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Research Materials about Bowling Green, Ohio

Photograph Collections

  • MS-91             Irven I. Freyman (1884-1956)
  • MS-304           Ohio Historical Society Preservation Office negatives (1976-1986)
  • MS-336           Max Shaffer (1886-1924) – (Wood County oil boom)
  • MS-343           William Hague (Interurban BG etc.)
  • MS-453           Robert Byler (1960-2000 )
  • MS-617           Paul Schmitz (1900-1936)
  • MS-1065         Yvonne Slyker Cave (BGSU)
  • MMS-509       Gladys Gangware Perry (1915-1916) BGSU photo album
  • MMS-890       Daybrook Hydraulic Corporation (1939-1948)
  • MMS-947       S.P. Stewart and Son Architects  c. 1920
  • MMS-948       Dale Thiebaut
  • MMS-1035     Joseph J. Arpad slides
  • MMS-1181     Carr Family (1880-1930)
  • MMS-2085     Photos of residents of BG and Toledo
  • Photo(s) of construction of the Wood County District Public Library (see catalog and Ohio Memory)
  • Wood County Genealogical Society – Geraldine Cox Thomasson Collection - ovsz. BG photos of fairgrounds, industry and road contractors

Research, Articles, and Printed Material

General

  • POG 1886      “Bowling Green: A City of Contrasts” BG Chamber of Commerce, 1973
  • POG 2044      History of Bowling Green by Irene Barchkert (juvenile lit.)
  • POG 2591      Souvenir of Bowling Green the Beautiful Crystal City, 190?
  • POG 2187, 2188, 2189, 2190, 2191, 2192, 2193, 2194         BGTopics: court house, churches, buildings, banking, government, entertainment, fires, detention home
  • Walker photo book on Bowling Green, 1908
  • OGF499B73H45C.2  Bowling Green, Ohio:  Evolution and Function by G. Rex Henrickson, Thesis, U. of California, 1950

Black Swamp and Settlement

  • POG 1006       Black Swamp by M.R. Kaatz
  • POG 4386      “Oak Grove Cemetery’s Role in Civilizing a ‘Sandy Village’ by James A. Kaser, northwest Ohio Quarterly, Vol. 68 #1, Winter 1996
  • OGF499B73H45C.2  Bowling Green, Ohio:  Evolution and Function by G. Rex Henrickson, Thesis, U. of California, 1950

Bowling Green Residents

  • POG 2201      “My First 90 Years: A Collection of Autobiographical Trivia, 1890-1980 by one of Ohio’s least distinguished citizens (John Kelly Raney)

Clubs and Organizations

  • POG 5456      Bowling Green Odd Fellows Centennial Lodge # 626 by-laws, 1910

Gas and Oil Boom

  • POG 2213      “The Effect of the Gas and Oil Boom on the Individuality of Bowling Green Architecture,” by Ted Ligibel, 1980

Entertainment

Architecture and BG Buildings

  • MS-817           Ohio Historic Preservation Office (BG historic building information) See also MS-304 for photos and contact prints
  • POG 2149      202 North Grove history
  • POG 2150      943 Conneaut history
  • POG 2157      135 North Grove history
  • POG 2213      “The Effect of the Gas and Oil Boom on the Individuality of Bowling Green Architecture,” by Ted Ligibel, 1980
  • POG 2592      Public Buildings of Modern Bowling Green, 1905
  • POG 5279      BG city article appearing in Toledo Critic, 1-15-1898 (rare images of buildings and interiors)
  • POG 5383      307 East Wooster history
  • POG 5418      BG residential histories for 943 Conneaut, 135 & 202 N. Grove, 307 E. Wooster

Businesses

  • POG 5029      Heinz Plant agreement with meat cutters
  • POG 5032      Heinz Plant greeting card etc.
  • POG 5141      Heinz Plant 1963 – Photos of BG plant workers
  • POG               Heinz Plant picnic programs
  • POG 5142      Heinz Plant – Co. recognition booklets (see also CAC-VIDEO 225 about Heinz)
  • POG 5464      Heinz Plant – 1927 company picnic at Vollmar’s Park
  • POG 5465      Heinz Plant – 1928 company picnic at Vollmar’s Park

Health Care

  • POG 5460      Public Health Nursing – A Century of Caring – The Wood County Experience, 1893-1993
  • MS-1036         Wood Lane

Schools

  • POG 5390      Kenwood Elementary School dedication, 1954
  • POG 5451      South Main Street School farewell banquet, 2005