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Little Cities of Black Diamonds Day 2025
By Greta Suiter, Manuscripts Archivist. This year’s Little Cities of Black Diamonds Day took place at Stuarts Opera House in Nelsonville, Ohio on Saturday, September 6, 2025. It was the first time this event was held in Athens County. Nelsonville was once known as the “first Little City” because of its history as a place…
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Not Your Model Minority: An Archival Collection of Asian American/Pacific Islander Organizations in Athens
Alexis Karolin is the spring 2022 Mahn Center intern. She graduates with a Bachelor of Arts in History from the Honors Tutorial College along with a certificate in Asian Studies and a certificate in Law, Justice, and Culture this spring. Here she reflects on her experiences learning about archives, how the internship took two years…
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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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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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Researching Appalachian Materials in the Mahn Center
By Di Galbraith ’25, History major, Globalization and Development minor, Fall 2023 Mahn Center intern I have always been deeply fascinated by Appalachia. How the mountains came from the same range as the Scottish highlands, how communities were left behind and forgotten once modern technology developed, and how the people were stereotyped as dumb, rowdy,…
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Finding Narrative and Community in the James Bertolino Papers
Claudia Fuller ’27, English (Creative Writing), spring 2025 Mahn Center Intern When I began my internship at the Mahn Center, I was nervous. With any new role, this is to be expected, but as spring semester inched closer, I became convinced I wasn’t ready. I applied for the internship because I have an interest in…
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The Cost of Coal: Labor Exploitation and Media Framing of the Millfield Mine Disaster
By Maia LeClair, Journalism ‘26, and Maggie Malone, Journalism ‘26 for JOUR 4130 Gender, Race, and Class in Journalism with Victoria LaPoe, Spring 2025 During the spring 2025 semester, the staff of the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections worked intensively with Victoria La Poe’s JOUR 4130 class, Gender, Race, and Class in Journalism…
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A Busy Morning in the Archives: Dr. Alexandra Finley’s Workshop with the Mahn Center
By Aidan Cox, Classical Civilization, ‘25 CRHC Spring Lecture Intern and Hester Lambright, History, ‘25 CRHC Spring Lecture Intern An Introduction to Dr. Finley’s Research with Primary Sources On April 1st, 2025, the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, in collaboration with the Central Regional Humanities Center, hosted Dr. Alexandra Finley, associate professor of history…
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Saw, Process, Learn: My Time Working with the League of Women Voters Collection
By Alexis Reynolds, English and World Religions ’26, Spring 2025 Manuscript Archives Intern “Saw the wood in front of you” is what OU alumnus, David Crane*, said at a talk that I attended last semester. That phrase has never been more relevant to me than right now as I make my way through the Mahn…