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Beginning to process the Rural Action Archives
By Yashvita Kanuganti, Linguistics and HTC Religious Studies ‘26, Fall 2023 Manuscript Archives Assistant When I first moved to Athens for college, one of the organizations I heard mentioned frequently was Rural Action. I knew generally of the work they did: sustainable development on the local level, spanning from food and agriculture to forestry.…
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One of the “Originals”: Coral Martindale Aubert and the Alwin Nikolais Dance Company
By Greta Suiter, Manuscripts Archivist A small set of records was recently added to the Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis Dance Collection at the Mahn Center. The .25 cubic foot addition to an over 400 cubic foot collection may seem inconsequential, but it puts the dancer Coral Martindale Aubert front and center. The records include…
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Reblog: Beyond the Archives: How Remote Projects Benefit OHIO Researchers, Libraries Collections, and Staff
By Ellie Roberto, Journalism Strategic Communications/Marketing, BSJ 2022, Digital Initiatives Social Media Editor 2020-2022. Originally published April 26, 2021, on the Ohio University Libraries Digital Initiatives Tumbler, which predated this Mahn blog. There is an endless amount of work to be done in the digital archives field. When most of the country faced job losses due…