Mid-Semester Events Update

We hope you can join us for one or all of the upcoming Archives & Special Collections and Digital Initiatives related events. We are thrilled to see our collections in use around the Athens community as well as on campus. 

Please note there is still time for interested students to apply for the spring 2026 Archives & Special Collections internship! Applications are due by the end of this Friday, November 7th. All instructions and information, as well as the application, are available online. Please share widely!

Event: TOMORROW, Wednesday, November 5, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Library, Ohio University Zanesville. Interested in an immersive and interactive experience with rare and historic children's picture books? A selection will be available for hands-on exploration as one of many events occurring during Ohio University Zanesville's celebration of Picture Book Week. 

Hybrid Event: Wednesday, November 12, 1:00 - 2:00 PM, 319 Alden Library and online. In conjunction with the exhibit, "Enslavement & Abolition in Antebellum Texts & Contemporary Artists' Books," please join us in-person or online for a roundtable conversation on the history, literature, and current artistic interpretations of the included texts. The roundtable features Professor Emerita of History Katherine Jellison, Professor of English and Literature Paul C. Jones, and artist, archivist, and scholar Sauda Mitchell.  

Event: Sunday, November 16, 2:00 PM, Stuart's Opera House, Nelsonville. Join Invisible Ground's Brian Koscho to learn about the Invisible Ground project, see a demo and tour of the current Immersive Sites, and share your stories and history of Nelsonville. All are welcome! Snacks and drinks will be served!

Stories of particular interest are: Public Square, Brick Kilns and Bricks, Estel Crabtree, and Black History in Nelsonville. For questions or more information email brian@findinvisibleground.com.

Event: Wednesday, November 19, 2:00 - 4:00 PM, Athens County Public Library, Nelsonville, Large Meeting Room. Interested in old maps, local history, the built and natural environment? Join us for an exploration of the W.E. Peters collection. William E. Peters (1857-1952) compiled hundreds of photographs of unique and at-risk features to create one of the most comprehensive records of Athens County history. This event will introduce the life and legacy of W. E. Peters and offer attendees a chance to engage hands-on with the collection, as well as virtually through an interactive map. 

Exhibit: 5th floor Alden Library. The history of the buildings, patients, and staff of the Athens Mental Health Center is presented through archival materials and infographic posters created by students in the spring 2025 class VICO 4112/5112 Illustration Capstone: Advanced Informational Graphics.

Exhibit: 3rd floor Alden Library. Alphabets @ Alden is a poster series of personal alphabets, inspired in part by historic and artistic alphabet books in the rare book collection, created by ART 2520 typography students and instructed by Tabitha Asiedu-Gyamfi and Sarah McDowell, over the course of 9 weeks.  

Virtual Exhibit: This digital exhibit, curated by spring 2025 Archives & Special Collections rare book interns, Zoe Duncan, HTC Art History, '26 and Rachael Hebert, Art History & Classical Civilizations, '27, provides an overview of the Gilbert and Ursula Farfel Collection of Incunable and Manuscript Leaves, part of Ohio University Libraries' Manuscript & Printed Leaves.

* We are one of thirteen designated experiential learning spaces on campus!

* Keep up with what’s happening on the OHIO Archives Blog! Most posts are by students working with our collections.

* Browse the Digital Archives. Digital Initiatives is always adding new material.

* Explore collection inventories and descriptions.

* View current & past Exhibits.

* Read and share the All About Mahn brochure.

* Schedule an experiential learning session for your students or group. 

* Assign an asynchronous tutorial. 

* Orient your students to primary sources with our Research Guide.

* Ask about other ways we can partner to incorporate primary source literacy and hands-on engagement with original and digitized materials into your teaching and research.

We are grateful to the faculty, students, staff, and community members who collaborate with and inspire us. We look forward to hearing from and working with new people all the time. Please don’t hesitate to reach out. All the best for the rest of the fall semester!

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