Joseph J. and Susan Arpad collection

The collection offers a glimpse into the scholarly research of Drs. Joseph J. and Susan Arpad. Notable academics and writers, the doctors collected oral histories in the course of their work. The collection has 40 recorded dubs of Max Shaffer’s original oral histories from the North Baltimore Public Library, as well as cassettes of Arpad interviewing Shaffer, recordings produced for “Memory Painting,” and oral histories conducted by Susan Arpad’s Bowling Green State University (BGSU) students. These recordings are accompanied by administrative paperwork, including deeds of gift, identification cards, and transcripts.A small part of the collection includes black and white photographs of historical life in Northwest Ohio, photos of the Marathon Oil Company oil and gas operations in Northwest Ohio, and a collection of slides documenting women’s life and activites; some images were reproduced from private collections, others are reproduced from the Center for Archival Collection’s (CAC) photograph collections.