UA. University Archives

Records of the Bowling Green State University chapter of the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association (formerly Sigma Alpha Eta). The chapter is made up of undergraduate and graduate students interested in the study of normal and disordered human communication behavior. Chapter members have the opportunity to engage in community service, social events and fundraising.

Correspondence, documents, clippings, and printed material documenting the formation of BGSU's New University program in May 1970.

This collection consists of listings, prepared monthly, of military veterans who died in Ohio.

Records of the Beta Tau Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa at Bowling Green State University from its inception in 1949 through 1996.

Records of the Bowling Green State University chapter of the history professional/honor society Phi Alpha Theta.

Records of the Xi of Ohio Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa on the Bowling Green State University campus.

The collection consists of personal and professional correspondence; subject files relating to professional organizations, the Bowling Green State University Creative Writing Program and publishing; literary manuscripts; and a book collection, reflecting the personal and professional interests of author and university professor Philip F. O'Connor.

Compiled collection of committee minutes, committee reports, correspondence, literary productions, clippings, and printed material related to the series of events that culminated in the resignation of Dr. Ralph McDonald as the fourth President of Bowling Green State University.

The Rea McCain collection is comprised of the correspondence, manuscripts, published writings and miscellaneous research materials of Dr. McCain.

Records of a secret spirit society at Bowling Green State University.

Scrapbook documenting the student spirit group SICSIC.

Collection of miscellaneous research materials gathered by Stuart Givens, a faculty member at Bowling Green State University between 1952 and 1997, collected during his writing of, The Falcon Soars: Bowling Green State University: the years of growing distinction, 1963-1985, which updated Overman's History of Bowling Green State University, 1910-1963.

Records of the BGSU Student Consumer Union that was active on campus in the 1970s and 1980s.

Collection consists of office files and artifacts related to Hager's tenure as the head coach of the BGSU Women's Basketball program between 1971 and 1976; files range from practice and game plans to tournament details and programs, with various other materials included.

The Bowling Green State University Faculty Women's Club collection consists of correspondence, proceedings of meetings, financial documentation, and membership information. The records of this social organization span from 1931 to the disbandment of the club in 1987, and document the interests and accomplishments of the women faculty members involved.

The Northwest District of the Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs collection contains materials that were donated to the Center for Archival Collections in 2014 by the estate of former district president Joan Gordon.Spanning from the 1920s through the 2010s, the .75lf collection includes proceedings, correspondence, subject files, literary productions, reports, printed material, and photographs.

The collections consist of various documents pertaining to Latino concerns throughout the United States and have been roughly organized as subject files on the topics of Arts, Education, Migrant Issues, Latino statistical reports, Social and Political Organizations and Latino newsletters.

The UA vertical files collection is an intentionally gathered collection, primarily of newspaper clippings, that complements the UA publications collection (UA-0117) and UA photographs collection (UA-0114). As a group, these three collections provide broad ranging information about the history of BGSU, its built environment, and some of the people who have spent time on its campus.

Records documenting LGBTQ student organization at Bowling Green State University.

The Wallace L. Pretzer papers span from 1943 –2016 and document key activities in his personal and professional life as a Professor of English at Bowling Green State University (BGSU), particularly his involvement with the Xi’an Exchange Program, which he established. Includes photographs (mostly in binders), correspondence, articles, audiocassettes, and ephemera.

The majority of the collection consists of 16mm motion picture films taken by Dr. Willard Singer during his time as a professor at BGSU. Highlights include the commencement activities for the class of 1938, dedication of the student union in 1959, and the groundbreaking for Jerome Library in March 1965. Negatives in the collection depict campus scenes and an indoor track event in Eppler Hall in the late 1930s, and the 1938 commencement.

Collected fliers and newspaper articles documenting the activities of the Women's Studies program and the organization Women-for-Women on the Bowling Green State University campus in the early 1980s.

The personal photographs of Yvonne (Slyker) Cave consist of snapshots, including many taken during her years as a student at Bowling Green State University between 1945 and her graduation with the Class of 1948.