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 records for the Cla-Zel Theatre Project were donated for the Center for Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University in December of 2007 by Paul Yon. The records for this project include many financial documents, projects, correspondence letters including both letters and e-mails, and…
The papers of Ivan "Doc" Lake were part of the University Archives until separated and treated as a manuscript collection in 1980. The papers consist largely of newspaper clippings on the university and printed material about various university functions. The items in the collection date from…
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…
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 records of the Harris Funeral Home, Columbus Grove, Ohio were transferred to the Center for Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University, with the cooperation of Gary Harris and Brenda Waters. This collection consists of three record books, dating from 1924 to 1976. the record books…
The Evelyn Steidtmann Collection is essentially a 1.5 cubic foot archives (1944-1994) documenting over fifty years of contract bridge playing in Bowling Green, Ohio. Known to many by the nickname "Mrs. Bridge", Evelyn Steidtmann was a tireless player and proponent of the game. Beginning in the early…
The records of the Taylor Funeral Home, Oakwood, Ohio were transferred for microfilming to the Center for Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio with the cooperation of Bertie Taylor, Oakwood, Ohio in November 1996. The Center for Archival Collections is the…
The correspondence, educational files, and scrapbooks of George A. Phillips, a black teacher and principal in Cincinnati, Ohio, covers a span of years form 1844 to 1976, with the bulk of the collection covering the years 1900 to 1976. The collection contains educational files and writings produced…
The papers of L. T. Eugene Ness, an attorney from Paulding, Ohio, span from 1870-1940. The collection focuses on the years Ness represented Indians of California. Letters, printed material, and Indian publications illustrate the political situation under which the Indians lived and reflects their…
The Gish Film Theater Collection was established by Dr. Ralph Wolfe, Curator of the Gish Film Theater and Gish Professor of Film Studies. In discussions with the Director of the Center for Archival Collections, Dr. Wolfe decided that the Center would be the appropriate repository for documents and…
The Young-Furst collection consists of photographs relating to Eban Claude Young dating from 1916 through 1924. The collection also contains photographs relating to the World War I service of Sylvester A. Furst. Certificates and materials relating to Sylvester Furst’s tenure as an engineer of…
The Donnal V. Smith Papers were donated to the Center for Archival Collections prior to July 1, 1977; however, records documenting the transaction do not exist. The collection consists of personal correspondence and clippings dating from 1943-1944. Occupying one-half linear foot, the collection was…
The records of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Wood County Barracks #71 of the Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A., Inc., cover the period from 1965 to 1985. There is one third of a linear foot of minutes, correspondence, and miscellaneous Auxiliary material. The records of the Auxiliary were donated…
The correspondence, printed material, and photographs in the Milton Hersberger Collection deal primarily with the history of Island Air Service, a passenger and freight airline operating between Port Clinton and the Erie Islands that Hersberger created, owned, and managed. Some material concerns…
The records of the Lima, Ohio Young Men's Christian Association date from 1887 to 1969. The history of this social and religious institution is reflected in the collection which consists of eight linear feet of Board of Directors' Minutes, annual reports, correspondence, speeches of Robert J. Plate,…
The records of the Sandusky County Chapter, American Red Cross, span from 1917 to 1939. Included in the collection is general correspondence from the formation of the Chapter through 1939. This correspondence reflects the general internal functions of the Sandusky Chapter as well as its relationship…
The J. E. Hershberger Papers mainly consist of the organization correspondence between J. E. Hershberger, Brigadier General Commanding, Ohio Brigade, Uniform Rank of the Knights of Pythias, and various officers in the Ohio and Michigan Uniform Rank.
This collection of more than 450 items (1/2…
The records of the Ohio State Joint Textile Board (formerly the Toledo Joint Board) and locals of the Textile Workers United of America were donated to the Center for Archival Collections in June 1978. The collection consists of seventeen and one-half linear feet of minutes, correspondence,…
The Bowling Green Country Club Records were transferred from the Bowling Green Country Club to the Center for Archival Collections for microfilming in 1979. The collection consists of Minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings of the Bowling Green Country Club from January 10, 1955-December, 1979.…
The records and scrapbook of the Middle Bass Club were transferred from Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Morton, Strongsville, Ohio, to the Center for Archival Collections for microfilming. The collection consists of ledgers (1891-1898, 1903-1911), Club records (1904), guest lists (1899-1912), scrapbook…
The Joseph C. Bowsher Papers: History of the Lima Police Department (MS-171) were transferred for microfilming to the Center for Archival Collections with the cooperation of Joseph C. Bowsher, Lima, Ohio, in April 1997.
The Joseph C. Bowsher Papers consist of a publication of the history of the…
The Toledo YMCA Collection contains 46 linear feet of materials dating from the establishment of the association in Toledo in 1865, until 1977. Included are minutes, correspondence, printed materials, financial documents, legal documents, reports, photographs, speeches, scrapbooks, maps, and…
The American Lung Association collection documents from 1920 to 1979 the progress of local health association campaigns against tuberculosis and respiratory diseases. Through the sale of Christmas seals, sponsoring of chest x-rays, and supporting public health education programs, these groups hoped…