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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University
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Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Preservation & Digital Initiatives, Ohio University Libraries @aldenlibrary.bsky.social‬, Athens.
https://bit.ly/m/archives-ohiouniversity
(Not that XL public uni in Columbus--we pre-date)
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Visit Archives & Special Collections M-F 9AM-12PM & 1-4PM to see our exhibits, browse reference collection, restful coloring/Legos break.

Everyone welcome! Find us: #OHIOUniversity @aldenlibrary.bsky.social on 5th fl.

Schedule appt for research/view materials: bit.ly/oulibraries-....

#Archives
View looking at the open Archives doors into its lobby. Screens, signage, and office doors show. Text overlay: Welcome! Archives Spring Semester Hours. Visit M-F, 9AM-12PM & 1-4PM. Use our form to schedule appointments w/ curators [link]
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Visit Archives & Special Collections M-F 9AM-12PM & 1-4PM to see our exhibits, browse reference collection, restful coloring/Legos break.

Everyone welcome! Find us: #OHIOUniversity @aldenlibrary.bsky.social on 5th fl.

Schedule appt for research/view materials: bit.ly/oulibraries-....

#Archives
View looking at the open Archives doors into its lobby. Screens, signage, and office doors show. Text overlay: Welcome! Archives Spring Semester Hours. Visit M-F, 9AM-12PM & 1-4PM. Use our form to schedule appointments w/ curators [link]
January 22, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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Our #2016 at #OHIOUniversity...
New residence halls, sorority fashion, T-Pain, homecoming parades!
Happy #TBT!
2016 yearbook: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-2016athena
#OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #archives
“New Resident Halls” on South Green. Image: Ohio University brick relief with OHIO logo and South Green illustration. 2016 Athena yearbook. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections. Page on Alpha Xi Delta, various images of members. 2016 Athena yearbook. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections. “Homecoming.” 2015 homecoming parade. Left: Person in Ohio University LGBT Center shirt walks in parade with others. Top right: 2 people celebrate with pom-poms in the bleachers. Middle right: Rufus the Bobcat high-fives a child. Bottom right: Parade passes alumni gateway. 2016 Athena yearbook. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections. “BSCPB.” Top left: King and queen of Blackburn spencer pageant. Top right: T-Pain performing. Bottom right: T-Pain crowd. 2016 Athena yearbook. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.
January 22, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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A Winter Walk by Henry David Thoreau– accordion fold book!
Letterpress printed, 1/140 copies.
Woodcuts by Michael Alper.
Originally published Oct. 1843 The Dial.
View Mahn Center 5 floor Alden Library.
Catalog record: bit.ly/awinterwalk-...
#RareBooks #HenryDavidThoreau #IllustratedBooks #librarysky
January 21, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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New collection--McDavis President’s Papers (2004-2017)!
Listen to #OHIOUniversityArchives intern Sophia McCauley discuss the legacy of #OHIOUniversity President Roderick McDavis and challenges of processing archival materials.
#MahnBlog by McCauley https://bit.ly/mahnblog-mcdavis-papers
#archives
January 20, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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Remembering the life of Dr King today.
MLK came to #OHIOUniversity 1959-1960 winter break as speaker for 18th Ecumenical Student Conference on the Christian World Mission, intl church collegiate youth conf.

Our MLK Jr Pinterest board https://bit.ly/MLKDayOU.
#OHIOUniversityArchives #MLKJr #MLKDay
Martin Luther King Jr in a press conference. Dr. Winburn Thomas and Mr. Bola Ige sit beside King. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.
January 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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There’s #SNOW place like home! Except when it snows in April…
#TBT snowy spring day in 1987!
Full pages in 1987 yearbook: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-aprilsnow-1987
#OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity
Above: Students buiild a snowman outside. Below: A building is covered in snow. 1987 yearbook. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections. Top right: 2 students walk toward the camera in a snowstorm. Bottom right: Ohio University Alumni Gateway covered in snow. Sign reads “Ohio University. Founded 1804. The College Green.” 1987 yearbook. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.
January 15, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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Great read!
And check out our #OttoEge 50 Leaves online at bit.ly/ege-50origin...
January 14, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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Great news!
The Archives also holds Schiff's archives as a part of the Documentary Photography Archive!
January 13, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Welcoming Bobcats hOUme 💚 Spring semester starts today!
Full image: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-collegegreen-aerial-1964
#OHIOUniversity #OHIOUniversityArchives #aerialphotography #collegecampuses #photographysky
College Green aerial view, Ohio University, 1964. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.
January 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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#OTD in 1996…
#SnowDay, #OHIOUniversity beats Miami, $29 perms, 12 Monkeys & Jumanji at the movies 🎥
More: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-thepost-8jan1996

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#OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #ForeverOHIO
Cover page of January 8, 1996 The Post. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections. “Victory at last.” Photos of Ohio University Miami basketball game. Ad for “$29 Perm Sale.” Athena Cinema ad for 12 Monkeys, Jumanji, and Grumpier Old Men.
January 8, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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Welcome to all our new followers!

If you're interested in getting more museums, libraries, galleries, and archives in your feed (because why the heck wouldn't you be), here's a starter pack we made earlier:

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January 8, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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Join us for a special #MLKWeek screening of AIN'T NO BACK TO A MERRY-GO-ROUND in collaboration with Racial Equity Coalition of Athens and NAACP Athens County on Mon 1/19 at 1 pm - Admission is FREE!

🎟️: athenacinema.com/mlkmerrygoround/
MLK Week Screening: AIN’T NO BACK TO A MERRY-GO-ROUND
Join us Monday, January 19th at 1:00 p.m. to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Week with a special event screening of a fantastic documentary that tells the story of one of the first interracial ci…
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January 7, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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#PopUpBooks 🤩
Here's a pop-up in Robert Sabuda’s Winter’s Tale!
Book shows animals & landscapes of winter w text and pop-up illustrations.
Reserve at Mahn Center, 5th floor Alden Library #OHIOUniversity.
Catalog record: https://bit.ly/winterstale-catalog
#RareBooks #winter #picturebooks #booksky
January 7, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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Are you a PhD student interested in using museum collections in your research?

Our next free doctoral training webinar takes place next Wednesday. Join us for guidance and examples of uncovering marginalised and minoritised stories in collections.

collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/doc...
Doctoral Training Programme: What's Not There? Absences in Collections | Museums and Collections
Explore techniques to research 'against the grain' and uncover marginalised stories.
collections.reading.ac.uk
January 7, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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A potentially engaging distraction: watch me close out a conference on AI in LAM by talking about how all the vagaries of archival description and discovery that LLMs can't address

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hm_...
Closing Keynote Address (Day 2) - Dorothy Berry, Smithsonian Institute - Fantastic Futures 2025
YouTube video by AI4LAM
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January 7, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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The Rare Books Vault– what’s actually in it? 🔎
Find out in this clip w Miriam Intrator, Head of Archives & Special Collections!
Catalog record, Lunacy by Kevin Steele: https://bit.ly/lunacy-catalog
#OHIOUniversity #RareBooks #ArtistBooks #libraries #archives #librarians
January 5, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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One century ago…
Celebrate the #NewYear by diving into our #1926 yearbook (100 years ago)!
FULL 1926 yearbook: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-1926yearbook
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#OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #ForeverOHIO #NewYears #2026
An opening page to 1926 yearbook, “The 1926 Athena.” Text surrounded by a rectangular patterned blue border. Top: Crowd at the Goldsberry Sing. Bottom: Group performing at Skit Show. Main entrance to Bentley Hall. “Spring Spats” photo collage of students participating in outdoor activities including archery.
January 1, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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Concert #throwbacks!
Missing the magic of OU concerts? You can always dig into concerts of the past online! 🎶
https://bit.ly/ou-ua-fifthdimension1970
#OHIOUniversityArchives #MusicMonday #OHIOUniversity #music #concerts #1970s #archives #FromTheArchives
“Dance to the Music” section in 1970 yearbook. Includes photos from Fifth Element concert on April 25, 1970. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections. Top: Low angle of two people performing on stage. Bottom right: Person in a ruffled dress interacts with crowd.
December 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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For Kwanzaa, here's a colorful pop-up book: A Kwanzaa Celebration.
Vividly illustrated pop-ups & pages by paper engineer Robert Sabuda.
Catalog record: https://bit.ly/akwanzaacelebration-catalog
#RareBooks #Kwanzaa #PopUpBooks #books #illustrations
December 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Happy Holidays from #OHIOUniversityArchives🎄#TBT.
Wishing our Bobcats the best this holiday season❄️!
https://bit.ly/ou-ua1966holidays
#OHIOUniversity #holidays #HappyHolidays #archives #FromTheArchives
Holiday photo collage in Athena yearbook, 1966. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections. Top left: 2 people stand outside a shop looking through a window at holiday decorations. Bottom left: 3 decorative cartoon people carol in a window. Right: Santa Claus design on a window with a second decorative Santa Claus in the background.
December 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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'Tis the day before Christmas... enjoy these sweet & festive illustrations from Twas the Night Before Christmas!
Clement C Moore, color illustrations by Jessie Wilcox Smith.
Catalog record: https://bit.ly/nightbeforechristmas-catalog
#Christmas #holidays #RareBooks #ColorIllustrations #illustrations
Title page of Twas the night before Christmas, printed and illustrated in black and red. Color illustration of a child sleeping under a thick quilt in a 4-poster bed with decorations hanging on the wall above. Color illustration of Santa Claus standing on a stool next to his sack full of gifts, filling stockings hanging from the fireplace. 2-page spread color illustration of Santa Claus on his sleigh pulled by reindeer, flying away into the full moon night sky.
December 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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You may listen to A Christmas Carol and the Gift of the Magi produced by WOUB Public Media. This was a project of over 30 local voice actors and directed by Karen M. Chan. It should be a must listen for everyone every year. This was originally created by WOUB in 2016.
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Audio: A Christmas Carol and Gift of the Magi - WOUB Public Media
Listen to the all time classic Christmas tale A Christmas Carol, produced by WOUB Public Media. This audiobook uses the unabridged version of this story taken from the Project Gutenberg... Read More
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December 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Register: 1/27 #OhioDIG virtual meeting w/ Alyssa Pierce, digital preservation librarian, Case Western Reserve U, on "Demystifying Digital Preservation"!
Free as always thx to our presenters, hosts, planners! #DigiPres #DigialPreservation #DigitalArchives #Archives

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OhioDIG-Registration-Virtual-2026-01-27
Please join the Ohio Digitization Interest Group for our January meeting (virtual) at 10:30am on Tuesday, January 27, 2026. Registration: Please register by Friday, January 23, 5pm. (Teams link will ...
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December 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Signed posters! #MusicMonday
#OHIOUniversityArchives has many digitized #posters.
Explore some here: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-concertposters
#OHIOUniversity #BBKing #blues #musicians #concerts #concertposters #archives #FromTheArchives
B.B. King signed portrait from Ohio University concert, November 5, 2003. Promotional photo, signed “To UPC [University Programming Council] B.B. King.” Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections, Posters collection, subject concerts.
December 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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#WinterSolstice TODAY📆!
Celebrate the official start of winter with this #vignette from our 1960 yearbook. 🏔️https://bit.ly/ou-ua-snow-1960yearbook
#OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #poems #poetry #winter #solstice #snow
1960 Athena yearbook. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections. Students walking on College Green, grass covered in snow. Writing below image: “The first snow came, and it was exciting. But before the winter was over it was just routine to wake up to a white world. The people of OU moved indoors. They were getting acquainted now, and it wasn’t a new year anymore…”
December 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM