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…
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…
Trailblazing Women in Ohio Politics is a collaboration between WBGU-PBS and Dr. Melissa K. Miller, Professor of Political Science at Bowling Green State University. Both the oral history collection and the companion WBGU-PBS documentary serve as time capsules of an important era when women began…
This digital collection features select images from the BGSU University Archives photographs collection (UA-0114), which contains thousands of photographic prints and negatives documenting myriad aspects of BGSU's history, including the design and construction of the BGSU campus, student groups and…
This digital collection features select items from the Wild Bill Davison papers (MS-0735), which document the life and career of Chicago-style jazz musician William Edward Davison, known affectionately as "Wild Bill." The Wild Bill Davison papers include correspondence, photos of Davison and fellow…