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Founders Day Student Showcase 2026: A Rousing Success!
By Miriam Intrator, Head of Archives & Special Collections and Rare Book Librarian Every Founders Day, which is February 18th, University Archivist Bill Kimok curates an exhibit highlighting a specific theme or moment in the university’s history. Beginning last year, in 2025, we began planning a large-scale event to open the exhibit and to provide…
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Ohio University Libraries Joins the Bloomberg Connects App — Explore the Cornelius Ryan Room and More
By Greta Suiter, Manuscripts Archivist Ohio University Libraries is now live on the Bloomberg Connects app — opening up a dynamic new way to explore Alden Library, its history, and its collections from anywhere. Click here to visit the Alden Library guide. Introduction to Alden Library The Bloomberg Connects guide brings Alden Library’s spaces, stories,…
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Welcome to Spring 2026!
By Miriam Intrator, Head of Archives & Special Collections and Rare Book Librarian A new semester is once again upon us! This newsletter provides updates on upcoming exhibits, events, and opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and the broader OHIO and Athens communities. We encourage you to reach out with any questions, for more information, or…
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Popular Entertainment During WWII for a WAC in the Southwest Pacific
By Greta Suiter, Manuscripts Archivist, Ohio University Libraries Didn’t I write and tell you about the enclosed? (Irving Berlin)? He was up here the day before Christmas for dinner and also went to the hospital. Hope I’ll get a chance to see his show when it comes. Never thought in the fall of 1942 that…
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We’re Really Not Much Different From Each Other: Working in the Manasseh Cutler Papers
By Hayden Sprance, English Literature, Culture, and Writing BA ‘26, History minor, Museum Studies certificate. Fall ‘25 Manuscripts Intern under Manuscripts Archivist, Greta Suiter. When I began my internship in the Mahn Center this past August I was nervous… like, really nervous. When I learned I would be assigned to the Manasseh Cutler Papers containing…
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Infographics and Exhibit Inspired by the Athens Asylum
Greta Suiter, Manuscripts Archivist Introduction As part of an ongoing collaboration between the Archives and Special Collections and the VICO 4112/5112 Illustration Capstone class, student created infographic posters are currently exhibited alongside archival materials on the fifth floor of Alden Library. In spring of 2025 students from Illustration Capstone: Advanced Informational Graphics created infographic posters…
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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…
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Exploring the Churches of Southeastern Ohio: Processing the Ohio Historical Records Survey on Churches
By Anne Scarberry, English Literature, Culture, and Writing ’26, Fall 2025 Manuscripts Intern (working with Greta Suiter, Manuscripts Archivist) Introduction and Processing the Collection Over the past eight weeks I have had the privilege of processing series two of the Ohio Historical Records Survey collection which focuses on Churches as an intern in the Mahn…
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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…