Dr. Ray B. Browne, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in Popular Culture, at Bowling Green State University and the founder of the academic discipline of Popular Culture Studies, has passed away. The co-founder of the Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association remained active in his discipline, even after retirement.  Additionally, he founded the Ray and Pat Browne Library for Popular Culture Studies (a.k.a. Browne Popular Culture Library) in 1969 to support the new Department of Popular Culture (which he also founded) and the Popular Press (with his wife, Pat Browne – it is now with the University of Wisconsin Press).  He also began publishing the Journal of Popular Culture and the Journal of American Culture.

He leaves with us a legacy of scholarship and devotion to his discipline.  He was our colleague and friend.

Check out the array of ghostly materials in our displays for the Halloween season.

We’ve started adding more images to the web site in various places. We are on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/bpcl/, but we are also displaying some of our Flickr images in blog posts (see the last entry) and on the web site via slideshows (see the Bridge Tally Card page).

Stay tuned for additional slideshows!

We’re open for business, but we’re not quite put back together yet.  Come on up and see our new colors!

For a look back at our project over the last two weeks, click on the images below.

Stay tuned for additional improvements up here!

As you’ve seen from our home page, we’re having some construction done on our reading room through May 22.  Click on the link below to see some pictures of the progress so far.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bpcl/sets/72157618401444275/