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Processing the Kim and Catherine Brown Collection
By Olivia Ondrik, Studio Art ’27 My name is Olivia Ondrik, and I am a second year Studio Art major here at Ohio University. I have an interest in museum studies, and am minoring in anthropology, and I decided that this University Archives internship would be a great opportunity to learn and practice a skill…
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Processing the George Starr Lasher Collection
By Taylor Payne ’26, English Creative Writing major In the Fall of 2024, I began my internship with the Mahn Center, with Ohio University Archivist Bill Kimok as my supervisor and mentor. In my first week, I was tasked with completing theoretical readings on archival work and all that it entails, including organization and preservation…
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Visual Communication in the Geological Sciences
By GEOL 4900 students: Emily Dietz, Alexis Hunter, Lorena Jevnikar, Peter Rhynard, Kaycee Scott, and Jada Townsend During the fall 2023 semester, students in GEOL 4900 Visual Communication in the Geological Sciences taught by professor Eva Lyon, worked with university archivist Bill Kimok and rare book librarian Miriam Intrator to include geology related materials from…
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Ohio University Buildings in the Commons
By Greta Suiter, Manuscripts Archivist On September 27, the library hosted a Wikimedia Commons edit-a-thon during which we added images from OHIO yearbooks to the world’s largest media file repository of public domain and freely licensed content. Right now (10/1/2024 at 4:35pm) there are over 109 million files in the Commons which means that in…
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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…
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Researching Appalachian Materials in the Mahn Center
By Di Galbraith ’25, History major, Globalization and Development minor, Fall 2023 Mahn Center intern I have always been deeply fascinated by Appalachia. How the mountains came from the same range as the Scottish highlands, how communities were left behind and forgotten once modern technology developed, and how the people were stereotyped as dumb, rowdy,…
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Processing the Cutler Hall Rededication Collection
By Chloe Haught, Spring 2024 University Archives Intern In spring 2024, for six hours each week, I had the pleasure of interning at the Mahn Center working with Bill Kimok, University Archivist and Records Manager. During this experience I began and completed the processing of two collections—The Cutler Hall Rededication Collection and the Ohio University Pride Center…
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OHIO Digital Archives updates: Spring 2024
By Erin Wilson, Digital Imaging Specialist & Lab 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. Manuscript Collections…
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Processing The Ohio University Pride Center Collection
By Chloe Haught, Spring 2024 University Archives Intern In Spring 2024, for six hours each week, I had the pleasure of interning at the Mahn Center, during which time I began and completed the processing of two collections—The Cutler Hall Rededication Collection and the Ohio University Pride Center Collection—which were of vastly different sizes and…
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Processing the OHIO LGBT Collection
By Maggie Bennink, History and Classical Civilizations ’24, Mahn Center Fall 2022 Intern As an intern for the Mahn Center, I was able to process an entirely new collection of materials that was donated this past summer. Initially, this prospect was daunting, as I had no experience doing archival work. The collection is also fairly…