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Welcome to Fall 2025!
By Miriam Intrator, Head of Archives & Special Collections and Rare Book Librarian Welcome to the start of another new semester and academic year! Each fall brings new events and opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and the broader OHIO and Athens communities. Following is an overview of some of what will be available this fall.…
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OHIO Digital Archives updates: August 2025
By Erin Wilson, Digital Imaging Specialist & Project Manager, Digital Initiatives This news update is part of a semi-regular series highlighting recent additions, exhibits, and projects of Ohio University Libraries Digital Initiatives. Read on for a sample of newly digitized materials that are publicly available in our Digital Archives. See previous updates in the unit’s newsletter archive. Special Collections…
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Student Handmade Books Inspired by Rare Books
By Miriam Intrator, Head of Archives & Special Collections and Rare Book Librarian During the spring 2025 semester, students in RFM 1100 Fashion and Culture taught by Trina Gannon, Assistant Professor of Instruction and curator of the Mary C. Doxsee Historic Clothing and Textile Collection, had a hands-on session with rare books featuring textiles or…
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Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps: Geo-locating Athens, Ohio
By Adelle “Del” Stratton, History ’25 with a minor in Computer Science and certificate in Italian Studies, Digital Initiatives Assistant The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, a collection of maps published by the Sanborn Map Company, were made in response to fires during the 19th and 20th centuries. These maps of over 12,000 towns and cities within…
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Summarizing Alan Booth’s Swaziland collection
By June Meehan ’27, History, spring 2025 University Archives intern My name is June Meehan, and I am a second year History major with an interest in archival work and the accessibility of archives. My historical focus includes modern imperial and colonial history. Ohio University Archivist Bill Kimok tasked me with examining and summarizing a…
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Decades of Defiance: LGBTQ+ Activism and Community at Ohio University
By Allie Stevens, Journalism ‘26, Lizzi Montanti, Journalism ‘26, Anna Parasson, Journalism ‘26, Natalie Davet, Journalism ‘26, for JOUR 4130 Gender, Race, and Class in Journalism and Mass Media with Victoria LaPoe, Spring 2025. During the spring 2025 semester, the staff of the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections worked intensively with Victoria La…