Left to right: Dean of Libraries Rush Miller, Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Eloise Clark, and Dr. Edmund Danziger, history professor, at a Friends of the University Libraries award presentation.
The Gate Theatre was named for its location at the campus main entrance gate at the corner of Thurstin and Court Streets. One of four buildings purchased from Camp Perry, dismantled and moved to campus in 1947, it was erected over a filled-in rock quarry. Three smaller buildings purchased at the…
Photographs of U.S. President Gerald Ford's visit to Bowling Green State University in September 1976. Images show Ford arriving on the BGSU campus accompanied by Ohio U.S. Representative Delbert Latta, and Ford speaking at Anderson Arena. BGSU President Hollis Moore can also be seen onstage with…
BGSU President William T. Jerome (fifth from left), Ohio Governor Jim Rhodes (second from right), and others at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Jerome Library.
BGSU President William T. Jerome (far right), Ohio Governor Jim Rhodes (third from right), and others at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Jerome Library.
Bowling Green State University’s Guest House, located in the area of Troup Avenue and Clough street south of the main campus, was acquired by the University in 1949 from the B.H. Urschel family. The five acre plot, formerly known as Urschel Farm, was the site of a spring fed swimming area that had…
The founders originally intended for the Hanna Hall to serve as an actual elementary school where students could train and hone their skills while working in an actual classroom. Today, the building contains a number of classroom and office spaces. In addition to an audio visual center, the first…
Throughout the 1960s, the size of the student population, academic facilities, and physical features of Bowling Green State University were all expanding greatly. The Board of Trustees approved plans for the construction of a quadrangle dormitory that would form part of a series of buildings within…
As Bowling Green State College expanded exponentially throughout the 1920s, school administrators remained focused on the main goal of the college at the time which was the training of educators at both the elementary and secondary level. Hayes Hall, originally known as the "Practical Arts…
As the University continued to grow through the 1960s, the Board of Trustees approved construction of an ice arena in order to "improve and advance the health and physical education program on campus." Continuous renovation and expansion of the facilities served to maintain the contemporary nature…
Completed at the airfield in 1945 to be used as a hangar during World War II. Following the war it was used by the Industrial Arts Department and was equipped with a forge, iron foundry, non-ferrous foundry, classrooms, machine shop, wood shop, and photo shop.
The construction of the Industrial Education and Technology Building in 1973 signaled a number of developments on the campus of Bowling Green State University. The building's large number of classrooms, labs, and offices would provide additional space for the burgeoning scientific community at BGSU.…