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