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Through a New Lens: Processing Photographic Materials in the Gilbert and Ursula Farfel Collection of Incunable and Manuscript Leaves
By Zach Bisselberg, History and Classical Civilization with a Minor in Religious Studies ’27, Spring 2026 Rare Books Intern Over the course of this semester, I have had the pleasure of being a Rare Books Intern at the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections. It has been one of the most rewarding experiences during…
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“Sincerely, The Foliophiles Inc.”: Untangling the Pages from the Past Portfolio Sets
By Avery Kumes, Honors Tutorial College Classics & Religious Studies, ‘27, Spring 2026 Rare Book intern My name is Avery Kumes and I am a third year Honors Tutorial College Classics & Religious Studies major. I am broadly interested in a public history career, and after a summer experience processing archival records in the East Tennessee…
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Through the Lens of Ohio University’s Artists: A Look into the Student Artist Book Collection
By Madison Timms, BFA ’26, spring 2026 rare books intern Over the course of the spring ’26 semester as a rare books intern, I have been working on adding descriptive metadata to the Student Artist Book Collection. Through this process I have spent a large amount of time with the creations of Ohio University’s past…
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Processing the Gilbert and Ursula Farfel Collection of Incunable and Manuscript Leaves
By Zoe Duncan, Honors Tutorial College Art History with a certificate in Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, ’26, Rare Book Intern, Spring ’25 As an Art History major, I often find myself working with materials as a researcher. My familiarity with the Mahn Center began over the summer of 2024, when I spent a few…
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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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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.…