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A Busy Morning in the Archives: Dr. Alexandra Finley’s Workshop with the Mahn Center
By Aidan Cox, Classical Civilization, ‘25 CRHC Spring Lecture Intern and Hester Lambright, History, ‘25 CRHC Spring Lecture Intern An Introduction to Dr. Finley’s Research with Primary Sources On April 1st, 2025, the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, in collaboration with the Central Regional Humanities Center, hosted Dr. Alexandra Finley, associate professor of history…
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Saw, Process, Learn: My Time Working with the League of Women Voters Collection
By Alexis Reynolds, English and World Religions ’26, Spring 2025 Manuscript Archives Intern “Saw the wood in front of you” is what OU alumnus, David Crane*, said at a talk that I attended last semester. That phrase has never been more relevant to me than right now as I make my way through the Mahn…
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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…
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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…
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Indigenous People’s History Told through the Folds of Historic Ohio Newspapers
By Jack Slemenda, Journalism ‘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 and Mass…
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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…
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Welcome to Spring 2025!
By Miriam Intrator, Special Collections Librarian As a new semester is once again upon us, we are excited to offer a variety of events and opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and the broader OHIO and Athens communities. Below is an overview of some of what is available this spring, through spring break. We encourage you…
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Zitkala-Ša , Storytelling, and Resources to Learn about Other Cultures
By Jasper Greuel, Journalism News and Information, ’25 and Sullivan Beach, 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…
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Dory Yochum and The Glass Ceiling
By Isabella Pedrera, Journalism ‘26, and Kaylin Pickett, Journalism ‘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…
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Unequal Algorithms: How Artificial Intelligence Reflects and Reinforces Media’s Social Biases
By Avery Ochs, Emma Kate Kawaja, Sydney Lehmann, & Isabel Mattern, Journalism ’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,…