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Mike Schmidt, 1970 #OhioUniversity Bobcats.

#Baseball
October 29, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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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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Corporate donors to #Ramaswamy campaign #ohiopolitics (don't have a good source on this other than r/columbus subreddit). BakerHostetler is the law firm currently unionbusting at #ohiouniversity
October 22, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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Bobcat Tales! Share your #OHIOUniversity stories w/ us at Homecoming! Sat 10/10 10-4, Alden 4th fl by #OHIOUniversityArchives display.

Students, staff, alumni, faculty, friends share brief stories on what OU means to them. Preserved/shared through StoryCorps Archive.

bit.ly/bobcat-tales-2026
Graphic with grey photo background and green and orange text. "Bobcat Tales Homecoming Weekend! Share your OHIO Stories Saturday October 10 10am-4pm Alden Library 4th floor. Logos from Ohio University Libraries, Invisible Ground, OHIO University Oral History Project, OHIO University.
October 2, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Donkey Coffee in Athens, OH (near Ohio University) recently commissioned my son Jack to provide artwork to display in the shop. These are just a few samples. Looking forward to driving there in a couple weeks to see it all in person.
#DonkeyCoffee #OhioUniversity #AthensOH #surrealart
September 29, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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Fine work by #ohiouniversity history intern Imani Estrada on segregation and resistance in southern Ohio
September 28, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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By Tom Hodson from @athensindy.bsky.social athensindependent.com/oped-260917-... #unions #ohiouniversity #uaou #aaup #aft #unionbusting
OU’s bullying tactics are simply union busting
It is clear to me that the university administration and the board of trustees want no faculty union, period, writes Tom Hodson.
athensindependent.com
September 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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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.
September 11, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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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.
September 11, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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Continuing to work on my paper - looking forward to the conference! 250 Years: The Promises and Legacy of the Declaration of Independence www.ohio.edu/cas/central-... #ohiouniversity #america250 #ohiohistory
Central Region Humanities Center Biennial Conference | Ohio University
www.ohio.edu
September 10, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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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."
September 9, 2026 at 3:32 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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Back home in Athens with m’ wife and daughters. We are here in celebration an important milestone: 20 years since m’ wife and I went on our first date. Going back to Radar Hill as we did that night, but first, DP Dough. Good times.
#DPDough
#OhioUniversity
#MarriedLife
September 5, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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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.
September 3, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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Today is the last day to apply!
Open to undergrads in #OHIOUniversity GIS Certificate program. Apply by Aug 31: bit.ly/gis-jobs-fall2026.
August 31, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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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.
August 27, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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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.
August 24, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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August 22, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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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.
August 21, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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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!"
August 20, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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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.
August 19, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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#NationalDogMonth 🐶 is August! Our digital archives have tons of pups, accessible for free online! #TBT.

These photos are from 1995 yearbook: https://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.
August 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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August 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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www.athensmessenger.com/news/two-stu... This was a non-violent anti-ICE demonstration - and a ridiculous overstep by #ohiouniversity administration. The Board of Trustees needs to listen to student concerns.
Two students arrested by OUPD during protest against OU administration
Editor's Note: This article was updated shortly after publication to include an official statement from the Ohio Student Association and comments from OU chapter leadership. It was also updated Thursd...
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April 17, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/19/v... #highered #ohio #osu #ou #ohiouniversity #regionalcampuses
Vivek Ramaswamy said Ohio colleges, universities need to be consolidated: 'We have too many of them' • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Republican governor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said he wants to consolidate Ohio colleges and universities.
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March 22, 2026 at 8:33 PM