Exhibits

To promote our collections and allow access to the materials housed in the archives, the Center for Archival Collections curates in house exhibits and participates in exhibits on campus and in the community.

Reading Room

The CAC Reading Room is home to rotating exhibits of materials from our collection. Stop by the 5th floor of Jerome Library during our regular hours to see what we have on display.

BGSU Club Sports

BGSU's Club Sports include a variety of Men's, Women's, and Co-Ed teams that are open to all students and allow them to play and compete with their peers against other universities.

Cochrane Cunningham Athletics Archive

The Cochrane Cunningham Archives is a collection of over 1074 linear feet that documents the history of athletics, physical education, men’s and women’s sports, and band and spirit at BGSU. It was conceived and created by former BGSU coaches/administrators Mickey Cochrane and Don Cunningham starting in 1985. The collection continues to grow in size thanks to new donations. Items from the collection can be seen in person at the Schmidthorst Heritage Hall gallery in the Stroh Center and the lobby of the Slater Family Ice Arena. These exhibits will change on a regular basis.

Stroh Center: BGSU at the Olympic Games

The Fall 2024 exhibit celebrates BGSU’s contribution to the Olympics and its various arms – Olympic Trials, Olympic Festival, Pan American Games, Paralympics, Deaflympics, Special Olympics, and finally, the Olympic Games themselves.  

Included in the exhibit are former athletes, coaches, trainers, and Olympic attendees with a connection to BGSU and represent sports including track and field, ice hockey, basketball, fencing, volleyball, swimming, wrestling, soccer, and figure skating. 

Information about each individual is illustrated through photographs, BG News articles, documents and physical items from the Cochrane Cunningham Archive and other archival collections located at the Center for Archival Collections on the 5th floor of Jerome Library. Some items have been loaned to the university for the duration of the exhibit.

Slater Family Ice Arena: BGSU's Hockey History

The current exhibit in the Slater Family Ice Arena was curated by Lily Fritsch, the Cochrane Cunningham collection's student assistant. Come by to learn more about The Ice House Gang, the 1972-73 hockey team, Coach Jack Vivian, and Baby Freddie.