{"id":6047,"date":"2026-08-25T16:52:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T20:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/?p=6047"},"modified":"2026-08-25T16:53:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T20:53:58","slug":"ohio-digital-archives-updates-august-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/library-archives-blog\/2026\/08\/25\/ohio-digital-archives-updates-august-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"OHIO Digital Archives updates: August 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Erin Wilson, Digital Imaging Specialist & Project Manager, Digital Initiatives<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This news update is part of a semi-regular series<\/a> 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<\/a>. See previous updates in the unit\u2019s newsletter archive<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Confrontation<\/em>, volume 01, number 01, 1970. Cover photo by Bob Jones, design by Oliver Jackson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Poem<\/a>
Confrontation<\/em>, volume 01, number 03, 1974. \u201cHistory\u201d poem by Juan Gelman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Confrontation literary journal, 1971-1978<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published during the 1970s through Ohio University’s Black Studies Institute and Center for Afro-American Studies, Confrontation<\/em> was a literary and cultural journal that featured writing, art, and criticism from Black, African, Caribbean, Latin American, and other international contributors. Dedicated to “human freedom” and “human dignity,” the journal published internationally recognized writers alongside emerging and local contributors, while documenting the participation and support of individuals associated with the development of African American Studies at Ohio University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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African American Studies course catalogs, 1978-1984<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally published as \u201cclass schedules,\u201d these course catalogs offer a snapshot of Ohio University’s African American Studies program in the early 1980s. They highlight courses on Black history, literature, media, politics, education, the arts, and social justice, while also documenting the faculty, student support services, and cultural programs that shaped Black student life on campus.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Marie Deffenbaugh scrapbook, 1921-1923<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helen Marie Deffenbaugh Irick created this scrapbook while attending Ohio University in the 1920s. It documents her social activities, including membership in the Alpha Xi Delta Sorority and attendance at dances, theatrical productions, and musical performances. Alongside photographs of friends, clippings, dance cards, and ticket stubs, the scrapbook preserves an array of distinctive ephemera, including a drinking straw, football pendant, Halloween mask, local restaurant menu, hair net, and holiday memorabilia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you like scrapbooks, look out for our February 2027 Founders Day exhibit which will showcase University Archives\u2019 rich scrapbook holdings!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Documentary Photography Archive<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\"Overhead<\/a>
Stevie Wonder sits among equipment in his music studio, Wonderland, 1986.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Man<\/a>
Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell walks down a spiral staircase, circa 1986-1987.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Seated<\/a>
United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, 1991.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Lynn Johnson Collection<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New additions to the Lynn Johnson Collection highlight a range of high-profile assignments. The images were shot during the 1980s and 90s by Johnson, an award-winning photojournalist, in her early career. Film negatives and contact sheets from this period were selected and digitized to support graphic design projects undertaken by students in the spring 2026 course, VICO 4112\/5112 Illustration Capstone: Advanced Informational Graphics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n