Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University

So interesting! We too have #OttoEge leaves!
See ours online: bit.ly/ege-50origin...

Four Women Dance and Poetry program, Ohio University, February 16, 1975. “Four Women Dance & Poetry / Baker Center Ballroom / Sunday February 16 / 3:00 / by the Black Arts Series of BSI and Center Program Board.” Posters collection, Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

#WomensHistoryMonth #MusicMonday! Four Women Dance & Poetry poster, 1975.
Our digitized concert posters: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-concertposters
#WHM #OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #posters

Photos from IWD Festival 2017. 2017 yearbook, Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections. Left: Women of different nationalities show off clothing from their countries. Right: Deepali Sharma hugs her son outside of the festival.

Happy #InternationalWomensDay!
This year’s theme is “Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls.”
These photos are from 2017 IWD Festival in #OHIOUniversity Baker Ballroom.
More in 2017 yearbook: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-iwd2017
#OHIOUniversityArchives

Students sit outside looking off into the distance. A dog with its tongue out sits nearby.

It's #OHIOUniversity #SpringBreak! #Throwback to #1980s sunny weather☀️.
1982 yearbook: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-springfest1982
#OHIOUniversityArchives #dogs

BEAT MIAMI WEEKEND🏀.
#OHIOUniversity men & women’s #basketball teams host Miami this weekend!
Here is a clip from our #1980s promotional video, available online: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-1980s-film
Men's game: Fri 3/6 9 PM; Women's game: Sat 3/7 6 PM.
#OHIOUniversityArchives

Top: Person wearing a reflective pair of sunglasses with a thread and ear extension. Bottom left: Side profile of a person wearing tiger earmuffs and smiling. Bottom right: Person sits on a bed, legs crossed, wearing a Walkman and reading a magazine. 1985 yearbook, Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

Section with title “Trends and Fads,” subheading “One way or the other we succumb to them.” Right: Person holds up a wrist wearing various bracelets. Bottom left: 3 people sit on a floor playing Trivial Pursuit. 1985 yearbook, Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

TREND REWIND! ⏪
#TBT to 1985: sunglasses, #Walkman, bracelets, Trivial Pursuit!
1985 yearbook: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-trends1985
#OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #trends

Interns and student workers gather in Archives reading room to share their projects during Founders Day showcase.

Archives & Special Collections internship applications due Fri 3/6!
Internship is competitive experiential learning opportunity open to all #OHIOUniversity undergrads w/ at least 1 yr of course work w/ 3.0 GPA, semester-long unpaid for-credit.

Details/application: bit.ly/mahn-interns...

#Archives

Winter elk🫎.
Winter ends soon, so let's get up close with elk in their Jackson Hole, Wyoming, winter home in this tunnel book by photographer and book artist Jill Timm.
5/50.
Catalog record: bit.ly/winterelk-ca...
#elk #RareBooks #ArtistBook #photography #JacksonHole

Alt text: Video interview shot in Voinovich Seminar Room on 5th floor of Alden Library with Arden Wells and Danielle Rymer.

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

TODAY: I am thrilled to welcome @alisonstine.bsky.social back to @ohiouniversity.bsky.social to visit with my #ENG2320 #SpeculativeAppalachia class & to hold a public discussion of her writing...Thanks to @ohioenglish.bsky.social, English HTC, OHIO Honors, and WGSS for co-sponsoring the event!

2026 AUAC Conference: Who is Responsible for the Archives? Who is Responsible for the Archives? An Interdisciplinary Approach to Ethics in a Digital Age When: Friday 26 June 2026, 9:00–5:00 pm Where: Aston University campus in Birmingham, UK, and online (hybr...

Consider submitting a proposal for this upcoming hybrid conference on Archives and Ethics! Experts from all fields are welcome! padlet.com/dturner2_23/... @astonuniversity.bsky.social @astonpress.bsky.social

HBCU Radio Preservation Project Intern Application Check out the job description for our summer graduate intern position. Please complete this application and submit the additional required application materials to pjefferscoly@wyso.org

Passionate about #PublicHistory, journalism, #CulturalPreservation, #DigitalArchives, #HBCU radio?

HBCU Radio Preservation Project Summer Graduate #Internship (paid). Help preserve powerful HBCU radio legacy with hands-on work rooted in culture/community.
Close 3/27.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Judging Books by Their Covers: Bookbinding! | Bite Sized Book History YouTube video by Book Historia

And we’re LIVE! This episode of #BiteSizedBookHistory is all about bookbinding, and how judging a book by its cover can tell you about its history and where it came from. youtu.be/3aUdEy0Edf4?...

Audio clip from Don Swaim Book Beat feature on Reading Rainbow. Graphic includes photo of Don Swaim audio tapes. From Don Swaim Collection, Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections.

#LeVarBurton at #OHIOUniversity! FREE event TONIGHT, Tues March 3, 7:30 PM at MemAud.
Burton has solidified himself as a prominent actor and storyteller in entertainment.
Don Swaim covered #ReadingRainbow season 2 announcement on Book Beat.
Swaim collection: bit.ly/ou-swaim-rea...

Left to right: Dean Hilda Richards, Vice President Martha Turnage, Vice President Carol Harter, Dean Dora Wilson, Dean Ann Jones.

#WomensHistoryMonth!💚 Five #OHIOUniversity VPs & Deans pose on this 1984 Ohio University Today cover: “There’s Room at the Top.”
Our Women’s History Pinterest Board: https://bit.ly/OUwomenshisPIN
#OHIOUniversityArchives #WHM

Ping Institute to feature presentation by Edmond Chang on March 3 The Charles J. Ping Institute for the Teaching of the Humanities at Ohio University will feature a presentation by Ohio University Associate Professor Edmond Chang on Tuesday, March 3.

Ping Institute to feature presentation by Edmond Chang on March 3: www.ohio.edu/news/2026/02... @ohiouniversity.bsky.social @ohioenglish.bsky.social

OHIO's Archives invite students to get hands-on with history The Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections is working to break down barriers, inviting all students to experience history through hands-on discovery.

Thanks for this great piece on our work with #OHIOUniversity students. 💚 #archives
www.ohio.edu/news/2026/02...

Save the date #OhioArchivists! Dr Colleen Shogan, 11th Archivist of the US, will be keynote speaker on 9/11/26 at Ohio University for CRHC Biennial Conference 250 Years: The Promises & Legacy of the Declaration of Independence. There's also a CFP: www.ohio.edu/cas/central-...

Above: Tracie Currie speaks to a crowd at Martin Luther King Jr vigil held at Galbreath Chapel, Athens, OH. Below: Students participating in a march. Roy Manley (left) holds a framed photo of Martin Luther King Jr. Sherman Lee (right) holds an Alpha Phi Alpha banner. Photos by David Distelhorst. 2000 yearbook. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

Jim Foxvog holds a sign reading “The Choice is Between NON-VIOLENCE and NON-EXISTENCE.” “Martin Luther King.” Photo by David Distelhorst. 2000 yearbook. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

Celebrating Black voices this #BlackHistoryMonth.
In 2000, #OHIOUniversity students celebrated Dr. King at a memorial vigil #TBT.
2000 yearbook: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-mlkvigil-2000
#OHIOUniversityArchives #BHM

The book Emily Brontë in its original tan cloth publishers binding, stamped in black and lettered in black and gold.

Tan and white decorated endpapers

Title page of Emily Brontë.

List of titles of other already published volumes in the Famous Women series alongside their authors.

Famous women writing about other famous women!
Mary Robinson writes about Emily Brontë for a series titled Famous Women.
This copy is still in original publishers binding! #PublishersBindingThursday
Catalog record: https://bit.ly/bronte-robinson-catalog
#Endpapers

Cast members of Hair dance. Person closest has long hair and wears a headband. Hair performance photos, Ohio University, April 1969. Documentary Photography Archive, Peter L. Goss Photograph Collection.

Cast stands in a line with hands in the air. Each has left hand in a fist and right hand with a “peace sign.” Hair performance photos, Ohio University, April 1969. Documentary Photography Archive, Peter L. Goss Photograph Collection.

Cast of Hair dances and sways, some dangling arms and looking downward. Hair performance photos, Ohio University, April 1969. Documentary Photography Archive, Peter L. Goss Photograph Collection.

HAIR on #OHIOUniversity College Green🌳 #TBT April 1969.
OU opens 2026 production of Hair TONIGHT!
More Hair photos: https://bit.ly/ou-goss-hair
#DocumentaryPhotography #musicals

Afro-American affairs newspaper, November 14, 1972. Illustration showing people fighting. Text above reads “The People Fight Against / War / Racism / Colonialism.” Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

Black student newspaper🗞️
Afro-American Affairs ran at #OHIOUniversity from 1970-1982.
Consistent focus on Black liberation and alternative news.
Afro-American Affairs subcollection: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-AfAmAff-subcoll
#OHIOUniversityArchives #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #ForeverOHIO

Caption: Video compilation of zine materials on display on Alden Library's 2nd floor. Text at beginning reads "Zines on 2nd floor!" Pop-up text reads "plus a Twitch streamed panel!"

Twitch #zines panel 🚨 Thurs 2/26 4:30-6:00 PM, join us at Twitch panel conversation on zine making!
#OHIOUniversity Alden Library will also host free zine making, same time!
Stream link, event: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-zinemaking2026
#zines #solarpunk

People stand around a computer with a diagram of a space shuttle as a person talks to them. National Engineers Week 1984. Ohio University Photographer Archives, Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

A person receives a trophy at National Engineers Week trophy presentation. National Engineers Week 1984. Ohio University Photographer Archives, Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

National Engineers Week ⚙️!
Check out #throwback photos from 1984 #NationalEngineersWeek.
#OHIOUniversity is hosting awesome events w alumni and employers this wk!
All digitized 1984 National Engineers Week photos: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-natlengineers-1984
#OHIOUniversityArchives

Ping Institute for the Humanities
#HUMANITIESCAFE
"Queergaming, Asianfuturism, and Gaming while Asian"
Dr. Edmond Y. Chang @edmondchang.bsky.social
Tuesday, March 3
Front Room Coffee House (Baker)
5-6 PM
@ohiouniversity.bsky.social

Collage of zines currently on display in the Solar Punk exhibit.

Collage of a variety of zines from the Zines Collection.

Collage of 3 zines. Left: “Black Space,” right: “Self Care Index.” Third zine is out of focus.

Zine with 3 panels. Left: 2 panels with illustrations appearing to be realistic eyes. Right: A wolf runs through tall grass.

Join us for a panel discussion on Twitch on how #zines connect to everything from creativity and activism to research and instruction!
In conjunction w exhibit “Solar Punk and Sustainability: A New Look at the Future.”
Details: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-zinemaking2026
#OHIOUniversity #solarpunk

Bunk Adams rebounds a basketball with 2 opposing players jumping near him. 1960 yearbook, Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

Bunk Adams #BHM #spotlight!
Adams played in MAC championships, was team captain, an alternate in the Olympics, & more! Recognized in #OHIOUniversity hall of fame (inducted 1972).
1960 yearbook: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-mbasketball1960
#OHIOUniversityArchives #BlackHistoryMonth

Duke Ellington performs at Ohio University, 1974 yearbook. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections. “Duke Ellington and his Orchestra,” 2 photos of Ellington performing.

Duke Ellington performs at Ohio University, 1974 yearbook. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections. Page 2, 3 photos of Ellington performing.

Duke Ellington #MusicMonday 🎹!
The pivotal jazz figure performed at #OHIOUniversity in 1974. He died just 4 months after.
Link in bio: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-dukeellington
#OHIOUniversityArchives #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth