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Through a New Lens: Processing Photographic Materials in the Gilbert and Ursula Farfel Collection of Incunable and Manuscript Leaves
By Zach Bisselberg, History and Classical Civilization with a Minor in Religious Studies ’27, Spring 2026 Rare Books Intern Over the course of this semester, I have had the pleasure of being a Rare Books Intern at the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections. It has been one of the most rewarding experiences during…
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“Sincerely, The Foliophiles Inc.”: Untangling the Pages from the Past Portfolio Sets
By Avery Kumes, Honors Tutorial College Classics & Religious Studies, ‘27, Spring 2026 Rare Book intern My name is Avery Kumes and I am a third year Honors Tutorial College Classics & Religious Studies major. I am broadly interested in a public history career, and after a summer experience processing archival records in the East Tennessee…
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Processing the Gilbert and Ursula Farfel Collection of Incunable and Manuscript Leaves
By Zoe Duncan, Honors Tutorial College Art History with a certificate in Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, ’26, Rare Book Intern, Spring ’25 As an Art History major, I often find myself working with materials as a researcher. My familiarity with the Mahn Center began over the summer of 2024, when I spent a few…
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Visualizing Mahn Center Collections
By Miriam Intrator, Special Collections Librarian One of the most exciting aspects of working at the Mahn Center is the opportunity to interact with students and instructors from a broad range of departments and programs and in a variety of different ways. This post highlights an ongoing collaboration with undergraduate and graduate students taking Assistant…
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Plants and Printing: 1485-1925, An Exhibit
By Morganna Marks, senior History major and OhioLink Luminaries intern, 2022-2023 As the Ohio University Libraries OhioLINK Luminaries intern for 2022-2023, I knew from the beginning that I wanted to create an exhibit. I wanted to do something very different from what I do in class. As a history major, I write a great many…