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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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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…
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Reflecting on my Graduate Assistant Experience in Rare Books
By Alexis Voisard, MA Student in English, 2022-23 Rare Book Graduate Assistant Athens has been spoiled by beautiful weather, and I’ve taken advantage by going around campus getting photos in some of my favorite spots wearing my graduation robe! It’s starting to feel bittersweet going to classes and working at the library knowing I only…
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1970 Campus Security Records, May 11 to May 15: From Ohio University to Eternity
By John Higgins, BA ’23, History and Political Science, Student Assistant, Digital Initiatives Read other posts from this series which recounts the spring 1970 student demonstrations at Ohio University and the administrative response, as documented in campus security reports from the time period. The 11th through the 15th of May witnessed the dramatic ending to…
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Reflections on a Description Remediation Project of the Civil War Correspondence Collection and How to Search it Better
By Camilla Stegall, MS student in Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Civil War Metadata Assistant at Ohio University Libraries during the spring 2023 semester. These past few months I’ve had the amazing opportunity to work remotely as the Civil War Metadata Assistant with the Civil War Correspondence Digital Archive at…
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1970 Campus Security Records, May 4 to May 10: The Bridge on the River Hocking
By John Higgins, BA ’23, History and Political Science, Student Assistant, Digital Initiatives Read other posts from this series which recounts the spring 1970 student demonstrations at Ohio University and the administrative response, as documented in campus security reports from the time period. At approximately 1:45 p.m. on May 4th, university officials organized their control…
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1970 Campus Security Records, April 23 to May 5: All Quiet on the College Green
By John Higgins, BA ’23, History and Political Science, Student Assistant, Digital Initiatives Read other posts from this series which recounts the spring 1970 student demonstrations at Ohio University and the administrative response, as documented in campus security reports from the time period. For Ohio University, the month of April was considerably quieter than the…