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Beginning to process the Rural Action Archives
By Yashvita Kanuganti, Linguistics and HTC Religious Studies ‘26, Fall 2023 Manuscript Archives Assistant When I first moved to Athens for college, one of the organizations I heard mentioned frequently was Rural Action. I knew generally of the work they did: sustainable development on the local level, spanning from food and agriculture to forestry.…
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A Brief History of the Ohio University Women’s Center through Scrapbooks
By Taylor Connelly, BSJ ‘26, 2023 Archives Assistant THE COLLECTION: As an assistant archivist in the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections during Spring 2023, I processed and described collections of historical materials that had been donated over the years to the Ohio University Archives. As I sifted through a multitude of papers, documents,…
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Welcome to fall 2023!
By Miriam Intrator, Special Collections Librarian The start of a new semester, of a new academic year, means many new events and opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and the broader OHIO and Athens communities. This is an overview of some of what’s available and we encourage you to reach out with any questions, for more…
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Making an Impact: Students Contributing to the Humanities @ OHIO Libraries
By Miriam Intrator, Special Collections Librarian, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections Mahn Center and Digital Initiatives staff have been collaborating with Ohio University faculty on Humanities in the Park since summer 2021. Humanities in the Park is made possible, in part, by a grant from Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National…
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A Look at the 1561 Woorkes of Geffrey Chaucer
By Hunter Humphreys, English Pre-Law, 2023, Written as part of English 4940: Research Apprenticeship, Spring 2023 Having the opportunity to study in the Libraries’ Mahn Center has been a dream come true, and certainly a memorable experience during my career as an undergraduate student. For about a semester and a half, I was given the…
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The Updated Ryan Room Exhibit
By Alex Hines, BA ‘24, History, Co-Curator and Mahn Center Archives Exhibition Assistant Since the Fall of 2022, the Cornelius Ryan Room at the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections on the 5th floor of Alden Library has been in the process of being updated. At this time, the work to fully update…
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Women in the Edmund Blunden Collection
By Alexis Voisard, MA Student in English, 2022-23 Rare Books Graduate Assistant Working with the rare book collection this year has been a delightful experience in my graduate program. I’ve done deep research dives into the Ohioana collection to uncover diverse perspectives crafting historical narratives about Athens and the Travel collection to find illustrations and…
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Reflecting on my Graduate Assistant Experience in Rare Books
By Alexis Voisard, MA Student in English, 2022-23 Rare Book Graduate Assistant Athens has been spoiled by beautiful weather, and I’ve taken advantage by going around campus getting photos in some of my favorite spots wearing my graduation robe! It’s starting to feel bittersweet going to classes and working at the library knowing I only…
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Reflections on a Description Remediation Project of the Civil War Correspondence Collection and How to Search it Better
By Camilla Stegall, MS student in Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Civil War Metadata Assistant at Ohio University Libraries during the spring 2023 semester. These past few months I’ve had the amazing opportunity to work remotely as the Civil War Metadata Assistant with the Civil War Correspondence Digital Archive at…
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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…
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