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The Wong Family Photograph Collection
By Mattes Brown ’26, Photography, Fall 2023 Intern The following post has been adapted from a series of Instagram posts available on the Alden Library Instagram account. The Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections fall internships are wrapping up! As winter break grows closer, interns are finalizing their work at the archives. Mattes Brown…
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Objects of Interest and Reflections on the Frank Buhla Collection
By Aurora Charlow, recent MS graduate of Simmons University, Metadata Assistant at Ohio University Libraries during the 2023-2024 academic year. In its heyday, from about 1880 to 1920, mines in the Hocking Valley Coal Field produced hundreds of thousands of tons of coal every year. It was pried from the ground, processed through mining tipples,…
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photo+roll: “LIFE Visits Wright Valley,” LIFE, February 1985
By Laura Smith, Photo Archivist This post is part of a blog series, photo+roll, featuring photographs from the Documentary Photography Archive. Happy Antarctica Day! Antarctica Day commemorates the anniversary of the signing of the Antarctic Treaty on December 1, 1959, signed by countries to “Recogniz[e] that it is in the interest of all mankind…
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photo+roll: “Country Doctor,” LIFE, June 1998
By Laura Smith, Photo Archivist This post is part of a new blog series, photo+roll, featuring photographs from the Documentary Photography Archive. Today, November 16th, is National Rural Health Day which celebrates and brings awareness to rural health care providers and their impact on communities. According to the National Rural Health Association, “The patient-to-primary…