Contact sheets containing photographic images of James Baldwin teaching at Bowling Green State University.
Students and faculty in the Department of Ethnic Studies, Bowling Green State University, including Dr. Ernest Champion (far left) and Dr. Robert L. Perry (far right).
A letter from Louis Hudson to James Baldwin during Baldwin's residency at Bowling Green State University, in which Hudson requests that Baldwin send him an autographed photo.
Official press release for James Baldwin's residency at BGSU, with quotes from Provost Michael Ferrari and Dr. Ernest Champion, Assistant Chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies
BGSU President Hollis A. Moore's remarks upon bestowing James Baldwin an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.
An invitation from Hollis A. Moore, president of Bowling Green State University, to James Baldwin to receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at the summer commencement on August 27, 1980.
Memorandum to Dr. Laura Kivlin, Acting Chairperson of the BGSU Honors Committee, recommending James Baldwin for an Honorary Doctorate.
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.
Flier promoting the special courses co-instructed by James Baldwin during the spring 1978 semester at Bowling Green State University. Courses offered include "Baldwin and Contemporary Fiction" at the graduate level, and "Selected Essays and Novels of James Baldwin" at the undergraduate level.
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'.
Flyer presented by the BGSU Department of Ethnic Studies promoting James Baldwin's public lectures in May 1977, the first of a series of visits Baldwin made to Bowling Green State University. There's a glimpse of show times for the Third World Theatre's production of Message From A Region of His…
Photograph of James Baldwin lecturing at Bowling Green State University. Dr. Ernest Champion is seated in the background.