Mary Elizabeth Whitney taught in the Department of Health Physical Education and Recreation at Bowling Green State University from 1952 until her retirement in 1974. She specialized in dance instruction. The half a cubic foot collection includes correspondence, an interview with her, news…
The records of the Faculty Dames/University Women of Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio were first donated, with the cooperation of Helene M. Weinberger, on January 25, 1983, with additional material received periodically. The collection consists of material, both formal and…
The R. Serge Denisoff Collection contains 15 cubic feet of literary manuscripts and research files dating from approximately 1960-1990. The collection documents several of Denisoff's numerous book projects while the remainder is comprised of research papers by other authors on sociological, musical…
The Kathryn Zeigler Jeska Papers date from 1936 to 1940 and include a scrapbook, an account ledger, and photographs. The Papers were donated to the Center for Archival Collections in March 1984, through the cooperation of Mrs. Jeska and Ann Bowers, Assistant Director. Literary and property rights…
The Dr. Stuart Givens Collection is comprised of ½ cubic foot of research files and notes for The Falcon Soars, his history of Bowling Green State University (BGSU) from 1963- 1985 (Dr. James Robert Overman's history, MS-100, left off at 1963), the year of BGSU's 75th anniversary. Information…
The BGSU Oral History collection consists of over two (2) linear feet of transcripts and audio tapes of interviews with people associated with the University. In total, seventy (70) interviews with sixty-six (66) individuals are represented in the collection. The majority of the material was…
The Robert H. Byler Jr. Collection of 3 linear feet is comprised primarily of files devoted to his various organizational affiliations and research projects within his business, journalism, writing, photography, and local history (Bowling Green history/downtown rehabilitation) spheres of interest. …
The collection was compiled by Dr. Nancy Spencer from research done by her class, Sports Management 2210: History & Philosophy of Sport. No restrictions have been placed on the use of the collection for research purposes. The finding aid was prepared by Stephen Sonnenberg, Practicum Student, in…
The papers of H. Glendon Steele (1910-1985) provide insights into the life of this poet and English Professor at Bowling Green State University. The papers largely consist of classroom materials and lecture notes and poems, most of which are not dated. Of interest is a diary kept by Steele, dating…
The Harold Obee collection is comprised of 3.5 cubic feet of predominantly research files, student papers, printed materials, and news clippings focused upon the study of drama and theater history. Collection dates run from 1906-1989 with major concentration between 1948 and 1978. Dr. Obee was…
The Bowling Green State University Creative Writing Program Alumni Papers have been gathered from the manuscript contributions of BGSU's MFA alumni. The first contributions include the MFA thesis and manuscript of alumna Judith Dunaway, donated by alumna Susan Carol Hauser in August 2004. She and…
Virginia Ogg Magada and Florence Ogg Smith, daughters of Bowling Green State University (BGSU) Professor Dr. Frank C. Ogg donated this collection of family documents and their father's writings and classroom instructional materials to the Center for Archival Collections on April 5, 1992. This…
The papers of Dr. Charles Barrell (1909-1992) were transferred from his estate to the Center for Archival Collections during the 1991-1992 academic year. An addition to the collection was made by Roger Anderson, Political Science Associate Professor Emeritus, Bowling Green State University, in July…
The Bowling Green State University (BGSU) Faculty and Student Folklore Collection was transferred to the Center for Archival Collection (CAC) on August 28, 1990 from the Popular Culture Library by Brenda McCallum, Head of the Popular Culture Library. An addition cubic foot of records were given to…
Coach Mel Brodt’s twenty-one linear feet of Bowling Green State University track and cross country files and printed materials dating from approximately 1960-1985 were donated to the Center for Archival Collections beginning around 1990 until approximately 2000. Brodt worked with Ann Bowers,…
The records in this collection span the years 1918, the year that the Women's League was organized, to 1970, when the successor organization, the Association of Women Students, disbanded. The collection contains official minutes, officer lists, financial documents, subject files covering…
The Clare Martin papers are a collection comprised up of class scrapbooks, published and unpublished writings, family papers, personal papers, and research and lecture notes. The papers were donated to the Center for Archival Collections in 1993. No restrictions exist on the research use of this…
The Mythopoeic Society, Branch 18 collection contains documents from an organization at Bowling Green State University called the Midgewater Marshes, which was a branch of the Mythopoeic Society. It also contains documents from the Mythopoeic Society, such as the group history, newsletters,…
The papers of Mickey (Maxine) Campbell Welker were donated by Mickey Welker to the Center for Archival Collections on January 3, 1995. The papers, dating from 1941 through 1982, document Mickey Welker's activities and achievements from high school, through college, and as an alumna, mother, teacher,…
The Pearson Games Collection is comprised of approximately 3 1/2 cubic feet of design, research and publicity documents from 1982-1986 for the BG-opoly and BGSU Trivia games. BGSU faculty member Dr. Michael Pearson and his wife Gayl created and funded production of the games. BG-opoly was developed…
The Jesse and Florence Currier Collection covers the years from 1906 to 1977, and mainly documents the careers of husband and wife. The collection includes such files as the personal and professional correspondence of the Curriers, samples of Jesse's writing, newspaper clippings, and several files…
The Philip F. O'Connor Papers were transferred to the Center for Archival Collections over the course of several months in 1993-1994. The collection consists of personal and professional correspondence; subject files relating to professional organizations, the Bowling Green State University Creative…
The Bachelor of Fine Arts theses were transferred to the Center for Archival Collections with the cooperation of the Creative Writing Program, Mary McGowan, Secretary, in August 1997. The collection consists of the English Department's bound copies of the theses written in fulfillment of the…
The Bowling Green State University Retirees Association (BGSURA) collection consists of proceedings, subject files, newsletters and photographs from this organization. The donation and transfer of these records to the Center for Archival Collections was arranged in approximately 1998 with continual…
The records of the Omega Phi Alpha, a national service sorority with 27 active college chapters, and more than 3,000 members world-wide, were donated to the Center for Archival Collections starting in 1998 through the cooperation of Marlene Purdy, with continuing periodic additions. The…