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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…
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Re-contextualizing How I View Public Education: An Exploration of the Ohio Coalition for Equity & Adequacy of School Funding
By Lizzy Daly, Communication Studies ’23, Margaret Boyd Scholar, Archives Assistant As an Archives Assistant for the manuscript collection in the Mahn Center, I have spent the majority of my time processing the Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding (OCEASF) collection, which was donated by its founder Bill Phillis. Spending time with…
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REBLOG! Deep Costume History: An Unexpected Resource for Unique Research
By Sherri Saines, OHIO Librarian for Social Sciences. View the original post on the Fashion, Textiles, and Costume Librarians ARLIS/NA Special Interest Group Blog, and corresponding Instagram post about Sherri’s visit to the Mahn Center. The Ohio University Libraries Archives and Special Collections (Athens, OH) holds the Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis Dance Collection, a gift of Murray Louis.…
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Ohio Society of American Foresters Records
By Philip Perry, Forester, Athens, Ohio, Retired Silviculturist from the Wayne National Forest, (silviculture is the art and science of growing trees.) This post provides context for the Ohio Society of American Foresters Records (MSS093), housed at the Mahn Center. There have been many additions to the collection over the years, the most recent addition…
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Processing the Dave Smith Collection
By Kate Wiselogel, English ’27, Fall 2024 Manuscript Archives Intern This semester I’ve had the opportunity to work with the Dave Smith collection and create a new, revised finding aid for it. This has also included working on the general organization of the collection. The main objective of my work this semester was to completely…
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One Box, Seven Collections
By Greta Suiter, Manuscripts Archivist When it comes to housing and storing physical collections, archives generally put each one in its own box or set of boxes. But some collections are quite small – maybe just one folder or one item. Since the Mahn Center’s adoption of the collection management system ArchivesSpace (a website with…
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Welcome to Fall 2024!
By Miriam Intrator, Special Collections Librarian As a new semester and new academic year are once again upon us, there are many new events and opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and the broader OHIO and Athens communities. Below is an overview of some of what’s available this coming fall. We encourage you to reach out…