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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 · 1h

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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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 3h

HOMECOMING ARCHIVES– IN PERSON!
#OHIOUniversity Alden Library floor 4 has tables of materials for HC week (thru Saturday 10/19)!
Yearbooks, student newspapers, posters & more!
bit.ly/OHIOHC2021-H...
#OHIOUniversityArchives #archives #FromTheArchives

Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 1d

Love this! Great use of our online #OhioUniversityArchives too 💚

Ohio Uniforms @ohiouniforms.bsky.social · 1d

A fun hOUmecoming surprise: Mr. Bobcat returns this weekend to join Rufus for the first time ever!

🎥: rufusthebobcat / Instagram

Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 1d

Bobcats 💚#football!
1985 #OHIOUniversity Bobcat #mascot hung with the crowd in the stands.
Happy #OHIOUniversity #homecoming week!
Full image: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-bobcatstands1985
#OHIOUniversityArchives #OUOhYeah #FromTheArchives #mascots #sportshistory #archives

Bobcat mascot waves from the crowd at Ohio University athletic event. Mascot sits with arm wrapped around a spectator.

Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 2d

Styx at #OhioUniversity🎤
#OHIOUniversity #omecoming week kicks off today!
#Throwback to Styx’s 1979 concert.
Our Spotify playlist of past performers: https://bit.ly/ou-uaSpotify
#MusicMonday #OHIOUniversityArchives #OUOhYeah #music #styx #rock #rockhistory #1970s #concerts #concertsky

Styx performs at Homecoming concert, 1979. Vocalist Dennis DeYoung stands on stage holding a microphone. Ohio University Libraries, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 3d

HOMECOMING PINTEREST BOARD 🤩 Check out our board of #OHIOUniversity #homecoming #archivescontent!

Link in bio: https://bit.ly/ohiouhc

#OHIOUniversityArchives #throwback #FromTheArchives

Bobcat mascot on motorcycle, with football coach Frank Solich. "HOMECOMING. Photos by Joel Bissell. OHIO celebrates Homecoming October 12th through the 14th." Athena yearbook, 2013.

Cover showing cheerleader mid-jump in full stadium. The Ohio Alumnus, November 1955.

Cymbal players kneel in back bends on brick street. "Members of the Ohio University Alumni marching band drum-line relive memories of yesteryear as they perform in the Homecoming parade October 11, 2003. Photo by Doug Peterson." Athena yearbook, 2004

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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · 4d

Happy #NationalComingOutDay from #OHIOUniversityArchives 🏳️‍🌈.
See the full flyer at link in bio: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-lgbtq-communityinfo
#OHIOUniversity #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #pride #comingout

Crop of LGBTQ+ community information and support groups pamphlet, Athens, Ohio. Ohio University and Athens LGBTQ+ Collection. Ohio University Libraries, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

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

Celebrating #HispanicHeritageMonth!
Maria Hinojosa, Mexican-American journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner, visited #OHIOUniversity 2002.
http://bit.ly/ou-ua-mariahinojosa-thepost
@maria-hinojosa.bsky.social #OHIOUniversityArchives #archives #hispanic #latinx

Promotional segment for Maria Hinojosa Lecture at Baker University Center. Hispanic Heritage Month. September 30, 2002, The Post. Ohio University Libraries, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

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

#FallBreak this weekend! This #fall view of College Green is from 1962 yearbook.
Full 2 pages: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-fallsunset-1962yearbook
#TBT #OHIOUniversity #OHIOUniversityArchives #autumn #sunsets #throwbacks #archives

Bird's-eye view of Memorial Auditorium and College Green with an orange-red colored sky casting a glow on campus. Snow lightly covers grass and leaves. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

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

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 · 12d

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 · 13d

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 · 14d

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 · 16d

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 · 20d

#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."

Reposted by Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University

Art Libraries Society of North America @arlisna.bsky.social · 20d

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 · 21d

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 · 23d

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 · 23d

#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.

Reposted by Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University

Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25d

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 · 26d

#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 · 27d

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 · 27d

📘 “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 · 28d

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 · 28d

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.