{"id":147,"date":"2022-02-08T17:50:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T17:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/?page_id=147"},"modified":"2025-05-12T11:09:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T15:09:04","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-6201 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-internships category-manuscript-collections tag-1700s tag-duchess-elizabeth-chudleigh tag-harlan-w-hamilton\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/2026\/11\/12\/duchess-elizabeth-chudleigh\/\" target=\"_self\" >Duchess Elizabeth Chudleigh<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/2026\/11\/12\/duchess-elizabeth-chudleigh\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"989\" height=\"1590\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DuchessE0003.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Duchess Elizabeth Chudleigh\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/2;width:100%;height:350px;object-fit:contain;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DuchessE0003.jpg 989w, https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DuchessE0003-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DuchessE0003-768x1234.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DuchessE0003-637x1024.jpg 637w, https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DuchessE0003-955x1536.jpg 955w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">By Luke Homan, Classics and Religious Studies, and Anthropology &#8217;28, Fall 2026 Manuscripts Intern Within a series of letters purchased for the small price of twenty-five dollars by a professor of English Literature by the name Harlan W. Hamilton, lies the story of a woman who faced the unilateral scathing attention of the British aristocracy&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-11-12T09:27:31-05:00\">November 12, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-6205 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-internships category-rare-books category-special-collections category-student-workers tag-classics tag-early-printed-books tag-incunables tag-incunabula tag-incunabulum tag-latin\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/2026\/11\/05\/hugh-davis\/\" target=\"_self\" >Mystery Solved? Investigating Rare Books from the Hugh H. Davis Collection and Beyond<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/2026\/11\/05\/hugh-davis\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PICTURE-NINE-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mystery Solved? Investigating Rare Books from the Hugh H. Davis Collection and Beyond\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/2;width:100%;height:350px;object-fit:contain;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PICTURE-NINE-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PICTURE-NINE-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PICTURE-NINE-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PICTURE-NINE-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PICTURE-NINE-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">By Thomas J. Raulerson, Linguistics with a Latin Minor \u201827, Fall 2026 Rare Books Intern Mysteries\u2014our world is full of them. As humans, we love to figure things out; we love to discover, to learn, and to know things. After all, \u201cknowledge,\u201d said Shakespeare, \u201cis the wing wherewith we fly to Heaven\u201d (Henry VI, Part&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-11-05T09:34:16-05:00\">November 5, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-6246 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-rare-books category-student-workers tag-graduate-assistant tag-graduate-students tag-halloween\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/2026\/10\/26\/halloween-rare-books\/\" target=\"_self\" >Celebrating Halloween with Rare Books<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/2026\/10\/26\/halloween-rare-books\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1813\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Image-9-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Celebrating Halloween with Rare Books\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/2;width:100%;height:350px;object-fit:contain;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Image-9-scaled.jpeg 1813w, https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Image-9-212x300.jpeg 212w, https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Image-9-725x1024.jpeg 725w, https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Image-9-768x1085.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Image-9-1088x1536.jpeg 1088w, https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Image-9-1450x2048.jpeg 1450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1813px) 100vw, 1813px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Mary Moore, PhD Student in Literary History, 2026-27 Rare Book Graduate Assistant\u00a0\u00a0 Long before I arrived at Ohio University, Halloween had secured its place as my absolute favorite holiday. Perhaps because my birthday falls just three days before, perhaps because I grew up in a Halloween loving family and in a city with its own&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-10-26T12:56:28-04:00\">October 26, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-6169 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-internships category-rare-books category-special-collections category-student-workers tag-graduate-assistant tag-graduate-students\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/2026\/09\/09\/fall-2026-rare-books-students\/\" target=\"_self\" >Meet the Fall 2026 Rare Books Students!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/2026\/09\/09\/fall-2026-rare-books-students\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/difference-4-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Meet the Fall 2026 Rare Books Students!\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/2;width:100%;height:350px;object-fit:contain;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/difference-4-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/difference-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/difference-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/difference-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/difference-4-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/difference-4-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">By Miriam Intrator, Head of Archives &amp; Special Collections and Rare Book Librarian Every fall and spring semester we welcome a new cohort of undergraduate interns to the Mahn Center. The internship is for-credit and open to any undergraduate student, from any department, who has completed their first year at Ohio University while maintaining at&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-09T09:29:33-04:00\">September 9, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-6093 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-events category-exhibits category-manuscript-collections category-recent-acquisitions tag-business-history tag-cars tag-king-midget tag-processing\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/2026\/09\/02\/a-small-but-mighty-car\/\" target=\"_self\" >A Small but Mighty Car<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/2026\/09\/02\/a-small-but-mighty-car\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1415\" height=\"1065\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/peachcarHighSt.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A Small but Mighty Car\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/2;width:100%;height:350px;object-fit:contain;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/peachcarHighSt.jpg 1415w, https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/peachcarHighSt-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/peachcarHighSt-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/peachcarHighSt-768x578.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1415px) 100vw, 1415px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">By Greta Suiter, Manuscripts Archivist Summers in Athens can feel a little lonely. The students are mostly gone, the streets are empty, the town is quiet. But every ten years Athens is the summer destination for a unique group &#8211; those who drive King Midget cars. You can hear them roaring down East State Street,&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-02T14:55:56-04:00\">September 2, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-6139 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-digitization category-documentary-photography-archive category-events category-exhibits category-manuscript-collections category-rare-books category-university-archives\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/2026\/08\/31\/fall-2026\/\" target=\"_self\" >Welcome and What&#8217;s Happening during Fall 2026!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/2026\/08\/31\/fall-2026\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1125\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fc44a0b699456c2be44a7bf64a219f64567a87f3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Welcome and What&#8217;s Happening during Fall 2026!\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/2;width:100%;height:350px;object-fit:contain;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fc44a0b699456c2be44a7bf64a219f64567a87f3.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fc44a0b699456c2be44a7bf64a219f64567a87f3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fc44a0b699456c2be44a7bf64a219f64567a87f3-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">By Miriam Intrator, Head of Archives &amp; Special Collections and Rare Book Librarian A new semester and academic year are once again upon us! This newsletter provides updates on exhibits, events, collections, and opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and the broader OHIO and Athens communities. 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