Frank C. Ogg Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-0635

Staff Only

Collection Overview

Abstract

This collection is comprised of mostly family correspondence, photographs, negatives, and Dr. Ogg's writings, speeches, class lectures and instructional notes. Some family documentation is also included for the Chappell and Sutton families (Dr. Ogg's wife's family). The three cubic feet of records date from 1859-1972 with most of the documents dating from the 1920's and early 1930's.

Dates

Creation: 1859-1972
Creation: Majority of material found within 1884-1969

Extent

3 Cubic Feet (3 record storage cartons)

Creator

Ogg, Frank Chappell, 1899-1976 (Person)

Biographical Sketch

Frank Chappell Ogg was born February 3, 1899 in Richmond, Virginia to Marcie Edna Chappell Ogg and Oscar Jesse Ogg. In his youth, Dr. Ogg lived in Pueblo, Colorado; Helper, Utah; Dodge City, Kansas; and Raton, New Mexico. He was Division Superintendent for the Atchison-Topeka-Sante Fe Railroad. In 1918 Dr. Ogg graduated Valedictorian from Colfax County High School in Raton, New Mexico. In the fall of that same year, at the end of WWI, he served in the United States Army.

Dr. Ogg earned his Bachelors degree from The University of New Mexico in 1922 and by 1924 and 1927 he had received both a Masters and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Mathematics from The University of Illinois. From 1927 until 1931 he was an instructor at The University of Illinois.

Frank C. Ogg married Florence Sutton on July 14, 1928. Florence was a graduate student in Mathematics at The University of Illinois. Frank and Florence moved to Bowling Green, Ohio in the Summer of 1931. He would serve as Associate Professor from 1931-1940; Professor from 1940-1969; and Chair of the Mathematics Department from 1947-1969 at Bowling Green State University.

After Ogg's retirement in June 1969, the Board of Trustees named the divisional library of Mathematics and Science in the new Mathematical Science Building the "Frank C. Ogg Library of Mathematics and Science".

Ogg was active in the B.G. Town and Gown Club, Faculty Senate, the Torch Club, and many other organizations. He and his wife Florence had five children: Dr. Frank C. Ogg, Jr., Virginia Caroline Ogg Magada, Florence Marcie Ogg Smith, Dr. Andrew Pollard Ogg; and Oscar Robert Ogg. Frank Ogg died on June 9, 1976.

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.

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Virginia Ogg Magada and Florence Ogg Smith, daughters of Bowling Green State University (BGSU) Professor Dr. Frank C. Ogg donated this collection of family documents and their father's writings and classroom instructional materials to the Center for Archival Collections on April 5, 1992.