Center for Archival Collections
The Center for Archival Collections is open by appointment only. To make an appointment please contact us by email or by phone at (419) 372-2411. Please visit our appointment guidelines page to learn more.
If you are unable to visit the CAC in person, the staff is still available to answer questions via email or chat Monday through Friday.
There are several ways to gain access to our materials: by searching the BGSU catalog, browsing or searching our finding aids, searching our website, or by searching our digitized content made available in the Digital Gallery and ScholarWorks. More helpful links are listed below. If you still do not find what you are looking for, ask us! Feel free to call, email, or "Ask An Archivist!"
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The Center for Archival Collections is an archive and manuscript repository within University Libraries at Bowling Green State University. Our collection strengths include our manuscript collections, the Historical Collection of the Great Lakes, our Rare Books & Special Collections, and the National Student Affairs Archive. We are also the home of the BGSU University Archives, and house local records from the nineteen counties of Northwest Ohio. Our collections can be used for scholarly, political, and family and genealogical research, and we welcome BGSU students and faculty, local residents, as well as international scholars.
CAC News
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CAC Launches BGSU COVID-19 Stories
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lives of the BGSU Falcon Family. To continue fulfilling its mission of documenting BGSU's history, the CAC has launched BGSU COVID-19 Stories, a new site to collect and preserve the BGSU Falcon Family's experiences during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. We encourage the Falcon Family to visit the site and record their stories through writing, audio recordings, video recordings, visual art, or other formats. Contribute your story today!
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New Digital Exhibit: The Islamic Center of Greater Toledo: Celebrating the History of Northwest Ohio's Muslim Community
Thanks in part to a Common Heritage grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the CAC has collaborated with the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo to launch its latest digital exhibit, The Islamic Center of Greater Toledo: Celebrating the History of Northwest Ohio's Muslim Community. View the exhibit.
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CAC Launches "Experiencing War: A Project to Preserve and Make Accessible Oral Histories of World War II"
With generous support from the Ohio History Fund, we are pleased to provide full digital access to the digital exhibit Experiencing War: A Project to Preserve and Make Accessible Oral Histories of World War II. Over 100 oral histories in the exhibit tell of Ohioans' experiences of World War II. Access the exhibit.
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CAC Announces Winners of 2018 Local History Publication Awards
The CAC is pleased to announce the winners of its 2018 Local History Publication Awards. Our congratulations to the winning authors for their exemplary research and writing on various topics in the history of Northwest Ohio!
View the complete award winners list. -
CAC receives NEH grant to Preserve Islamic Culture in Northwest Ohio
The CAC has received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant that will support our efforts to document the history of Islamic culture in Northwest Ohio. The grant will enable us to partner with the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo on a series of public programs.
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New Digital Exhibit: Northwest Ohio in The Great War, 1917-1919
November 11, 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I. The CAC's latest digital exhibit, Northwest Ohio in The Great War: 1917-1919, commemorates this anniversary with archival materials telling the story of Northwest Ohioans' contributions to America's engagement in World War I, whether on the homefront or the Western Front. A companion physical exhibit will also be on display in our reading room through the rest of 2018.
View the digital exhibit here.
CAC Launches BGSU COVID-19 Stories
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lives of the BGSU Falcon Family. To continue fulfilling its mission of documenting BGSU's history, the CAC has launched BGSU COVID-19 Stories, a new site to collect and preserve the BGSU Falcon Family's experiences during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. We encourage the Falcon Family to visit the site and record their stories through writing, audio recordings, video recordings, visual art, or other formats. Contribute your story today!
New Digital Exhibit: The Islamic Center of Greater Toledo: Celebrating the History of Northwest Ohio's Muslim Community
Thanks in part to a Common Heritage grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the CAC has collaborated with the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo to launch its latest digital exhibit, The Islamic Center of Greater Toledo: Celebrating the History of Northwest Ohio's Muslim Community. View the exhibit.
CAC Launches "Experiencing War: A Project to Preserve and Make Accessible Oral Histories of World War II"
With generous support from the Ohio History Fund, we are pleased to provide full digital access to the digital exhibit Experiencing War: A Project to Preserve and Make Accessible Oral Histories of World War II. Over 100 oral histories in the exhibit tell of Ohioans' experiences of World War II. Access the exhibit.
CAC Announces Winners of 2018 Local History Publication Awards
The CAC is pleased to announce the winners of its 2018 Local History Publication Awards. Our congratulations to the winning authors for their exemplary research and writing on various topics in the history of Northwest Ohio!
View the complete award winners list.
CAC receives NEH grant to Preserve Islamic Culture in Northwest Ohio
The CAC has received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant that will support our efforts to document the history of Islamic culture in Northwest Ohio. The grant will enable us to partner with the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo on a series of public programs.
Read more.
New Digital Exhibit: Northwest Ohio in The Great War, 1917-1919
November 11, 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I. The CAC's latest digital exhibit, Northwest Ohio in The Great War: 1917-1919, commemorates this anniversary with archival materials telling the story of Northwest Ohioans' contributions to America's engagement in World War I, whether on the homefront or the Western Front. A companion physical exhibit will also be on display in our reading room through the rest of 2018.
View the digital exhibit here.