James Houston McBride papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0796
Collection Organization
The James H. McBride collection documents twenty years of information regarding the establishment and early development of the Firelands College located in Huron, Ohio. The collection consists of office files, scrapbook materials, and reel-to-reel audiotapes. The office files (1965-1976), which are arranged alphabetically, include information regarding fund raising, planning committee files and site maps for the campus. Scrapbook materials (1966-1985) mostly contain newspaper articles, but also include brochures, pamphlets, flyers and other such documents. Because of the brittle nature of the news clippings, photocopies were made and are included in the collection while the originals were disposed of. Also included in the collection are clipping files on the Little Red Schoolhouse, which was once located in Huron County, but was dismantled and moved to BGSU’s main campus. The collection ends with three 1965 reel-to-reel audiotapes of an Erie, Huron, and Ottawa Vocational Education meeting and a Chamber of Commerce special award dinner. This collection illustrates how Firelands College was first established and how it developed during its beginning years.
Establishment of a tri-county campus of BGSU (Firelands), 1965-1966
File – Box 1, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1965-1966
Advisory Committee, 1966
File – Box 1, Folder: 2
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- Creation: 1966
Agendas (committee/board meetings), 1964-1966
File – Box 1, Folder: 3
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- Creation: 1964-1966
Athletics-file on Ohio Regional Campus Basketball Tournament, 1973
File – Box 1, Folder: 4
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- Creation: 1973
Board of Trustees, 1966-1967
File – Box 1, Folder: 5
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- Creation: 1966-1967
Building Committee, 1966
File – Box 1, Folder: 6
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- Creation: 1966
Bylaws of COED (Committee on Educational Development), 1966
File – Box 1, Folder: 7
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- Creation: 1966
Campaign (fundraising), 1966-1968
File – Box 1, Folder: 8
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- Creation: 1966-1968
Code of Regulations, 1965
File – Box 1, Folder: 9
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- Creation: 1965
COED-Executive Committee/Board meeting minutes, 1975
File – Box 1, Folder: 10
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- Record Keeping: 1975
COED-Memorial Gifts (many in memory of Dr. Prout), 1966-1967
File – Box 1, Folder: 11
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- Creation: 1966-1967
COED-Resolutions, 1965-1966
File – Box 1, Folder: 12
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- Creation: 1965-1966
COED-Tax Files, 1969-1981
File – Box 2, Folder: 1
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- Record Keeping: 1969-1981
Contacts (fundraising), 1966
File – Box 2, Folder: 2
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- Creation: 1966
Donors-Industry, 1966
File – Box 2, Folder: 3
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- Creation: 1966
Donors-Merchant, 1966
File – Box 2, Folder: 4
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- Creation: 1966
Donors-Individuals, 1966
File – Box 2, Folder: 5
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- Creation: 1966
Donors-Special Gifts, 1966
File – Box 2, Folder: 6
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- Creation: 1966
EHOVE (Erie, Huron, Ottawa Vocational Education Committee), 1965
File – Box 3, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 1965
Exemptions (Tax), 1966
File – Box 3, Folder: 2
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- Creation: 1966
Financial Papers/Reports, 1966-1976
File – Box 3, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1966-1976
Founding Fellows-Special Donor Requests, 1966-1976
File – Box 3, Folder: 4
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- Creation: 1966-1976
General Information (publications on Firelands), 1966-1970
File – Box 3, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: 1966-1970
Legal Papers-mostly involving real estate, 1966
File – Box 3, Folder: 6
- Dates
- Creation: 1966
Master Plans, 1965-1966
File – Box 3, Folder: 7
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- Creation: 1965-1966
Miss Firelands Contest, 1971-1972
File – Box 3, Folder: 8
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- Creation: 1971-1972
Name for College, 1966
File – Box 4, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 1966
News articles on the establishment of Firelands, 1965-1969
File – Box 4, Folder: 2
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- Creation: 1965-1969
News releases on establishment of Firelands, 1966
File – Box 4, Folder: 3
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- Creation: 1966
Nominating Committee, 1966
File – Box 4, Folder: 4
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- Creation: 1966
Ohio Board of Regents-matching funds, 1966
File – Box 4, Folder: 5
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- Creation: 1966
Sewer and Water District, 1966
File – Box 4, Folder: 6
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- Creation: 1966
Steering Committee, 1966
File – Box 5, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 1966
Survey Committee (site), 1966
File – Box 5, Folder: 2
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- Creation: 1966
Tri-County office equipment, 1966
File – Box 5, Folder: 3
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- Creation: 1966
Site maps and blueprints, 1966
File – Box 5, Folder: 4
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- Creation: 1966
Scrapbook materials, 1966
File – Box 6, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 1966
Scrapbook materials, 1967
File – Box 6, Folder: 2
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- Creation: 1967
Scrapbook materials, 1968
File – Box 6, Folder: 3
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- Creation: 1968
Scrapbook materials, 1969
File – Box 6, Folder: 4
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- Creation: 1969
Scrapbook materials, 1970
File – Box 6, Folder: 5
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- Creation: 1970
Scrapbook materials, 1971
File – Box 7, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 1971
Scrapbook materials, 1972
File – Box 7, Folder: 2
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- Creation: 1972
Scrapbook materials, 1973
File – Box 7, Folder: 3
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- Creation: 1973
Scrapbook materials, 1974
File – Box 7, Folder: 4
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- Creation: 1974
Scrapbook materials, 1975
File – Box 8, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 1975
Scrapbook materials, 1976
File – Box 8, Folder: 2
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- Creation: 1976
Scrapbook materials (on the Little Red Schoolhouse), 1969-1976
File – Box 8, Folder: 3
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- Creation: 1969-1976
Scrapbook materials, 1977
File – Box 8, Folder: 4
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- Creation: 1977
Scrapbook materials, 1978
File – Box 9, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 1978
Scrapbook materials, January 1979-February 1980
File – Box 9, Folder: 2
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- Creation: January 1979-February 1980
Scrapbook materials, March-December 1980
File – Box 10, Folder: 1
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- Creation: March-December 1980
Scrapbook materials, January 1981-July 1982
File – Box 10, Folder: 2
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- Creation: January 1981-July 1982
Scrapbook materials, August 1982-August 1983
File – Box 10, Folder: 3
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- Creation: August 1982-August 1983
Scrapbook materials, September 1983-August 1985
File – Box 11, Folder: 1
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- Creation: September 1983-August 1985
Scrapbook materials, September 1985-March 1987
File – Box 11, Folder: 2
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- Creation: September 1985-March 1987
Scrapbook materials, Non-Credit Lifelong Learning (Continued Education), Fall 1975-Summer 1986
File – Box 11, Folder: 3
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- Creation: Fall 1975-Summer 1986
Scrapbook materials, Firelands Class Schedules, 1981-1985
File – Box 11, Folder: 4
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- Creation: 1981-1985
Chamber of Commerce Special Awards Dinner (1 tape), April 29, 1965
File – Box 12, Folder: 1
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- Event: April 29, 1965
Reel-to-reel tapes: EHOVE Meeting (2 tapes), May 27, 1965
File – Box 12, Folder: 2
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- Event: May 27, 1965