Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University

Black student newsletter Sauti at #OHIOUniversity ran during 80s & 90s, aimed to “inform students of activities and events of particular relevance to the Black and Third World communities.”
Sauti newsletters: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-sauti
#OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth

Title page and illustrated frontispiece of Wuthering Heights. A woman's hair blows in the wind with one foot on a rock standing over a man who is kneeling to her left and looking up at her.

Illustration of a man striding among trees and a stark landscape.

Illustration of a woman inside a cabin holding a box or book up in one hand and a kettle in the other. She stands before a roaring fire and there are two dogs in the background.

Illustration of a man, leering at a young girl or woman who is kneeling in front of him. Another man wearing a straw hat and chewing on a piece of hay stands behind the man.

#WutheringHeights - watch the movie or feast your eyes on these wood-engraved illustrations by Clare Leighton?
1931 edition of Brontë's novel contains 12 wood engravings: https://bit.ly/wutheringheights-catalog
#RareBooks #ClassicLiterature #EmilyBronte

Fred Rogers sits on a red chair and kicks his feet onto a metal desk. The good life-and works-of Mister Rogers: Roll 125053-03c11. Documentary Photography Archive, Lynn Johnson Collection.

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood debuted on national TV 58 yrs ago♥️.
Sending love & kindness from the archives with #FredRogers photos!
Lynn Johnson collection: https://bit.ly/ou-fredrogers

Cutler Hall cake, Ohio University's Founders Day celebration, 1979. 2 people work on different parts of the cake. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

Founders Day Cake🎂!
Wrapping up our Founders Week with a #TBT 1979.
2 people finish up a large model cake of Cutler Hall!
More Founders Day Cake images: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-foundersday-cake
#OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #archives #bakesky

It's #FoundersDay #OHIOUniversity!
Scroll through digital exhibit, “OHIO Student Life in the Postwar Years,” w us.
Digital exhibit: https://bit.ly/ohiofoundersday2026
#OHIOUniversityArchives #WWII

Video interview outside of Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections in Alden Library by the physical exhibit for “OHIO Student Life in the Postwar Years.” Interview with student co-curators Olivia Ondrik and Taylor Connelly.

Founders Day Exhibit: Archives assistants Olivia Ondrik and Taylor Connelly discuss Grace Fleischer-Neumann’s diary and post-WWII student life at #OHIOUniversity.
More info: https://bit.ly/ohiofoundersday2026
#OHIOUniversityArchives #WWII #interview

Married veterans and families in front of Married Student Housing, Athena yearbook, 1948. 2 couples stand, each with a child in a stroller. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

Post-war accommodations.🏡
After #WWII, #OHIOUniversity incorporated temporary housing, incl married housing (pictured here).
More about post-WWII OU, Grace Fleischer-Neumann’s diary: https://bit.ly/ou-foundersday-showcase-2026
#OHIOUniversityArchives #FoundersDay

Screenshot of a section of Black History & Student Life @ OU Pinterest board. Materials from the collections of Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

#DYK #OHIOUniversityArchives has a Pinterest too?
Boards incl Black History/Black Student Life at #OHIOUniversity.
View: https://bit.ly/bhstl
#BHM #BlackHistoryMonth

Slides, recording & transcript now available from our #OhioDIG meetings page! ohiodig.org/meetings #digipres

OhioDIG-Registration-Virtual-2026-03-25 Please join the Ohio Digitization Interest Group for our March meeting (virtual) at 10:30am on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. Registration: Please register by Monday, March 23, 5pm. (Teams link will be ...

Register now for 3/25 #OhioDIG VIRTUAL "FADGI for the Rest of Us: Accessible Image Quality Management" w/ cochairs of our Phase One UG, Matt Carissimi & Erin Wilson.
Free as always thanks to volunteer presenters, programmers, hosts! 📷
#digitization #archives #FADGI

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“The language of love” graphic. Feb 14, 1994, The Post. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

Happy #ValentinesDay!
10 ways to say “I love you” from #OHIOUniversityArchives.💝
Feb 14, 1994 The Post: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-post-valentines-1994
#OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #lovelanguage #librarysky

Clarence Page speaks at Ohio University commencement in Convocation Center, June 12, 1993. Page stands at a podium wearing a cap and gown. Crowd of people is blurred behind him. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

Clarence Page #BHM #spotlight!
Page was 2nd full-time Black editorial employee at the Chicago Tribune after graduating at #OHIOUniversity. He continues to work today.
More on Clarence Page: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-clarencepage
#OHIOUniversityArchives #BlackHistoryMonth

Betty Carter Jazz Trio performance poster, Ohio University, March 10, 1981. Print of Carter singing into a microphone on yellow paper. Text below reads “Betty Carter Jazz Trio.” Posters collection, Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

Betty Carter #MusicMonday🎤.
Carter & her jazz trio performed at #OHIOUniversity March 1981. Remembering her this #BHM!
Concert posters from the archives: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-concertposters
#BlackHistoryMonth #OHIOUniversityArchives

In more #SuperbOwl medieval content, here's a very #BadBunny:

(for more, see www.bl.uk/stories/blog...)

Bobby Seale leans on podium while speaking to OU students. 2004 yearbook. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

High contrast image of Bobby Seale with his hands in the air while speaking in Baker Ballroom. February 10, 2004 The Post. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

#BlackPanthers for #BHM #TBT.
In 2004, Bobby Seale, founder of Black Panther Party, spoke at Ohio University in Baker Ballroom.
Full story: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-bobbyseale2004
#OHIOUniversityArchives #BlackHistoryMonth #OHIOUniversity

The National Park Service recently introduced five new sites connected to the Underground Railroad in OH and KY! Sites will preserve important landmarks, but will also open up new opportunities for tourism and education.

Learn more @
loom.ly/JBeqV8Y

#InfrastructureWinsWednesdays

📚 Black History Month Spotlight

FALSE PROMISES—by Ric S. Sheffield—is a powerful account of Black Ohioans who fought for their right to vote despite nineteenth‑century laws designed to silence them.

Learn more at www.ohioswallow.com/978080401257...

#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM2026 #VotingRights

View between book shelves of Reference Department in Ohio University's Alden Library, 1994 Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

#LibraryLoversMonth is Feb💕.
One thing we love? Shelves!
More #OHIOUniversity Alden Library photos: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-aldenlibrary
#OHIOUniversityArchives #libraries #librarysky

Photo from William E. Peters Papers, Range Book v. 07: Range 14, Town 9 (Athens Township, Athens County, Ohio). media.library.ohio.edu/digital/coll...

Martha Jane "Mattie" Berry portrait, circa 1890s-early 1910s. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

Mattie Berry #BHM #spotlight!
Martha Jane "Mattie" Berry was African-American entrepreneur.
Collaborated w Ed Berry on the Berry Hotel + other endeavors!
Berry Hotel content: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-berry
#OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #BlackHistoryMonth

Image of the cover of Butterick Fashions: Winter 1914-15, with a color illustration of 3 women in fancy dress.

Close up image of 2 women in coats with large fur muffs.

Image of page with Butterick styles for young girls.

Color image of women wearing a variety of bright colorful dresses and coats.

How to keep warm and fashionable this winter?
Look no further than the 1914-15 issue of the Butterick Fashion catalog.
Catalog record: https://bit.ly/butterick-winter14-15-catalog
#fashion #winterfashion #fashionsky #catalogs #1910s

1982 yearbook. Person wearing gloves and a hat covers their mouth and nose with a striped scarf. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

1977 yearbook. A person in a coat with hood up wears a knit scarf wrapped to cover their mouth and nose.

1977 yearbook. A person walks through the snow in a coat, hands in pockets. They wear a scarf with line patterns, covering their mouth and nose.

1964 yearbook. 2 people walk through the snow, one with their hand around the other. One wears a scarf wrapped around their head and neck.

Scarves 🧣 A fashion statement, a way to keep warm, or both? Here are some iconic looks from past #OHIOUniversity yearbooks! #TBT
https://bit.ly/ou-ua-1982scarf
#scarves #OHIOUniversityArchives #fashion #winterfashion #fashionsky

Selfie of Madison Timms, BFA in Studio Art Printmaking with a Museum Studies Certificate, ’26, with shelves of orange bound books behind her.

Selfie of Zach Bisselberg, History and Classical Civilizations with a minor in Religious Studies, ’27, with shelves of leather bound books.

Selfie of Avery Kumes, Classics & Religious Studies HTC major with a minor in History, ’27, with shelves of colorfully bound books.

#LibraryShelfieDay! Our Spring 2026 #RareBooks interns took selfies with shelves that caught their eyes!
Read about our new interns on Mahn Blog: bit.ly/mahnblog-sp2...
#OHIOUniversity #libraries #ShelfieDay #booksky

Heavy snowfall in this article, January 1884: “the deepest snow which has fallen here since 1818... next great snow storm was in 1856... [16 in] of snow fell.”
Anne Elizabeth Broadwell’s diary, 1883-1885.
Finding aid: https://bit.ly/aspace-hatch-frost-broadwell
#diary #snow #MariettaOhio #archives

View looking at the open Archives doors into its lobby. Screens, signage, and office doors show. Text overlay: Welcome! Archives Spring Semester Hours. Visit M-F, 9AM-12PM & 1-4PM. Use our form to schedule appointments w/ curators [link]

Visit Archives & Special Collections M-F 9AM-12PM & 1-4PM to see our exhibits, browse reference collection, restful coloring/Legos break.

Everyone welcome! Find us: #OHIOUniversity @aldenlibrary.bsky.social on 5th fl.

Schedule appt for research/view materials: bit.ly/oulibraries-....

#Archives

“New Resident Halls” on South Green. Image: Ohio University brick relief with OHIO logo and South Green illustration. 2016 Athena yearbook. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

Page on Alpha Xi Delta, various images of members. 2016 Athena yearbook. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

“Homecoming.” 2015 homecoming parade. Left: Person in Ohio University LGBT Center shirt walks in parade with others. Top right: 2 people celebrate with pom-poms in the bleachers. Middle right: Rufus the Bobcat high-fives a child. Bottom right: Parade passes alumni gateway. 2016 Athena yearbook. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

“BSCPB.” Top left: King and queen of Blackburn spencer pageant. Top right: T-Pain performing. Bottom right: T-Pain crowd. 2016 Athena yearbook. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

Our #2016 at #OHIOUniversity...
New residence halls, sorority fashion, T-Pain, homecoming parades!
Happy #TBT!
2016 yearbook: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-2016athena
#OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #archives

A Winter Walk by Henry David Thoreau– accordion fold book!
Letterpress printed, 1/140 copies.
Woodcuts by Michael Alper.
Originally published Oct. 1843 The Dial.
View Mahn Center 5 floor Alden Library.
Catalog record: bit.ly/awinterwalk-...
#RareBooks #HenryDavidThoreau #IllustratedBooks #librarysky

Caption: Video interview in Reading Room on 5th floor of Alden Library with Sophia McCauley.

New collection--McDavis President’s Papers (2004-2017)!
Listen to #OHIOUniversityArchives intern Sophia McCauley discuss the legacy of #OHIOUniversity President Roderick McDavis and challenges of processing archival materials.
#MahnBlog by McCauley https://bit.ly/mahnblog-mcdavis-papers
#archives