William M. Green is an author of the mystery genre. Literary manuscripts and related materials form the core of the collection. In 1974, William M. Green first began transferring his manuscripts to the Browne Popular Culture Library, Bowling Green State University. He continues to send additional…
Jeffrey A. Carver is an author of the science fiction genre. Literary manuscripts and related materials form the core of this collection. In 1985, Jeffrey A. Carver first began transferring his manuscripts to the Browne Popular Culture Library, Bowling Green State University. This collection is…
The Dick Perry Collection consists of approximately 5 linear feet of manuscript materials. In 1969, Dick Perry first began transferring his manuscripts to the Popular Culture Library, Bowling Green State University. An additional donation of materials was made in 1989. The collection is open for…
The correspondence, literary manuscripts, and other non-book material in the Guymon Detective Ficton Collection provide revealing insights into the life and career of E. T. (Ned) Guymon, Jr., the man generally acknowledged to be the world's leading collector of mystery and detective fiction books.…
William Frank Ringle was an anthropologist and instructor at the University of Illinois and at Iowa State University. The collection (PCL MS 033) centers on Ringle's personal interest and professional research into the beat generation of the late 1950s to early 1960s; the counterculture of the…
The A.V. Shirk Collection consists of approximately 3.5 linear feet of manuscript materials. The collection was donated to the Browne Popular Culture Library by A.V. Shirk in 1988 and 1989. This collection is largely unprocessed, but may be accessed by contacting the BPCL reference email. The…
The Leonard R.N. Ashley Collection consists of approximately 1 linear foot of manuscript materials. The collection was donated to the Browne Popular Culture Library by Leonard R.N. Ashley between 1986 and 1990. This collection is unprocessed, but may be accessed by contacting the BPCL reference…
The Jane Caputi Collection consists of approximately 0.25 linear feet of manuscript materials. The collection was donated to the Browne Popular Culture Library by Jane Caputi in 1986. This collection is unprocessed, but may be accessed bycontacting the BPCL reference email. The collection has no…
The Michael L. Cook Collection consists of approximately 0.25 linear feet of manuscript materials. The collection was donated to the Browne Popular Culture Library by Michael L. Cook in 1985 and 1987. This collection is unprocessed, but may be accessed by contacting the BPCL reference email. The…
The Thomas Dunn & Richard Erlich Collection consists of approximately 4.2 linear feet of manuscript materials. The collection was donated to the Browne Popular Culture Library by Thomas Dunn & Richard Erlich between 1984 and 2001. This collection is unprocessed, but may be accessed by…
Marjorie Dorner is a contemporary American author of mystery-suspense novels, literary short stories, and one play. The manuscripts of working and final versions of her four mystery-suspense novels form the core of the collection. Marjorie Dorner transferred her manuscripts to the Popular Culture…
The Richard Lane Collection consists of approximately 0.25 linear feet of manuscript materials. The collection was donated to the Browne Popular Culture Library by his widow in 1988. This collection is unprocessed, but may be accessed by contacting the BPCL reference email. The collection has no…
The materials contained in the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) collection were obtained from Ray and Pat Browne, Michael Marsden, Peter C. Rollins, and several other members of the associations since 1983, after PCA Secretary/Treasurer Ray Browne suggested the…
The Peter C. Rollins Collection consists of approximately 18 linear feet of manuscript materials. The collection was donated to the Browne Popular Culture Library by Peter C. Rollins between 1984 and 2014. This collection is unprocessed, but may be accessed by contacting the BPCL reference email.…
The John O'Flaherty Collection consists of approximately 0.25 linear feet of manuscript materials. The collection was donated to the Browne Popular Culture Library by John O'Flaherty in 1990. This collection is unprocessed, but may be accessed by contacting the BPCL reference email. The collection…
John Allen Saunders, who for most of his professional life went by the name of Allen, was a professor, journalist, novelist, playwright, and philanthropist, but was best known as the writer behind several comic strips, most notably Mary Worth and Steve Roper. This collection reflects his vast array…
John Ball, a music critic turned mystery writer, is best known for his mysteries featuring the black detective Virgil Tibbs. Tibbs was first introduced in 1965 in The Heat of the Night. This book won an Edgar Award for Best First Novel from the Mystery Writers of America and the film version,…
The James E. Bassett Collection consists of approximately 0.8 linear feet of manuscript materials. The collection was donated to the Browne Popular Culture Library by James E. Bassett in 1969. This collection is unprocessed, but may be accessed by contacting the BPCL reference email. The collection…
The Jagdish J. Bhatt Collection consists of approximately 15 linear feet of manuscript materials. The collection was donated to the Browne Popular Culture Library by Jagdish J. Bhatt between 1983 and 2012. This collection is partially processed- and questions about the collection should be addressed…
The collection consists of 0.4 linear feet of manuscript material relating to a portion of the career of novelist John Boland. The collection is open to research, however researchers are responsible for securing copyright permission to reproduce or reuse any published or unpublished works. The…
Joseph Payne Brennan was born in Bridgeport, Conn. in 1918. He was a distinguished poet and author of fantasy and supernatural fiction. He was one of the last memorable names to emerge from Weird Tales before its first demise in 1954. From 1957-1976, he published his own fantasy magazine Macabre. He…
The Gina Cerminara Collection consists of approximately 2 linear feet of manuscript materials. The collection was donated to the Browne Popular Culture Library by the author's estate in 1987. This collection is unprocessed, but may be accessed by contacting the BPCL reference email. The collection…
The collection consists of 0.8 linear feet of material relating to the "Coastermania" course taught at Bowling Green State University during the summer of 1978. The materials are open for research except for one folder that contains some sensitive material. Researchers must comply with all…
The Daniel Cohen Collection consists of approximately 9 linear feet of manuscript materials. The collection was donated to the Browne Popular Culture Library by Daniel Cohen in 1975. This collection is unprocessed, but may be accessed by contacting the BPCL reference email. The collection has no…
The Susan Cohen Collection consists of approximately 0.75 linear feet of manuscript materials. The collection was donated to the Browne Popular Culture Library by Susan Cohen in 1976. This collection is unprocessed, but may be accessed by contacting the BPCL reference email. The collection has no…