This digital collection contains fully text-searchable reproductions of hundreds of titles from the nickel weeklies collection at the Browne Popular Culture Library (BPCL). Nickel weeklies, so named because they were published weekly and cost 5 cents, were a type of 19th and early 20th century…
The Northwest Ohio Independent Culture Archive (NOICA) exists as a collection in Bowling Green State University's Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archives to collect and preserve underground and independent popular music and related culture from the Northwest Ohio region including photographs,…
This digital collection features select images from the Northwest Ohio photographs collection. Housed at the University Libraries' Center for Archival Collections, the Northwest Ohio photographs collection is comprised of thousands of photographic prints and negatives documenting the social,…
This digital collection contains select items from the historical Ohio pamphlets (pOG) and general Ohio reference (OG) collections at the Center for Archival Collections.SelectBrowse Itemsto view all images currently in this digital collection, or enter specific terms in the collection search box to…
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…
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…
Robert LaPorte served on Great Lakes freighters during the 1950 and 1951 sailing seasons while attending college. After graduating in 1953, LaPorte worked for another season in 1954. This collection is composed of 58 black and white photos of Great Lakes vessels taken by LaPorte during his service…
The Sheet Music Collection includes digitized copies of public domain sheet music from the Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archives collection.
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 collection consists primarily of two scrapbooks containing mail art postcards solicited by the Popular Culture Library in the spring and summer of 1995 for an exhibition that was part of the conference "The Atomic Age Opens: American Culture Confronts the Bomb." The conference was held at BGSU…