PCL MS 044 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Archives

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Introduction

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 creation of the archive in the Popular Culture Association Newsletter September 1983 issue. This is an active collection and materials are added as they are received.

The collection currently measures 13.25 cubic feet and includes proceedings, meeting programs for national and regional conferences, newsletters, copies of academic papers presented at conferences, newsletter and website editorial files, video recordings of select conference panels, microfilm rolls of newsletters and conference proceedings, and photographs.

The organizations' presidential correspondence (filed in the national conference planning and national organizations' business subject files) is only open to those who declare a research or organizational need. Otherwise, the collection has no restrictions placed on its use for scholarly purposes. Researchers are responsible for securing copyright permission when using all published and unpublished scholarly works found in this collection.

A version of this register was compiled by Regeena Morgan under the supervision of Jean Geist, Popular Culture Library Assistant II, in April 2003. It was expanded and updated by Dana Sergent Nemeth, Temporary Manuscript Processor, in November 2006 with support from a grant from the Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association.

Agency History

The Popular Culture Association (PCA) was founded in 1969 as a spin-off of the American Studies movement. Some members of the American Studies Association felt that the organization had become elitist in its approach to cultural studies (which, it should be noted, has since mitigated). There was little room for material culture, popular music, movies, and comics, and so the Popular Culture Association was created to further the study of popular culture.

The founders of the PCA were Russel B. Nye, who served as President; John G. Cawelti, Philip G. Durham, and Marshall Fishwick, who served as co-Vice Presidents; and Ray B. Browne, who served as Secretary/Treasurer.

The first national meeting of the PCA was held at Michigan State University in East Lansing, April 8-10, 1971 with just a handful of sessions. Today, the annual meetings are held in cities across the United States and Canada, and have grown to over 2,000 participants and 500 sessions. As early as 1971, regional chapters of the organization formed and have included groups in the Far West, Great Plains, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Northeast, the Pacific, the South, and the Southwest and Texas. Today, many of the regional groups also hold annual conferences.

As an offshoot to the Popular Culture Association, the American Culture Association (ACA) was formed in 1978. The ACA was founded in order to include traditional studies of American literature, the arts, history, and to study American culture and its influence on other cultures.

Both national organizations, as well as many of the regional chapters, have published newsletters throughout their existence. The Popular Culture Association Newsletter (PCAN), published out of BGSU, first appeared in October 1971 and was published until the mid-1990s. A second newsletter, Popular Culture Methods, devoted to popular culture pedagogy, was published from August 1972 until it merged with PCAN in 1977. The American Culture Association published a newsletter sporadically throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 1994, Peter Rollins founded the H-PCA/ACA discussion network and went on to establish a website for the national organizations in 1995. These entities have essentially taken the place of the PCA and ACA newsletters. It should be noted that most of the regional chapters also have their own websites.

The Journal of Popular Culture, which began publication in 1967 by the BGSU Popular Press, is a venue for scholars in the area of popular culture to publish their research. This peer-reviewed journal is now published by Blackwell Publishers and is the official publication of the PCA. The Popular Press began publishing the Journal of American Culture in 1978 as the official publication of the ACA. In the Spring of 2000, the name of the publication was changed to the Journal of American and Comparative Cultures, and is now also published by Blackwell Publishers. Some of the regional chapters also publish their own scholarly journals.

Scope and Content

The materials in the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Archives span the years from 1969 through 2005, with some noticeable gaps in certain record series. The records are arranged chronologically in each record series, with national organization material filed first, followed by regional chapter material. For the researcher interested in the evolution of the popular culture movement, these records would prove useful.

The collection has very few proceedings, although minutes can be found for national and regional chapters in their newsletters within the collection. It also has no governance documents, and very few business papers from its officers, board members, advisory boards, area chairs, awards committees, or other committees.

Academic papers presented at national and regional conferences make up one-third of the collection, and a major strength of the holdings is that it contains almost half of the papers presented at the first conference in 1971. There are very few papers, however, from after 1990 within the collection. Some of these papers, especially from the 1970s, are also available on microfilm.

A scrapbook contained in the collection, which was kept by Michael Marsden, is an excellent resource on BGSU's role in the popular culture movement in the early 1970s. There is very little representation of press coverage of the association in the collection.

The collection is strong in its holdings of the national newsletter editor's files from its first two decades of publication and also contains records which trace the establishment of the PCA/ACA H-Net discussion network and the organizations' website.

The collection includes a complete run of the national PCA newsletters through 1990 (with five volumes also available on microfilm). There are sporadic holdings of the American Culture Association Newsletter and of regional chapters' newsletters. The collection also contains twenty-two (22) programs from the past thirty-five annual national conferences, yet has sporadic holdings of regional chapter conference programs, with the best-represented region being the Southwest/Texas chapter, donated by Peter C. Rollins. Programs from some international conferences are in the collection as well.

Other strengths of the collection are a sampling of early monographs published by the PCA, which were written by the founders of the association, and a copy of the 1969 American Studies Association conference program at which the Popular Culture Association was formed. The collection has very few photographs, audio, or video recordings to document the history of the PCA and ACA.

n.b. Eight rolls of microfilm, containing issues of the Journal of Popular Film, were transferred from MS-44 to that journal's manuscript collection (MS-116) in October 2006. Folders containing postings to the H-PCA/ACA discussion network written by Peter C. Rollins, responses to those postings, and related subject files, were transferred to the Peter C. Rollins manuscript collection (MS-45). A folder of records related to a 1972 BGSU popular culture course, originally moved from Jonathan Slott's papers (MS-6), was, in turn, moved to the Michael Marsden collection (MS-121). Two monograph pamphlets, originally part of the Marshall Fishwick collection, were transferred to this collection (MS-44) in September 2006.

Series Description

PROCEEDINGS (.25 cubic feet)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION MINUTES
1991-1999
Arranged chronologically

REGIONAL CHAPTER MINUTES
1986
Arranged alphabetically by chapter name, and then chronologically

MEMBERSHIP RECORDS
1993
Consists of one folder of a printout of a 1993 membership directory

SUBJECT FILES (4 cubic feet)

POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER EDITORIAL FILES
1971-1990
Arranged chronologically.
Includes correspondence, scholarly papers, regional newsletters, preliminary drafts of the newsletter, and other related material.

POPULAR CULTURE METHODS RESEARCH FILES
1969-1973
One folder of material (original arrangement maintained).
Includes sample syllabi from colleges and universities across the nation.

H-PCA/ACA DISCUSSION NETWORK AND WEBSITE EDITORIAL FILES
1993-1998
Arranged by subject and then chronologically.
Includes correspondence, rules and regulations, guidelines, announcements, and presentation notes.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE PLANNING FILES
1972-1998
Arranged chronologically.
Includes correspondence, area chair packets, planning memos, reports, guidelines, registration packets, and other related material.

PCA/ACA BUSINESS FILES
1970-1999
Arranged chronologically.
Includes correspondence, committee files, sample letterhead, and other related material.

REGIONAL CHAPTERS' CONFERENCE AND BUSINESS FILES
1975-2000
Arranged alphabetically by chapter names, and then chronologically.
Includes correspondence, planning files, mailing and registration lists, area chair packets, and other related material.

Literary Productions (4.75 cubic feet)

PCA/ACA NATIONAL CONFERENCE ACADEMIC PAPERS
1971-1991
Arranged chronologically, then alphabetically by author's last name

REGIONAL PCA/ACA CONFERENCE ACADEMIC PAPERS
1975-2000
Arranged alphabetically by regional chapter names, then chronologically, and then alphabetically by author's last name

UNDATED PCA/ACA CONFERENCE ACADEMIC PAPERS
n.d.
Arranged alphabetically by author's last name

OTHER ACADEMIC PAPERS
1986
Arranged alphabetically by author's last name

Scrapbooks and Scrapbook Materials (.25 cubic feet)

NEWS CLIPPINGS
1970-1998
Arranged chronologically.
Includes articles about the Center for the Study of Popular Culture and national conferences.

SCRAPBOOK
1970-1972
Arranged in rough chronological order (original order maintained).
Includes correspondence, clippings, NEH proposal, course offerings, Proposal for a Master of Arts in Popular Culture, PCA tentative meeting schedules, brochures, fliers, newsletters, and other related material.

Printed Materials (3 cubic feet)

NATIONAL PCA/ACA NEWSLETTERS
1971-1994, 2004
Arranged chronologically.
Includes issues of the Popular Culture Association Newsletter (PCAN), Popular Culture Methods, and the American Culture Association Newsletter (ACAN).

REGIONAL CHAPTER NEWSLETTERS
1977-2001
Arranged alphabetically by regional chapter names, and then chronologically.
Includes newsletters from the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Northeast, and the South chapters.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE BROADSIDES, FLIERS AND PROGRAMS
1971-2004
Arranged chronologically

REGIONAL CHAPTER CONFERENCE BROADSIDES, FLIERS AND PROGRAMS
1973-2005
Arranged alphabetically by chapter names, and then chronologically;
international conference materials are filed after the regional chapter files and are arranged chronologically.
Includes material from the Far West, Great Plains, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Northeast, Northern Pacific, Pacific, the South, the Southwest/Texas, and the Western regional chapters, as well as the Latin American chapter and several other international meetings.

OTHER PCA/ACA PRINTED MATERIALS
[1970-1995]
Arranged chronologically.
Includes pamphlets, fliers, the book Against Academia: The History of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association and the Popular Culture Movement, 1967-1988, and other material.

OTHER PRINTED MATERIALS
1969-1995
Arranged chronologically.
Includes programs from other academic conferences, a Popular Press catalog, pamphlets, fliers, newsletters, and other material.

Photographic Materials (.5 cubic feet)

MICROFILMED POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTERS
1971-1979
Arranged chronologically

MICROFILMED NATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
1975-1976
Arranged chronologically

MICROFILMED REGIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
1979-1982
Arranged chronologically.
All are from SW/TX PCA/ACA chapter conferences.

PHOTOGRAPHS FROM REGIONAL CONFERENCES
1983, 1994-1995
Arranged chronologically.
All are from SW/TX PCA/ACA chapter conferences.

Audio/Video Recordings (.5 cubic feet)

AUDIO TAPE
1982
Recording of J. Fred MacDonald, "One Program Chair to Another"

VIDEO RECORDINGS OF NATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
1990
Arranged chronologically and then roughly by panel number

OTHER VIDEO RECORDINGS
[1983], 2004
Commercial made to promote the national conference at the regional meetings and DVD of PCA/ACA panel devoted to Peter C. Rollins

Artifacts

PLAQUE
1990
Group portrait adhered to wood plaque, taken in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Inventory
Box 1
FolderDescriptionDate
1 American Culture Association (ACA) board meeting minutes March 28 and 30, 1991
2 ACA board meeting minutes March 19 and 21, 1992
3 ACA board meeting minutes April 8 and 10, 1993
4 CA board meeting minutes April 8-11, 1998
5 ACA board meeting minutes March 31, 1999
6 Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) meeting report November 1986
7 The PCA/ACA Directory 1993
Box 2
FolderDescriptionDate
1 Popular Culture Association Newsletter (PCAN) editorial file for Vol. 1 (in binder) October 1971-August 1972
2 PCAN editorial file for Vol. 2 (in binder) September 1972-February 1973
3 PCAN editorial file for Vol. 3 (in binder) January 1973- September 1974
4 PCAN editorial file for Vol. 4 (in binder) October 1974- March 1975
5 PCAN editorial file for Vol. 5 (in binder) May 1975- May 1976
Box 3: PCAN Editorial Files
FolderDescriptionDate
1 PCAN editorial file for Vol. 6 (in binder) November 1976- July 1977
2 PCAN editorial file for Vol. 7 (in binder) July 1977- February 1978
3 PCAN editorial file for Vol. 8 (in binder) August 1978- April 1979
4 PCAN editorial file for Vol. 9 (in binder) May 1979- July 1980
5 PCAN editorial file for Vol. 10 (in binder) November 1980- January 1981
6 PCAN editorial file for Vol. 11 (in binder) January 1982- June 1982
7 PCAN editorial file for Vol. 12 (in binder) July 1982- February 1984
8 PCAN editorial file for Vol. 13 (in binder) April 1984 - May 1985
Box 4
FolderDescriptionDate
1 PCAN editorial file for Vol. 14, no. 2 February 1987
2 PCAN editorial file for Vol. 15, no. 1 August 1987
3 PCAN editorial file for Vol. 15, no. 2 April 1988
4 PCAN editorial file for Vol. 16, no. 1 February 1988
5 PCAN editorial file for Vol. 16, no. 2 August 1989
6 PCAN editorial file for Vol. 17, no. 1 June 1990
7 PCAN correspondence 1985
8 PCAN correspondence 1986
9 PCAN correspondence 1987
10 PCAN correspondence 1988
11 PCAN correspondence 1989
12 PCAN correspondence 1990
13 Popular Culture course descriptions and related bibliographies compiled for Popular Culture Methods 1969-1973
Box 5: H-PCA/ACA founder and moderator files
FolderDescriptionDate
1 Correspondence between and biographical information for Peter Rollins and John Lawrence, co-moderators Spring 1993-July 1995
2 Correspondence with Richard Jenson [founder of H-Net] and other H-Net staff October 18, 1993-December 3, 1998
3 Correspondence and notes related to formation of H-PCA ACA editorial board December 20, 1993-March 23, 1994
4 General business email and H-PCA/ACA postings January 16, 1994-October 10, 1994
5 H-PCA ACA Rules and Regulations February 1994 and January 1995
6 Notes and overhead projection sheets for presentation on H-Net June 17-18, 1994
7 Moderator rules and correspondence with moderator candidates June 29, 1994-March 31, 1996
8 Correspondence and surveys related to H-Net evaluation of H-PCA/ACA December 9, 1994-January 22, 1995
9 General business email and H-PCA/ACA postings April 28-November 20, 1995
10 H-PCA/ACA postings regarding role of area chairs at conferences June 28, 1995-August 10, 1996
11 General business email and H-PCA/ACA postings September 1996-undated
12 H-PCA/ACA postings regarding Washington Post article (4/19/1998) about national conference April 20, 1998
13 H-PCA/ACA Guidelines for Moderators c. 1993-1994
14 H-PCA/ACA Subscriber Sheets and announcement c. 1994
15 Notes and overhead projection sheets for presentation on H-PCA/ACA book review process c. 1996
Box 6: PCA/ACA national conference planning files
FolderDescriptionDate
1 Tentative conference schedule and miscellaneous handouts from conference 1971
2 Conference notice and program draft 1972
3 Registration packet and correspondence 1972
4 Correspondence concerning possible concert entertainment Nov. 1972-Feb. 1973
5 Confirmation letters and meeting description for PCA session at MLA meeting, San Francisco, CA [Steve Allen was presented with the PCA Award of Excellence at this session] Dec. 27, 1975, July 25 and August 1, 1975
6 PCA microfilm contributor packet and mailing list September 3, 1975
7 Subject and author index for "Proceedings of the Sixth National Convention of the PCA" (in binder) April 22-24, 1976
8 PCA President Peter Rollins' correspondence regarding conferences 1982-1984
9 PCA Area Chair Packet for 1982 conference June 22, 1981
10 Course description for Oklahoma State University (OSU) credit option for conference attendance April 14-18, 1982
11 PCA Area Chair Packet for 1983 conference June 2, 1982
12 PCA Area Chair Packet for 1984 conference July 1, 1983
13 Memorandums and report on providing sign language interpreters at the 1992 conference March 1987 - April 25, 1993
14 Report on Audio Visual Needs of 1992 conference April 25, 1993
15 PCA/ACA Area Chair Guidelines 1995
16 Memorandum regarding War Studies/Peace Studies Panels for 1996 conference Sept. 29, 1995
17 Registration packet for 1997 conference Dec. 30, 1996
18 Peter Rollin, PCA board member and Director of Development, planning file for 1997 national meeting held in conjunction with the Southwestern and Texas (SW/TX) PCA/ACA regional meeting July 26, 1996-April 1, 1997
19 Planning file for OSU course credit option for 1997 conference attendance Sept. 5, 1996
20 Conference roommate service memorandums Jan. 14, 1997-Aug. 22, 1998
21 Participant packet for 1998 conference 1998
22 Peter Rollin, PCA/ACA board member and Director of Development, planning file with PCA and ACA board member memorandums regarding 1998 conference Feb. 2, 1998-April 21, 1998
23 Planning memos and drafts of the script for a videotaped commercial promoting the 1983 PCA conference [1982]
24 Drafts and samples of meeting abstract forms [1984]
Box 7: PCA/ACA national organization business files
FolderDescriptionDate
1 Maidstone film distribution December 11, 1970-July 9, 1971
2 PCA Executive Board Election Process February 3, 1982 - April 26, 1984
3 PCA Awards Committee February 3, 1982- March 1, 1985, Oct. 1996
4 PCA President Peter Rollins' correspondence May 2, 1982-Sept. 11, 1983
5 Possible joint meeting with American Studies Association (ASA) Jan. 10, 1983-April 25, 1984
6 PCA Standards Committee June 23, 1983-Feb. 1984
7 PCA/ACA Membership Directory planning file Nov. 1998
8 Marshall Fishwick Travel Grants announcement 1999
9 ACA Letterhead [1998?]
10 PCA Letterhead [1998?]
Box 8: PCA/ACA regional chapters' business and conference planning files
FolderDescriptionDate
1 Midwest Popular Culture Association (MPCA) regional chapter files; Correspondence and paper proposals for Midwest PCA conferences May 15, 1975-August 14, 1981
2 MPCA regional chapter files. Planning file for "The Art and Craft of Romance Writing" panel, 1983 Midwest PCA conference July 18, 1983-February 13, 1984
3 MPCA regional chapter files. Planning file for 1984 Midwest PCA conference and other regional chapter business August 29, 1983-February 19, 1985
4 MPCA regional chapter files.Proposals and abstracts for 1984 Midwest PCA conference June-August 1984
5 MPCA regional chapter files. Drafts of 1984 Midwest PCA conference printed program [1984]
6 Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) regional chapter files. Planning file from Peter Rollins, PCA/ACA Director of Development, for regional conferences 1998-1999
7 Southwest and Texas (SW&T) regional chapter files. Michael Marsden, PCA President, correspondence and material from 1989 conference February 20-March 6, 1989
8 SW&T regional chapter files. List of Texan program participants attending 1991 national and regional joint conference in San Antonio, Texas 1991
9 SW&T regional chapter files. Area Chair planning file for 1992 conference from Peter Rollins July 22, 1991-January 9, 1992
10 SW&T regional chapter files. Planning file from Peter Rollins, regional chapter Secretary/Treasurer, planning file for publishing the 1993 Proceedings June 3-August 7, 1993
11 SW&T regional chapter files. Planning file from Peter Rollins, regional chapter Secretary/Treasurer, for establishing a regional ACA chapter November 25, 1992-February 1994
12 SW&T regional chapter files. Planning file from Peter Rollins, regional chapter Secretary/Treasurer, for 1994 conference February 7-March 30, 1993
13 SW&T regional chapter files. ACA Area Chair planning file from Peter Rollins for 1994 conference April 22-November 1, 1993
14 SW&T regional chapter files. Post-1994 conference file from Peter Rollins, regional chapter Secretary/Treasurer February 3-March 8, 1994
15 SW&T regional chapter files. Planning file from Peter Rollins, regional chapter Secretary/Treasurer, for publishing the 1994 Proceedings February 22, 1994-March 7, 1995
Box 9: PCA/ACA regional chapters' business and conference planning files
FolderDescriptionDate
1 SW&T regional chapter files. Program chair's (Peter Rollins) planning files for the 1995 Southwest and Texas regional conference Regional officers list and correspondence April 25, 1994
2 SW&T regional chapter files. Chair's planning files. Area chair material n.d.
3 SW&T regional chapter files. Chair's planning files. Mailing list
4 SW&T regional chapter files. Chair's planning files. Special events
5 SW&T regional chapter files. Chair's planning files. Pre-registration correspondence with participants
6 SW&T regional chapter files. Chair's planning files. Oklahoma State University (OSU) credit option to attend conference
7 SW&T regional chapter files. Chair's planning files. Correspondence to regional schools and OSU faculty promoting conference October 1, 1994-January 5, 1995
8 SW&T regional chapter files. Chair's planning files. OSU Student Union room rentals n.d.
9 SW&T regional chapter files. Chair's planning files. Press release and media coverage
10 SW&T regional chapter files. Chair's planning files. Authors attending conference
11 SW&T regional chapter files. Chair's planning files. Publisher displays
12 SW&T regional chapter files. Chair's planning files. Audio visual needs
13 SW&T regional chapter files. Chair's planning files. Travel arrangements and pre-registration lists
14 SW&T regional chapter files. Chair's planning files. Name tags
15 SW&T regional chapter files. Chair's planning files. Conference helpers
16 SW&T regional chapter files. Chair's planning files. OSU classes attending conference
17 SW&T regional chapter files. Chair's planning files. Late additions to program December 1994-January 1995
18 SW&T regional chapter files. Chair's planning files. Program format examples n.d.
19 SW&T regional chapter files. Chair's planning files. Preliminary program
20 SW&T regional chapter files. Chair's planning files. Planning file for Thursday February 9, 1995 panels
21 SW&T regional chapter files. Chair's planning files. Planning file for Friday February 10, 1995 panels
22 SW&T regional chapter files. Chair's planning files. Planning file for Saturday February 11, 1995 panels
23 SW&T regional chapter files. Chair's planning files. Working copy of 1995 program 1995
24 SW&T regional chapter general business files. Planning file for Southwest and Texas PCA/ACA website design 1994-1995
Box 10: PCA/ACA regional chapters' business and conference planning files
FolderDescriptionDate
1 SW&T regional chapter files. Correspondence, Peter Rollins, program co-chair, regarding 1996 and 1997 conference locations n.d.
2 SW&T regional chapter files. Draft of 1996 conference "Call for Papers" flier/broadside 1995-1996
3 SW&T regional chapter files. Area chair material for 1996 conference n.d.
4 SW&T regional chapter files. Queries regarding 1996 conference
5 SW&T regional chapter files. Registration list for 1996 conference February 7, 1996
6 SW&T regional chapter files. Registration table volunteer sheet 1996
7 SW&T regional chapter files. Draft of CD-ROM booklet for 1995 and 1996 Proceedings n.d.
8 SW&T regional chapter files. Planning file for 1996 Proceedings on CD-ROM
9 SW&T regional chapter files. Southwest Airlines material (official airline for the 1996-1997 conferences)
10 SW&T regional chapter files. Area chair packet for 1998 conference July 25, 1997
11 SW&T regional chapter files. Draft of 1998 "Call for Papers" flier/broadside n.d.
12 SW&T regional chapter files. Printout of 1998 regional conference information from website January 17, 1998
13 SW&T regional chapter files. "Film and History" panel submissions for 1998 conference n.d.
14 SW&T regional chapter files. Area Chair planning file from Peter Rollins regarding 1998 conference May 29, 1997-January 21, 1998
15 SW&T regional chapter files. Preliminary program for 1998 conference n.d.
16 SW&T regional chapter files. Banquet program and speech notes January 30, 1998
17 SW&T regional chapter files. Award certificates 1998
18 SW&T regional chapter files. Peter Rollins' draft of regional website posting about 1998 conference and events n.d.
19 SW&T regional chapter files. Peter Rollins' draft of regional website posting about 1998 conference and events
20 SW&T regional chapter files. Campus representative forms [1998]
21 SW&T regional chapter files. Correspondence regarding 2000 awards committees April 1999
22 SW&T regional chapter files. Program chair planning file for 2000 conference n.d.
Box 11: Academic conference papers presented at PCA/ACA Conferences:
Presented at the first PCA National Conference, East Lansing, MI, April 8-10, 1971
FolderDescriptionDate
Academic Conference Papers Presetated at first PCA National Conference April 8-10, 1971
1 Richard D. Beards, outline: "Starting from Scratch: Building a Collection of Underground Materials"  
2 Spencer C. Bennett, "The Disney Image and the American Mind"
3 Herbert Bergman, abstract: "The Popularization of American Literary Works on Film"
4 Harold N. Boris, "On the Process of Psychological Inference in Accounting for Popular Taste"
5 Silvester John Brito, "The Hopi Indians in the Twentieth Century"
6 James T. Coffman, "So You Want to be a Rock 'n' Roll Star: An Analysis of the Social Context of the Rock Performer"
7 Jan Cohn, "Mark Twain and the Critics: An Apology for Popularity"
8 William H. Cohn, "The Uses of Popular Culture in Nineteenth Century Marxism"
9 Gwendolyn R. Coleman, "The Black Novelist as Black Humorist"
10 John Scott Colley, "The Sound Seen: Country Music on Television"
11 Mollie C. Davis, "Quest for a New Order: Ferment in Collegiate Culture, 1921-1929"
12 R. Serge Denisoff, "'Teen Angel:' Resistance, Rebellion, and Death in Popular Music"
13 Ralph H. Desmarais, "Fanny Hill and Masters and Johnson Guides to Good Sex"
14 Carlos C. Drake, "Wild Strawberries and the Individuation Process"
15 Suzanne C. Ellery, "Popular Attitudes Towards Class and Money as Expressed in American Best-Selling Novels, 1914-1945"
16 Richard Etulain, "Origins of the Western"
17 David G. Gillespie, "Notes on Some Neglected Research in the Sociology of Art"
18 Park Dixon Goist, "Where Town and Country Meet: The Fusing of Urban and Rural Images in Early Automobile Advertising"
19 John A. Gutowski, "The Art of Professional Wrestling"
20 Jerry Hickerson, "Popular Culture and the High School English Class"
21 Arnold R. Hoffman, "Crime and Culture in the Fiction of Mary Roberts Rinehart"
22 Orley I. Holtan, "Individualism, Alienation, and the Search for Community: Urban Imagery in Recent American Films"
23 James M. Hughes, "A Tale of Two Games: An Image of the City"
24 Lawrence E. Hussman, Jr. "Dreiser's Mystical City in Sister Carrie"
25 Robert D. Ilisevich, "From Swing to Pop"
26 R. Gordon Kelly, "Terms for Order in some Late 19th Century Fiction for Children"
27 Margaret J. King, "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Mythology"
28 George Kummer, "The Americanization of Burlesque, 1840-1860"
29 Herbert J. Levine, "The Mount Auburn Cemetery: Landscape of a Divided Community"
30 Jens Lund, "The Old Religion's Better After All: Reaction in Country Music"
31 Bill Malone, "The Lingering South: Country Music in an Urban Society"
32 Curt McCray, "Kaptain Kronkite: The Myth of the Eternal Frame"
33 W.J. McCutcheon, "Religion in Our Time: A Time for Sadness, A Time for Joy"
34 Lawrence E. Mintz, "American Humor: Alive and Well in Popular Culture"
35 Gerard Molyneaux, "Love's Scholar: An Interpretation of Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel"
36 Barry Pearson, "The Late Great Elmore James"
37 Jerome L. Rodnitzky, "The Decline of Contemporary Protest Music"
38 Peter C. Rollins, "Benjamin Lee Whorf: Transcendental Linguist"
39 Robert Schmuhl, "Paul Goodman: The Asphyxiation of Alienation"
40 Louis C. Smith, "John Clark Ridpath and Popular History"
41 Barbara M. Sullivan, "The Religious in America: A Study in Socialization"
42 John M. Vandeusen, "Rock and Roll: Right Wing of the Woodstock Nation?"
43 Frederick O. Waage, Jr., "John Taylor (1577-1654) and Jacobean Popular Culture"
44 Ronald Weber, "Out of the Vinyl Deep: Tom Wolfe and the Happiness Explosion"
45 William H. Wiggins, Jr., "John O. Killens Use of Black Folktales in His Novels"
46 Jack Williamson, "Science Fiction Comes to College: A Preliminary Survey of Courses Offered"
47 Anonymous paper about Hell's Angels [probably Michael Owen Jones presentation on "Folk Culture of the Hell's Angels"]
48 Packet from Underground Culture panel: "Go Underground"
49 Unsigned handout for "Kent 1970: Covering the Confrontation"
50 Handout, "The Motion Picture and Socialization" from panel, The Role of the Motion Picture as Socializing Agent
51 Handouts from panel, Rationale for American Vernacular Architecture
52 Outline for panel, The Theatre of Popular Imagination
53 Position statement from panel, Workshop on Popular Culture in Radical Education
Box 12: Academic conference papers presented at PCA/ACA Conferences
FolderDescriptionDate
1 Binder, "Selected Papers from the Second National Meeting of the Popular Culture Association, Toledo, OH, April 5-8, 1972" (arranged alphabetically by author). Includes papers by John Cawelti, Sam L. Grogg, Jr., Madonna Marsden, Jack Nachbar, and Fred E.H. Schroeder; a copy of the conference program is adhered inside the binder. April 5-8, 1972
2 Phillipe Perebinossoff, "What Does a Kiss Mean? The Love Comic Formula and the Creation of the Ideal Teenage Girl," April, 1972
3 Binder, "Selected Papers from the Third National Popular Culture Association Meeting, Vol. 1," (arranged alphabetically by paper title, A-J). Includes papers by Peter C. Rollins, Fred E.H. Schroeder, and Emily Toth; a copy of the conference program is adhered inside the binder. April 13-15, 1973
Box 13: Academic conference papers presented at PCA/ACA Conferences
FolderDescriptionDate
1 Binder, "National PCA Convention Papers, Vol. 2, April 1973", selected papers, (arranged alphabetically by paper title, L-W). Includes papers by Joseph J. Arpad, Jack Estes, E. Ann Kaplan, Joanna Russ, and Fred E.H. Schroeder. April 13-15, 1973
Box 14: Academic conference papers presented at PCA/ACA Conferences
FolderDescriptionDate
1 Binder, "Third National Popular Culture Association Meeting, April 13, 14, 15, 1973," selected papers (original order maintained). Includes papers by Jack Estes, Erik F. Graubart, J. Frederick MacDonald, Jack Nachbar, Peter C. Rollins, Joanna Russ, and Eldon E. Snyder. April 13, 14, 15, 1973
2 Binder, "Third National Popular Culture Association Meeting, April 13-15, 1973," selected papers (original order maintained). Includes papers by Sam L. Grogg, Jr. and Roger B. Rollin. April 13-15, 1973
Box 15: Academic conference papers presented at PCA/ACA Conferences
FolderDescriptionDate
1 Binder, "Third National Popular Culture Association Meeting, April 13, 14 & 15, 1973," selected papers (original order maintained). Includes papers by Joseph J. Arpad, Ann Kaplan, Joanna Russ, and Fred E.H. Schroeder. April 13, 14 & 15, 1973
2 Thomas W. Davis, "A Structural Analysis of the Comics" April, 1973
3 Binder, "Fourth National Convention of the Popular Culture Association, May 2-4, 1974, Milwaukee, Wisconsin," selected papers (original order maintained). Includes printed conference program, a "pop-cult guide to Milwaukee," and a paper by Timothy Scheurer. May 2-4, 1974
Box 16: Academic conference papers presented at PCA/ACA Conferences
FolderDescriptionDate
1 Binder, "1975 Popular Culture Association, St. Louis," selected papers (original order maintained). Includes papers by Christopher D. Geist, David N. Feldman, Ray Merlock, Janice A. Radway, and Peter C. Rollins. March 1975
2 Binder, "Proceedings of the Sixth National Convention of the Popular Culture Association, Vol. 5," selected papers (original order maintained). Includes papers by Jane S. Bakerman and Michael K. Schoenecke. April 1976
3 Presented at the 1977 (seventh) national conference, Baltimore, MD. Binder, "The Western: Film and Fiction, April 29, 1977 at the Popular Culture Association Meeting in Baltimore," four papers from one panel (original order maintained). Includes paper by Michael T. Marsden. April 27-30, 1977
4 Presented at the 1977 (seventh) national conference. Harry A. Reed, "The Black Tavern in the Making of a Jazz Musician: Bird, Mingus, and Stan Hope" April, 1977
Box 17: Academic conference papers presented at PCA/ACA Conferences, cont'd.
FolderDescriptionDate
1 8th National Conference. Gretchen S. Barbatsis, "Giving the Technology Away: Scenario for a Society" April, 1978
2 8th National Conference. Victoria M. Forde, S.C., A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to This Century: Plautus in Popular Culture" April, 1978
3 8th National Conference. Charles M. Hammond, "Demise of American Television News Documentary" April, 1978
4 8th National Conference. Marc Hugunin, "Romance in Durango: Western Myth-Narratives in Rock Music April, [1978]
5 8th National Conference. Michael T. Marsden, "The Mythos of Hollywood: From Film to TV" April, 1978
6 9th National Conference. Harold E. Hinds, Jr., "El Payo: A Man Against the World! - A Mexican 'Western' Comic Book" [April], 1979
7 9th National Conference. Pat Lee, "Red, White, and Blue; or 'Lo, the Poor Indian'" April, 1979
8 9th National Conference. Jerry Washington, "The Politics of Cowboy Culture: An Inquiry" April, 1979
9 12th National Conference. Katherine Pavlik, "Feminist Fiction for the 80's: New Directions or More Polemics?" [1982]
10 12th National Conference. Timothy E. Scheurer, "From 'When You Were Sweet Sixteen' to 'Love for Sale:' Images of Women in American Popular Song, 1890-1930" April, 1982
11 13th National Conference. William E. Brigman, "Conservatives and Feminists: An Unholy Alliance?" April, 1983
12 13th National Conference. Mary A. Hamilton, "'A Voice in the Wilderness:' The (York, PA) Gazette and Daily - Was it a Cry in Vain?" April, 1983
13 13th National Conference. Jacqueline D. St. John, "Male Stereotypes in Radio Serials of the 1930s and 1940s" April, 1983
14 13th National Conference. Sharon R. Wilson, "Narcissus Goes to the Movies: Citizen Kane's Hall of Mirrors" April, 1983
15 14th National Conference. W. Russel Gray, "Orwell's Shaping of Things to Come, or, Happy Thirty-fifth, Nineteen Eighty-Four!" April, 1984
16 14th National Conference. Mary A. Hamilton, "Press Response to the Atomic Scientists' Post-World War Two Campaign for Peace" March, 1984
17 15th National Conference. Judith Bechtel, "Women's Quest: Exploring Spirituality through Art, Story and Song" April, 1985
18 15th National Conference. Stephen Brockmann, "Jud süß: Radical Nostalgia and Hollywood in Nazi Film" March, 1985
19 15th National Conference. Mary P. Freier, "Gender-Related Virtues in Detective Fictions from Edgar Allan Poe to Remington Steele" April, 1985
20 15th National Conference. Karen R. Hoover, "Methodological Approaches to the Study of Psychological and Sociological Reactions to the Black Death: Some Critical Observations" March, 1985
21 15th National Conference. Pamela Stacey, "Cannery Row: Frogs and Philosophers," (from an ACA panel) April, 1985
22 15th National Conference. Andrew Welsh, "Dana's Rite of Passage," (from an ACA panel) April, 1985
23 15th National Conference. Susan Welsh, "Poe's Pym and the Rhetoric of Science," (from an ACA panel) April, 1985
24 16th National Conference. Michael S. Cummings, "Large and Healthy Intentional Communities Today: What Makes Them Work" Sept., 1986
25 16th National Conference. Paul E. McClure, "Pass the Corn, Please: Intellectual Aspects and Popular Appeal of the Country-Humor Television Programs" (April), 1986
26 16th National Conference. D.S.J. Parsons, "Dandelion: Canada's Adaptation of Walden Two" 1986
27 16th National Conference. Bill Young, "Contemporary Christian Music: Rock the Flock" April, 1986
28 19th National Conference. Jeffrey S. Victor, "A Rumor-Panic about a Secret Satanic Cult" April, 1989
29 21st National Conference. V.J. Brown, Jr., "A Contemporary Analysis of Fads" March 29, 1991
30 21st National Conference. B. Lee Cooper, ""American Rock, Black Rhythms, and British Blues" March 1991
31 21st National Conference. Laura E. Cooper and B. Lee Cooper, "Cultural Imperialism on the Rebound" March 1991
Box 18: Academic conference papers presented at Regional PCA/ACA conferences
FolderDescriptionDate
1 Far West PCA/ACA (FWPCA) regional chapter conferences. Guillermo De Los Reyes and Paul Rich, "Leo Tolstoy and Freemasonry: The Literary Influence of a Secret Society" February 6, 2000
2 FWPCA Regional Chapter Conferences. Antonio Lara, "Smuggling Masonic Books into Mexico," (primarily in Spanish, expect for some footnotes and quotations) February 6, 2000
3 FWPCA Regional Chapter Conferences. David Merchant and Carlos Cruz, "Secret Societies and the Internet" February 6, 2000
4 Midwest PCA (MWPCA) regional chapter conferences. Binder, "Third Annual Midwest Popular Culture Association Meeting, Kalamazoo, Michigan, October 9-11, 1975," selected papers (arranged alphabetically by author), includes printed program and papers by Randall W. Scott and John Wright. October 9-11, 1975
5 MWPCA Regional Chapter Conferences. Jonathan L. Yoder, "The Broadcast and Popular Culture Criticism of Gilbert Seldes" October, 1976
6 MWPCA Regional Chapter Conferences. Binder, "Sixth Annual Conference of the Midwest Popular Culture Association at Michigan State University, November 2-4, 1978," selected papers (original order maintained). Includes papers by Maureen Honey and Marty Knepper. November 2-4, 1978
7 MWPCA Regional Chapter Conferences. Randall W. Scott, "Indexing the Comics: A Librarian's Perspective on the Comic Research" November, 1978
8 MWPCA Regional Chapter Conferences. Roger Whitlow, "A Survey of American Studies Undergraduate Curricula in the United States" October 26, 1978
9 MWPCA Regional Chapter Conferences. Kathleen L. Endres, "The Conscience of the Woman's Rights Movement: Lydia Sayer Hasbrouck's Lonely Campaign in the Civil War" October 25, 1982
10 MWPCA Regional Chapter Conferences. W. Russel Gray, "The 'Eyes' Have It: Reflections on the Private Detective as Hero" 1983
11 MWPCA Regional Chapter Conferences. Bryce T. McIntyre, "Competing Programmes in Communication Research" October, 1984
12 MWPCA Regional Chapter Conferences. Sammy Richard Danna, "The Medicine Men: Patent Medicine Advertising in America, 1865-1900" October, 1984
13 MWPCA Regional Chapter Conferences. George T. Wiley, "'Freckles and His Friends:' 1941-1945, Teenagers Go to War" November 4, 1988
Box 19: Academic conference papers presented at regional PCA/ACA conferences
FolderDescriptionDate
1 PCA in the South (PCAS) regional chapter conferences. Binder, "Popular Culture Association of the South, 1975," selected papers presented at the 1975 conference (arranged alphabetically by author), includes papers by Roger B. Rollin and Amos St. Germain. October-November, 1975
2 PCAS Regional Chapter Conferences. Amos St. Germain, "Professional Opinions: Comments of Popular Writers" 1975
3 PCAS Regional Chapter Conferences. Amos. St. Germain, "Norman Mailer's Meditations on Popular Culture and Technology" October, 1976
4 PCAS Regional Chapter Conferences. Amos St. Germain, "The Wild Bunch: Something to do with Killing?" October, 1977
5 PCAS Regional Chapter Conferences. James Combs, "Celebrations: Rituals of Popular Veneration" October, 1987
6 Southwest/Texas (SW&T) regional chapter conferences. Wallin S. McCardell, "Black Texan Cowboys: A Forgotten Part of the American Frontier" October 28, 1983
7 SW&T Regional Chapter Conferences. Greg Garrett, "Myth and History: The American West on Film" [February 10, 1989]
8 SW&T Regional Chapter Conferences. Peter C. Rollins, "The Film Heartland: Faithful Adaptation or Independent Vision?" [February 9, 1989]
9 SW&T Regional Chapter Conferences. Jim Sanderson, "Nuzzling the Corral in Anything for Billy" [February 9, 1989]
10 SW&T Regional Chapter Conferences. Unbound volume, "Proceedings for the 1991 Annual Conference," selected papers (original order maintained) March 27-30, 1991
11 SW&T Regional Chapter Conferences. Unbound volume, "Proceedings for the 1992 Annual Conference," selected papers (original order maintained) February 6-8, 1992
12 SW&T Regional Chapter Conferences. Jim Norwine, "The Last Texians" (sic), [presented at 1992 conference] December 2, 1991
13 SW&T Regional Chapter Conferences. Bound volume, "Proceedings for the 1993 Annual Conference," selected papers February 4-6, 1993
14 SW&T Regional Chapter Conferences. Bound volume, "Proceedings for the 1994 Joint Meeting," selected papers February 3-5, 1994
15 SW&T Regional Chapter Conferences. Peter C. Rollins, "The Korean War Veteran's Memorial: Remembering the Forgotten War" February, 1994
16 SW&T Regional Chapter Conferences. Tad Tuleja, "In Defense of Folk Etymology: The Case of Gringo," (recipient of the Peter C. Rollins Award at the SW/TX PCA/ACA 1994 conference) February 7, 1994
17 SW&T Regional Chapter Conferences. Marshall Fishwick, untitled essay on George Washington February 22, 1997
18 SW&T Regional Chapter Conferences. Peter C. Rollins, "Film and History: A Progress Report" January 30, 1998
Box 20: Academic conference papers presented at unidentified national or regional PCA/ACA conferences
FolderDescriptionDate
1 Deborah K. Chappel, "Selected Bibliography" [1988?]
2 Robert M. Dawley, "An Historical Horror: The Beheading of Haydn as a Phrenological Phenomenon" [n.d.]
3 Robert M. Dawley, "Building an American Sociology of Music" [Summer 1980]
4 Michael Eckert, "'Man Overboard': An American Maritime Image" [n.d.]
5 Jane Hill, "Egonomics: Editing the Autobiography of a Stripper" [n.d.]
6 Richard C. Kane, "Demonic Didacticism: The Moral Impulse in the Bizarre Literature of Iris Murdoch, Muriel Spark, and John Fowles" [n.d.]
7 Peter C. Rollins, "Behind the Westmoreland Trial of 1984: What Was so Wrong with the CBS Program, The Uncounted Enemy (1982)" [1984?]
8 Winfrey M. Ruffin, "Erotic Pornographic Humor: A Nostalgic Look at Those 'Dirty Little Comics'" [1987?]
9 Jim Schnell, "No Nukes: Music as a Form of Countercultural Communication" [1983?]
10 Katherine Smith, "Decades of Laughter: Television's Half-Hour Comedies as Cultural Signifiers," [possibly from a Midwest PCA conference] [1984? -- ]
11 Other academic papers. Incomplete revised manuscript, George H. Lewis, "Bottled in Bond - Or Not? Class, Status, and Power in American Spy Fiction: 1950-1970," [note on cover: "Revised per suggestions of Journal of Popular Culture] June 11, 1972
12 Other academic papers. Photocopy of article by Jack Santino, "A Servant and a Man, A Hostess or a Woman: A Study of Expressive Culture in Two Transportation Occupations," Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 99, pp. 304-319 July-September, 1986
13 Other academic papers. "The Comics Code Authority as an Extralegal Agent in Preventing Delinquency," unsigned (note on cover: "submitted to Journal of Popular Culture but not accepted: for information only) [n.d.]
Box 21: Scrapbooks and Scrapbook Materials
FolderDescriptionDate
1 Newspaper articles about BGSU's Center for the Study of Popular Culture [academic offerings and library holdings] 1970
2 Photocopy of article on 1974 national conference: "Oh, for a Good Detective Yarn Like 'Tapes,'" by Nicholas von Hoffman, The Washington Post, Style section May 13, 1974
3 Newspaper articles covering the 1983 national PCA conference April-June, 1983
4 Newspaper articles covering national PCA/ACA conferences 1984-1998
5 Binder, "General Information on the Center for the Study of Popular Culture," 1970-1972. Includes correspondence, clippings, NEH proposal, course offerings, Proposal for a Master of Arts in Popular Culture, PCA tentative meeting schedules, brochures, fliers, newsletters, and other related material. 1970-1972
Box 22: PCA/ACA Newsletters
FolderDescriptionDate
1 Popular Culture Association Newsletter (PCAN), Vol. 1, Nos. 1, 3-5 October 1971-August 1972
2 PCAN, Vol. 2, Nos. 1-2 November 1972-March 1973
3 PCAN, Vol. 3, Nos. 1-2 and supplement September 1973- September 1974
4 PCAN, Vol. 4, Nos. 1-2 January and May, 1975
5 PCAN, Vol. 5, Nos. 1-3 September 1975-October 1976
6 PCAN and Popular Culture Methods, Vol. 6, Nos. 1-2 March and June, 1977
7 PCAN and Popular Culture Methods, Vol. 7, No. 1 November 1977
8 PCAN and Popular Culture Methods, Vol. 8, Nos. 1-2 March and July, 1979
9 PCAN and Popular Culture Methods, Vol. 9, No. 1 August 1980
10 PCAN and Popular Culture Methods, Vol. 10, No. 1 July 1981
11 PCAN and Popular Culture Methods, Vol. 11, No. 1 August 1982
12 PCAN and Popular Culture Methods September 1983
13 PCAN and Popular Culture Methods, Vol. 12, No. 2 March 1984
14 PCAN, Vol. 13, Nos. 1-2 March and June, 1985
15 PCAN, Vol. 14, Nos. 1-2 July 1986 and February 1987
16 PCAN, Vol. 15, Nos. 1-2 August 1987 and April 1988
17 PCAN, Vol. 16, Nos. 1-2 February-August 1989
18 PCAN, Vol. 17, No. 1 June 1990
19 Two (2) issues of PCAN March 1993 and Spring 1993
20 PCAN Spring 1994
21 Popular Culture Methods, Vol. 1, Nos. 1-4 August 1972-Summer 1973
22 Popular Culture Methods, Vol. 2, Nos. 1-3 Fall 1973-[1974?]
23 Popular Culture Methods, Vol. 3, No. 1 [1976?]
24 Popular Culture Airwaves Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1 Jan. 1974
25 Five (5) issues of American Culture Association Newsletter (ACAN) [1986-1987]
26 Three (3) issues of ACAN [1988-1989]
27 Three (3) issues of ACAN May 1990 - 1991
28 ACAN supplement, [1992], and two (2) issues of ACAN March 1993 and Spring 1993
29 ACAN Spring 1994
30 PCA/ACA Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 1 September 2004
31 Newsletter of the Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture/American Culture Association, Volume 1, Number 2 October 1990
32 Two (2) issues of Midwest Popular Culture Association Newsletter [1976?] and August 1977
33 Midwest PCA Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 2 October 1978
34 Midwest PCA Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 1 February 1979
35 Midwest PCA Newsletter, Vol. 4, No. 3 May 1980
36 Midwest PCA Newsletter, Vol. 5, No. 1 February 1981
37 Midwest PCA Newsletter, Vol. 6, Nos. 1-2 January and June 1982
38 Midwest PCA Newsletter, Vol. 7, No. 3 December 1983
39 Midwest PCA Newsletter, Vol. 8, Nos. 1-3 March-September 1984
40 NEPCA News (Northeast Popular Culture Association newsletter) May and October 1998
41 NEPCA News May and October 1999
42 NEPCA News May and October 2000
43 NEPCA News October 2001
44 Popular Culture Association in the South (PCAS) Newsletter September 1985
45 PCAS Newsletter September 1986
46 PCAS Newsletter May and September 1987
47 PCAS Newsletter May and September 1988
48 PCAS Newsletter May and September 1989
49 PCAS Newsletter May and September 1990
50 PCAS Newsletter May 1991
51 PCAS Newsletter May and September 1992
52 PCAS Newsletter Fall 2000
Box 23: PCA/ACA national conference printed materials
FolderDescriptionDate
1 Program for First PCA National Meeting, Michigan State University, April 8-10, 1971 and program for Second PCA National Meeting, Toledo, OH April 5-8, 1972
2 Booklet, "Popular Culture in Indiana: A Souvenir of the 3rd National Popular Culture Conference, Indianapolis, April 13-15, 1973" by Nancy Zeller 1973
3 Program for Third PCA National Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, April 13-15, 1973 and program for Fourth National Convention, Milwaukee, WI May 2-4, 1974
4 Program for Fifth National Meeting, St. Louis, MO, March 20-22, 1975 and program for Seventh National Meeting, Baltimore, MD, April 27-30, 1977 March 20-22, 1975, April 27-30, 1977
5 Photocopy of mock-up for Eighth Annual Meeting broadside, Cincinnati, Ohio, [copied onto 8 ½" x 14" paper, originally on 11" x 17" poster board] April 19-22, 1978
6 Program for Ninth Annual Convention (PCA)/First Annual Meeting, American Culture Association (ACA), Pittsburgh, PA, April 25-28, 1979 and program for the National Meeting of the PCA/ACA, Detroit, MI, April 16-19, 1980 April 25-28, 1979, April 16-19, 1980
7 Program for Eleventh Annual Convention (PCA)/Third Annual Convention (ACA), Cincinnati, OH March 25-29, 1981
8 ACA broadside, program, and program supplement for Twelfth Annual Convention (PCA)/Fourth Annual Convention (ACA), Louisville, KY April 14-18, 1982
9 ACA broadside and program for Thirteenth Annual Meeting (PCA)/Fifth Annual Meeting (ACA), Wichita, KS April 23-26, 1983
10 ACA broadside, PCA broadside, and program for Fourteenth Annual Meeting (PCA)/Sixth Annual Meeting (ACA), Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 29-April 1, 1984
11 Program for Fifteenth Annual Meeting (PCA)/Seventh Annual Meeting (ACA), Louisville, KY, April 3-6, 1985 and program for Sixteenth Annual Meeting (PCA)/Eighth Annual Meeting (ACA), Atlanta, GA April 2-6, 1986
12 Flier, "Call for Papers" for Mystery/Detection Caucus, PCA broadside, and program for Seventeenth Annual Meeting (PCA)/Ninth Annual Meeting (ACA), Montreal, [Quebec], Canada March 25-29, 1987
13 Program for Eighteenth Annual Meeting (PCA)/Tenth Annual Meeting (ACA), New Orleans, LA March 23-26, 1988
14 ACA broadside, PCA broadside, and program for Nineteenth Annual Meeting (PCA)/Eleventh Annual Meeting (ACA), St. Louis, MO April 5-8, 1989
Box 24: PCA/ACA national conference printed materials, cont'd.
FolderDescriptionDate
1 PCA broadside and program for Twentieth Annual Meeting (PCA)/Twelfth Annual Meeting (ACA), Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 7-10, 1990
2 PCA "Call for Papers" flier, PCA broadside and ACA broadside for 21st Annual Meeting (PCA)/13th Annual Meeting (ACA), San Antonio, Texas March 27-30, 1991
3 ACA "Call for Papers" flier, ACA broadside, PCA broadside, and program for Twenty-third Annual Meeting (PCA)/Fifteenth Annual Meeting (ACA), New Orleans, LA April 7-10, 1993
4 ACA broadside and PCA broadside for 24th Annual Meeting (PCA)/16th Annual Meeting (ACA), Chicago, IL April 6-9, 1994
5 Program for Silver Anniversary Meeting (PCA)/Seventeenth Annual Meeting (ACA), Philadelphia, PA April 12-15, 1995
6 PCA/ACA flier and program for Twenty-sixth Annual Meeting (PCA)/18th Annual Meeting (ACA), Las Vegas, NV March 25-28, 1996
7 PCA fliers (2 copies) for 27th Annual Meeting (PCA), San Antonio, TX March 26-29, 1997
8 PCA "Call for Papers" flier and p. 3-14 of program for 29th Annual Meeting (PCA), San Diego, CA March 31-April 3, 1999
9 PCA broadside for 31st Annual Meeting (PCA), Philadelphia, PA April 11-14, 2001
10 PCA/ACA broadside for 34th Annual Meeting (PCA)/26th Annual Meeting (ACA), San Antonio, TX April 7-10, 2004
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Box 25: PCA/ACA regional conference printed materials
FolderDescriptionDate
1 Far West PCA/ACA. Program for Far West PCA and Far West ACA (FWPCA/FWACA) first annual meeting, Las Vegas, NV, January 25-27, 1989 and FWPCA/FWACA "Call for Papers" flier for 1990 meeting, Las Vegas, NV January 24-26, 1990
2 FWPCA/FWACA. Conference programs (3 copies), all held in Las Vegas, NV: January 24-26, 1991, January 21-23, 1993, and February 4-6, 1994 1991-1994
3 FWPCA/FWACA. Conference programs (3 copies), all held in Las Vegas, NV: February 3-5, 1995, February 2-4, 1996, and January 31-February 2, 1997 1995-1997
4 FWPCA/FWACA. 2000 conference registration receipt and program changes/corrections sheet, Las Vegas, NV February 4-6, 2000
5 Great Plains PCA/ACA. Program for "Women and Gender Expectations in Popular Culture" conference, jointly sponsored by Midwest Women's Studies Association and PCA/ACA, University of Nebraska at Kearney, [first Great Plains PCA/ACA chapter business meeting was held at this conference] March 17-19, 1994
6 Great Plains PCA/ACA. Broadside and program for first conference, Sioux City, IA October 12-14, 1995
7 Mid-Atlantic PCA/ACA. Program for Mid-Atlantic PCA/ACA annual meeting, Baltimore, MD November 1-3, 1990
8 Mid-Atlantic PCA/ACA. "Call for Papers" flier and program for annual conference, Buffalo, NY October 31-November 2, 1991
9 Mid-Atlantic PCA/ACA. "Call for Papers" flier and program for annual conference, Washington, D.C. October 30-November 1, 1992
10 Mid-Atlantic PCA/ACA. Programs: 5th annual conference, Wheeling, WV, October 28-30, 1994 and 7th annual conference, Philadelphia, PA November 1-3, 1996
11 Midwest PCA/ACA. Cover letter and broadside for first Midwest PCA (MPCA) conference, Duluth, MN October 12-13, 1973
12 Midwest PCA/ACA. Cover letter, dated August 16, 1976, with tentative program, and program for 4th annual MPCA meeting, Bowling Green, OH October 21-23, 1976
13 MPCA "Call for Papers" brochure and tentative program for 5th annual conference, Normal, IL October 6-8, 1977
14 MPCA. Registration form, registration packet and program for MPCA 6th annual conference, East Lansing, MI November 2-4, 1978
15 MPCA. Programs. Midwest PCA and Midwest ACA (MPCA/MACA) [first] joint meeting, Bowling Green, OH, and 8th annual MPCA/2nd annual MACA joint meeting, Kalamazoo, MI October 11-13, 1979 - October 23-25, 1980
16 MPCA/MACA. "Call for Papers" flier and program for 9th annual MPCA/3rd annual MACA and National Association for Humanities Education joint meeting, Columbus, OH October 22-24, 1981
17 MPCA/MACA. Program for 10th annual MPCA/4th annual MACA and National Association for Humanities Education joint meeting, Terre Haute, IN October 27-30, 1982
18 MPCA/MACA. "Call for Papers" flier and program for annual meeting, Bowling Green, OH October 20-22, 1983
19 MPCA. "Reminder" flier and program for annual meeting, Bloomington, IN October 4-6, 1984
20 MPCA. Program for 13th annual meeting, Chicago, IL, and MPCA "Call for Papers" flier for 1986 meeting, Kalamazoo, MI October 17-19, 1985 - October 23-26, 1986
21 MPCA. Program for 1987 conference, St. Louis, MO, and MPCA/MACA flier for 1988 meeting, Bowling Green, OH October 16-18, 1987 - November 3-5, 1988
22 MACA/MPCA. Program and flier for 1989 conference, Lansing, MI, and flier for MACA/MPCA 1990 conference, Toledo, OH October 26-29, 1989 - October 4-7, 1990
23 MPCA/MACA. Meeting (2 fliers, and program), Cleveland, OH October 17-19, 1991
24 MPCA/MACA. "Call for Papers" flier and program for 19th annual conference, Indianapolis, IN October 8-12, 1992
25 MPCA/MACA. "Call for Papers" flier and program for 20th annual conference, East Lansing, MI October 1-2, 1993
26 MPCA/MACA. Program for 21st annual conference, Pittsburgh, PA October 7-8, 1994
27 MPCA/MACA. Program for annual conference, Milwaukee, WI October 4-6, 2002
28 MPCA/MACA. Program (2 copies) for annual conference, St. Louis, MO October 14-16, 2005
29 Northeast PCA/ACA. Program for conference, Boston, MA November 6-8, 1992
30 Northeast PCA/ACA. Program for conference, Worcester, MA October 6-7, 1995
31 Northern Pacific PCA. Program for 2nd annual conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada May 19-21, 1988
32 Northern Pacific PCA. "Call for Papers" flier and program for 3rd annual conference, Spokane, WA May 4-6, 1989
33 Northern Pacific PCA. Program for 4th annual conference, Portland, OR, April 26-28, 1990 and Northern Pacific PCA "Call for Papers" flier for annual conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 24-26, 1992
34 Popular Culture Association of the Pacific. Program for 3rd annual conference, Laie, Hawaii May 5-7, 1994
Box 26: PCA/ACA regional conference printed materials
PCA in the South (PCAS)/ACA in the South (ACAS)
FolderDescriptionDate
1 Programs. 3rd annual conference, Birmingham, AL, October 10-12, 1974 and 4th annual conference, Tampa, FL, October 9-11, 1975 1974-1975
2 Programs. 6th annual conference, Jacksonville, FL, October 6-8, 1977, 7th annual conference, Nashville, TN, October 8-10, 1978, and 8th annual conference, Louisville, KY, October 18-20, 1979 1977-1979
3 Program and addendum for 9th annual conference, Winston-Salem, NC October 16-18, 1980
4 Program. 10th annual conference, Mobile, AL October 8-10, 1981
5 Program and annotated photocopy of program [mailing list?] for 13th annual meeting, Knoxville, TN October 4-6, 1984
6 Programs. 14th annual meeting, Charleston, SC, September 19-21, 1985, 15th annual meeting, Chattanooga, TN, October 2-4, 1986, and [16th annual] meeting, Louisville, KY, October 1-3, 1987 1985-1987
7 Program, flier, and registration material for 1988 conference, Knoxville, TN October 6-8, 1988
8 Fliers (2 copies) and program for 1989 conference, Jacksonville, FL October 5-7, 1989
9 Fliers. PCAS and ACAS, 1992 conference, Augusta, GA October 1-3, 1992
10 Fliers. PCAS (2 copies) and ACAS (2 copies), 1993 conference, Nashville, TN October 14-16, 1993
11 Programs. 23rd annual conference, Charlotte, NC, October 20-22, 1994; 1995 conference, Richmond, VA, October 5-7, 1995 1994-1995
12 Program and financial statement. 25th Anniversary Meeting of PCAS and ACAS, Savannah, GA October 17-19, 1996
13 Program. Annual conference, Nashville, TN October 5-7, 2000
Box 27: PCA/ACA regional conference printed materials
Southwest and Texas PCA and ACA (SW/TX PCA/ACA)
FolderDescriptionDate
1 Program. "American Frontiers: Past, Present and Future", Lubbock, TX October 27-29, 1983
2 Flier and program. 1989 meeting, Lubbock, TX February 9-11, 1989
3 Registration packet with tentative program for 1990 meeting, Abilene, TX February 8-10, 1990
4 Flier. 1991 conference, San Antonio, TX, March 27-30, 1991 (held jointly with national PCA meeting); flier and broadside for 1992 meeting, Amarillo, TX, February 6-8, 1992 1991-1992
5 Conference packet for 1992 conference (includes program), Amarillo, TX February 6-8, 1992
6 Program with addendum for 1993 meeting, Kingsville, TX February 4-6, 1993
7 SW/TX ACA flier and program. 1994 meeting, Waco, TX, February 3-5, 1994 (first SW/TX ACA regional meeting) 1994
8 Fliers (5) and Program. 16th annual conference, Stillwater, OK February 9-11, 1995
9 Fliers (2). 1996 annual conference, Tulsa, OK February 8-10, 1996
10 Flier with draft copy for 1997 meeting (held jointly with national PCA meeting), San Antonio, TX March 26-29, 1997
11 Flier with cover memo, dated August 29, 1997, and program for 19th annual conference, Lubbock, TX, January 29-31, 1998 1997-1998
12 Programs. (2 versions) 20th annual SW/TX PCA/ACA conference, Albuquerque, NM February 25-27, 1999
13 Program for 22nd annual SW/TX PCA/ACA conference, Albuquerque, NM March 7-10, 2001
14 Program for 23rd annual SW/TX PCA/ACA conference, Albuquerque, NM February 13-17, 2002
15 Program for 24th annual SW/TX PCA/ACA conference, Albuquerque, NM February 12-15, 2003
16 Western Regional PCA. Program for Western Regional PCA meeting, Las Vegas, NV February 11-13, 1976
17 International PCA conferences. Program for 1993 international PCA conference, York, England August 8-14, 1993
18 International PCA conferences. Program for Pacific Basin (Pacific Rim) international PCA conference, Honolulu, Hawaii January 8-11, 1996
19 International PCA conferences. Program for First Conference of the Americas, Puebla, Mexico, (Latin American Popular Culture Association) February 26-March 3, 1996
Box 28: Other PCA/ACA Printed Materials
FolderDescriptionDate
1 Pamphlet, John G. Cawelti, "Popular Culture Programs," PCA [1970]
2 Pamphlet, Marshall W. Fishwick, "Confessions of an Ex-Elitist," PCA/American Studies Institute, Lincoln University [1970?]
3 Pamphlet, Marshall W. Fishwick, "Global Popular Culture," PCA [1970?]
4 Pamphlet, Russel B. Nye, "Notes on a Rationale for Popular Culture," PCA [1970?]
5 Pamphlet, "PCAAF" (Popular Culture Association Advisory Faculty) [1974]
6 Three (3) miscellaneous printed materials: membership solicitation letter, dated April 30, 1980; newsletter "News from the PCA Secretary/Treasurer" [1989]; PCA Officer's Ballot [1989]
7 Book, Ray B. Browne, Against Academia: The History of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association and Popular Culture Movement, 1967-1988. Bowling Green, OH: BGSU Popular Press, (hardcover) 1989
8 Flier, "Dates to Remember/PCA and ACA National and Regional Meetings, 1995-1996" [1995]
9 Book Reviewer Profile Form [n.d.]
Box 29: Other Printed Materials
FolderDescriptionDate
1 Program from Second National Meeting, American Studies Association (ASA), Toledo, OH [PCA was formed at this meeting] October 30-November 1, 1969
2 Abstracts of Papers Delivered at Second National Meeting, ASA, Toledo, OH October 30-November 1, 1969
3 Fact sheet on Popular Culture Library and Audio Center, BGSU June 16, 1971
4 Pamphlet/monograph, Charles Dickerson, "Black Studies," and Marshall Fishwick, "Black Popular Culture," Lincoln University Monographs 1972
5 Photocopy of program, "Pop! Goes Our Culture," Institute on National Affairs, Iowa State University, (speakers included Arthur Asa Berger, Russel Nye, and BGSU Psychology professor Charles McCaghy) January 14-20, 1973
6 Application form and Chichester Visitor Groups Guide for American Association of Popular Culture Biennial Conference, University of Sussex, Bishop Otter College, Chichester, England July 22-25, 1978
7 BGSU Popular Press catalog 1980
8 Program from ASA/Canadian Association for American Studies International Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, (PCA workshop was held at this conference) November 2-5, 1989
9 Program from "The Lawyer and Popular Culture" conference, University of Texas at Austin, School of Law, (Ray Browne was a speaker at this conference) January 7-8, 1992
10 Program from "The Future of Popular Culture Studies in the Twenty-First Century: A Conference in Honor of Ray B. Browne," BGSU, June 4-6, 1992 and prospectus for a grant to fund the conference [c. 1991]
11 ASAT Newsletter, (ASA of Texas), Vol. 38, No. 1 1994
12 Flier for ASA of Texas annual meeting November, 1994
13 MAASA News (Mid-America ASA) newsletter, Vol. 10, No. 3 October 1995
14 Booklet, Marshall Fishwick, "Icons of Popular Culture," Sandak Color Slides [1971?]
15 Pamphlet, "Center Notes," No. 1, Center for Popular Culture Studies [c. 1986]
16 Popular Press flier, "Reviews in Popular Culture/American Culture Studies" [outlines book review guidelines] [1995?]
17 Booklet and draft of "Our Story: Sounding and Reflections on American Cultural Studies - The Formation of the ACS Program at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN" (probably from a PCA conference panel, "Building New Programs in Popular Culture Studies") [1999-2000?]
Box 30: Photographic Material--Microfilm Rolls
FolderDescriptionDate
1 Popular Culture Association Newsletter, Vol. 1, Nos. 1-5 October 1971-August 1972
2 Popular Culture Association Newsletter, Vol. 4, Nos. 1-2 January - May 1975
3 Popular Culture Association Newsletter & Popular Culture Methods, Vol. 6 Nos. 1-2, March -June 1977
4 Popular Culture Association Newsletter & Popular Culture Methods, Vol. 7, Nos. 1-2 April 19-22, 1978, November 1977- May 1978
5 Popular Culture Association Newsletter & Popular Culture Methods, Vol. 8, Nos. 1-2 March - July 1979
6 Proceedings of the Fifth National Convention of the Popular Culture Association [labeled "Roll No. 1, MS-68"] [March 1975]
7 Proceedings of the Fifth National Convention of the Popular Culture Association [March 1975]
8 Proceedings of the 6th National Convention of the Popular Culture Association, pgs. 1-682 [labeled "Roll No. 2, MS-68"] [April 1976]
9 Proceedings of the 6th National Convention of the Popular Culture Association, pgs. 683-1719 [labeled "Roll No. 3, MS-68"] [April 1976]
10 Proceedings of [Southwest and Texas regional] PCA Convention, XV-291 1979
11 Proceedings of [Southwest and Texas regional] PCA Convention, XV-786 1980
12 Proceedings of Fourth Annual Meeting of Southwest and Texas Popular Culture Association and Index, XVIII-652 [1982?]
Box 31: Photographic Material
FolderDescriptionDate
1 Photographs, negatives and identification sheet from 1983 SW/TX regional PCA meeting, Lubbock, TX 1983
2 Photographs and negatives (from two rolls) of 1994 SW/TX regional PCA meeting, Waco, TX February 3-5, 1994
3 Four (4) 5x7 photographs from 1995 SW/TX regional PCA meeting, Stillwater, OK, of Mario Herrera, Peter Rollins, and other presenters (with Herrera business card and mailing envelope with correspondence) March 6, 1995
4 Audio recording tape cassette, "One Program Chair to Another," J. Fred MacDonald on PCA to P.C. Rollins 1982
5 Videotape, VHS cassette of panels from 1990 PCA national conference, Toronto, Canada, "Bob Byler Video," with the following panels: #74 (Popular Music), #297 (Erotic Postcards), #230 (American Musicals) March, 1990
6 Videotape, VHS cassette of panels from 1990 PCA national conference, Toronto, Canada, "Bob Byler Video," with the following panels: #108 (Pinball Art and Technology), #354 (Oral History) March 7, 1990
7 Videotape, VHS cassette of panels from 1990 PCA national conference, Toronto, Canada, "Bob Byler Video," with the following panels: #169 (Cemeteries and Grave Markers 2), #247 (Cemeteries and Grave Markers 4) March 8, 1990
8 Videotape, VHS cassette of panels from 1990 PCA national conference, Toronto, Canada, "Bob Byler Video," with the following panels: #333 (Satire Second City Film), #386 (Electronic technology), #490 (Popular Music) March 1990
9 Videotape, VHS cassette of panels from 1990 PCA national conference, Toronto, Canada, "Bob Byler Video," with the following panels: #405 (Antiques and Collecting), #442 (Lonesome Dove) March 9, 1990
10 Videotape, Ampex 1" cassette of "PCA Wichita Commercial" made by Peter C. Rollins [1983]
11 DVD, National Recognition Awards and Reflections for Peter C. Rollins, PCA/ACA annual meeting, San Antonio, TX April 2004
12 Artifacts. Plaque with group portrait labeled "5th Annual World Trade and Convention Centre/VIP Site Visitation/June 28-July 1, 1990/Halifax, Nova Scotia" on reverse in ink "Halifax Fom. (sp?) trip 1990/PCA ACA Ray and Pat not on boat when picture was taken" 1990
Box 32: Photographic Material
FolderDescriptionDate
1 Photos - SWPCA, Albuquerque, NM 2000
2 Photos - SWPCA, Lubbock, TX n.d.
3 Photos - SWPCA - Film & History Section, Seattle, WA n.d.