#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

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

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

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

#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

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/...

#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

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

📘 “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

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

We tabled at Little Cities of Black Diamonds Day 2025! Full Mahn blog: https://bit.ly/mahnblog-lcbd-day . #OHIOUniversity #libraries #archives

Nov #OhioDIG meeting Call for Speakers! Seeking practitioner speakers for VIRTUAL panel about #transcription and/or #OCR in #digitization. Experiences good/bad? Software/processes? Ethical issues/concerns? Date TBD, 10min talk & group Q+A. Contact [email protected] ohiodig.org/meetings #archives

Fun decorative flourishes! French property document circa #1300s on vellum. Colorful decoration and #illumination can be found across genres and time periods! Farfel 175 leaf: https://bit.ly/farfel175 #ManuscriptMonday#MedievalManuscript #14thCentury #IllustratedManuscript #medievalsky

It's us! 💚 "Mahn Center Archives makes array of materials available to students, public." From The Post, #OHIOUniversity student newspaper. www.thepostathens.com/article/2025... #archives #DigitalArchives #OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversityLibraries #RareBooks

Live salsa band💃 #HispanicHeritageMonth #Throwback! From 2003 Hispanic Heritage Month opening day barbecue. 2004 yearbook: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-salsa-2003 #OHIOUniversity #OHIOUniversityArchives #salsa #livemusic #hispanic #latinx #HispanicHeritage #SalsaBand #latinsky

Annual #Pawpaw Festival THIS WKEND in #AlbanyOhio! Swipe ⬅️ to see pawpaw cream pie recipe 🥧from the #RuralAction Archives. This collection is analog only, so visit to explore its info about #NativePlants/#MedicinalPlants. Finding aid: https://bit.ly/aspace-ruralaction #OHIOPawpawFestival #AthensOhio

Take a virtual stroll down Court Street ca 1885-1923 with our interactive #SanbornMaps viewer: https://bit.ly/athens-sanborn-maps. See what businesses & manufacturers occupied uptown #AthensOhio & help tag historical buildings by adding info to the map. #LocalHistory #archives #mapsky #maps

Crisp fall air nostalgia 🍂 #1980s Cutler Hall #OHIOUniversity in #autumn! #Fall can’t come sooner, don't you agree? 1983 yearbook: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-cutler1983 #OHIOUniversityArchives #archives #ArchivesDive #FromTheArchives

I attended a talk from a museum professional last night who praised librarians for their organized systems of mentorship for new members of the profession. RBMS is in need of new mentors! THAT MEANS YOU. Invest the time to make that praise true! 📜 rbms.info/committees/m...

Venturing into Voting exhibit opening event Tue, 9/16, 6-7:30 PM, in person! #VideoInterview w #archives intern Alexis Reynolds, English/World Religions ‘26 Talks #LeagueofWomenVoters #AthensOhio collection. https://bit.ly/ou-venturing-into-voting #LWV #OHIOUniversity #voting #exhibit #interview

Celebrate #literacy 📚 Since 1967, #InternationalLiteracyDay is yearly 9/8 to promote importance of literacy for all. Lynn Johnson collection: https://bit.ly/OU-lynnjohnson #InternationalLiteracyDay #LiteracyDay #LiteracyForAll #ILD2025 #DocumentaryPhotography #archives #PhotoArchives

We're tabling at annual Little Cities of Black Diamonds Day today (9/6, 10:30-5)! Stop by Stuarts Opera House in #NelsonvilleOhio & learn about our #LocalHistory mapping projects & #CoalMining #Archives! LCBD: www.lcbdohio.org/littlecities... (Try out our #AthensOhio 1885-1923 Sanborn Map Viewer)

Ohio is 4-13 against West Virginia all-time, but WVU has never won in Athens (1897, 1949). Funnily enough, that last home matchup (1949) and the last away/overall matchup (2001) both featured the same uniform combo: WWG. ⚪️⚪️🟢

Vibrant colors 🦋 title page of Metamorphosis naturalis. Book documents metamorphoses of #butterflies etc https://bit.ly/metamorphosis-goedaert #InsectThursday #Entomology #ScientificIllustration #IllustratedBooks #RareBooks #Metamorphosis #NaturalHistory #17thCentury #ColorIllustration #caterpillars

FOOTBALL SEASON this week🏈 #TBT “Claw 'Em Cats” banner w cheerleaders & football players (and a Bobkitten spotting?)😸 #1980s @ohiouniforms.bsky.social‬ @ohiouniversity.bsky.social#TBT#1980shttps://bit.ly/footballbanner80 #OHIOUniversityArchives #ForeverOHIO #OHIOUniversity #archives

80 y ago, #WWII formally ended. 201 former #OHIOUniversity students died in the war. The Post incl a full list of the “Gold Star Men” in a Nov 1945 edition of the newspaper. bit.ly/ou-ua-goldst... #OHIOUniversityArchives #ForeverOHIO #WorldWarII #WW2 #wararchives #FromTheArchives #archives

3 books @ Kennedy Museum of Art thru 9/7: -Body of Inquiry #CaseyGardner 2011. -Foetus Envy #MaureenCummins 2023. -Philips' Anatomical Model of the Female Human Body #WilliamSFurneaux ca1904. Then back to us! https://bit.ly/ou-throughanewlens #artists #bookmakers #bookbinders #artistbook #exhibition

Marbling and metamorphosis! #Caterpillars becoming #butterflies = easier to see in #illustratedbooks 🦋 -Sir William Jardine, The Naturalist's Library, 1800. https://bit.ly/naturalists-library #MetamorphosisMonday #MarbledMonday #Entomology #RareBooks #NaturalHistoryBooks #ButterflyIllustrations

It’s #sunflower🌻season! This #WoodcutIllustration is one of 1st illustrations printed in Europe (in 1568) of sunflower. This one appeared in 2nd ed. https://bit.ly/farfel573 #FloralFriday #BotanicalIllustration #16thCentury #IllustratedBooks #ChristopherPlantin #Herbals #FlowerFriday #FridayFlowers

Camp Alden TONITE Thu 8/28 7-10pm Come explore for #WelcomeWeek! Trek thru all 7 floors of @aldenlibrary.bsky.social‬ on scavenger hunt (prizes!); grill late-night s’mores on patio; play cornhole toss/mini-golf preview; create some wearable art at button-making station! #OHIOUniversity

We often showcase early archives content, but #DYK we have recent additions? 2024 #AthenaYearbook is available in our #digitalarchives #throwback to fireworks at 2023 move-in. #TBT https://bit.ly/ou-ua-athena2024 #OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #bobcats #fireworks #yearbooks #studentlife

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

When it's #InternationalDogDay & you can't get your pup to stay still! Check out the check suit on Ralph O'Bleness, ca 1890. HE stayed still. From the O'Bleness Family Collection. View at bit.ly/mss-obleness... #dogs #TinTypes #1890sfashion #1890s #archives #AthensOhio #OHIOUniversity

Students return! Just like these #1960s #students, new Bobcats take on College Green & classes today! #TBT https://bit.ly/ou-ua-collegegreen1968 #OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #ForeverOHIO #backtoschool #ThrowbackThursday #archives #UniversityArchives #AthensOhio

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

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

Welcome new students! #TBT to move in 2001! From the #OhioUniversity 2001-2002 Athena yearbook: bit.ly/ou-ua-2022mo... #OHIOUniversityArchives #ThrowbackThursday #archives #UniversityArchives #AthensOhio

South Green radio station WSGR DJs in 1975, for #NationalRadioDay! Various residence hall Greens provided radio. Catch the #Shanana poster on the wall, as well as past OU folk festival posters. Link in bio: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-wsgr75 #1970s #archives #OhioUniversity #OhioUniversityArchives

Happy #WorldPhotographyDay! #Photojournalist Lynn Johnson film photography collection is part of our #DocumentaryPhotographyArchive. Explore her work & how #OhioUniversityLibraries preserves/digitizes/teaches with it at https://bit.ly/dpa-lynnjohnson-portal #WorldPhotographyDay2025 #OhioUniversity

Coming up: Our #AppalachianStories Series kicks off Thurs 9/18! 🪕 First up is THE EVENING HOUR, based on a best-selling novel by author Carter Sickels who will be on hand to give a pre-show intro to the film...don't miss it! Admission is FREE! 🎟️: athenacinema.com/hillstheeven...

60s DJ 🎧 DYK #VinylRecordDay happened last week? What’s your favorite record of all time? #MusicMonday Full image: bit.ly/ou-ua-60svinyl #OHIOUniversity #OHIOUniversityArchives #1960s #archives #FromTheArchives #ArchivesDive #archives #UniversityArchives #musicsky #vinyls #records

Our #AppalachianStoriesSeries returns this September! Featuring docs on life in Appalachia and classic films like THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT and THE DUKES OF HAZZARD, all with intros from local experts, this series is a vital way to stay connected to our community! 🎟️: athenacinema.com/appalachian/

#Ironweed is blooming all around us now, and in recently digitized #Herbarium portfolio 1936-37. This specimen collected in #VandaliaOhio. bit.ly/ironweed-her... Live, it's tall w/ purple #flowers, attracts pollinators, native to Ohio. #FloralFriday #Wildflowers #Herbaria #PlantFriday #RareBooks

Did you hear? #AthensOhio favorite, Casa Nueva is turning 40! Celebrate with live music and Mexican-inspired food.🕺💃 Anniversary celebrations start tomorrow, Aug 15! The Post coverage in 1985: bit.ly/ou-ua-casa1985 #TBT #OHIOUniversity #OHIOUniversityArchives #archives #FromTheArchives

Remote Work: Junior Developer – ArchivesSpace (term), Lyrasis

Interactive #MedievalMonday! This storymap exhibit "A Glance into Manuscript & Printed Leaves from 1200-1700" includes interactive map at bit.ly/farfel-story... By Rare Book Interns Zoe Duncan & Rachael Hebert. #farfel #farfelleaves #ManuscriptMonday #medieval #MedievalManuscripts #medievalsky

Yard sale finds from 1996! Backyard sale seen near #NelsonvilleOhio by photographer Lloyd E. Moore, captured in #35mm film slide. Happy #GarageSaleDay! See in Moore collection: bit.ly/dpa-moore-ya... #slides #DocumentaryPhotography #PhotoArchives #1990s #LloydMoore #archives

2025 #ODNFest registration is open! Sept 30, in person, #StateLibraryOfOhio Columbus, 9:30-4, $35. Featured speakers on Vicarious Trauma & Trauma-Informed Care in Archives / When AI Takes Over...Gaining, Losing, What Still Matters #DigitalArchives #DPLA ohiodigitalnetwork.org/odnfest-2025/

Apply! Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board Achievement Award for accomplishments in preserving/improving access to historical records by Ohio archival institution. All Ohio inst. resp for archival records w/ some public access eligible. Due 10/1. #OhioArchives #OHRAB ohrab.org/celebrate-ar...