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Gallery Walk & Talk with Artist Sauda Mitchell
By Miriam Intrator, Special Collections Librarian We were thrilled to usher in the fall 2023 semester with a visit from artist, archivist, and scholar Sauda Mitchell. Mitchell’s August 30th visit consisted of a Gallery Walk & Talk and a Making Meaning Bookmaking Workshop, both of which took place at the Kennedy Museum of Art. This…
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Let It Burn: Artists’ Books and the Lure of the Flame
By Miriam Intrator, Special Collections Librarian Throughout the fall 2023 semester, the exhibit, Let It Burn: Artists’ Books and the Lure of the Flame was on display in Alden Library. * artists’ book = book as art object, or, art object as book * A video accompanying the exhibit demonstrates the books in motion. Part…
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From Satire to Advertisement: A Literary Record of the 1893 World’s Fair
By Jessica Licker, Master’s in Literary History, ’24, Rare Books Graduate Assistant When I first started conceptualizing this exhibit, I was spoiled for choice of topics. I was quickly taken with the Juvenile Literature Collection, and the whimsy of some of the 19th and 20th century children’s book bindings…
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Visual Communication in the Geological Sciences
By GEOL 4900 students: Emily Dietz, Alexis Hunter, Lorena Jevnikar, Peter Rhynard, Kaycee Scott, and Jada Townsend During the fall 2023 semester, students in GEOL 4900 Visual Communication in the Geological Sciences taught by professor Eva Lyon, worked with university archivist Bill Kimok and rare book librarian Miriam Intrator to include geology related materials from…
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Books & More for BAR (Black Alumni Reunion, 2022)
The Black Alumni Reunion (BAR), one of the largest gatherings of OHIO graduates and friends, begins Thursday, September 15th. To help celebrate this coming together of Black Alumni, the Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections, has curated an exhibit in two parts. The first part of the exhibit, open through Sunday, September 18th, celebrates…
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Dissecting Anatomical Structures: Curating an Exhibit on Books & Bodies
By Alex Rienerth, ’25, MA in Literary History, 2024-2025 Graduate Assistant in Rare Books At the beginning of my graduate assistantship in the rare books department, part of my training included watching “The Anatomy of a Book,” a wonderful instructional video captured from an early 1990s VHS tape. Though the video is a bit peculiar,…
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Making 20th Century Patterns with 21st Century Materials: A Semester of Following Patterns Designed by Maud Churchill Nicoll
By Jessica Licker, Digital Literacy Librarian, Athens County Public Libraries, Master’s in Literary History, ’24, Rare Books Graduate Assistant, 2023-2024 At the end of the fall 2023 semester I began searching the Mahn Center rare book collection for anything related to fiber crafting. I was interested in experimenting with historic knitting or sewing patterns through…
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Art & the Alphabet, Spring 2024
By Miriam Intrator, Special Collections Librarian Colorful and whimsical, realistic and fantastical, serious and playful. These are just some of the themes depicted in the creative and inspiring alphabets designed by students in ART 2520 Typography, taught by Sarah McDowell, during the spring 2024 semester. Inspired in part by a visit to view typographical specimen…
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Alphabets @ Alden, Spring 2025
By Sarah McDowell, Typography Instructor & Art Director at Ohio University Alphabets@Alden is a poster series of personal alphabets created by ART 2520 typography students and instructed by Tabitha Asiedu-Gyamfi and Sarah McDowell over the course of 9 weeks during the spring 2025 semester. Inspired in part by a hands-on engagement session with historic and…
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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…