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Processing the OHIO LGBT Collection
By Maggie Bennink, History and Classical Civilizations ’24, Mahn Center Fall 2022 Intern As an intern for the Mahn Center, I was able to process an entirely new collection of materials that was donated this past summer. Initially, this prospect was daunting, as I had no experience doing archival work. The collection is also fairly…
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OHIO Digital Archives updates: Fall 2022
By Erin Wilson, Digital Imaging Specialist & Lab Manager, Digital Initiatives This news update is part of a semi-regular series 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. See previous updates in the unit’s…
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O’Bleness Family Collection: Updates on the Mystery Photo Album
By Anna Denman, History ’23, Fall 2022 Archives Intern In my first post about the Mystery Photo Album, I wrote that I hoped to continue identifying photographs from the album and piecing together the O’Bleness family’s story. In the five weeks that followed my last post, I spent hours familiarizing myself with the O’Bleness family,…
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Re-contextualizing How I View Public Education: An Exploration of the Ohio Coalition for Equity & Adequacy of School Funding
By Lizzy Daly, Communication Studies ’23, Margaret Boyd Scholar, Archives Assistant As an Archives Assistant for the manuscript collection in the Mahn Center, I have spent the majority of my time processing the Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding (OCEASF) collection, which was donated by its founder Bill Phillis. Spending time with…
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The Ada Margaret Wilson Saviers scrapbook
By Greta Suiter, Manuscripts Archivist, Ohio University Libraries. Within the William Saviers Collection of World War II materials there are a few items that belonged to his wife, Ada Margaret Wilson Saviers. One such item is a scrapbook she compiled that contains items from the 1920s to the 1940s. The scrapbook is large and falling…
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Updating an Archives Exhibit: The Ryan Room
By Alex Hines, History ’24, Ohio Honors Program, Archives Exhibition Assistant at the Mahn Center Through the Museum Studies Certificate program at Ohio University, I was introduced to the Mahn Center and a particular room which contains an exhibition of items from the Archives and Special Collections. This room is the Ryan Room on the…