This digital exhibit was prepared for the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution giving women the right to vote (1920) and features items in the Browne Popular Culture Library's collection relating to women in the political spotlight and explores the themes of First Ladies,…
In 2017, the BGSU campus and community celebrated 50 years since the official opening of the Wm. T. Jerome Library building on November 3, 1967. To mark the occasion, we created this digital exhibit charting the history and milestones of the University Libraries.
Students in the Jerome…
Drawn from the many different collections of the BPCL, this exhibit focuses on both positive and negative portrayals of Native Americans in popular culture. Subjects addressed include the casting of White actors in Native roles, the marketing of “savage” Indians to children, the co-opting of Native…
World War I - known contemporaneously as The Great War and "the war to end all wars" - broke out in Europe in July of 1914. Prompted by the June 28, 1914 assassination in Sarajevo of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's presumed heir Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the war quickly spiraled into a global conflict…
In March, 2020, The BGSU Libraries unveiled the Northwest Ohio Independent Culture Archive showcasing 35 years of fliers, photograpghs, and other music related ephemera from the Northwest Ohio region. Included in the archive is a wide array of performers, musical styles, and social movements. This…
Charles Vere Dashwood Esq. Bookplate
Bookplates have been used for centuries by collectors to identify materials in their collections. These decorative labels are often found glued onto endpapers or inside covers. Often the design of the bookplate can tell you much about the individual who…
Kensington Press was the first major publisher to begin a line of African American romance novels, Arabesque, in 1994. In the more than 20 years since then, the genre has exploded, with African American authors selling millions of books and topping best seller lists around the world. The four women…
Prepared by the Browne Popular Culture Library for the 60th Anniversary of the first manned space flights; the first being aboard the Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961, piloted by Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, and the second being aboard the Freedom 7 Spacecraft piloted by NASA astronaut Alan Shepard on…
This exhibit depicts the past and present culture of the American holiday, Thanksgiving Day.
Cover of a Thanksgiving-themed postcard
Every four years, held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, the American public casts its vote for the office of President of the United States of America. Leading up to this all-important day we are inundated with numerous advertisements by potential candidates in the form of…
This exhibit highlights selections from the Gary Hoppenstand Collection in the Ray & Pat Browne Library for Popular Culture Studies in the Jerome Library of Bowling Green State University to celebrate 40 years of donations by Gary Hoppenstand totaling more than 20,000 items including books,…
On May 5, 2019, the BGSU Center for Archival Collections (CAC), in partnership with the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo (ICGT), hosted a public Community Scan Day at the ICGT, to which members of the greater Toledo community were invited to bring any archival materials they may have in their…