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Reflections on processing the Columbus & Hocking Coal & Iron Co. Collection
By Samuel Coletta-Bates, Film HTC ’25, Fall 2023 Manuscript Archives Assistant As an Archives Assistant for the Mahn Center, it’s been my duty to “process” the Columbus & Hocking Coal & Iron Company (or CHCIco, for short) collection. Over this past semester I have made my way through the collection, box by box, reorganized…
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photo+roll: “Country Doctor,” LIFE, June 1998
By Laura Smith, Photo Archivist This post is part of a new blog series, photo+roll, featuring photographs from the Documentary Photography Archive. Today, November 16th, is National Rural Health Day which celebrates and brings awareness to rural health care providers and their impact on communities. According to the National Rural Health Association, “The patient-to-primary…
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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.…