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Objects of Interest and Reflections on the Frank Buhla Collection
By Aurora Charlow, recent MS graduate of Simmons University, Metadata Assistant at Ohio University Libraries during the 2023-2024 academic year. In its heyday, from about 1880 to 1920, mines in the Hocking Valley Coal Field produced hundreds of thousands of tons of coal every year. It was pried from the ground, processed through mining tipples,…
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OHIO Digital Archives updates: Spring 2024
By Erin Wilson, Digital Imaging Specialist & Lab 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. Manuscript Collections…
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The Athens Mental Health Center records – The Patients
By Julian Earley, BA ’26 Classical Civilizations, Digital Initiatives Assistant Everyone loves a good haunting. I too have been interested in ghost-hunting and wanted to know what lies in the Asylum here in Athens. But I think it’s important when we talk about the history of institutions like The Athens Mental Health Center to humanize…
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Infographics inspired by the Cornelius Ryan Collection focus on the 80th anniversary of D-Day
By Greta Suiter, Manuscripts Archivist In honor of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, students in the VICO 4112/5112 Illustration Capstone: Advanced Informational Graphics spring semester class created stunning infographic posters using the Cornelius Ryan Collection of World War II Papers as inspiration. The class is led by Assistant Professor Adonis Durado who graciously invites librarians…
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Updating Descriptions for Coal Mining Collections
Text and images by Samuel Coletta-Bates, Film ’25, Spring 2024 Manuscript Archives Assistant This semester, my job as Archives Assistant within the Mahn Center has been to research and update finding aid descriptions for mining related collections. This has included delving into the collections themselves, as well as other supplemental resources to revise their content…
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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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The Women of Ink, Pen, and Paper: Interviews from the Don Swaim Collection
By Alexis Reynolds, ’27 English, Digital Initiatives Assistant “What’s that? Say again!” We’ve all been there. A lot of us probably say these four words on a constant basis. I know I do, which is why I was a bit hesitant about beginning to work on the Don Swaim Collection audio transcription project. Swaim is…
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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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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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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…