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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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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · Aug 25

Archives & Special Collections fall hours begin today 8/25!
Visit M-F 9-12/1-4 to see new exhibits, browse ref collection, take coloring/Legos break. Everyone is welcome!

Appt form bit.ly/oulibraries-....

#archives #RareBooks #SpecialCollections #manuscripts #DocumentaryPhotography #OHIOUniversity

View inside Archives lobby looking towards the doors into the reading room. Bobcat mascot cutouts stand on either side of those doors. Inside the reading room are wooden tables and chairs and reference books on shelves. Text: Archives Fall Hours begin 8/25!
Visit M-F 9AM-12PM/1PM-4PM.
Use our form to schedule appointment w/ curator: link"

View of other end of Archives and Special collections lobby. Legos and coloring station table & chair, and wall display cases with posters, photos, and artifacts from the collections.

Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 16h

Women in botany!🌷
Student assistant Adrian Darden Kautz, History ’27, discusses discovering women’s contribution to botany in new interview.
Read more at Mahn Blog: bit.ly/mahnblog-bot...
#herbaria #herbarium #PressedFlowers #MahnBlog #botanization #botany #algae #OHIOUniversity

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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 5d

Aimee Lee visits Athens!
She is here for a presentation and paper design workshop!
2 titles we hold from Lee: https://bit.ly/aimeelee-catalog
Books can be viewed by appointment at the Mahn Center, Alden Library, floor 5.
#OHIOUniversity #papermaking #korea #artists #RareBooks

Aimee Lee wears a red apron with her name on it. She holds 2 wooden paddles.

Poster promoting "Discover Korea: Celebrate Korean Arts & Culture" event.

Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 6d

Football SZN in FULL SWING 🏈
We hope your excitement matches this student's!
Vintage collage combines photo of players in 😎.
1945-1946 yearbook: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-footballcheer
#OHIOUniversity #OHIOUniversityArchives #ForeverOHIO #football #FootballSeason #archives #sports #yearbooks #TBT

1946 yearbook sports section title page. A close-up of a person cheering with hands to their mouth, football players in reflection of sunglasses. Ohio University Libraries, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 7d

WELCOME to #LGBTHistoryMonth!
So much pride content like this 🌈 poster in our #archives.
Full poster: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-welcome-lgbtcenter
#OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #pride #lgbt #lgbtqia #QueerHistory #LGBTQ #FromTheArchives

LGBT Center welcome sign, Ohio University, circa 1999-2000. "Welcome to the LGBT Center." Rainbow painting underneath text. Ohio University Libraries, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 9d

Tiny heart💕 in comb pattern #marbled #endpapers, in vol 4 of set. All 4: red morocco binding, heavily tooled, decorated in gold.
L. Annæi Senecæ philosophi opera omnia, Elsevier, 1649.
https://bit.ly/seneca-1649-catalog
#MarbledMonday #MarbledPaper #MarbledEndpapers #FineBindings #RareBooks

Close-up of the white heart amidst the marbling.

View of the front cover and decorated binding.

View of comb pattern marbled endpapers in red, blue, white, and green.

View of the spines of all 4 volumes standing together.

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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 13d

#HispanicHeritageMonth continues! In 2023 #OHIOUniversity hosted art exhibit of work of Cuban-American artist Vivian Estalella!
2023-2024 yearbook: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-hispanic2023
#OHIOUniversityArchives #archives #TBT #hispanic #HispanicHeritage #latinx #HispanicArt #art #hispanicsky

Cropped in detail: People view paintings on tripods at 2023 Hisplandid: A Tapestry Rich in Culture exhibition.

Square crop of 2024 yearbook page including border and header text "Hispanic Heritage Month."

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Art Libraries Society of North America @arlisna.bsky.social · 14d

Open now! The ARLIS/NA Compass Award supports students & early career art librarians/archivists who identify as racialized or BIPOC. Get $3k for a project-based internship, a year of membership in the Society & your chapter, & registration for the conference. Full details: linktr.ee/arlisna

Open Call for Applications: 2025-26 Compass Award
Are you a student/early-career art librarian/archivist who self-identifies as racialized or Black, Indigenous, Person of Color (BIPOC)? Do you have a project/internship in mind that you’d like to get paid for?
The ARLIS/NA Compass Award provides $3000 USD for a project-based internship, and now is the time to apply!
Submissions Due: Oct. 15

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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 14d

We will be presenting on our manuscript leaf holdings at this hybrid event!
(Browse our online Manuscript and Printed Leaves collection at bit.ly/ou-mssleaves)
#OHIOUniversity #MedievalManuscripts #IlluminatedManuscripts

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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 16d

FALL EQUINOX🍂.
Today, 2:19 PM EST.
A beautiful #autumn tree from the Lloyd E. Moore Photograph Collection.
More #fallpics: https://bit.ly/lloydmoore-autumn.
#DocumentaryPhotography #photography #nature #naturepics #naturephotography #fallleaves #naturesky #photosky #Equinox #fall #AutumnEquinox

Tree with orange & red leaves viewed from below with clear blue sky above.

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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 16d

#DearDiaryDay for us = #diaries #FromTheArchives! 🔏
Diaries & day books from Jean R Mahn Collection (Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collection namesake).
Most of these belonged to Mahn's mother, Isabel Whittaker.
Finding aid: https://bit.ly/aspace-jeanrmahn
#dailyreminder #archives #DiaryDay

Three closed diaries and daybooks on a wood table from above. 2 other day books open showing cursive handwriting partially covered by the closed diaries on top of them.

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 19d

Welcome to the world of “inclusions,” an ecosystem known to archivists the world over in which they come across all sorts of things readers have purposefully or inadvertently left between a book’s pages. Recently at the Library, the objet du jour was... a snakeskin. 🐍 blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/09/...

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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 19d

#90s fashion! Geometric patterns, plaid, and baseball caps scream 90s in this #1992 #throwback for #FashionFriday!
Full image: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-1992fashion
#OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #fashion #1990s

4 students converse on College Green, 2 in foreground and 2 behind. 2 students in front wear oversized plaid & geometric-patterned collared shirts. 2 students behind wear baseball caps. 1992.

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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 20d

It's family weekend at #OHIOUniversity.💚
Looks like this #1970s family posing at the College Green gateway is holding #polaroids!📸 #TBT
Full image: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-gatewayfamily
#OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #ForeverOHIO #archives #FromTheArchives #throwback #70s

5 people, 3 adults and 2 children, pose on the steps of Ohio University 1804 Class Gateway, 1979.

Reposted by Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University

Ohio University Press @ohiounivpress.bsky.social · 21d

📘 “The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.” — James Madison

#ConstitutionDay reminds us of the enduring power of dialogue, debate, and vision.

Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 offers a firsthand look: www.ohioswallow.com/978082140765...

#JamesMadison

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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 21d

Underwater hybrid creatures in medieval times?🫣
Hortus Sanitatis - Jacob Meydenbach
First published in Latin 1491, Mainz Germany.
This leaf, or page, is from very first printing.
https://bit.ly/farfel371
#WoodcutWednesday #Herbals #HortusSanitatis #IllustratedBooks #Incunabula #15thCentury

Close-up of woodcut illustration of a rabbit-faced creature covered in scales in the water.

Close-up of a woodcut illustration of a lion-faced creature covered in scales in the water.

Close-up of a woodcut illustration of a bull-faced creature covered in scales in the water

View of the full first page of Hortus Sanitatis including these three illustrations and the surrounding text.

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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 21d

We tabled at Little Cities of Black Diamonds Day 2025!
Full Mahn blog: https://bit.ly/mahnblog-lcbd-day .
#OHIOUniversity #libraries #archives

Table inside Stuarts Opera House with Ohio University Libraries tablecloth. Various handouts spread on table and some archival materials. September 6, 2025.

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OhioDIG (Ohio Digitization Interest Group) @ohiodig.bsky.social · 26d

Nov #OhioDIG meeting Call for Speakers!
Seeking practitioner speakers for VIRTUAL panel about #transcription and/or #OCR in #digitization. Experiences good/bad? Software/processes? Ethical issues/concerns?
Date TBD, 10min talk & group Q+A.
Contact [email protected]
ohiodig.org/meetings #archives

OhioDIG MEETINGS – Ohio Digitization Interest Group – OhioDIG

ohiodig.org

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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 23d

Fun decorative flourishes!
French property document circa #1300s on vellum.
Colorful decoration and #illumination can be found across genres and time periods!
Farfel 175 leaf: https://bit.ly/farfel175
#ManuscriptMonday#MedievalManuscript #14thCentury #IllustratedManuscript #medievalsky

Full page view of Farfel leaf 175: Property document, France, 1300s. Single manuscript leaf (or page) on vellum, written in dark brown ink with decorative flourishes and rubrication in red and blue.

Detail view of upper left corner of Farfel leaf 175: Property document, France, 1300s. Single manuscript leaf (or page) on vellum, written in dark brown ink with decorative flourishes and rubrication in red and blue.

Detail view of lower end of Farfel leaf 175: Property document, France, 1300s. Single manuscript leaf (or page) on vellum, written in dark brown ink with decorative flourishes and rubrication in red and blue.

Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 23d

It's us! 💚
"Mahn Center Archives makes array of materials available to students, public." From The Post, #OHIOUniversity student newspaper.

www.thepostathens.com/article/2025...
#archives #DigitalArchives #OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversityLibraries #RareBooks

Mahn Center Archives makes array of materials available to students, public

The Mahn Center at Alden Library houses part of Ohio University’s archives. They contain millions of pieces which are accessible to everyone, both in person and online.

www.thepostathens.com

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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 23d

Live salsa band💃 #HispanicHeritageMonth #Throwback!
From 2003 Hispanic Heritage Month opening day barbecue.
2004 yearbook: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-salsa-2003
#OHIOUniversity #OHIOUniversityArchives #salsa #livemusic #hispanic #latinx #HispanicHeritage #SalsaBand #latinsky

Salsa band performs on a stage on South Green at Hispanic Heritage Month barbecue.

Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 26d

Annual #Pawpaw Festival THIS WKEND in #AlbanyOhio!
Swipe ⬅️ to see pawpaw cream pie recipe 🥧from the #RuralAction Archives.
This collection is analog only, so visit to explore its info about #NativePlants/#MedicinalPlants. Finding aid: https://bit.ly/aspace-ruralaction
#OHIOPawpawFestival #AthensOhio

Judges sit at table discussing and taking notes about pawpaws which are seen in bowls in the foreground.

Pawpaw Cream Pie recipe from Kentucky State University Pawpaw Research Program.
3/4 c. sugar
1/3 c. flour or ¼ c. cornstarch
3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
1 c. milk
1 c. light cream
1 c. pureed pawpaw pulp
3 egg whites
3 Tbsp. sugar
pinch of salt
1 baked 9-inch pastry shell
Combine sugar and flour or cornstarch. Add the beaten egg yolks, milk, and cream. Mix well and add pawpaw pulp. Cook and stir constantly over low heat until thickened. Cool. Make a meringue by beating the egg whites stiff with 3 Tbsp. sugar and a pinch of salt. Pour custard into a baked pastry shell and cover with meringue. Bake in a moderate oven (350° F) for 12 minutes or until meringue is browned. Serves 6 to 8.

Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 26d

Take a virtual stroll down Court Street ca 1885-1923 with our interactive #SanbornMaps viewer: https://bit.ly/athens-sanborn-maps.
See what businesses & manufacturers occupied uptown #AthensOhio & help tag historical buildings by adding info to the map.
#LocalHistory #archives #mapsky #maps

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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 27d

Crisp fall air nostalgia 🍂
#1980s Cutler Hall #OHIOUniversity in #autumn!
#Fall can’t come sooner, don't you agree?
1983 yearbook: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-cutler1983
#OHIOUniversityArchives #archives #ArchivesDive #FromTheArchives

Front-on shot looking at Cutler Hall entrance from brick walkway on College Green. Bare trees and lamp posts frame the building. Autumn leaves scatter the grass.

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Colleen @librarycolleen.bsky.social · 28d

I attended a talk from a museum professional last night who praised librarians for their organized systems of mentorship for new members of the profession.
RBMS is in need of new mentors! THAT MEANS YOU. Invest the time to make that praise true! 📜
rbms.info/committees/m...

RBMS Mentoring Program

The Mentoring Program, administered by the Membership and Professional Development Committee, is designed to facilitate communication between RBMS members and to support their professional developm…

rbms.info

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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 28d

Caption: Video interview of Alexis Reynolds speaking in front of Venturing into Voting Exhibit w/ cut-ins of various materials from exhibit.