MC. Manuscript Collections

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The Bowling Green State University Retirees Association (BGSURA) collection consists of proceedings, subject files, newsletters and photographs.

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The Brad Phalin photograph collection covers the date range circa 1985-1996. The collection consists photographic material relating to Bowling Green State University and the surrounding area.

Abstract The Bradley family papers date from approximately 1797 to 1977, with the information contained within the papers covering the period 1620-1977. Included are family correspondence, journals, account records, Justice of the Peace Dockets, census records, and documents acquired through the National Archives, the Library of Congress, Daughters of the American Revolution Library, and the National Genealogical Society. The papers reflect the activities and business transactions of several Bradley...

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The Bridges-Vass Family Collection consists of mostly printed materials. These range from trading cards to church brochures providing an interesting look into the collections and lives of people during the late 1800s.

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The Brigham Family Papers consist of Civil War era correspondence, and postwar papers, clippings and photographs, primarily relating to the family of Joseph H. Brigham and his career during the Civil War and with the Grange and U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Church record books with probationer's records, membership records, pastoral records, class records, births/baptisms, marriages, deaths/removals, and historical records. Includes some records of Wesley Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church and Central Methodist Episcopal Church.

Abstract The Brokensword United Methodist Church collection consists of two (2) Record Books and five (5) volumes of Women's Foreign Missionary Society minutes. The Record Books, dated 1922 through 1986, contain baptisms, marriages and membership information. Within the membership information some death dates are found. The minutes of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society, 1906 through 1933, include a news clipping from 1956 covering the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Society. Additional information...

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The records of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Oak Leaf Lodge No. 196, Ladies Auxiliary of Dayton, Ohio, include organizational records such as minutes, financial and dues records, and miscellaneous printed material and artifacts.

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Papers of the Bruce Pratt Family and their ancestors, including correspondence, legal papers, clippings, printed material, and photographs. Families include Brown, Patterson, and Pratt, of Ontario, NY, and Henry and Wood Counties, Ohio; some Civil War correspondence of John Carter, Co. B, 38th OVI, who died in 1862.

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This collection contains papers relating to the Buchanan and Boyer families of Ohio, and the Ladies Aid Society of the Deshler Church of the Brethren, of which a Buchanan family member was a member. The collection consists of genealogies, photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, notebooks, correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes, etc. dating from circa 1890 to 2014. The collection was compiled by family historian Nancy Buchanan, of Hoytville, Ohio.

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Memos, telegrams, correspondence, work reports, and employee time records of the Mermill, Ohio division of the Buckeye Pipeline Company.

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Sales and instruction manuals, parts catalogs, customer information cards, newsclippings, and photographs documenting the Buckeye Traction Ditcher Company, collected by company sales manager William F. Wittenmyer.

Abstract The collection primarily consists of correspondence between members of the extended Butler and Everett families and acquaintances. There are also a number of letters concerning various aspects of the Free Will Baptist church, to which the Butler family practiced an active membership. Dating from 1830–1906, the materials within the collection cover several notable events in American history. In addition to correspondence, there is a small amount of other material related to the families, the...

Abstract Correspondence written while serving with the U.S. Army during World War II in Europe, detailing the life of a soldier in the 82nd, and later the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army, as he is trained, transferred to England, dropped behind the lines during the D-Day Allied invasion as a paratrooper in a glider, returned to England, sent to Belgium for what would become known as the Battle of Bastogne, and ends at Berchtesgaden when Germany surrenders. Also includes photocopies of...

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The C.A. Risser Papers consist primarily of correspondence from C.A. Risser to his cousin Christian Risser, both residing in Ohio, between the years 1879 and 1888.

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The records of the Cannery Workers Local 146 of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO date from 1944-1974 and contain minutes (regular and executive board), dues, accounts, correspondence, and grievance reports.

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The records of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 1138, Toledo, Ohio, date from 1885 to 1986. The collection includes minutes (both the local and the district council), correspondence, agreements, financial reports, and miscellaneous printed matter.

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A variety of promotional brochures for the Cedar Point amusement park spanning nearly two decades.

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The records of the Central Toledo Action Committee (CTAC) date from 1971 to 1973, with some pertinent supplementary material dating several years prior to and several years following the existence of the Committee. The history of this inner city pressure group consists of meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, subject files, annual and statistical reports, legal proceedings, printed materials, newsclippings, and photographs and audio recording tapes.

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Certificate of award of number to an undocumented vessel for a small 26 ft. gas screw pleasure craft, operating out of Port Clinton, Ohio.

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This collection consists of two diaries written primarily during Hibbard's service with Company I, 67th OVI. The diaries begin at October 1862 and continue through February 1866. The diary for 1864 was missing at the time of filming.

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The Charles C. Starr papers includes seventy-nine personal letters, dating from June 2, 1855 to July 1909. Most of the letters written in the 1870s were addressed to Charles C. Starr from his relatives who lived in Ohio and throughout the Midwest. Also included in the collection is a series of legal papers documenting Elizabeth Starr's efforts to obtain a pension after the death of her husband.

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The life and activities of this itinerant Methodist minister are reflected in his two volumes of journals and one volume entitled "Miscellany."

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World War II era correspondence of a soldier from Bryan, Ohio stationed in England, with letters to his family and the letters from his family and fiancée, Marie Jost; Marie was employed at the Emerson Electric plant, where she worked in the construction of gun turrets.