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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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Meet the Spring 2026 Rare Book Interns!
By Miriam Intrator, Head of Archives & Special Collections and Rare Book Librarian Every fall and spring semester we welcome a new cohort of undergraduate interns to the Mahn Center. The internship is for-credit and open to any undergraduate student, from any department, who has completed their first year at Ohio University while maintaining at…
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Exhibit & Roundtable – Enslavement & Abolition in Antebellum Texts & Contemporary Artists’ Books
By Miriam Intrator, Head of Archives & Special Collections and Rare Book Librarian The exhibit and roundtable (listen to the recording), Enslavement & Abolition in Antebellum Texts & Contemporary Artists’ Books, were co-curated with Associate Professor of History Mariana Dantas in support of her HIST 2000 Survey of United States History 1600-1877 course taught during…
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The Education and Botanization of Women
By Adrian Darden Kautz, History ’27, Digital Initiatives Assistant Working in Digital Initiatives at Alden Library has opened to me many wonderful opportunities to digitize and research unique collections from the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections. A recent opportunity I had to photograph two Ohio University herbaria from the rare book collection sparked…
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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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Student Handmade Books Inspired by Rare Books
By Miriam Intrator, Head of Archives & Special Collections and Rare Book Librarian During the spring 2025 semester, students in RFM 1100 Fashion and Culture taught by Trina Gannon, Assistant Professor of Instruction and curator of the Mary C. Doxsee Historic Clothing and Textile Collection, had a hands-on session with rare books featuring textiles or…
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Meetings In The Margins: Encounters with Readers and Owners in Rare Books
By Miriam Intrator, Special Collections Librarian, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections “What is your favorite book in the rare book collection?” This is a question students and other visitors regularly ask me, but it is impossible for me to pick just one! I am, however, able to point to a favorite category: books…
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Women in the Edmund Blunden Collection
By Alexis Voisard, MA Student in English, 2022-23 Rare Books Graduate Assistant Working with the rare book collection this year has been a delightful experience in my graduate program. I’ve done deep research dives into the Ohioana collection to uncover diverse perspectives crafting historical narratives about Athens and the Travel collection to find illustrations and…
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Honoring the Legacy of Early Black Women Writers: A Faculty Roundtable
By Miriam Intrator, Special Collections Librarian, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections Honoring the Legacy of Early Black Women Writers: A Faculty Roundtable took place March 21, 2023, in Alden Library and online. The inspiration for the event was the acquisition for the rare book collection of Ohio University Libraries’ Mahn Center for Archives…