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Curating the Fall 2024 Presidential Elections Exhibit
Text and photos by Hester Lambright, History ’26, Spring 2024 Archives Intern This semester I have been in the process of working with the Collection of Presidential Campaign Artifacts and my advisor Greta Suiter to help create an exhibit for the fall semester. My initial task during the first weeks of the semester was to…
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Processing the OHIO LGBT Collection
By Maggie Bennink, History and Classical Civilizations ’24, Mahn Center Fall 2022 Intern As an intern for the Mahn Center, I was able to process an entirely new collection of materials that was donated this past summer. Initially, this prospect was daunting, as I had no experience doing archival work. The collection is also fairly…
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Finding biology in the archives: the Krecker and Romoser collections
By Quinn Cifani ‘24 Biological Sciences, Fall 2023 Archives Intern I have spent this semester as a Mahn Center intern working with two different collections related to the Ohio University archives; the Frederick H. Krecker Collection and the William S. Romoser Collection. Dr. Krecker, a professor of biology and zoology, taught at Ohio University (OU)…
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Creating the E.W. Scripps: Life & Legacy exhibit
By Alexandra Hopkins ’26, Journalism, Honors Tutorial College, 2023 Fall Mahn Center Intern During Fall 2023, I had the opportunity to intern at the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections and work with my advisor, Greta Suiter. Our goal this semester was to curate an exhibit to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the E.W.…
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The Wong Family Photograph Collection
By Mattes Brown ’26, Photography, Fall 2023 Intern The following post has been adapted from a series of Instagram posts available on the Alden Library Instagram account. The Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections fall internships are wrapping up! As winter break grows closer, interns are finalizing their work at the archives. Mattes Brown…
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African American Studies Department Collection – Newly Processed
By Margaret Spetz, History ’25, Spring 2023 Archives Intern After processing the Horace Coleman collection, which I wrote about in this previous blog post, I spent much of my Spring 2023 semester as a Mahn Center intern processing the newly-accessioned African American Studies Department’s collection which documents the history of that department from 1969 through…
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Tracing Ownership & Usage in the Classics Rare Book Collection
By Emma Campbell, Classical Civilizations ’24, Spring 2023 Rare Books Intern This semester I had the great pleasure of holding an internship with the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections under the guidance of Dr. Miriam Intrator. I worked specifically with the Classics Collection in the Rare Books department and created a digital exhibit…
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Making an Impact: Students Contributing to the Humanities @ OHIO Libraries
By Miriam Intrator, Special Collections Librarian, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections Mahn Center and Digital Initiatives staff have been collaborating with Ohio University faculty on Humanities in the Park since summer 2021. Humanities in the Park is made possible, in part, by a grant from Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National…
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Reblog: Meet an Early Multicultural Student Organization: Ohio University’s Los Amigos, 1947-1952
By Imani Estrada, Marketing, BA 2022, OhioLINK Luminaries Intern 2020-2021. Originally published January 18, 2021, on the Ohio University Libraries Digital Initiatives Tumbler, which predated this Mahn blog. The Student Organization: Los Amigos was a minority student organization established here at Ohio University in fall 1947, continuing through 1952. This student organization was primarily composed…
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Early 1900s Ads from the Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron Company Records
By Gail Booth, History and Anthropology BA ‘23, Spring 2023 Archives Intern When is the last time you saw an ad that actually talked about the product’s qualities and not what buying whatever it is will make you feel? Today advertisements promise feelings and experiences instead of talking about other user’s testimonies and promising free…