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Jan
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Local History Publication Award Submissions Due
January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The Center for Archival Collections is accepting submissions for the Local History Publication Award. Works published between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2011 will be accepted. CENTER FOR ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS LOCAL HISTORY PUBLICATION AWARDS The Center for Archival Collections seeks to encourage and recognize authors for outstanding publications in the field of Local History. […]
Dec
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Education History featured in December Archival Chronicle
December 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Bowling Green State University was founded in response to a public demand for more professionally-trained teachers. A century of change in society and in the workplace had made a “basic” education one which went beyond the simple rudiments of “Readin’, Writin’, and ‘Rithmetic.” By the beginning of the twentieth century, school attendance was compulsory through […]
Dec
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Special Collections Highlight Holiday Season
December 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Holiday-themed books are the subject of the December 2011 exhibit at the CAC. Featured are a variety of editions of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol produced by several publishers since the late 19th century. The most contemporary, published in 2009, is a facsimile of the prompt book used by Dickens himself to guide his public readings […]