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Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Preservation & Digital Initiatives, Ohio University Libraries @aldenlibrary.bsky.social‬, Athens. bit.ly/m/archives-ohiouniversity (Not that XL public uni in Columbus)

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OHIO English Department @ohioenglish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@aldenlibrary.bsky.social presents Percival Everett, Oct. 12, 7 PM, Morton 201, @ohiouniversity.bsky.social
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Come see visiting artist Suzanne Coley in #AthensOhio tonight 9/23! Free/all welcome at 4:30 Walter Hall. ENG3070J students got ready this week by getting hands on w/ Coley's unique handmade #ArtistsBooks. RSVP at bit.ly/coley-talk for “Coded Threads: Translating #Shakespeare Into Material Form.”
Colorful graphic poster with text overlay. Print of woman's face in black on orange and patterned background. "Ohio University Libraries, Ohio University Department of English, A Talk by Suzanne Coley, Coded Threads: Translating Shakespeare Into Material Form, Wed. Sept 23 | 4:30PM Walter Rotunda."Student's hands paging through Coley's artists book.Students work at table with Coley's artists books.
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#Shelfie time! Welcome #RareBooks UG interns & GA! UG interns: -C Burt, Hist/Music/German ’27. -L Honkomp, English Lit Writing/Art Hist/Italian cert ’27. -T Raulerson, Linguistics/Latin/Classics ’27. GA M Moore, Lit Hist PhD/WGSS cert ’29. bit.ly/mahnblog-2026-rarebooks-students #MahnBlogMonday
Intern Conrad Burt standing in front of a shelf in the rare books collection. He is a fair skinned man with short brown hair and mustache smiling at the camera. He is wearing a grey pattern shirt of tiny checks with polo collar. Lucas Honkomp in front of a shelf containing various books included in the Lafcadio Hearn Author’s Collection. He is a fair skinned man with very curly medium brown hair and nose ring wearing a zipped up grey hoodie.Shelfie of Thomas Raulerson in front of books written by several classical authors, including Ovid, Pliny, Seneca, and Quintilian. He is a fair skinned man in glasses with short brown hair and beard wearing a light colored ball cap with a barrel on it, and grey t-shirt.GA Mary Moore Shelfie in front of multi-colored paperback magazines on a shelf with call number flags sticking out of the top. She is a fair skinned woman with long brown hair, has glasses tucked in her hair, is wearing a navy and white shirt, and is wearing gold ginkgo leaf earrings.
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Fall view looking south on 1960s Court Street! #TBT 🍂 Jonesing for autumn in #AthensOhio? It will get here & none too soon! 🥵 "Quiet...not very dark, not yet light, not yet awake...or not yet asleep...morning...ATHENS..." 1962 Athena yearbook: bit.ly/ou-ua-62fall #OHIOUniversityArchives #1960s
Left side 2 page spread, color photo reproduction with additional color added. Bird's-eye view looking over town from hill behind the armory at intersection of Court and Carpenter.Right side 2 page spread, color photo reproduction with additional color added. Bird's-eye view looking over town from hill behind the armory at intersection of Court and Carpenter.
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New blog by Lilyana Mays, Art History MA '26, DI Grad Intern. Come along to hear her story about work with Farfel Collection of Incunable and Manuscript Leaves in "Digitizing Lost Farfel Leaves" at bit.ly/mahnblog-farfel-lily. #DigitalArchives #ManuscriptMonday #MahnBlogMonday
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Dr Colleen Shogen, former archivist of the US, keynote at 250 Years: The Promises and Legacy of the Declaration of Independence conference. Full day tomorrow too, followed by events on Sunday, include exhibit opening 10-2 at the Archives (5th floor Alden). #archives #aotus #AthensOhio
Woman wearing dark suit and #OHIOUniversity t-shirt in soft seating speaking into mic.
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Ohio University Press @ohiounivpress.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We're at the CHRC conference at Ohio University! The conference is fantastic & all events are free and open to the public. 📚 www.ohio.edu/cas/central-... Can't join us? See the books online: www.ohioswallow.com/chrc/ @ohiouniversity.bsky.social
Books displayed on a table, with branded table runner and signage with text: "Ohio University Press / ohioswallow.com"
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Football 🏈 60 years ago! 💚 #TBT to the 1966-1967 Athena yearbook. bit.ly/ou-ua-football66 This season kicks off on Saturday in #AthensOhio. #OHIOUniversity #OHIOUniversityArchives
Left side of 2 page color spread. Close in of football players running with ball, rear view of head and shoulders of military salute, and half of crowd in stands. "sometimes it happened on saturday"Right side of spread: other half of crowd in stands, close in of marching band trombone section, and cheerleader in white uniform with hands clasped in front of them/football players in back on sideline.
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
New exhibit highlighting life, work, lasting influence of Manasseh Cutler! Join us for opening of "Life Before #OhioUniversity"! Sun 9/13, 10-2, Archives and Special Collections, 5th fl Alden Library. Living history interpreter, 11-12. Free & open to all! bit.ly/cutler-exhibit-opening #AthensOhio
Graphic card in light green with dark grey text & QR code, photo of exhibit case containing old leather bound journals with handwriting and sketches of shells. Case also holds actual shells and plants (silk). "Life Before Ohio University: An Exploration of the Manasseh Cutler Collection. Exhibit opening: 5th fl, Sun 9/13, 10am-2pm. 11AM-12PM Living History presentation, by historical interpreter Ken Bowald -in partnership with Rural Action / Appalachian Understories."
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This summer #OHIOUniversityLibraries staff got to welcome a unique group to the Libraries -King Midget car enthusiasts! Learn more about this small but mighty car on our OHIO Archives blog: bit.ly/mahnblog-kingmidget (A tardy #MahnBlogMonday) #AthensOhio #OHIOUniversity #Archives #CarHistory
A peach colored King Midget car on the road seen from below street level angle. “If you aren’t familiar with the niche car history that is King Midget let us introduce you to this Athens, Ohio invention…”The cover of Athens magazine with black and white image of two people dressed in Bobcat mascot costumes driving a colorized red King Midget car. “Back in the 1940s two Civil Air Patrol pilots, Claud Dry and Dale Orcutt, founded the Midget Motors Supply company in Athens, Ohio.”A man standing at podium speaking into mic with slide displaying King Midget car behind him. The backs of audience members are seen in the foreground. “This year marked 80 years of the King Midget Car Club. The Libraries created an exhibit for the occasion, and on August 7th, David Funk spoke about the history of King Midgets at the exhibit opening event.”Five people stand around parked tan King Midget car looking at it. In the background is Athena Cinema. “After the event, cars hit the bricks and gathered on Court Street where car owners and locals alike checked out this quirky aspect of Athens history. Read more about these fun cars on the OHIO Archives blog!”
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Old Baker Student Center, now Schoonover, throwback! From the 1956 Athena yearbook, a spread on the "O.U. Center." Link in bio to yearbook: bit.ly/ou-ua-baker-athena56 #OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #TBT
Two page spread with b&w photos and text in peach. Views of students in crowded restaurant tables & booths, bowling alley, TV lounge, and external view of the building. 
The Ohio University Center was for you an arena for discussion, for verbal settlement of problems of the world, for presentation of vital ideas and principles. But your discussion here was not the forced, adverb-clogged speech of the classroom. Rather, it was the relaxed, earnest talk of the thinking student. The necessary thought and research beforehand and the later inquiries of your aroused interest did not necessarily take place in the Center. But here, more than anywhere else on campus, you discussed, and decisions were guided and lives were shaped. Even when you came to the Center to dance or to bowl, you talked, sometimes seriously, sometimes lightly.Page 2 of spread.
For that relaxed talk of people, profs, and personal problems, you went to the Frontier Room, or the neighboring Bunch of Grapes Room. Downstairs, at the lowest level of the building, you joked more and laughed, because you competed at the same time. In the lounges upstairs you often ignored your magazine or television to tell a friend your troubles, or just to inform someone about how the world crises should be settled. And while you talked and listened and your mind was stimulated, your student leaders meeting in the same building discussed objectively and guided you.
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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A great and overarching report on what we need to do to build infrastructure to digitally preserve all those 3D scans of cultural heritage. It shows how fragile our data is - even more so now SketchFab is being sold on. (And I learnt a lot being on this expert panel!)
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Today is the last day to apply! Open to undergrads in #OHIOUniversity GIS Certificate program. Apply by Aug 31: bit.ly/gis-jobs-fall2026.
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Ohio University Libraries - GIS Student Assistant (2 positions)
The GIS Student Assistants will support the Historical Athens County Atlas Mapping Initiative, a collaboration between Ohio University Libraries and the Southeast Ohio History Center. Students will he...
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Newly online from the #Archives! Update: bit.ly/mahnblog-di-update-2026fall. Highlights: - African American Studies: Confrontation literary journal, 1971-1978; Course catalogs, 1978-84. - Scrapbooks: Marie Deffenbaugh 1921-23 (OU student); Reginald Ernest Walter Harris 1944-45 (WW2). #MahnBlogMonday
Collage of 9 selections from highlighted collections range from film negatives to covers of print publications to scrapbook pages.
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
West Green under construction 60 years ago! Look at the river winding around (since rerouted)! There's a lot different, yet a lot the same. Color 35mm slide aerial view, looking south, Apr 1966. Harold Reed collection: bit.ly/ou-wgreen-1966 #archives #OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity
Distant view of red brick buildings, in contrast to green grass and fields.Same image as 1, but closer distant view of red brick buildings, in contrast to green grass and fields.Same image as 1, but even closer aerial view of red brick buildings, in contrast to green grass and fields.
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We're hiring 2 #GIS Student Assistants to georeference historical Athens County atlas maps & help build a public interactive web map! Open to undergrads in #OHIOUniversity GIS Cert program. Apply by Aug 31: bit.ly/gis-jobs-fall2026. #DigitalHumanities #Archives #OHIOUniversityLibraries
Map image from the 1875 Athens County Atlas by D. J. Lake on Promotional graphic with a historical map background and text recruiting two GIS Student Assistants for Ohio University Libraries Digital Initiatives for fall 2026 to spring 2027 with a QR code and link to the job posting.
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Come see Suzanne Coley “Coded Threads: Translating Shakespeare Into Material Form.” As #bookartist specializing in printmaking, poetry, embroidery, bookbinding, she reimagines Shakespeare thru #bookart. 9/23, 4:30PM Walter Hall #OHIOUniversity. Free & all are welcome! bit.ly/coley-talk #ArtistsBooks
Graphic featuring Suzanne Coley portrait, 2 of her artists books, and text "Save the Date. Coded Threads: Translating Shakespeare Into Material Form. A talk by Suzanne Coley. Ohio University Libraries, Ohio University Department of English. Wed. Sept 23, 4:30pm, Walter Rotunda. Love Sonnets from Shakespeare to Baltimore; 52 Weeks of Shakespeare's Sonnets; Evidence of Right Choices; Folger Shakespeare Library; Sonnet 116; Embroidery; mixed media; Shakespeare's Sonnet 60, Sequent Toil, handmade book, 2024 Baltimore Maryland, Folger Shakespeare Library, Suzanne Coley, Silkscreen, handmade, embroidered binding, Velvet embroidery.
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Fall semester hours start Monday 8/24! Visit us M-F, 9AM-12PM & 1-4PM to see new exhibits, browse reference, relax at coloring, puzzle, or Legos table. Everyone is welcome! Schedule research bit.ly/oulibraries-.... #archives #SpecialCollections #OHIOUniversity #OHIOUniversityLibraries #RareBooks
View into the Archives Reading Room from the Archives lobby. Two historical Bobcat mascot cutouts stand on each side of the door. Tables, chairs, and shelves of books are in the room. Text overlay with welcome, hours, QR code.
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Welcome back hOUme Bobcats! We're so glad you are back with us! The library missed you! #TBT to #OhioUniversity students working in a 1980s-era campus computer lab, from #OHIOUniversityArchives.
Four people in a Mac computer lab. Person in foreground sits at a computer attired in a cardigan sweater and Bobcat hat. "Welcome Back Bobcats!"
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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Excited by the line-up for this falls Ohio University Sustainability Film Series in the historic Athena Cinema. Glad the Voinovich School and Office of Sustainability, two places I'm working, are sponsors. athenacinema.com/sustainabili...
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Sustainability Film Series
Athena Cinema, Office of Sustainability and the Environmental Studies Program are thrilled to present the 14th annual Sustainability Film Series! At the heart of this series are films that present …
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We're hiring 2 #GIS Student Assistants to georeference historical Athens County atlas maps & help build a public interactive web map! Open to undergrads in #OHIOUniversity GIS Cert program. Apply by Aug 31: bit.ly/gis-jobs-fall2026. #DigitalHumanities #Archives #OHIOUniversityLibraries
Map image from the 1875 Athens County Atlas by D. J. Lake on Promotional graphic with a historical map background and text recruiting two GIS Student Assistants for Ohio University Libraries Digital Initiatives for fall 2026 to spring 2027 with a QR code and link to the job posting.
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
#NationalDogMonth 🐶 is August! Our digital archives have tons of pups, accessible for free online! #TBT. These photos are from 1995 yearbook: bit.ly/Athena95DogSandals #OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity
Top: A dog on a leash stands on bricks. Bottom left: A person holds up a dog on its front legs to stand on its back 2 legs. Bottom right: A person holds their dog by a leash and looks at another person. 1995 Athena yearbook, Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.Top left: Dog with tongue out sits on back 2 legs in shade. Top right: A dog walks from brick to grass. Bottom: A dog on a leash lays on its front paw on the brick. 1995 Athena yearbook, Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Teeny vintage cars! What's not to love? King Midget cars were made here in #AthensOhio. Celebrate 80 years of the Club, Fri 3-5pm @ Alden Library! Remarks by David Funk on enduring impact of KM & community that's kept its history alive. After, see car show 5-7 on S Court St. bit.ly/king-midget-80
1951 Model II King Midget two passenger convertible, with driver at wheel and person standing behind. Graphic card lists text also in post.View of 4 archives exhibit cases with large red banner "welcome king midget jamboree"Close in of small archives exhibit case with single item- shield shaped sign, red background and white lettering. "King Midget Jamboree Alliance Ohio 1995"Close in of lower shelves of archives exhibit case showing club patches and buttons and poster for King Midget Jamboree dated 1995.
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
18 DAYS till school starts! We’re excited to welcome you all back to campus! Throwback to Chubb Library, @aldenlibrary.bsky.social predecessor. Oct 1950 Alumnus: bit.ly/ou-ua-oct1950alum #TBT #OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity
The Ohio Alumnus, October 1950 cover. People sit at tables in Chubb Library. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.
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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Hey @medievalists.bsky.social, thanks for the signal boost for "Singulion Structure and the #Voynich Manuscript"! #OA in @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social. journals.openedition.org/digitalmedie...
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Singulion Structure and the Voynich Manuscript
Introduction The enduring mystery of the Voynich Manuscript (a.k.a. Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library MS 408) lies with its illustrations, certainly, but also with its text, ...
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Athena Cinema @athenacinema.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
We're honored to be in the @arthouseconvergence.org Member Spotlight this month! Our Director, Alex Kamody, was interviewed about our programming and history. We're proud that we've been a place for our community to gather for over a century! Read here: arthouseconvergence.org/spotlight-se...
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July 2026 Member Spotlight — The Athena Cinema — Art House Convergence
For July, we talked to Alex Kamody at The Athena Cinema, who is the cinema’s director and has been in the role for 18 years. The Athena Cinema is a three-screen cinema located in Athens, Ohio, a unive...
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WOUB News and Culture @woubnews.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
According to 2023 data from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Ohio now has more bookmobiles than every other state but Kentucky.
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From Dayton to Chillicothe, Ohio’s bookmobiles are on a roll
According to 2023 data from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Ohio now has more bookmobiles than every other state but Kentucky.
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
International Day of Friendship + #TBT today! Be sure to reach out to friends and show your thanks this #FriendshipDay! 2,000+ photographs in the archives: bit.ly/ou-ua-photos #OHIOUniversity #OHIOUniversityArchives
3 people stand close together and smile at camera. Black Alumni Reunion, Soulful Reunion, Starlena Pride and Lynette Humphrey. Ohio University, August 9-11, 1991. College Green pedestrians smile and walk near Ellis Hall, Ohio University, 1982.
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Ohio University Press @ohiounivpress.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
THURSDAY IN COLUMBUS: Join Jack Marchbanks for a talk on his new book, Art and Activism: Jazz Artists and Writers in the Civil Rights Vanguard. Bexley Public Library 6:30 pm — In-person & on YouTube! bexley.libnet.info/event/16354956 #columbusohio #jazzmusic #CivilRights
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Jack Marchbanks Author Visit - Art and Activism Book Release
Jack Marchbanks, historian, lecturer, and host of Jazz Sunday, visits the Bexley Library to celebrate the release of his book Art and Activism: Jazz Artists and Writers in the Civil Rights Vanguard. ....
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OHIO English Department @ohioenglish.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Central Region Humanities Center Biennial Conference www.ohio.edu/cas/central-... (featuring some English folks and friends) @ohiouniversity.bsky.social
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Central Region Humanities Center Biennial Conference | Ohio University
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Here's a #TBT to our library's construction! Wings were added to the building in Alden Library’s 2nd phase of construction: bit.ly/ou-ua-construction1971 #OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #AthensOhio
2 students in shorts sit on 4th floor patio for a smoke break with Alden Library's west wing construction crane in the background, circa 1971.
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
July is #NationalIceCreamMonth! This #OHIOUniversity promotional film captures 2 people sharing an #icecream cone. #TBT Stream full film: bit.ly/ou-ua-1974-film #OHIOUniversityArchives
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Student #artist books: a look at #OHIOUniversity artists for #MahnBlogMonday! New Mahn Blog & interview with Madison Timms, BFA ’26, spring 2026 rare books intern: bit.ly/mahnblog-student-a-book
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Ohio University Press @ohiounivpress.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
We're fired up to attend the Columbus Book Festival this weekend! We'll be in booth #28 in Topiary Park, so come check out a selection of great books for sale, plus we have some cool OHIO swag to give away! Visit our EVENTS page for more: www.ohioswallow.com/events/ www.columbusbookfestival.org
Exhibitor / Columbus Book Festival / July 11–12, 2026 | Columbus, OH / Find us at the book festival!
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
#OHIOUniversity as illustrated on a #1960s map! What differences can you spot between then and now? #TBT From the October 1963 Ohio Alumnus: bit.ly/ou-ua-map1963 #OHIOUniversityArchives #AthensOhio
Full spread of 2-page map. Illustration includes labels for each Ohio University building.
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
#TheOdyssey film adaptation not coming quick enough? Good news: we have many editions in #RareBooks, incl this #AlexanderPope famous English translation (5 vols, 1725-26). The Odyssey of Homer, London: Printed for Bernard Lintot. bit.ly/odyssey1725-26-catalog
Illustrated title page with engraving by Paul Fourdrinier after William Kent.The 5 volumes on their shelf.First page of Book One.Bookplates indicating 2 previous owners of this set.
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Farfel photo material processing #MahnBlogMonday 📑 Blog by Zach Bisselberg, History and Classical Civilization, Minor in Religious Studies ’27, Spring 2026 Rare Books Intern: bit.ly/mahnblog-farfelphoto #MedievalMonday
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
On #July4, outdoor games are a great activity! Take this spoon and egg game participants played at the #AthensOhio State Hospital. What’s your favorite #4thofJuly tradition? Link in bio to Athens Mental Health center collection: bit.ly/egg-and-spoon
Crop in near left third of photo, with 2 people in dresses running and an American flag as subjects of frame. Egg and spoon race, American flag visible in foreground. Athens State Hospital, circa 1910 to 1919. Netta Mapes collection, Southeast Ohio History Center, Athens Mental Health Center digital collection, Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections.Crop out, full photo over a dark gray background showing the full photo.
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Ohio University Press @ohiounivpress.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Vote now for the Ohio Book Awards Readers' Choice! survey.typeform.com/to/Pows6jiE We're proud that Ric S. Sheffield's FALSE PROMISES: The Struggle for Black Voting Rights in 1800s Ohio is among the finalists. Learn more: www.ohioswallow.com/978080401257...
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Ever been to the #OHIOUniversity sun dial?☀️ It was built on the 100th anniversary of OU’s first building. Here, students pose with it: bit.ly/ou-ua-sundials #TBT #OHIOUniversityArchives #AthensOhio
Four students stand by sun dial posing, Ohio University, circa 1950s. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Baker Peace Studies Program archives processing & more, #MahnBlogMonday! Written by Molly Spehar, History w/ minors in Art History & French ’26, University Archives spring semester intern: bit.ly/ou-ua-mahnblog-bakerpeace #OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity
Flyer advertising the 1982 Baker Peace Conference taking place in Ohio University’s Irvine Hall Auditorium on the campus’s West Green. John Calhoun Baker personal papers.
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Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine @ouhcom.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Explore the college's history in the commemorative digital issue of Ohio University Medicine Magazine. Go inside this special edition to experience an interactive timeline, look back at the past 50 years and read alumni profiles. Read the issue: bit.ly/4gGxph6 #OUHCOM50 #ForeverForward
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Welcome - 50th Anniversary
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Pride graffiti! 🌈 Student org Swarm of Dykes (SOD) painted the graffiti wall by Bentley Annex with messaging about queerness. Have a great pride week & fest, #AthensOhio! #TBT More: bit.ly/ou-ua-sodgraffiti #OHIOUniversity #OHIOUniversityArchives #pridemonth
Graffiti wall painted black with white writing and designs. Swarm of Dykes graffiti wall photos, Ohio University, circa 1997-2007.Wide view of graffiti wall with white background and various, mostly red and black, designs and slogans. 2 people's heads in foreground.White graffiti wall with designs and slogans including a pride flag with 2 female gender symbols connecting.
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
#KappaDeltaPi 📚 New #MahnBlogMonday on #processing the collection: bit.ly/mahnblog-kdp Interview with Ava Turner '28, Anthropology and Geography, University Archives spring semester intern! #OHIOUniversity #OHIOUniversityArchives
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
#SummerSolstice today! Enjoy the weather, like these 2 people chatting in a 1995 #OHIOUniversity summer bulletin! bit.ly/ou-ua-95chat #OHIOUniversityArchives
2 people stand next to a tree. Left person smiles and wears an Ohio hat, holding a notebook. Right person is side profiled and holds a rolled up paper.
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Ohio University Press @ohiounivpress.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
We're excited to announce the release of six new open access books thanks to generous support from Ohio University Libraries! Check out our full list of freely accessible scholarly books at www.ohioswallow.com/open-access/ @aldenlibrary.bsky.social
A graphic showing six book covers arranged in a grid:

The Muridiyya on the Move: Islam, Migration, and Place-Making
Cheikh Anta Babou
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/116/

Threatening Others: Nicarauguans and the Formation of National Identities in Costa Rica
Carlos Sandoval-Garcia
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/117/

Authentically African: Arts and the Transnational Politics of Congolese Culture 
Sarah Van Beurden
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/118/

Under the Heel of the Dragon : Islam, Racism, Crime, and the Uighur in China
Blaine Kaltman
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/119/

Burma’s Mass Lay Meditation Movement : Buddhism and the Cultural Construction of Power
Ingrit Jordt
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/120/

Witchcraft Dialogues : Anthropological and Philosophical Exchanges
George Clement Bond and Diane M. Ciekawy
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/121/
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Today! 1-4pm 6/19 #AthensOhio Community Juneteenth Festival. We'll be there handing free buttons w/ images from the archives.
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Once catalogued, our 2026 #Juneteenth acquisitions will be available through the Rare Books collection. We are tabling at today’s Juneteenth celebration: 1-4 PM, Richland Avenue Park & 7 PM at Athena Cinema @athenacinema.bsky.social. Free buttons + info! bit.ly/ou-juneteenth2026
Original cloth publishers binding of Underground Rail Road Records - Revised Edition.Signed dedication by Martin Luther King, Jr.First edition of The Color Purple by Alice Walker.Handbill for Historic 1963 March on Washington.
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Under the Elms is a #OHIOUniversity tradition bringing musicians together in #AthensOhio for live music! Today is 1 of 3 remaining concerts in the 2026 series. #TBT June 27 2002, The Summer Post: bit.ly/ou-ua-underelms02 #TBT #OHIOUniversityArchives
Front page of Tuesday, June 27, 2002 The Summer Post. Photo shot from above and behind a band playing on College Green. A conductor stands in front of the band. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.
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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Happy #NationalMascotDay! Here’s a look at Rufus AKA the Bobcat AKA Mr. Bobcat at various phases in his career. Special guest: Bobkitten! Bobcat & Bobkitten Pinterest: bit.ly/Pinterest-Bobcats #OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #mascots
View from back: Rufus looks out onto football field with one hand on his head, the other on his hip. Back of t-shirt reads “Bobcat 1," from 2005 yearbook.Bobcat and Bobkitten at homecoming football game, 1977. Bobcat clasps hands together in front of him and wears a boutonniere. Bobkitten holds hand to heart and wears a corsage at waist. Bobcat mascot jumps on a football field with the marching band in the background. He wears a hat and vest with the Ohio University “O” on it. From 1987 yearbook.
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