Bowling Green State University, Department of Popular Culture records
Collection Overview
Abstract
Records documenting the establishment, evolution and course offerings of the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University.
Dates
- Creation: 1970-2008
Extent
3.67 Cubic Feet (11 letter size archive boxes)
Creator
Scope and Contents
A good portion of this collection is made up of groups of correspondence from faculty who taught in the Popular Culture Department including Michael Marsden, one of the original professors at the department. There is also an extensive number of syllabi for departmental offerings demonstrating the evolution of courses and topics studied.
The collection is organized in the order in which it was received. Occasional additions have been made to the folders in the collection, particularly the correspondence of Michael Marsdan.
Collection size: 11 letter sized manuscript boxes (3.67 cubic feet)
Biographical / Historical
In 1967, Ray Browne joined the English Department at Bowling Green State University. That same year he founded the Center for the Study of Popular Culture and The Journal of Popular Culture, the field’s first scholarly journal. The Center was granted department status in 1974, issuing both master's and undergraduate degrees, the first and still only graduate department in the country dedicated to the study of popular culture.
Conditions Governing Access
No known access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright, and are responsible for securing permissions necessary for publication or reproduction.
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Subject
- Title
- Guide to the Bowling Green State University, Department of Popular Culture records
- Author
- Cindy Radford
- Date
- February 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English