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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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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…
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Finding biology in the archives: the Krecker and Romoser collections
By Quinn Cifani ‘24 Biological Sciences, Fall 2023 Archives Intern I have spent this semester as a Mahn Center intern working with two different collections related to the Ohio University archives; the Frederick H. Krecker Collection and the William S. Romoser Collection. Dr. Krecker, a professor of biology and zoology, taught at Ohio University (OU)…
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Reblog: Beyond the Archives: How Remote Projects Benefit OHIO Researchers, Libraries Collections, and Staff
By Ellie Roberto, Journalism Strategic Communications/Marketing, BSJ 2022, Digital Initiatives Social Media Editor 2020-2022. Originally published April 26, 2021, on the Ohio University Libraries Digital Initiatives Tumbler, which predated this Mahn blog. There is an endless amount of work to be done in the digital archives field. When most of the country faced job losses due…
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African American Studies Department Collection – Newly Processed
By Margaret Spetz, History ’25, Spring 2023 Archives Intern After processing the Horace Coleman collection, which I wrote about in this previous blog post, I spent much of my Spring 2023 semester as a Mahn Center intern processing the newly-accessioned African American Studies Department’s collection which documents the history of that department from 1969 through…
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A Brief History of the Ohio University Women’s Center through Scrapbooks
By Taylor Connelly, BSJ ‘26, 2023 Archives Assistant THE COLLECTION: As an assistant archivist in the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections during Spring 2023, I processed and described collections of historical materials that had been donated over the years to the Ohio University Archives. As I sifted through a multitude of papers, documents,…
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New Additions to the University Archives from University College and the Institute for the Empirical Study of Language
By Bill Kimok, University Archivist Along with other additions to the Ohio University Archives during the past several months, the Ohio University Archives has received, officially processed, and made immediately available to researchers, two significant collections that will be useful for researchers of OHIO academic history. Ohio University Institute for the Empirical Study of Language…
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Welcome to fall 2023!
By Miriam Intrator, Special Collections Librarian The start of a new semester, of a new academic year, means many new events and opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and the broader OHIO and Athens communities. This is an overview of some of what’s available and we encourage you to reach out with any questions, for more…
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Reblog: Meet an Early Multicultural Student Organization: Ohio University’s Los Amigos, 1947-1952
By Imani Estrada, Marketing, BA 2022, OhioLINK Luminaries Intern 2020-2021. Originally published January 18, 2021, on the Ohio University Libraries Digital Initiatives Tumbler, which predated this Mahn blog. The Student Organization: Los Amigos was a minority student organization established here at Ohio University in fall 1947, continuing through 1952. This student organization was primarily composed…
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OHIO Digital Archives updates: Spring 2023
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. Documentary Photography…