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Duchess Elizabeth Chudleigh
By Luke Homan, Classics and Religious Studies, and Anthropology ’28, Fall 2026 Manuscripts Intern Within a series of letters purchased for the small price of twenty-five dollars by a professor of English Literature by the name Harlan W. Hamilton, lies the story of a woman who faced the unilateral scathing attention of the British aristocracy…
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Mystery Solved? Investigating Rare Books from the Hugh H. Davis Collection and Beyond
By Thomas J. Raulerson, Linguistics with a Latin Minor ‘27, Fall 2026 Rare Books Intern Mysteries—our world is full of them. As humans, we love to figure things out; we love to discover, to learn, and to know things. After all, “knowledge,” said Shakespeare, “is the wing wherewith we fly to Heaven” (Henry VI, Part…
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Celebrating Halloween with Rare Books
Mary Moore, PhD Student in Literary History, 2026-27 Rare Book Graduate Assistant Long before I arrived at Ohio University, Halloween had secured its place as my absolute favorite holiday. Perhaps because my birthday falls just three days before, perhaps because I grew up in a Halloween loving family and in a city with its own…
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Meet the Fall 2026 Rare Books Students!
By Miriam Intrator, Head of Archives & Special Collections and Rare Book Librarian Every fall and spring semester we welcome a new cohort of undergraduate interns to the Mahn Center. The internship is for-credit and open to any undergraduate student, from any department, who has completed their first year at Ohio University while maintaining at…
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A Small but Mighty Car
By Greta Suiter, Manuscripts Archivist Summers in Athens can feel a little lonely. The students are mostly gone, the streets are empty, the town is quiet. But every ten years Athens is the summer destination for a unique group – those who drive King Midget cars. You can hear them roaring down East State Street,…
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Welcome and What’s Happening during Fall 2026!
By Miriam Intrator, Head of Archives & Special Collections and Rare Book Librarian A new semester and academic year are once again upon us! This newsletter provides updates on exhibits, events, collections, and opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and the broader OHIO and Athens communities. We encourage you to reach out via our online form…