Item — BGSU Department of Ethnic Studies recordsThe letter is from Dr. Ernest Champion to James Baldwin confirming Baldwin's acceptance of the position of "Writer in Residence" at Bowling Green State University for the month of May, 1978.
Item — BGSU Department of Ethnic Studies recordsLetter from Dr. Ernest A. Champion to Edward J. Acton regarding the contract applying to author James Baldwin's term as Visiting Distinguished Professor of Ethnic Studies at Bowling Green State University in the fall of 1979.
Item — BGSU Department of Ethnic Studies recordsLetter from James Baldwin to Dr. Ernest A. Champion regarding his availability for a fall 1979 teaching residency at Bowling Green State University.
Item — BGSU Department of Ethnic Studies recordsAn article in the Bowling Green State University Monitor on James Baldwin's visiting professorship at BGSU's Department of Ethnic Studies.
Item — BGSU Department of Ethnic Studies recordsA 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…
Item — BGSU Department of Ethnic Studies recordsThis 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'.
Item — BGSU Department of Ethnic Studies recordsOfficial 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
Item — BGSU Department of Ethnic Studies recordsStudents 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).
Item — BGSU Department of Ethnic Studies recordsA letter to James Baldwin from Dr. Ernest A. Champion reflecting on Baldwin's three-day visit to Bowling Green State University.
Item — BGSU Department of Ethnic Studies recordsAn 'exploratory' letter from Dr. Ernest Champion to James Baldwin, requesting his participation in a public lecture at BGSU.
Item — BGSU Department of Ethnic Studies recordsLetter from Ernest A. Champion to Chinua Achebe, inviting Achebe to be a guest of honor and chief speaker at BGSU's annual African Conference.
Item — BGSU Department of Ethnic Studies recordsLetter 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.