Star Ship Enterprise has landed at Bowling Green State University. A toy replica of the space ship is among items in a substantial collection of Star Trek memorabilia which has been given to the University's Popular Culture Library by an Illinois woman. The collection was donated to the University by Marie Wakefield of Champaign, Illinois. It not only includes videotapes from the original Star Trek television series, but also books, models, sound recordings, games, posters, figures, costume jewelry, comic books, and even a McDonald's Happy Meal box.
Many items are still in their original packaging.
Those holdings include the Ray Bradbury Collection, which contains all first and limited editions of Bradbury's books in English, some 200 foreign language editions, records, cassettes, pamphlets, and magazine articles. One search reveals some 1,600 sites related to Star Trek on the World Wide Web, and dialogue from the show invaded everyday conversation long ago. BGSU's Scott says that the appeal of Star Trek can be attributed at least in part to the show's positive outlook. Star Trek is wholesome. It looks to the best in our understanding of ourselves in the universe.