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Tracing Ownership & Usage in the Classics Rare Book Collection
By Emma Campbell, Classical Civilizations ’24, Spring 2023 Rare Books Intern This semester I had the great pleasure of holding an internship with the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections under the guidance of Dr. Miriam Intrator. I worked specifically with the Classics Collection in the Rare Books department and created a digital exhibit…
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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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Personal memories and the Athens Girl Scout Collection
In honor of National Outdoors Day we present this post by Laura Burns, Library Support Specialist. I recently helped process the Athens Girl Scout Collection for the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections. It was donated to the archives by Lois Whaley. The collection includes correspondence with the national girl scouts, leaders’ meeting minutes,…
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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…