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…
This digital collection features digital reproductions of the Gernert family letters (MS-1269), which date from 1942-1945 and are comprised of letters exchanged during World War II between members of the Gernert family of Bowling Green, Ohio, including William H. (1886-1947) and Lillian Gernert…
This digital collection features select correspondence and visual materials from the Grace McClurg Carson papers (MS-0243) and documents the experiences of Carson - an unmarried woman missionary in China - from 1912 to 1926. As such, they shed light on the role of women in a working situation as…
This digital collection features select correspondence and visual materials from the Dora Giffen papers (MS-0309) and documents the experiences of Giffen - a young 23 year-old female Presbyterian missionary in British-held Egypt between 1920 and 1926. As such, they shed light on the role of women in…
This digital collection features letters from theDwight R. Yates papers(MMS-1805), whichdate from 1898-1964 and contain the personal letters and military service papers of a private from West Millgrove, Ohio who served with Co.D, 6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in Cuba during the Spanish-American War,…
This digital collection provides access to copies of the Peter Faulk letters(MMS-1644),which date from 1862-1863 and document Faulk's military service during the American Civil War. Faulk was from Stark County, Ohio and served in Co.C, 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.SelectBrowse Itemsto view all…
This digital collection features letters from theLouisa Cook Walters correspondence (MMS-1289) which dates from 1862-1865 and documents Cook Walters's overland journey from her home in Huron County, Ohio to Placerville, Idaho on the Oregon Trail. The letters are written to Cook Walters's family…