BGSU Department of Ethnic Studies records

This digital collection features select items from the BGSU Department of Ethnic Studies records (UA-0066), which document establishment, evolution and course offerings of the Department of Ethnic Studies at Bowling Green State University.

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This digital collection contains only a selection of items from the BGSU Department of Ethnic Studies records. The original physical collection is also available to view onsite at the Center for Archival Collections. View the full collection finding aid.

Some items in this digital collection can also be viewed in our digital exhibit, "Distinguished Visiting Professor of Ethnic Studies: James Baldwin at BGSU, 1977-1981."

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"Autism researcher & novelist will receive honorary degrees"

Newspaper article on James Baldwin and Kiyo Kitahara being awarded Honorary Doctorate degrees from Bowling Green State University.

"James Baldwin says he has come home"

An article in Cleveland's The Plain Dealer on James Baldwin lecturing at Bowling Green State University, including some questions posed to Baldwin by students.

"Noted Author James Baldwin to Teach at University"

An article in the Bowling Green State University Monitor on James Baldwin's visiting professorship at BGSU's Department of Ethnic Studies.

Green Sheet article on James Baldwin teaching at Bowling Green State University

Article in the February 13, 1978 edition of the BGSU publication The Green Sheet, announcing James Baldwin's teaching residency and providing further information on the courses he will be co-instructing.

"Special Courses for Spring Quarter: James Baldwin and Contemporary Fiction" course flier

Flier promoting the special courses co-instructed by James Baldwin during the spring 1978 semester at Bowling Green State University. Courses offered include "Baldwin and Contemporary Fiction" at the graduate level, and "Selected Essays and Novels of James Baldwin" at the undergraduate level.

Students and faculty in the Department of Ethnic Studies, Bowling Green State University

Students and faculty in the Department of Ethnic Studies, Bowling Green State University, including Dr. Ernest Champion (far left) and Dr. Robert L. Perry (far right).

Review of Jame Baldwin's Just Above My Head in "The New York Review of Books"

Darryl Pinckney's review in theNew York Review of Books of James Baldwin's novel "Just Above My Head". Pinckney succeeds in identifying Baldwin's "obsessions," including Harlem, the church, homosexuality, and "the social and political outrage that has inspired all of his work."

"Author enjoys teaching: Baldwin plans to return"

Article in The Daily Sentinel-Tribune about James Baldwin's time teaching at Bowling Green State University, and how he much he enjoyed the experience.

"Baldwin stresses 'living to learn'"

An article in the Bowling Green State University Monitor on James Baldwin's teaching at BGSU. Baldwin states, "I had to feel my way. It was something I had never done before. I wouldn't be doing it if I didn't care about the students. We learned something from each other."

James Baldwin lecturing at Bowling Green State University

Photographs of James Baldwin lecturing to students at Bowling Green State University.

Flier for James Baldwin's "Passage to America" lecture at BGSU

Campus flier for James Baldwin's "Passage to America" lecture at Bowling Green State University

Baldwin Press Photograph

Press photograph of James Baldwin.