New interview on #zines, livestreaming panels, and discretion when selecting materials. With Victory Earley, digital initiatives assistant, Classical Civs ’26.
2nd floor Alden Library #OHIOUniversity!
Event page, panel video: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-zinemaking2026
#OHIOUniversityArchives #solarpunk
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
Front page. "OU Fools, it's April!" "Vacation Granted!" April 1, 1945, The Post. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.
Coaches Peden and Wise look over supposed "blow-up" plot accompanying the story. April 1, 1945, The Post. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.
"'What the Hell' Attitude Is Taken on Grading System," person wearing a blindfold draws papers from a box with people surrounding. April 1, 1945, The Post. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.
#OTD 1945: "vacation granted" until May; Coach Peden plots explosion; grading system overhaul.
Oh... it was just #AprilFools!
27 digitized April Fools editions of The Post: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-aprilfoolspost
#OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #OHIOUniversityLibraries
Mahn Center for Archives & Spec Coll #OHIOUniversity is now official #WomensStudioWorkshop Repository institution!
We have one of almost every WSW #ArtistsBook produced + upcoming annual releases.
Learn more, schedule appointment: https://bit.ly/oulibraries-archives-questions
#ArtistsBooks #BookArts
Ohio University President Charles Ping and Chubu University President Yamada plant a cherry tree, 1979. Both dig a shovel into the dirt around the tree. Photographer Archives, Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.
#OHIOUniversity is seeing cherry blossoms 🌸 all around!
In 1979, Chubu University President Yamada planted our first cherry blossom tree with President Ping, photographed here.
Full photo, more context: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-cherryblossoms1979
#OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #cherryblossoms
The Carpenters perform at 1971 homecoming. The Post, November 1, 1971. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.
The Carpenters for #MusicMonday🎵.
Performed at #OHIOUniversity in 1971.
Karen Carpenter was an accomplished singer and drummer #WomensHistoryMonth.
Our Spotify playlists: https://bit.ly/ou-uaSpotify
#OHIOUniversityArchives #WHM #TheCarpenters
Hilda Richards, dean of Ohio University College of Health and Human Services smiles in a candid shot. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.
Headshot of Betty Andersch, Ohio University professor of Dramatic Art and Speech, 1966. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.
Photo of Barbara Ross-Lee speaking on cover of Ohio University Today, Fall-Winter 1993. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.
Ohio University Distinguished Professor portrait of professor Gerardine Botte, 2015. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.
#WomensHistoryMonth is over for now, but archives = forever!
Explore our Women’s History Pinterest board and more: https://bit.ly/OUwomenshisPIN .
#WHM #OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity
An evening with Dr. Maya Angelou poster, Ohio University, May 5, 2000. Blue background with black and white photo of Angelou on right side. Below Angelou in blue font, a poem reads “I say / It’s in the reach of my arms / The span of my hips, / The stride of my step, / The curl of my lips. / I’m a woman.” Posters collection, Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.
#MayaAngelou #TBT💚.
Angelou spoke at #OHIOUniversity in 2000 for #MomsWeekend & autographed this poster to University Program Council.
Full poster: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-mayaangelou2000
#WomensHistoryMonth #OHIOUniversityArchives #MayaAngelou
Baseball team lines up on old baseball field for portrait. Grover Center and trees behind them. Team includes National Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt.
Baseball season!⚾
Here’s a #throwback to 1970 team portrait of the men’s #baseball team.
#OHIOUniversity 2026 team plays Bowling Green this weekend on BG's home field. Wish them luck!
Full photo: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-baseballteam1970
#OHIOUniversityArchives
#OHIOUniversity won the #ACHA National Championship game for the first time since 2004!
Here's a quick blast through past yearbooks of Ohio University ice hockey🏒.
OU hockey Pinterest board: https://bit.ly/ou-icehockeyPIN
#OHIOUniversityArchives #hockey #OUOhYeah
Claire Oates Ping Cottage dedication ceremony, Claire Ping and Jeanette Grasselli Brown, June 24, 1994. Ohio University Photographer Archives, Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.
Ping Cottage💚!
Named in honor of Claire Oates Ping’s service to #OHIOUniversity as President Ping’s wife in 1994.
Here, she poses with Jeanette Grasselli Brown in front of it.
Full photo: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-clairepingdedication
#TBT #OHIOUniversityArchives #WHM #WomensHistoryMonth
World Music and Dance Festival poster, Ohio University, February 2011. Large picture of Earth with silhouetted hands & arms in background. Foreground includes header and event details. Posters collection, Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.
#WorldMusic & dance🌍!
Final 2 days of 2026 Global Arts Festival at #OHIOUniversity (Mar 17-19)!
In 2011, OU hosted World Music + Dance festival; drumming workshops, dance workshops, concerts, & more!
More concert posters: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-concertposters
#OHIOUniversityArchives
People stand around a table of archival materials, including some from Collection of Presidential Campaign Artifacts.
People congregate outside the Reading Room by two student presentations on monitors.
People observe materials surrounding the physical version of the OHIO Student Life in the Postwar Years: Rediscovering the Grace Fleischer Diary, 1949-1953 exhibit.
Student Showcase SUCCESS ✅.
2nd annual #FoundersDay Spring Student Showcase- 17 students from #Archives & Special Collections presenting outstanding work!
Served as opening of the annual #OHIOUniversityArchives Founders Day exhibit.
#MahnBlog: https://bit.ly/mahnblog-sp2026showcase
#OHIOUniversity
Football players jump and shout on the sidelines of Peden Stadium.
Happy #StPatricksDay! 🍀
We're happy to say we are VERY green at💚#OHIOUniversity.
Football players in green uniforms from 2015 yearbook: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-football2014
#OHIOUniversityArchives #SaintPatricksDay #green
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
Irma Voigt, Ohio University dean of women, reads from book during a fireside chat with students in her home at 35 Park Place, circa 1948. Voigt sits on a chair reading from a book, students sit on the floor and additional seating. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.
#OHIOUniversity Dean of Women Irma Voigt hosts a cozy fireside chat with students in her home for today’s #TBT 💚 Circa 1948.
Full image: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-voigtfireside1948
#WomensHistoryMonth #WHM #OHIOUniversityArchives
#NCAAB #OhioUniversity went Undefeated Leave Them Out #MarchMadness
Ohio University went undefeated in the 2026 NCAA Basketball season and may be controversially excluded from March Madness.
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
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
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
Thanks for this great piece on our work with #OHIOUniversity students. 💚 #archives
www.ohio.edu/news/2026/02...
