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BGSU Archival Collections preserving local African-American history
BGSU’s Center for Archival Collections is partnering with the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, the Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections at the University of Toledo and the African American Legacy Project to gather and preserve materials related to the history of the northwest Ohio African-American community.
The formal partnership was announced at a news conference June 19 at the African American Legacy Project headquarters in Toledo. Founded in 2002, the project is a repository of information about the region’s black history.
The agreement calls for the partners to work together to professionally preserve materials donated to the project, while making vital documents available to the public.
Representatives of the four organizations have been meeting for the past year to finalize the agreement, which outlines how materials will be collected and enables each institution to own donated material. A significant portion of the collection will be retained at the project’s Upton Avenue facility in Toledo.
The coalition sees it as an important step in preserving local history.
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Firelands author Larry Smith publishes ‘A River Remains’
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Cuneen receives award from national professional society
Dr. Jacquelyn Cuneen, chair of the Division of Sport Management,
Recreation and Tourism, received the Dr. Garth Paton Distinguished
Service Award at the 2006 North American Society for Sport
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Huron Playhouse announces summer season
BGSU’s Huron Playhouse, Ohio’s oldest continuing summer theatre,
will feature five productions this year with the theme of
“Celebrating America.” [READ MORE]
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