drum-beating, on a new and improved system, the rules for common, quick, and compound time, with beats in each mode, and the whole of the camp duties, consisting of the reveille, troop retreat, tattoo, parley, officers' calls, signals, salutes, &c., as practiced at head-quarters of the Army and Navy, U.S. A. : together with instructions for the bass-drum : intended particularly for the militia
1817
1817
by
Rumrille, J. L.; Holton, H.
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Parallel title: Martial musician Marches and calls for fife and drum with instructions for the bass drum. T.p. verso contains notice of copyright 1817. "To which is added a collection for the fife, adapted to the foregoing on the drum." Grey-brown wrapper; printed from movable type.
Topics: Drum -- Methods, Fife -- Methods, Military calls -- United States, Military music -- United States,...
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122
1978
1978
by
Oberlin College
texts
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Topic: Poetry, Modern -- 20th century -- Periodicals
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60
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Issued in series: Wild West weekly: a magazine containing stories, sketches, etc., of western life ; no. 659. "June 4, 1915." Includes serial stories: The fate of Philip Funk, or, Left in the Land of Fire / by "Pawnee Jack". The Rob Roys, or, Bold Bob, the captain of the team / by Dick Ellison. Includes also: The brothers / by Ralph Fenton.
Topics: Pulp literature, American, Dime novels, American -- Specimens
Oberlin Conservatory Library Special Collections
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33
Orpheus, or, Musical anthology : a collection of elegant papers, original and selected, on the science and literature of music, interspersed with poetry, anecdotes, etc., etc., and illustrated by beautiful engravings of the Theban harp, Etruscan lyre, psaltery, lute, been, and many other celebrated musical instruments
1850
1850
by
n/a
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Parallel title: Musical anthology Includes Table of contents (p. [iii]-iv), introduction by the editor (prelim. p. [1]), and 37 numbered engraved plates of instruments inserted throughout, many out of order (1 folded and colored, missing plate 17). Red ribbed-pattern paper boards, with blind stamped borders, center gilt lyre, and gilt title and decoration on spine. Provenance: Carrie L. Sanford (?) in ink on front end paper.
Topics: Music -- History and criticism, Musical instruments
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1.2K
1943
1943
by
Fletcher, Robert Samuel, 1900-1959
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Paged continuously
Topic: Oberlin College
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366
1954
1954
by
Oberlin College
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513
1944
1944
by
Oberlin College
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98
1832
1832
by
Konig, Georg Otto Diedrich
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67
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Issued in series: Wild West weekly: a magazine containing stories, sketches, etc., of western life ; no. 664. "July 9, 1915." Includes serial stories: Sinbad the Second, or, The wonderful adventures of a new Monte Cristo / by "Pawnee Jack". The Rob Roys, or, Bold Bob, the captain of the team / by Dick Ellison. Includes also: Handsome Charlie's crime / by Alexander Armstrong.
Topics: Pulp literature, American, Dime novels, American -- Specimens
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100
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Issued in series: Wild West weekly: a magazine containing stories, sketches, etc., of western life ; no. 650. "April 2, 1915." Includes serial stories: The fate of Philip Funk, or, Left in the land of fire / by "Pawnee Jack". Dickering Dick, or, The lucky boy trader / by Dick Ellison. Includes also: Was he mad? / by Alexander Armstrong.
Topics: Pulp literature, American, Dime novels, American -- Specimens
Topic: Violin -- Instruction and study -- Early works to 1800
Topic: Architecture -- Early works to 1800
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56
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Issued in series: Wild West weekly: a magazine containing stories, sketches, etc., of western life ; no. 637. "January 1, 1915." Includes serial stories: The Mountain Queen, or, The fair bandit / by "Pawnee Jack". Dickering Dick, or, The lucky boy trader / by Dick Ellison. Includes also: My adventure with smugglers / by Ralph Fenton.
Topics: Pulp literature, American, Dime novels, American -- Specimens
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294
1982
1982
by
Oberlin College
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Topic: Poetry, Modern -- 20th century -- Periodicals
Includes bibliographical references.
Topics: Slavery -- History, Slavery -- United States, Slavery -- Justification, Slavery in the Bible
Topics: Antislavery movements -- United States, Slaves -- Social conditions, Slavery -- Southwest, Old
Includes bibliographical references.
Topics: Slavery -- History, Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States
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88
1979
1979
by
Oberlin College
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Topic: Poetry, Modern -- 20th century -- Periodicals
387
387
1945
1945
by
Oberlin College
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444
1956
1956
by
Oberlin College
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Oberlin Conservatory Library Special Collections
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548
The Muses delight : an accurate collection of English and Italian songs, cantatas and duetts, set to music for the harpsichord, violin, German-flute, &c. : with instructions for the voice, violin, harpsichord or spinnet, German-flute, common-flute, hautboy, French-horn, bassoon and bass-violin : also, a compleat musical dictionary, and several hundred English, Irish and Scots songs, without the music
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1754
by
Unknown
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Topics: Songs with continuo, Music -- Instruction and study, Songs -- Texts, Music -- Dictionaries
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79
texts
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Issued in series: Wild West weekly: a magazine containing stories, sketches, etc., of western life ; no. 658. "May 28, 1915." Includes serial stories: The fate of Philip Funk, or, Left in the Land of Fire / by "Pawnee Jack". The Rob Roys, or, Bold Bob, the captain of the team / by Dick Ellison. Includes also: The old mill / by John Sherman.
Topics: Pulp literature, American, Dime novels, American -- Specimens
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406
1958
1958
by
Oberlin College
texts
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Topic: Mechanical musical instruments
Topic: Bible. Psalms -- Paraphrases, English
Uniform title: Book of Psalmes Pt. 2, half title: The Psalmes in metre; colophon imprinted 1618.
Topic: Psalms (Music)
Topics: Slavery -- West Indies, Liberty, Antigua -- Description and travel, Barbados -- Description and...
Topics: Slave trade -- Great Britain, Slavery -- West Indies, British
Topics: Eddystone Lighthouse, Spurn Point Lighthouse
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480
1954
1954
by
Oberlin College
texts
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Uniform title: Anleitung zu der musikalischen Gelahrtheit
Topic: Music -- Dictionaries -- German
