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Processing the Dave Smith Collection
By Kate Wiselogel, English ’27, Fall 2024 Manuscript Archives Intern This semester I’ve had the opportunity to work with the Dave Smith collection and create a new, revised finding aid for it. This has also included working on the general organization of the collection. The main objective of my work this semester was to completely…
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Processing the Kim and Catherine Brown Collection
By Olivia Ondrik, Studio Art ’27 My name is Olivia Ondrik, and I am a second year Studio Art major here at Ohio University. I have an interest in museum studies, and am minoring in anthropology, and I decided that this University Archives internship would be a great opportunity to learn and practice a skill…
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Processing the George Starr Lasher Collection
By Taylor Payne ’26, English Creative Writing major In the Fall of 2024, I began my internship with the Mahn Center, with Ohio University Archivist Bill Kimok as my supervisor and mentor. In my first week, I was tasked with completing theoretical readings on archival work and all that it entails, including organization and preservation…
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Making 20th Century Patterns with 21st Century Materials: A Semester of Following Patterns Designed by Maud Churchill Nicoll
By Jessica Licker, Digital Literacy Librarian, Athens County Public Libraries, Master’s in Literary History, ’24, Rare Books Graduate Assistant, 2023-2024 At the end of the fall 2023 semester I began searching the Mahn Center rare book collection for anything related to fiber crafting. I was interested in experimenting with historic knitting or sewing patterns through…