An article from an unknown source, written by James Neff, covering James Baldwin's teaching at Bowling Green State University. The article in particular details a class session with Baldwin, drums out several widely known frustrations of the author, including his views on the Civil Rights Movement…
An article in the Bowling Green State University Monitor on James Baldwin's visiting professorship at BGSU's Department of Ethnic Studies.
A tribute to James Baldwin written by Dr. Ernest A. Champion on the occasion of Baldwin's death in 1987. Dr. Champion discusses Baldwin's importance as a writer and remembers Baldwin's tenure as a writer-in-residence and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Bowling Green State University's…
Article in the February 13, 1978 edition of the BGSU publication The Green Sheet, announcing James Baldwin's teaching residency and providing further information on the courses he will be co-instructing.
This September 1979 article by Obsidian writer Albert Smith grants James Baldwin a warm welcome back to Bowling Green State University, and pays mention to the timeliness of his visit and the 'Departmentalization of the Ethnic Studies'.
Letter from James Baldwin's agent, Edward J. Acton, to Ernest A. Champion, responding to Champion's October 7, 1976 invitation to James Baldwin to give a lecture at Bowling Green State University.
Report submitted by Dr. Ernest A. Champion detailing the expenses of his trip to the Toledo Express Airport to bring author James Baldwin to Bowling Green State University for a visiting professorship.
An 'exploratory' letter from Dr. Ernest Champion to James Baldwin, requesting his participation in a public lecture at BGSU.
Photograph of James Baldwin lecturing at Bowling Green State University. Dr. Ernest Champion is seated in the background.
Letter to Dr. Ernest A. Champion from B. Fulton asking for James Baldwin's contact information during Baldwin's visiting professorship at Bowling Green State University.
A letter from BGSU professors Robert Perry and Ernest Champion commending the actors in the production of Message from a Region in His Mind, an interpretation of the work of author James Baldwin. The production was staged by the Third World Theatre at BGSU's Department of Theatre & Film.
Letter from Ernest A. Champion to Chinua Achebe, inviting Achebe to be a guest of honor and chief speaker at BGSU's annual African Conference.