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Through the Lens of Ohio University’s Artists: A Look into the Student Artist Book Collection
By Madison Timms, BFA ’26, spring 2026 rare books intern Over the course of the spring ’26 semester as a rare books intern, I have been working on adding descriptive metadata to the Student Artist Book Collection. Through this process I have spent a large amount of time with the creations of Ohio University’s past…
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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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John Calhoun Baker: Peace Studies Program and Other Papers, 1913-1997
By Molly Spehar, ’26, History with Minors in Art History and French, University Archives spring semester intern History Throughout his tenure as president and beyond it, Ohio University’s 14th President John Calhoun Baker continuously advocated for peace and equality in education and world society. In 1982, in response to the Cold War and other contemporary…
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Processing the Kappa Delta Pi Collection, 1923 – 1968
By Ava Turner, ’28, Anthropology and Geography, University Archives spring semester intern At the start of this spring semester, I was tasked with processing a box of records regarding the campus Greek organization Kappa Delta Pi. Prior to embarking into this process, I had absolutely no knowledge as to what Kappa Delta Pi was, incorrectly…
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Processing the Multicultural Center Records
By Arden Wells (Classical Civilization major, class of 2027) and Danielle Rymer (Art History major, class of 2026) fall 2025 University Archives interns working with Bill Kimok. Like so many of our Ohio University peers, we (Arden Wells and Danielle Rymer) have come to appreciate the many resources that our institution offers its students and…
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Saw, Process, Learn: My Time Working with the League of Women Voters Collection
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Exploring the Churches of Southeastern Ohio: Processing the Ohio Historical Records Survey on Churches
By Anne Scarberry, English Literature, Culture, and Writing ’26, Fall 2025 Manuscripts Intern (working with Greta Suiter, Manuscripts Archivist) Introduction and Processing the Collection Over the past eight weeks I have had the privilege of processing series two of the Ohio Historical Records Survey collection which focuses on Churches as an intern in the Mahn…
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Processing the Zines Collection!
By Aria Black, English ‘26, Fall 2024 Intern in Rare Books In fall 2024, I was selected to spend my internship working with the Mahn Center’s Zines Collection. My supervisor is Dr. Miriam Intrator, who had also been my HTC tutorial instructor in spring of 2024, where we discussed what exactly went into being a…
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Processing the Cutler Hall Rededication Collection
By Chloe Haught, Spring 2024 University Archives Intern In spring 2024, for six hours each week, I had the pleasure of interning at the Mahn Center working with Bill Kimok, University Archivist and Records Manager. During this experience I began and completed the processing of two collections—The Cutler Hall Rededication Collection and the Ohio University Pride Center…
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Processing The Ohio University Pride Center Collection
By Chloe Haught, Spring 2024 University Archives Intern In Spring 2024, for six hours each week, I had the pleasure of interning at the Mahn Center, during which time I began and completed the processing of two collections—The Cutler Hall Rededication Collection and the Ohio University Pride Center Collection—which were of vastly different sizes and…