This collection consists of letters sent to Great Lakes sailor Lester C. Pereira by his wife, Ethel, during the 1935 and 1936 sailing seasons. During this time, Lester sailed aboard the GRAND ISLAND and EMORY L. FORD. The average sailor could be away from home for several months at a time. Most of…
This collection features digital reproductions of maps from the Frank Trevorrow canal map collection, consisting of twenty-two U.S. Geological Survey maps, dating from 1921-1951, with annotations made by Frank Trevorrow showing the location of locks, culverts, and aqueducts of the Miami and Erie…
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The Center for Archival Collections (CAC) is pleased to partner with the University of Toledo’s Canaday Center for Special Collections on a special exhibit, “Arrivals and Departures: The History of Transportation in Toledo and Northwest Ohio,” on display…
This collection features digital reproductions of items from the Todd Light collection on Lillian Gish, a subset of the Gish Film Theater collection at the BGSU Center for Archival Collections (CAC). The Todd Light collection contains over 500 pieces of memorabilia related to the career of actor…
This collection features digital reproductions of maps from the Center for Archival Collections' extensive map collection, primarily focusing on the historical and geographic development of the northwest Ohio region.Select Browse Items to view all maps currently in this digital collection, or enter…
La Union de Estudiantes Latinos, or the Latino Student Union, is a student organization at Bowling Green State University. Founded in 1972, La Union de Estudiantes Latinos continues to celebrate Latinx culture, educate others, advocate for the Latinx community, support students, serve the…
The Vincent D. Nickerson Collection consists of original perspective drawings, many in color, prepared to provide the details needed for the paintings Nickerson was commissioned to produce. These drawings often provide scale drawings as well as color schemes of Great Lakes vessels from the 1840s to…
The Bowling Green State University Bands Digital Collection features images of photographs, negatives, correspondence, administrative and promotional materials, film, scrapbooks, compilation books, and other band-related materials from the MS 1262 BGSU Bands Collection, UA 0016 College of Musical…
This digital collection contains fully text-searchable reproductions of hundreds of titles from the story papers collection at the Browne Popular Culture Library (BPCL). Story papers were among the earliest types of serialized popular fiction to emerge in the 19th century, and were published in a…
Erik Heyl was the author of a number of works on the history of navigation in North America. His most significant work is the six-volume Early American Steamers series published between 1953 and 1969. Although active in researching all early North American steamboats, Heyl had a special interest and…
The Institute for the Study of Culture and Society (ICS) Digital Collection features posters, flyers, and signage promoting ICS programs and events from 1997-2008.
Established in 1996, the Institute for the Study of Culture & Society (ICS) is a public humanities hub at Bowling Green State…
The Poetic Portraits project was a collaboration between older women in Wood County, Ohio, Sandra L. Faulkner, Professor of Media and Communication, Phil Beskid, Associate Teaching Professor in the School of Media and Communication, and Michelle Sweetser Head Librarian from the BGSU archives. The…