Willard Singer collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-1215
Collection Organization
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.
16mm film: "Stadium Dedication", 1937
Item – Box 1, Reel: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1937
16mm film: "Capital and BG Band at Stadium Dedication, 1937
Item – Box 1, Reel: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1937
16mm film: "1938 Commencement", 1938
Item – Box 1, Reel: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1938
16mm film: "Findlay Airport" (Color), September 1940
Item – Box 1, Reel: 4
- Dates
- Creation: September 1940
16mm film: "Color Film Scrap", 1942?
Item – Box 1, Reel: 5
- Dates
- Creation: 1942?
16mm film: "B.G.S.U. Band - Morris Harvey Game", October 16, 1948
Item – Box 1, Reel: 6
- Dates
- Creation: October 16, 1948
16mm film: "Alumni Tent at Homecoming" (Color), October 1958
Item – Box 1, Reel: 7
- Dates
- Creation: October 1958
16mm film: "Union Dedication" (Color), 1959
Item – Box 1, Reel: 8
- Dates
- Creation: 1959
16mm film: "Union Dedication" (Color), 1959
Item – Box 2, Reel: 9
- Dates
- Creation: 1959
16mm film: "Guy Lombardo at Dedication of Union", 1959
Item – Box 2, Reel: 10
- Dates
- Creation: 1959
16mm film: "Union Dedication Luncheon, etc." (Color), 1959
Item – Box 2, Reel: 11
- Dates
- Creation: 1959
16mm film: "Library Groundbreaking", March 1965
Item – Box 2, Reel: 12
- Dates
- Creation: March 1965
16mm film: "Library, not used" (Color), n.d.
Item – Box 2, Reel: 13
Negative strips depicting BGSU commencement, 1938
File – Box 2, Folder: 1, Envelope: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1938
Negative strips depicting an indoor track event in Eppler Hall and some campus views, circa late 1930s
File – Box 2, Folder: 1, Envelope: 2
- Dates
- Creation: circa late 1930s
CD-R containing low-resolution scans of negative strips, 2015
Item – Box 2, Folder: 1, Item: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 2015