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Jean-Frederic Oberlin, 1740-1826: Le Divin Ordre du Monde
12018-01-16T17:56:23+00:00Anne Cuyler Salsich, Oberlin College Archives65340b1e79f9df03d291b8de171f6479ab6abb1615Exhibition catalogue by the Musée de la Ville de Strasbourg, 1991plain2018-02-21T16:57:16+00:00Éditions du RhinJohn Frederick Oberlin Collection (30/165), Oberlin College ArchivesAnne Cuyler Salsich, Oberlin College Archives65340b1e79f9df03d291b8de171f6479ab6abb16
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1media/JFO_Divin_Ordre_du_Monde_1991_72.jpg2018-01-12T22:17:55+00:00Resources for further exploration56image_header2018-02-03T21:13:45+00:00Museums in France
The J.-F Oberlin Museum, John Frederick Oberlin's former home in Waldersbach, which holds his archive.
The Museums of the City of Strasbourg mounted a major exhibition with a catalogue, Jean-Frederic Oberlin, Le Divin Ordre du Monde, in 1990-91, for the 250th anniversary of Oberlin's birth. Featured on the cover are some of Oberlin's natural history collections that he used for teaching. A copy of the catalogue resides in the John Frederick Oberlin Collection at the Oberlin College Archives.
