Oberlin College and Hymns
			Oberlin College is the repository of one of the finest collections of hymnic resources in the United States. In addition to hymnals in many languages, recordings, bibliographies, and dissertations in microform — and the reference materials available in the Oberlin College Library — the international office of the Dictionary of American Hymnology (DAH) is located in the College’s Mudd Library. The DAH Project is supported by the Hymn Society and the College, and is a rich source of information for historians and scholars, providing tools for research into American history, social studies, language, literature, religion, and hymnology. The DAH Project, with the support of the Oberlin College Library and the Hymn Society in the U.S. and Canada, provides data related to hymns and hymnwriters as well as the history of congregational song in America. The project comprises four sources for research: an index of first lines of hymns published from 1640 to 1978 with a supplementary index covering 1978 to the present; a bibliography of some 5,000 hymnals published in America; an author file; and a biographical file. There is, in the DAH office, a microfilm edition (University Music Editions, 180 reels) of the original archives — more than one million cards comprising the first-line index. Data from these cards is being digitized to be made available online. Leonard Ellinwood’s Bibliography of American Hymnals, also a part of the DAH, is available in the office or on microform in the Oberlin Conservatory of Music library.