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  • Processing the Multicultural Center Records

    Processing the Multicultural Center Records

    By Arden Wells (Classical Civilization major, class of 2027) and Danielle Rymer (Art History major, class of 2026) fall 2025 University Archives interns working with Bill Kimok. Like so many of our Ohio University peers, we (Arden Wells and Danielle Rymer) have come to appreciate the many resources that our institution offers its students and…


  • Processing the McDavis President’s papers collection

    Processing the McDavis President’s papers collection

    By Sophia McCauley, English, Creative Writing, Literature and Culture major with a History minor, class of 2026, fall 2025 University Archives intern working with Bill Kimok. Introduction and Processing Throughout this 2025 fall semester, I have had the honor and pleasure of processing the President Roderick J. McDavis, (2004-2017) Collection, the Faculty Collective Bargaining Attempt…


  • We’re Really Not Much Different From Each Other: Working in the Manasseh Cutler Papers

    We’re Really Not Much Different From Each Other: Working in the Manasseh Cutler Papers

    By Hayden Sprance, English Literature, Culture, and Writing BA ‘26, History minor, Museum Studies certificate. Fall ‘25 Manuscripts Intern under Manuscripts Archivist, Greta Suiter. When I began my internship in the Mahn Center this past August I was nervous… like, really nervous. When I learned I would be assigned to the Manasseh Cutler Papers containing…


  • Exhibit & Roundtable – Enslavement & Abolition in Antebellum Texts & Contemporary Artists’ Books

    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…


  • Infographics and Exhibit Inspired by the Athens Asylum

    Infographics and Exhibit Inspired by the Athens Asylum

    Greta Suiter, Manuscripts Archivist Introduction As part of an ongoing collaboration between the Archives and Special Collections and the VICO 4112/5112 Illustration Capstone class, student created infographic posters are currently exhibited alongside archival materials on the fifth floor of Alden Library. In spring of 2025 students from Illustration Capstone: Advanced Informational Graphics created infographic posters…


  • Exploring the Churches of Southeastern Ohio: Processing the Ohio Historical Records Survey on Churches

    Exploring the Churches of Southeastern Ohio: Processing the Ohio Historical Records Survey on Churches

    By Anne Scarberry, English Literature, Culture, and Writing ’26, Fall 2025 Manuscripts Intern (working with Greta Suiter, Manuscripts Archivist) Introduction and Processing the Collection Over the past eight weeks I have had the privilege of processing series two of the Ohio Historical Records Survey collection which focuses on Churches as an intern in the Mahn…


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