UA. University Archives

The Northwest District of the Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs collection contains materials that were donated to the Center for Archival Collections in 2014 by the estate of former district president Joan Gordon.Spanning from the 1920s through the 2010s, the .75lf collection includes proceedings, correspondence, subject files, literary productions, reports, printed material, and photographs.

The collections consist of various documents pertaining to Latino concerns throughout the United States and have been roughly organized as subject files on the topics of Arts, Education, Migrant Issues, Latino statistical reports, Social and Political Organizations and Latino newsletters.

The UA vertical files collection is an intentionally gathered collection, primarily of newspaper clippings, that complements the UA publications collection (UA-0117) and UA photographs collection (UA-0114). As a group, these three collections provide broad ranging information about the history of BGSU, its built environment, and some of the people who have spent time on its campus.

Records documenting LGBTQ student organization at Bowling Green State University.

The Wallace L. Pretzer papers span from 1943 –2016 and document key activities in his personal and professional life as a Professor of English at Bowling Green State University (BGSU), particularly his involvement with the Xi’an Exchange Program, which he established. Includes photographs (mostly in binders), correspondence, articles, audiocassettes, and ephemera.

The majority of the collection consists of 16mm motion picture films taken by Dr. Willard Singer during his time as a professor at BGSU. Highlights include the commencement activities for the class of 1938, dedication of the student union in 1959, and the groundbreaking for Jerome Library in March 1965. Negatives in the collection depict campus scenes and an indoor track event in Eppler Hall in the late 1930s, and the 1938 commencement.

Collected fliers and newspaper articles documenting the activities of the Women's Studies program and the organization Women-for-Women on the Bowling Green State University campus in the early 1980s.

The personal photographs of Yvonne (Slyker) Cave consist of snapshots, including many taken during her years as a student at Bowling Green State University between 1945 and her graduation with the Class of 1948.