Internship Journals, Part One – The Liberty Aviation Museum

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Join us as we hear from last year’s public history interns! Graduate students in history at BGSU completed internships across the state in 2024. Today, we’ll read about Patrick Cook’s experience working for the Liberty Aviation Museum in Port Clinton, Ohio.

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BGSU History Professor Appears in WWII Documentaries  

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Dr. Walter Grunden is a Professor of History at BGSU, where he specializes in Policy History, Modern China and Japan.  

He recently lent his expertise to several documentaries covering scientific knowledge, international subterfuge, and WWII. He shares with us some of the projects he’s worked on recently, how Williams 141 was transformed into a recording studio, and where you can watch the documentaries.  

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Chilling and repotting plants

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From right to left, Kara Barr, Casey Stark, Andy Schocket, Savi Kunze, Becky Mancuso, Scott Martin, Michael Brooks, Michael Carver, Amílcar Challú. In the Williams Conference Room 141.

This is a rather unconventional faculty photo… Some historical context: For the last few years, President Rogers invites faculty and staff to choose their favorite pie from Schmuker’s Restaurant, a Toledo legend. This time, our faculty decided to add a twist to this emerging tradition: after picking up the pie, repot plants in the conference room, and enjoy some time with colleagues after a grueling semester.

Dr. Green Delivers Talk on the Life and Legacy of Ella P. Stewart

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Dr. Shirley Green, Adjunct History Instructor at BGSU and the University of Toledo, delivered a talk on the Life and Legacy of Ella P. Stewart, one of the nation’s first Black female pharmacists.

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History Student Salzburg Study Abroad Experience!

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by Hayden Hartman

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to study abroad in Europe, or more specifically, in Salzburg, Austria? My name is Hayden Hartman, and I am a History Major and an alumnus of the Bowling Green State University Salzburg Study Abroad Program. Up to this point, studying abroad in Salzburg, Austria, has been one of my most influential decisions in life. The number of relationships that I was able to build, the multitude of destinations I could experience, and the interesting classes that allowed me to continue working on my major are only touching the surface of what it was like to live in Salzburg for four months. From peer to peer, I recommend this program to anyone, even if you have never thought about studying abroad before. 

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Dr. Francis Gavin encourages students to look to the future with his “Reflections on Nuclear History” 

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Inheriting a world with nuclear weapons is like “buying a house with a ghost in it – you never really get a good night’s sleep, because you always know the ghost is there.”

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Boom! Goes the Marsh: Reflections on Public History in Practice

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By Chase Fleece, Graduate Student in the Department of History at BGSU

In the small hours of August 25, 1934, the residents of McGuffey, Ohio–a small rural community fifty-five miles southwest of Bowling Green–slept peacefully following a rather uneventful afternoon. Since mid-June, the monotony most McGuffians enjoyed had been disrupted by sporadic squabbles between union organizers and anti-union deputies. Organized with the American Federation of Labor (AFL), AWFLU 19724 comprised nearly 800 local farmworkers and sharecroppers who weeded, topped, and harvested the Scioto Marsh’s many onions. To many their demands were simple: increased wages and an eight-hour workday. Yet growers had refused to negotiate and confrontations continued. Then, at three o’clock in the morning, a charge of nitroglycerin ripped through McGuffey Mayor Godfrey Ott’s home breaking windows and caving in the southside walls. Luckily, no one was injured in the blast – but more violence was yet to come.

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