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Updating an Archives Exhibit: The Ryan Room
By Alex Hines, History ’24, Ohio Honors Program, Archives Exhibition Assistant at the Mahn Center Through the Museum Studies Certificate program at Ohio University, I was introduced to the Mahn Center and a particular room which contains an exhibition of items from the Archives and Special Collections. This room is the Ryan Room on the…
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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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REBLOG! Ohio Archives Month Archival Spotlights: Ohio University’s Mahn Center
The following blog post was written by Collette McDonough, (Society of Ohio Archivists Archives and Outreach Committee Chair, and Archivist and Library Manager at the Kettering Foundation) in celebration of National Archives month which is every October. It was originally published on the Society of Ohio Archivists blog. Announcing a New Series The Society of…
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Investigating a Mystery Photo Album
By Anna Denman, senior History major, Fall 2022 Archives Intern After the Mahn Center staff introduced me to the many internship project options available for the fall 2022 semester, I was immediately intrigued by the unidentified photo album. Who were the people smiling, laughing, and posing in these photographs that appeared to be at least…
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Collections in Wikidata
By Greta Suiter, Manuscripts Archivist, Ohio University Libraries. This post is the third of three posts about adding archival collection information to Wikidata. The first introduction post is here and the second post focusing on collection creator information in Wikidata is here. In addition to adding “archives at” statements to collection creator’s Wikidata items, archivists…
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Contributing Manuscript Collection Info to Wikidata
By Greta Suiter, Manuscripts Archivist, Ohio University Libraries. This post is the first of three posts about adding collection information to Wikidata. Wikidata is the largest linked open data, open knowledge project in the world. There are millions of items in Wikidata. Each item has a Q number to identify it and is described with…
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Collection Creators in Wikidata
By Greta Suiter, Manuscripts Archivist, Ohio University Libraries. This post is the second of three posts about adding collection information to Wikidata. Read the first post here. Wikidata is the largest repository of linked data in the world. Individual records in Wikidata are called items and each item has its own unique identifier. For example,…
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Volunteer Transcription Shines Light on D-Day Narratives
By Erin Wilson, Digital Imaging Specialist & Lab Manager, Ohio University Libraries Quote from questionnaire submitted by John Leslie Moffatt Working in partnership with the Canadian Research and Mapping Association (CRMA), the OHIO Libraries Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections is actively seeking public volunteers to engage with unique, historical documents that illuminate the…
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Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (+ archives!)
By Greta Suiter, Manuscripts Archivist, Ohio University Libraries On Wednesday, March 30th from 10am – 4pm, Ohio University Libraries is hosting a virtual Wikipedia edit-a-thon celebrating National Women’s Month! Info on event at Ohio University Libraries website Dashboard for event Art+Feminism is a community organizing project that “leads a do-it-yourself and do-it-with-others campaign that teaches…
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“Poetry from the Heart” by Jack W. Wamsley
By Greta Suiter, Manuscripts Archivist, Ohio University Libraries The slim publication “Poetry from the Heart” by Jack W. Wamsley is located in the William D. Herron collection on Ohio University alumni and staff (MSS48) – a unique set of materials collected by Herron, documenting his fellow Ohio University alumni and the city of Athens. This…