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Celebrating #Halloween with #RareBooks by Mary Moore, Rare Book Grad Asst. #MahnBlogMonday

"Long before I arrived at #OHIOUniversity it had secured its place as my favorite holiday."

Today a sampling of our Frankenstein editions & related Halloween materials.

Read bit.ly/mahnblog-halloween-books.
October 26, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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#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
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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.
September 22, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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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
September 15, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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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!”
September 8, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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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.
August 31, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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Student #artist books: a look at #OHIOUniversity artists for #MahnBlogMonday!

New Mahn Blog & interview with Madison Timms, BFA ’26, spring 2026 rare books intern: https://bit.ly/mahnblog-student-a-book
July 13, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Farfel photo material processing #MahnBlogMonday 📑

Blog by Zach Bisselberg, History and Classical Civilization, Minor in Religious Studies ’27, Spring 2026 Rare Books Intern: https://bit.ly/mahnblog-farfelphoto

#MedievalMonday
July 6, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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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: https://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.
June 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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#KappaDeltaPi 📚 New #MahnBlogMonday on #processing the collection: https://bit.ly/mahnblog-kdp

Interview with Ava Turner '28, Anthropology and Geography, University Archives spring semester intern!

#OHIOUniversity #OHIOUniversityArchives
June 22, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Processing 2 collections (Manasseh Cutler & James Bertolino): NEW #MahnBlogMonday https://bit.ly/mahnblog-bertolinoandcutler

Interview with Maddy Feerick, Anthropology and Classical Civilizations ‘27, spring 2026 Manuscripts Intern.

#MahnBlog #OHIOUniversity #JamesBertolino
June 15, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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Have you met Bill Kimok? Learn more about our University Archivist & Records Manager in new #MahnBlogMonday. #MahnBlog by Disha Hoque, Journalism ’27, Digital Initiatives Assistant.

https://bit.ly/mahnblog-kimok

#OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #OUOhYeah
Bill Kimok, university archivist and records manager, talks with River Valley High School students while holding past editions of the Ohio University handbook during a class field trip to view items from the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections in May 2015. (Tyler Stabile/Ohio University Libraries). Bill Kimok reshelving materials in the Archives closed stacks. (Ohio University).
June 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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New blog! Jonathan Perkins “J.P.” Weethee: Understanding Weethee’s Life: https://bit.ly/mahnblog-jpweethee

Interview with Kaydence Stamper, History BA ’29, Digital Initiatives Assistant, on connection to materials, history, & transcription!

#OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #AthensOhio #Ohio
April 28, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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New interview & blog🎥 Yashvita Kanuganti, Linguistics & HTC Religious Studies ‘26, talks archival theatre materials & working with Courtlandt Gilmour Collection!

Mahn Blog: https://bit.ly/mahnblog-courtlandtgilmour

#OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #archives #theatre #OHIOUniversityLibraries
April 22, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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Student Showcase SUCCESS ✅.
2nd annual #FoundersDay Spring Student Showcase- 17 students from #Archives & Special Collections presenting outstanding work!
Served as opening of the annual #OHIOUniversityArchives Founders Day exhibit.
#MahnBlog: https://bit.ly/mahnblog-sp2026showcase
#OHIOUniversity
People stand around a table of archival materials, including some from Collection of Presidential Campaign Artifacts. People congregate outside the Reading Room by two student presentations on monitors. People observe materials surrounding the physical version of the OHIO Student Life in the Postwar Years: Rediscovering the Grace Fleischer Diary, 1949-1953 exhibit.
March 18, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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Processing the #OHIOUniversity Multicultural Center Records.📄
Interview with our fall semester #OHIOUniversityArchives interns Arden Wells (Classical Civ '27) & Danielle Rymer (Art History '26).
NEW Mahn Blog describing working w #archives of the now closed Center: https://bit.ly/mahnblog-mccrecords
March 4, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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#LibraryShelfieDay! Our Spring 2026 #RareBooks interns took selfies with shelves that caught their eyes!
Read about our new interns on Mahn Blog: bit.ly/mahnblog-sp2...
#OHIOUniversity #libraries #ShelfieDay #booksky
Selfie of Madison Timms, BFA in Studio Art Printmaking with a Museum Studies Certificate, ’26, with shelves of orange bound books behind her. Selfie of Zach Bisselberg, History and Classical Civilizations with a minor in Religious Studies, ’27, with shelves of leather bound books. Selfie of Avery Kumes, Classics & Religious Studies HTC major with a minor in History, ’27, with shelves of colorfully bound books.
January 28, 2026 at 4:39 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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We’re Really Not Much Different From Each Other: Working in the #ManassehCutler Papers.

Hayden Sprance (Eng Lit, Culture & Writing BA ‘26) on her #archives internship experience. Cutler (1742-1823) is considered a founder of #OHIOUniversity.

#MahnBlog https://bit.ly/mahnblog-cutler-sprance
December 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Athens Mental Health Center #archives on display!
Greta Suiter, Manuscripts Archivist, walks thru exhibit. #Infographics by VICO 4112/5112 Illustration Capstone class!
Up thru fall semester @aldenlibrary.bsky.social 5th fl.
Blog: https://bit.ly/mahnblog-infographics-amhc
#MahnBlog #AthensOhio
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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NEW interview with manuscripts intern Anne Scarberry, English Literature, Culture, and Writing ’26!
Anne talks church history, pesky staples.
Full blog: https://bit.ly/mahnblog-churches-southeasternohio
#OHIOUniversity #OHIOUniversityArchives #interviews #archives #churches #blog #newblog
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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It's internship application time for Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections for #OHIOUniversity students!
Apps due for spring semester now, closing Nov 7.
Apply here: bit.ly/mahn-interns...

Intern's blogs about their projects: bit.ly/mahnblog-int...
#archives #RareBooks #PhotoArchives
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October 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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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
October 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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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.
September 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Alphabets by typography students, spring 2025
3rd floor Alden Library & online: https://bit.ly/mahnblog-alphabets-alden
Inspired by historic and contemporary typographic and graphic design texts from rare books collection.
#OHIOUniversity #AthensOhio #RareBooks #MahnBlog #typography #fonts
Jellyfish inspired alphabet by Letitia Oteng. Ice cream cone inspired alphabet by Tony Vacca. Claymation-inspired alphabet by Mateo Mora. Creative typography inspired alphabet by Precious Powell.
August 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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OHIO Digital Archives update for August is out! Find out about our newly digitized & available materials in our #DigitalArchives at bit.ly/mahnblog-di-....

#OHIOUniversity #AthensOhio #Nigeria #Seaweed #herbaria #CoalMining #archives #RareBooks #OHIOUniversityArchives #MahnBlog
Collage of new online items examples. 1. Upper left: Person sketches bike in art classroom. From Kano, Nigeria Advanced Teachers’ College (ATC) records, 1969, University Archives. 2. Upper right: Leaf from Seaweed specimen album. From Flowers of the Deep, 1848. 3. Lower right: Store book cover, supply yard inventory, 1900. From Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron Company Records. 4. Lower left: Group poses at Bicycle picnic at Hibbard's Grove, Athens, Ohio, circa 1897. From O’Bleness Family Collection.
August 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM