Crop-in on a green-tinted aerial shot of Hocking River with trees surrounding on both sides. 2 people are in a boat on the water. 1931 yearbook, Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

Page with printed text: “The Hocking River as it is seen during late spring.” 1931 yearbook, Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

Ohio's own Hocking River for today's #TBT!
Here’s a snapshot of the river from a 1931 yearbook with a spring-green tint.
More: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-hocking1931
#OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #AthensOhio

Take Back The Night, Athena yearbook, 1998. People hold signs, another group holds up a banner promoting the event. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

#TakeBacktheNight returns at #OHIOUniversity Thursday, 4/2, 6 PM #AthensOhio.
Resource fair, speakers, performances, and march at Baker Ballroom.
#Throwback to 1998 TBTN: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-tbtn1998
#OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #OHIOUniversityLibraries

#AthensOhio

Three of four Robes of the Four Directions, Sara Gilfert, 1987

Forgotten Dreams III, Sara Gilfert, 1983

Untitled mask, Sara Gilfert, 1988

Skyscraper V, Sara Gilfert, 1983

EDIT-A-THON on art + feminism 💻.
Drop in 4-6 PM, Weds 3/18, Alden Library 319!
Help add info to Wikidata about paper and textile artists!
Archives & secondary sources will be used for editing.
Event details: https://bit.ly/ou-editathon2026
#OHIOUniversity #EditAThon #wikidata #AthensOhio

Hall & Oates performed in #OHIOUniversity's Convo in Nov 1984.🎵❤️
1984-1985 yearbook: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-halloates1984

Video shows images from yearbook of people in line for tickets at MemAud & #HallAndOates headshots.
#OHIOUniversityArchives #MusicMonday #1980s #AthensOhio

This is more than a game.
This is a community showing up—together. 🏟️💫

#TurningItGold #BobcatNation #CommunityCare #ChildhoodCancerAwareness #OhioUniversity #StorytellingMatters #GoldGame #AthensOhio

“Peace Of Mind” Album Release Party
March 6th at The Side Bar in Athens, Ohio
#NewMusic #AthensOhio #Music #PeaceOfMind
🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

Help University Libraries + get free books To create additional teaching, research and learning spaces for students and faculty, Ohio University Libraries is parting ways with approximately 300,000 books and journal issues.

#ohio #athensohio #ohiolibraries #ohiouniversity www.ohio.edu/news/2025/12...

The #AthensOhio Westside Community Association is currently hosting a food drive!

Items needed most are canned veggies, beans, protein, pasta, rice, cereal, shelf stable milk & formula, peanut butter, allergen friendly and special diet meals (e.g., gluten free, vegan etc.), cooking oil, and spices.

Land For Sale - 16749 Mush Run Rd, Athens, Ohio - Buckeye Land Sales - Ohio Land Sales This 81.2 ± acre property sits in a perfect location for a hunter’s getaway, family retreat, or future cabin or home site—just minutes from Athens, Strouds Run State Park, and quick access to US-50 fo...

NEW LISTING — Ohio Land for Sale
16749 Mush Run Road in Athens Ohio is now available. This 81.2 acre tract offers timber trails pond creek access and a fully equipped base camp in a prime location near Athens and Strouds Run.
#OhioLandForSale #AthensOhio #AthensCounty #BuckeyeLandSales #LandPro

Front of brick federal style building exterior (Cutler Hall ) on snowy College Green, view up brick walkway with bare trees.

WINTER . . . Fresh fallen snow lies across the Campus like a ragged scarf, shadowy fingers caress the droppinq elm-shapes, and a scatter of shivering students chatter together at the gate. The walk to Cutler is now an obscured pathway to knowledge, for OU is winter-bound again. Students blow warm breath-puffs on frost-covered knuckles, bury their heads in gay mufflers, and troop down Putnam [Jeff] Hill with their sleds and cardboard slides.

Cover of yearbook "Athena 1950"

Happy snowy December! ❄️

Our campus is beautiful in the snow! Yearbook editors have shared that over the years, this view from 1949-50.

Link in bio to yearbook spread: bit.ly/ou-ua-athena...

#OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #AthensOhio #oldyearbooks #winter #snow

Man stands speaking at mic, wearing coat, one hand in pocket, one hand gesturing.

Native American Heritage Day.💚
#DennisBanks, founder of American Indian Movement (AIM) speaks at Dairy Barn #EarthDay celebration.
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #NativeAmericanHeritageDay
1993 yearbook: bit.ly/ou-ua-earth93
#NativeAmerican #OHIOUniversity #OHIOUniversityArchives #AthensOhio

Athens Mental Health Center #archives on display!
Greta Suiter, Manuscripts Archivist, walks thru exhibit. #Infographics by VICO 4112/5112 Illustration Capstone class!
Up thru fall semester @aldenlibrary.bsky.social 5th fl.
Blog: https://bit.ly/mahnblog-infographics-amhc
#MahnBlog #AthensOhio

Blue-tinted cyanotype photo of exterior view of Athens Brick Company. Dated 1890. William E. Peters papers, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

Mapping workshop!
We are at Nelsonville Public Library 2-4 PM Weds 11/19, for an exploration of interactive historical #maps and #LocalHistory!
Event details: https://bit.ly/peters-mapping-workshop
#NelsonvilleOhio #AthensOhio #OHIOUniversity #FromTheArchives #archives #workshops #libraries #history

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☕ Web Chick Update
Why working with a local Ohio surveyor matters — local insight makes all the difference.
#Surveying #OhioLand #LancasterOhio #AthensOhio #CommunityProfessionals

Top left: Marissa Santiago-Meyers plays mini golf. Father, Don Santiago-Meyers, smiles and watches. Top right: Steve and Jessica Smith pose with mini golf clubs.

#MiniGolf w Dad!
Join us Sat 10-4, the Alden Open in @aldenlibrary.bsky.social. Free!
#Throwback to 2016 #OHIOUniversity #DadsWeekend #TBT!
This magazine "Gatherings" is available in our #DigitalArchives.
‬
https://bit.ly/ou-ua-2016gatherings-minigolf
#archives #libraries #familyweekend #AthensOhio

Two women in white medical uniforms and caps hold up cat and pretend to use it as telephone.

#NationalCatDay 🐈Ever used a #cat as a telephone?
2 Athens State Hospital staff tried it out ca #1920s! 📞😸
Full image https://bit.ly/ou-amhc-cat
From the collections of Southeast Ohio History Center in our Athens Mental Health Center Collection online.
#throwback #cats #archives #AthensOhio

ANTIFA wuvs you from #nokings #athensohio #athensoh

Fave sign. Made me lolz. And the I’m
here because I love America—same!

Nevermore....

#photography #photographer #photograph #photo #sepia #vintage #raven #dramatic #sky #asylum #abandoned #athens #athensohio #theridges #spooky #spookyseason #spookyshoot

A fall image from the ridges in Athens Ohio. It depicts a fall scene with a broken brick well and a lid half off against crumbling walls with ivy.

What lies beneath

#photo #photograph #photography #photographer #fall #fallphoto #scenic #abandoned #asylum #athensohio
#spooky #spookyseason

Judges sit at table discussing and taking notes about pawpaws which are seen in bowls in the foreground.

Pawpaw Cream Pie recipe from Kentucky State University Pawpaw Research Program. 3/4 c. sugar 1/3 c. flour or ¼ c. cornstarch 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten 1 c. milk 1 c. light cream 1 c. pureed pawpaw pulp 3 egg whites 3 Tbsp. sugar pinch of salt 1 baked 9-inch pastry shell Combine sugar and flour or cornstarch. Add the beaten egg yolks, milk, and cream. Mix well and add pawpaw pulp. Cook and stir constantly over low heat until thickened. Cool. Make a meringue by beating the egg whites stiff with 3 Tbsp. sugar and a pinch of salt. Pour custard into a baked pastry shell and cover with meringue. Bake in a moderate oven (350° F) for 12 minutes or until meringue is browned. Serves 6 to 8.

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

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

Colorful graphic card with Sanborn map overlaid on current map. Text: Athens, Ohio 1885-1923 Sanborn Map Viewer. Access the interactive map to view historical insurance maps alongside present-day geography. Identify historical Athens businesses & manufacturers and help tag local buildings with this information! A project of Ohio University Libraries Digital Initiatives.

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)

Message from a little boy to congressman Balderson: “You should keep me safe in scool”

A couple protesting while holding hands.

Got to the protest a lil late (had some labor to take care of), but glad I went for a bit just to see this powerful message from a kid to Balderson and these folks holding hands. #athensohio

#ohiouniversity #athensohio #oubobcats #marching110 @ohiouniversity.bsky.social

Jellyfish inspired alphabet by Letitia Oteng.

Ice cream cone inspired alphabet by Tony Vacca.

Claymation-inspired alphabet by Mateo Mora.

Creative typography inspired alphabet by Precious Powell.

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

Crop in of young person (Ralph O'Bleness) posing for studio portrait. They are wearing a checked cloth short pants outfit with straw boater hat (with checked band), holding small squirming dog whose ears are flying.

Full image of a young person (Ralph O'Bleness) posing for studio portrait. They are wearing a checked cloth short pants outfit with straw boater hat (with checked band), holding small squirming dog whose ears are flying.

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

#fridakahlo #athensohio

Students walk on College Green, some crowding in the background. Ohio University bulletin. Summer school, 1968. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

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