MS 23 mf Kinsey Komedy Kompany
Scrapbooks, 1902-1963.
Scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, tickets, playbills, posters, programs, and handwritten records, of a touring theatrical family. Microfilm

MS 58 mf Ginnivan Dramatic Company
Scrapbooks, 1920-1969.
Photographs, playbills, clippings and correspondence of a touring theatrical troupe. Microfilm

MS 84 Once Upon a Time in Ohio
Scripts, 1941-1970.
Radio scripts for a series of juvenile programs on Ohio history, co-produced by the Ohio State University Radio WOSU and the Ohio Historical Society. (4.5 linear ft.)

MS 184 John Himmelein
Papers, 1892-1905.
Correspondence, contracts, receipts, box office statements, and plays of the theatrical company "The Ideals", of a theater manager in Sandusky and Elyria, Ohio. (2.25 linear ft.)

MS 305 Black Swamp Players (Bowling Green, Ohio)
Records, 1968-
Minutes, correspondence, financial reports, contracts, newsletters, clippings, and posters of local amateur theater company. (4.5 linear ft.)

MS 306 R. Serge Denisoff
Papers, 1960-1990.
Bowling Green, Ohio
Research notes and manuscripts of a BGSU faculty member, documenting several book projects on the American music industry. The collection also includes research papers by others submitted to journals Denisoff edited on sociological, musical and popular culture topics.

MS 332 Robinson Locke (1856-1920)
Papers, 1885-1922.
Correspondence and scrapbook material documenting Locke's career primarily as a theater critic of the Toledo Blade publisher.

MS 350 Evelyn Steidtmann (1901-2004)
Papers, 1944-1994.
Correspondence, programs, membership rosters, instruction materials documenting the social life of a Bowling Green, Ohio woman, especially emphasizing her role in teaching contract bridge in the university and off-campus community. Her work with foreign students is also documented.

MS 583 Harold Obee (1915-1989)
Papers, 1906-1988.
Bowling Green, Ohio
Research and professional papers of Dr. Harold Obee, who served as faculty member of the Department of Theater at Bowling Green State University, also directing productions at the Huron Playhouse for the University's summer theater program. The collection includes much source material regarding the development and history of community and college theaters in Ohio.

MS 642 BGSU Faculty and Student Folklore Collection
Papers, 1951-1983.
Supervised student research projects completed for BGSU folklore classes in the English and Popular Culture Departments, especially strong in interviews about aspects of folk culture in northwest Ohio, including stories, crafts, and music.

MS 658 Wallace Nutting Collector's Club
Papers, 1973-1996.
The contents cover some of the typical club activities such as the exchange of information, independent research, personal contacts and convention gatherings.

MS 708 Pearson Games Collection
Bowling Green, Ohio
Papers, 1982-1986, and scattered dates
Correspondence, research notes, and production drafts and final version of two games developed at BGSU, BG-opoly and BGSU Trivia.

MS 735 "Wild" Bill Davison Collection
Papers, 1906-1989.
Documents the life of a jazz cornetist, focusing on his public and private life between 1906 through 1989. The collection consists of over 30 linear feet of correspondence, magazines, news clippings, photographs, posters, art work, and books.

MS 741 Gish Film Theater Collection
Papers, 1900-date.
Correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, newsclippings and other documents regarding establishment and development of the Gish Film Theater and the lives and careers of actresses Dorothy and Lillian Gish, Jean Arthur, Eva Marie Saint and Maidie Norman.

MS 770 Association for Theatre in Higher Education
The ATHE Collection incorporates material of three main groups: UCTA (University/College Theatre Association), ATHE (Association for Theatre in Higher Education), and ATHE Forum Groups. A preliminary inventory is available online.

MS 787 mf Ely Family
Papers, 1856-1926
Fayette, Ohio
Correspondence, dairies, manuscripts, certificates and photographs of Levi and Karl Ely of Fayette, Ohio. Levi served as mayor of Fayette and was ordained a minister in the Christian Union Church. His son Karl was a musician and press agent for John F. Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin Company, a traveling theatrical troupe.

MS 1086 Cla-Zel Theatre Project
Papers, 2002-2006
Bowling Green, Ohio
Correspondence, financial records, reports, news clippings, and other information regarding the efforts of a local organization to preserve a motion picture theater.

MMS 1768f Lincoln, Nettie Willard
Scrapbooks, 1893-1946.
Theatrical scrapbooks.