Bowling Green (Ohio) -- Social life and customs

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Interview with a resident of Bowling Green, Ohio, describing his family and their bakery, and life growing up in Bowling Green, Ohio. Conducted for Popular Culture 240 class at Bowling Green State University, spring quarter, 1979.

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The manuscript collection of the Bowling Green Soroptimist Club, Wood County, Ohio, covers the years from 1944 to 1980. Minutes, correspondence, subject files, newsletters, newspaper clippings (dated and undated), and scrapbooks provide illumination into the organization's relationship with the Bowling Green community and other Soroptimist chapters.

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The Cunningham family papers consist of journals and scrapbooks, with some genealogical information, related to the family of Harriet McKnight Cunningham and Don A. Cunningham, between the years 1930 to 2008. A significant number of letters written between Don and Harriet while Don served in World War II make up the central part of the collection.

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Photographic prints and paper print-offs of scanned images associated with the Eberly Family of Bowling Green, Ohio. Includes pictures of members of the Sixteen Club, a local women's club. Many photographs identified on verso.

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Interview with a resident of Bowling Green, describing social life and amusements common as she was growing up early in the 20th century. Conducted for Popular Culture 240 class at Bowling Green State University, spring quarter, 1979.

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Interview with residents of Bowling Green, Ohio, describing economic and political life in Bowling Green, Ohio, including Mr. Baldwin's job as a manager at the H.J. Heinz Company plant, and general reminiscences. Conducted for Popular Culture 240 class at Bowling Green State University, spring quarter, 1979.

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The collection includes correspondence, subject files, literary productions, printed material, photographs, and artifacts. The items in this collection represent only a fraction of the material that was included in the donation; several other collections in the Center also benefitted from Mrs. Gordon’s legacy. See the scope and content section for more information.

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The Junto Club from Bowling Green, Ohio is a complete collection made up of proceedings, membership, constitutions, correspondence, papers, and photographs dating from its founding.

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The records of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Wood County Barracks #71 of the Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A., Inc., cover the period from 1965 to 1985. There are minutes, correspondence, and miscellaneous Auxiliary material.

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Diary of a young Bowling Green, Ohio woman, entries between Jan 1 and May 15, 1919, detailing daily chores and social activities.

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Scrapbook of social programs, clippings, invitations, photographs, membership cards, certificates, and ephemera kept by a student at Bowling Green High School involved in sports, music, journalism, and the class Valedictorian.

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Interview with two residents of Bowling Green, Ohio, describing their lives growing up in Toledo and Perrysburg, and impressions of life in Bowling Green, Ohio. Conducted for Popular Culture 240 class at Bowling Green State University, spring quarter, 1979.

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Diary describing people and events in Bowling Green, Ohio, including Baldwin family members.

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Transcribed diary of a 12-year-old Bowling Green, Ohio, girl, entries between June 1-August 31, detailing daily chores and social activities; added notes by her sister Helen Merry Lancashire.

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Interview with a resident of Bowling Green, Ohio, describing her family, early life growing up in the Portsmouth, Ohio area, and changes in Bowling Green over the years. Conducted for Popular Culture 240 class at Bowling Green State University, spring quarter, 1979.

Abstract Family papers, primarily of correspondence within the McKnight family of Bowling Green, Ohio. Includes Civil War letters of Henry McKnight to his parents between 1862 and 1863, correspondence between Mary McKnight and her family bewteen 1929 and 1930 during her stay at the Ohio State Sanatorium, and letters between Mildred (Taylor) McKnight and her aunt Lillian (Taylor) Murphy in California from 1941 to 1955. Also includes printed material and a photographic scrapbook compiled by Mary...

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Interview with a resident of Bowling Green, Ohio, describing his education, his career as a teacher, and the variety of entertainment in the Bowling Green area in the mid-20th century. Conducted for Popular Culture 240 class at Bowling Green State University, spring quarter, 1979.

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Typed reminiscence of growing up in the West Wooster Street area of Bowling Green, a scrapbook chronicling her graduation from BGHS and her first year of college at the Western College for Women, and family photographs.

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Interview with a resident of Bowling Green, Ohio, describing her life growing up in Michigan, moving to Bowling Green, working at H.J. Heinz Company plant, and general reminiscences. Conducted for Popular Culture 240 class at Bowling Green State University, spring quarter, 1979.

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Interview with a resident of Bowling Green, describing his career as a musician and the variety of entertainment in the Bowling Green area in the mid-20th century. Conducted for Popular Culture 240 class at Bowling Green State University, spring quarter, 1979.

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Minutes, newsclippings, constitutions, membership records and financial records form the nucleus of this collection from Sorosis, a Bowling Green woman's club. These records, which date from 1934 to 2005, illustrate the structure and activities of Sorosis, specifically the study topics, monthly programs and social activities.

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Interview with unidentified resident of Bowling Green, Ohio, originally from Harrisburg, Ohio, describing economic and social life in Bowling Green, Ohio, including working at the H.J. Heinz Company plant, and general reminiscences. Conducted for Popular Culture 240 class at Bowling Green State University, spring quarter, 1979.

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Interview with a resident of Bowling Green, Ohio, describing his life growing up in Greenville, Ohio, and impressions of life in Bowling Green, Ohio, where he was employed by BGSU. Conducted for Popular Culture 240 class at Bowling Green State University, spring quarter, 1979.