UA 090 - Bowling Green State University, Department of Popular Culture records, 1970-2008

Title	UA 090 - Bowling Green State University, Department of Popular Culture records, 1970-2008
Introduction	Records of the BGSU Department of Popular Culture. Duplication of materials in this collection is permitted for the purposes of preservation and research. No restrictions exist on the use of this collection. As described in the Visiting Researcher Application Form, researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright.
Agency History	In 1967, Ray Browne joined the English Department at Bowling Green State University. That same year he founded the Center for the Study of Popular Culture and The Journal of Popular Culture, the field’s first scholarly journal. The Center was granted department status in 1974, issuing both master's and undergraduate degrees, the first and still only graduate department in the country dedicated to the study of popular culture.
Scope and Content	A good portion of this collection is made up of groups of correspondence from faculty who taught in the Popular Culture Department including Michael Marsden, one of the original professors at the department. There is also an extensive number of syllabi for departmental offerings demonstrating the evolution of courses and topics studied. The collection is organized in the order in which it was received. Occasional additions have been made to the folders in the collection, particularly the correspondence of Michael Marsden. Collection size: 11 letter sized manuscript boxes (3.67 cubic feet)
Inventory	Box 1 Dept. Self Study 1982-1983 Affirmative Action Office Statistics 1979-1982 Academic Enrollment and Resource Analysis Report 1980-1983 Dept. Self Study 1980-1981 Dept. Self Study Correspondence 1984 Faculty Service Productivity 1977-1982 Faculty Creative Productivity 1977-1982 Faculty Scholarly Productivity 1977-1982 Faculty Teaching Profiles 1977-1982 Graduate Student Handbook 1995-2001 Course Syllabi Fall 1993 Course Syllabi Spring 1994 Course Syllabi Summer 1994 Course Syllabi Fall 1994 Course Syllabi Spring 1995 Course Syllabi Summer 1995 Course Syllabi Fall 1995 Course Syllabi Spring 1996 Box 2 Course Syllabi Summer 1996 Course Syllabi Fall 1996 Course Syllabi Spring 1997 Course Syllabi Summer 1997 Course Syllabi Fall 1997 Course Syllabi Spring 1998 Course Syllabi Summer 1998 Course Syllabi Fall 1998 Box 3 Course Syllabi Spring 1999 Course Syllabi Summer 1999 Correspondence - Chris Geist 1992-1993 Correspondence - Chris Geist 1993-1994 Correspondence - Chris Geist 1994-1995 Correspondence - Chris Geist 1995-1996 Correspondence - Chris Geist 1997-1998 Correspondence - Chris Geist 1998-1999 Correspondence - Marilyn Motz 1995-1996 Correspondence - Marilyn Motz 1997-1998 Correspondence - Marilyn Motz 1998-1999 Correspondence - Jack Nachbar 1993-1994 Correspondence - Jack Nachbar 1994-1995 Correspondence - Jack Nachbar 1995-1996 Correspondence - Jack Nachbar 1996-1997 Handbook, Pop Culture 1995-1996 Handbook, Pop Culture 1996-1997 Handbook, Pop Culture 1997-1998 Handbook, Pop Culture 1998-1999 Newsletter, Pop Culture 1998-1999 Center for Pop Culture Studies 1997-1998 Atom Bomb Conference 1994-1995 Atom Bomb Conference 1995-1996 Box 4 Undergraduate Check Sheets 1994-1995 Governance Documents 1995-1996 Newsletter, Foodways Digest 1994-1995 Promotion & Tenure Criteria 1993-1994 Correspondence - Michael Marsden 1970 Correspondence - Michael Marsden, January-June, 1971 Correspondence - Michael Marsden, July-December, 1971 Correspondence - Michael Marsden, January-June, 1972 Correspondence - Michael Marsden, July-December, 1972 Correspondence - Michael Marsden, January-June, 1973 Correspondence - Michael Marsden, July-December, 1973 Correspondence - Michael Marsden, 1974 Box 5 Correspondence – Michael Marsden, January-June, 1975 Correspondence - Michael Marsden, July-December, 1975 Correspondence - Michael Marsden, 1976 Correspondence - Michael Marsden, 1977 Correspondence - Michael Marsden, 1978 Correspondence - Michael Marsden, 1979, n.d. Correspondence - Michael Marsden, 1980 Correspondence - Michael Marsden, 1981-1986 Correspondence - Michael Marsden, 1987-1989 Correspondence – Michael Marsden, 1990-1992 Correspondence – Ray Browne and Clif Boutelle, June 1995 Box 6 Department faculty meeting minutes and agendas, 2002-2003 Department faculty meeting minutes, 2003-2004 Department faculty meeting minutes, 2004-2005 Department faculty meeting agendas, 2004-2005 Department faculty meeting minutes, 2006-2007 Department faculty meeting minutes and agendas, 2007-2008 Department faculty meeting minutes, 2007-2008 Chair correspondence, Angela Nelson, 2004-2005 Faculty correspondence, 2007-2008 Ray & Pat Browne Endowment Fund, 1991-2003 Conference program, The Future of Popular Culture Studies, June 1992 Funding proposal, the Museum of Popular Culture, 1999 Popular Culture Graduate Student Handbook, 2001-2002 Popular Culture Graduate Student Handbook, 2002-2003 Popular Culture Graduate Student Handbook, 2004-2005 Snapshots, Comic Book Conference, BGSU, taken by Dr. Charles Coletta, Oct. 2008 Box 7 Course Syllabi, Fall 1999 Course Syllabi, Fall 2000 Course Syllabi, Spring 2000 Course Syllabi, Summer 2000 Course Syllabi, Fall 2001 Course Syllabi, Spring 2001 Course Syllabi, Summer 2001 Box 8 Course Syllabi, Summer 2002 Course Syllabi, Fall 2002 Course Syllabi, Spring 2002 Course Syllabi, Summer 2003 Course Syllabi, Summer 2003 Course Syllabi, Fall 2003 Course Syllabi, Spring 2003 Box 9 Course Syllabi, Fall 2004 Course Syllabi 250, Fall 2004 Course Syllabi 160, 165, 170; Fall 2004 Spring 2004 Course Syllabi, Spring 2004 Course Syllabi, Spring 2005 Course Syllabi, Summer 2005 Box 10 Course Syllabi, Fall 2005-2006 Course Syllabi, Spring 2005-2006 Course Syllabi, Summer 2006 Box 11 Course Syllabi, Fall 2006 Course Syllabi, Summer 2007 Course Syllabi, Fall 2007 Course Syllabi, Spring 2007 Course Syllabi, Spring 2008 Course Syllabi, Summer 2008