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  • Dissecting Double Standards: Gender Biases and Stereotypes in Ohio University Student History, Life, and Culture

    Dissecting Double Standards: Gender Biases and Stereotypes in Ohio University Student History, Life, and Culture

    Emma Fulton, Marketing and Analytics ‘26; Sydney Donohoo, Marketing ‘25; and Avery Tracz, Marketing ‘25, for JOUR 4130 Gender, Race, and Class in Journalism and Mass Media with Victoria LaPoe, Spring 2025  During the spring 2025 semester, the staff of the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections worked intensively with Victoria La Poe’s JOUR…

  • The Cost of Coal: Labor Exploitation and Media Framing of the Millfield Mine Disaster

    The Cost of Coal: Labor Exploitation and Media Framing of the Millfield Mine Disaster

    By Maia LeClair, Journalism ‘26, and Maggie Malone, Journalism ‘26 for JOUR 4130 Gender, Race, and Class in Journalism with Victoria LaPoe, Spring 2025 During the spring 2025 semester, the staff of the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections worked intensively with Victoria La Poe’s JOUR 4130 class, Gender, Race, and Class in Journalism…

  • Analyzing Art and Mass Communication for Queer Advocacy Through Swarm of Dykes Archival Material

    Analyzing Art and Mass Communication for Queer Advocacy Through Swarm of Dykes Archival Material

    By Julia Weber, Journalism ‘25, Maddie Kiefer, Journalism ‘25 and Katrina Carlson, Journalism ‘26, for JOUR 4130 Gender, Race, and Class in Journalism and Mass Media with Victoria LaPoe, Fall 2024. During the fall 2024 semester, the staff of the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections worked intensively with Victoria La Poe’s JOUR 4130…

  • The Missing Black Lens at a PWI

    The Missing Black Lens at a PWI

    Joi Foy, Journalism News and Information ‘25, for JOUR 4130 Gender, Race, and Class in Journalism and Mass Media with Victoria LaPoe, Fall 2024  During the fall 2024 semester, the staff of the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections worked intensively with Victoria La Poe’s JOUR 4130 class, Gender, Race, and Class in Journalism…

  • The Scandalous Rise and Fall of the Green Goat

    The Scandalous Rise and Fall of the Green Goat

    By Jaida Carroll, Journalism ’25, and Audrey Eary, Journalism ‘26 for JOUR 4130 Gender, Race, and Class in Journalism and Mass Media with Victoria LaPoe, Fall 2024 During the fall 2024 semester, the staff of the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections worked intensively with Victoria La Poe’s JOUR 4130 class, Gender, Race, and…

  • Processing the Kim and Catherine Brown Collection

    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…

  • Processing the George Starr Lasher Collection

    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…

  • Ohio University Buildings in the Commons

    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…

  • Welcome to Fall 2024!

    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…

  • Processing the Cutler Hall Rededication Collection

    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…