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The Education and Botanization of Women
By Adrian Darden Kautz, History ’27, Digital Initiatives Assistant Working in Digital Initiatives at Alden Library has opened to me many wonderful opportunities to digitize and research unique collections from the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections. A recent opportunity I had to photograph two Ohio University herbaria from the rare book collection sparked…
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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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Digitizing “Specimens of Eastern Manuscripts and Printing”
By Maggie Bennink, ’24 BA in History & Classic Civilizations, Digital Initiatives Assistant I was introduced to Pages From the Past over the 2023 spring semester, through an independent study led by Dr. Cory Crawford in the Classics Department. The items we looked at – a cylinder seal and a cuneiform tablet – are a…
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A Look at the 1561 Woorkes of Geffrey Chaucer
By Hunter Humphreys, English Pre-Law, 2023, Written as part of English 4940: Research Apprenticeship, Spring 2023 Having the opportunity to study in the Libraries’ Mahn Center has been a dream come true, and certainly a memorable experience during my career as an undergraduate student. For about a semester and a half, I was given the…
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Welcome to fall 2023!
By Miriam Intrator, Special Collections Librarian The start of a new semester, of a new academic year, means many new events and opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and the broader OHIO and Athens communities. This is an overview of some of what’s available and we encourage you to reach out with any questions, for more…
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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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Processing the Gilbert and Ursula Farfel Collection of Incunable and Manuscript Leaves
By Zoe Duncan, Honors Tutorial College Art History with a certificate in Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, ’26, Rare Book Intern, Spring ’25 As an Art History major, I often find myself working with materials as a researcher. My familiarity with the Mahn Center began over the summer of 2024, when I spent a few…
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Working with Film Negatives is Positively Fascinating
By Adrian Darden Kautz, History ’27, Digital Initiatives Assistant I have been working in the Archives & Special Collections Digital Initiatives unit since my first semester of college, and now I am about to finish my fourth semester! When I first took this job, I did not know much about digitizing historical materials, but I…
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Welcome to Spring 2025!
By Miriam Intrator, Special Collections Librarian As a new semester is once again upon us, we are excited to offer a variety of events and opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and the broader OHIO and Athens communities. Below is an overview of some of what is available this spring, through spring break. We encourage you…