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Altbach (Philip G.) Student Activism and International Education Collection, circa 1960-1975
A collection of theses, published articles, and unpublished addresses and papers on student activism in the United States for the period 1900-1970, and higher education in the United States, India, and Japan for the period circa 1960-1975.
Topics: Campus Unrest, Social ActivismAltbach (Philip G.) Student Movement Collection, 1935-1971
Topics: Campus Unrest, Social Activism
Alternative Press Collection (Anthony W. Novitsky and Christopher Densmore), 1963-2000 (bulk 1963-1989)
Topics: Campus Unrest, Social Activism
Alternative Press Collection, 1969-1992
Topics: Campus Unrest, Social Activism
American Association of University Professors. Buffalo Chapter records, 1926-1973
The records of the American Association of University Professors, Buffalo Chapter. Included in the collection are national correspondence, chapter correspondence, chapter minutes, committee reports, and academic freedom issues.
Topics: Education History, UB People, Campus UnrestAmerican Association of University Professors. Buffalo Chapter. Secretary's Files, 1968-1989 (bulk 1968-1972)
Collection contains files of Marchand (Shonnie) Finnegan as Secretary; Vice President of the University of Buffalo Chapter, American Association of University Professors and it's Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure, mainly concerning the period of campus unrest, 1969-1971 and the arrest of the 45 faculty members during student protests in the Spring of 1970. Also included are some faculty grievance files and publications from the national association.
Topics: Campus Unrest, UB PeopleBroadsides collection, 1963-
Collection of broadsides (sheets of paper printed on one side, usually containing an advertisement or public notice intended for posting) and other handouts created and/or distributed by students, primarily in Norton Union. This collection is particularly rich in broadsides relating to campus unrest, 1965-1970.
Topics: Ephemera, Student Life, Campus UnrestCampus Unrest at the State University of New York at Buffalo Records, 1965-1990
This collection contains materials related to campus unrest at the University at Buffalo, 1966-1970. Included are materials regarding the "Faculty 45," and artifacts such as buttons, strike flags, banners, a tear gas canister, and a recording of the "Hayes Hall Blues," a song about the "Faculty 45."
Topics: Campus Unrest, University History ResourcesCampus Unrest Clippings, 1964-1975
Clippings from newspapers in the Buffalo, N.Y. area reporting on campus unrest at the State University of New York at Buffalo between 1964 and 1975. Topics include academic freedom, draft resistance during the Vietnamese Conflict, and employer recruitment on campus by governmental and private sector entities.
Topics: Campus UnrestCampus Unrest Images by Gary Friend, 1970
These images depict scenes from the violent student protests and demonstrations which occurred on the University at Buffalo South Campus in 1970. The images on this CD-ROM originally appeared in UB today, v. 23, no. 2 (Winter 2005). The second disc includes a statement of responsibility: "By Gary Friend and Joe Parise." Also included in the collection are sheets that contain prints of the images.
Topics: Campus Unrest, University History Resources, Audio/Visual collectionsCampus Unrest Oral History Interviews, 1967
Audio tape interviews.
Topics: Campus Unrest, Digital CollectionsCampus Unrest scrapbook
A scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, internal University at Buffalo departmental documents and administrative documents related to Campus Unrest.
Topics: Campus Unrest, University History ResourcesCampus Unrest: Individual Collections Records, 1969-2004
An open collection of donated materials and recollections from former students, faculty, administration and community members regarding the period of campus unrest at the University at Buffalo, 1969-1971.
Topics: Campus UnrestCampus Unrest: Research conducted by Dean G. Pruitt and James Gahagan, Social Psychology Department , 1967-1972, 1975
Interviews, chronologies and surveys collected by social psychologists, Dean G. Pruitt and James Gahagan pertaining to the events on the South campus of the State University of New York at Buffalo mainly from February to April 1970.
The bulk of the Campus Unrest collection is open for research. According to the terms agreed upon at the time of each interview, Post-crisis interviews in Accession 2019-027 series are closed until after the death of the interviewee.
Topics: Campus UnrestFaculty 45 files, 1969-1972
Topics: Campus UnrestFaculty Senate Committee on ROTC records, 1969-1970
Records of the proceedings of the Faculty Senate's Ad-Hoc Committee on the ROTC program at the University at Buffalo.
Topics: Campus UnrestFaculty Senate records, 1952-1969
Topics: Campus UnrestFriend (Theodore) Papers, 1968-1973
Papers includes correspondence, committee reports, and minutes regarding the reorganization of the university, university governance, and student dissatisfaction and protests during Friend's tenure as Faculty Advisor and Executive Assistant to the President of the State University of New York at Buffalo. Papers also contain materials regarding his teaching duties.
Topics: Campus Unrest, UB PeopleGraduate Student Association Records Part I, 1963-1970
Topics: Campus Unrest, Social Activism, Student Life
Harcleroad (Fred F.) Student Unrest Collection, circa 1964-1972
Collection contains materials collected by Dr. Fred F. Harcleroad on student unrest in colleges and universities during the 1960s and early 1970s concerning the attitudes of the public and students during the unrest period on racial riots, university and high school governance, students' academic freedom and their role in university administration, the Vietnam War and political issues during the Nixon administration. Included are newspaper clippings, magazines (U.S. News and World Report, Harpers, News Week), magazine articles, pamphlets, newsletters, speeches, "speech materials", interoffice memos, minutes and papers from conferences, catalogs, and unpublished essays.
Topics: Campus UnrestHayes Hall Blues, April 1970
Digital reproductions of the original 45 rpm recording of the Hayes Hall Blues made by Michael H. Frisch and Charles Keil in April 1970. The disc includes a copy of the lyrics in DOC, PDF and HTML formats. The recording is in both music audio CD and CD-ROM data formats.
The disc also includes two versions of the UB alma mater, unrelated to the Hayes Hall Blues.
Topics: Campus Unrest, University History Resources, Audio/Visual collectionsHaynie (Charles) Papers, 1963-2002
Collection includes Haynie's correspondence, teaching files, publications, and information on political, social, and environmental activism.
Topics: Environmental Issues in WNY, UB People, Social Activism, Campus UnrestJackson (Bruce) Campus Revolt Collection, 1969-1970
Topics: Campus Unrest, UB People
Keil (Charles) Papers, 1965-1998, (bulk 1970-1990)
Collection of materials from Charles Keil, ethnomusicologist and professor of American Studies. Includes his teachings, publications, political activism, resource material, and his work in the University at Buffalo American Studies, Music, and Anthropology departments.
Topics: UB People, Social Activism, Campus UnrestKennedy (Elizabeth Lapovsky) Papers, 1961-1993 (bulk 1970-1993)
Collection of materials from Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy, professor of Women's Studies. Includes her teachings, publications, political activism, resource material, and her work in the UB Women's Studies and American Studies departments.
Topics: UB People, Social Activism, Women's History in WNY, Campus UnrestKrehbiel (Paul) Campus Unrest Collection, circa 1968-2000 (bulk 1968-1970)
Topics: Campus Unrest
Lipset (Seymour Martin) Comparative Student Project Files, 1936-1972
Printed material collected by Lipset and others at Harvard University between 1967 and 1971. Includes student publications; articles for scholarly journals and popular magazines; newspaper clippings and studies concerning student activist movements throughout the world, with emphasis on the United States, Latin America, and international student organizations. Also many unpublished studies about students originally prepared for presentation at conferences or for graduate courses. This collection reflects only a partial result of the material collected by the project.
Topics: Campus Unrest, Social ActivismMeyerson (Martin) Speeches and Statements, 1966-1970
Speeches and statements given by Martin Meyerson during his tenure as tenth president of the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Topics: UB People, Campus UnrestMilitary and Draft Counseling Center of Buffalo Records, 1953-1978 (bulk 1967-1974)
Topics: Campus Unrest, Social Activism
Murphy, Orville T. papers, 1966-1976
Papers of Orville T. Murphy pertaining to curriculum and faculty governance, Department of History; activities of the search committee for the position of Director of American Studies; documents related to student demonstrations; documents related to the William Pryor Letchworth papers and other local archives.
Topics: University History Resources, Campus Unrest, UB People, Education HistoryOffice of the President general files, 1921-1974 [bulk 1969-1974]
This collection consists of records from the Office of the President organized under ninteen major categories such as Administration, Committees, Facilities, Governance and Research. Though some of the files date back as far as 1921, the bulk of the files are dated 1969-1974. Of particular interest are the many files on Campus Unrest at the University at Buffalo, which can be found throughout the collection.
It is important to note that there is a great deal of overlap between this collection and collection 5/4/288: Office of the President general files, 1946-1973. Researchers interested in Campus Unrest or the 1969‑1974 time period in general must consult both collections.
Topics: Campus Unrest, University History ResourcesOffice of the President general files, 1946-1973 [bulk 1969-1973]
This collection consists of records from the Office of the President organized under major categories such as Administration, Committees, Facilities, Governance and Research. Though some of the files date back as far as 1946, the bulk of the files are dated 1969-1973. Of particular interest are the many files on Campus Unrest at the University at Buffalo which can be found throughout the collection. This collection also contains a considerable amount of information about the University of Buffalo's merger with the State University of New York.
It is important to note that there is a great deal of overlap between this collection and collection 5/4/470: Office of the President general files, 1921-1974. Researchers interested in Campus Unrest or the 1969‑1974 time period in general must consult both collections.
Topics: Campus Unrest, University History ResourcesOffice of the President monthly reports, 1964-1975
These monthly reports give a broad overview of the University at Buffalo from 1964 to 1975 (reports were not created for the summer months of July and August). Heavy on statistics, included are enrollment numbers, at large and for academic units, and with comparisons to previous years. Data on campus buildings and planning, academic accreditations, evidence of faculty research and publication, awards, and policies, and university events are also included.
These reports cover pivotal years in the history of the University, namely the first decade as a state institution, expansion to the North (Amherst) campus, and student unrest. For example, the May 1964 report includes a description of President Furnas’ decision to allow Selective Service exams to be administered on campus. That decision prompted the first campus student sit-in on May 2. The report describes the decision, the concerns of the protesters, and the creation of a University Task Force Committee, made up of students and faculty.
Of particular note: Some files include the final reports, as well as the “raw data” and/or background material used to create the report. This background material offers highly detailed descriptions of faculty, departments, facilities, and events on campus, and may not have been written into the final monthly report. Researchers would be well-served to study this documentation.
Office of the President permanent files, 1938-1969
This collection contains subject files from the Office of the President covering various topics of University at Buffalo administration. Arranged alphabetically, each file often contains many year's worth of records on a given topic (ex. 1950-1975). Of particular interest are the files on academic freedom, the Feinberg Law and the resultant Keyishian v. Board of Regents lawsuit, and the House UnAmerican Activities Committee (HUAC).
Topics: Campus Unrest, University History ResourcesPowell (Elwin H.) Papers, 1960-2001
In 1996, Powell deliberately organized one box of his own materials to be donated to the University Archives. He included class hand-outs and copies of an autobiographical work in progress. He also included a table of contents and a cover letter to explain the documents (the original letter and table of contents sent to the University Archivist is located in the accession folder). The folders from Powell's original donation were incorporated into the larger collection; however they are differentiated by an asterisk (*) in the finding aid. He arranged them into five parts and describes them in his cover letter as follows:
Part I. Choosing Peace/Making Trouble: A Project in Participatory Sociology, 1960-1990 is a still uncompleted manuscript (about 200 pages) dealing mainly with my antiwar activity on this campus. Most of this material was previously printed in the Buffalo Alternative Press and in Catalyst.
Part II. Catalyst, 1985, an issue mainly of the autobiographical writings of UB students in a Soc. 101 class. 211 pages.
Part III. Lecturing by Letter: Teaching 410 people to write a book and alter their consciousness, with a 30 page correspondence with a suicide attempter. 200 pages.
Part IV. Self as Project: On Choice, Consciousness and Conduct... Class Handouts, 1987-1996... approximately 1000 to 2000 pages. Includes here is a table of contents, circa 40 pages. This collection I am now rewriting as a book. I think the handouts give a glimpse of UB life over the past decade.
Part V. Proactive Evolution... toward a Paleosociology includes published papers, handouts, and notes on the role of consciousness in human evolution.
After his death in 2001, an additional 62 boxes of materials were donated to the University Archives. Organization of this post-humus installment of papers was significantly less deliberate. Files were generally grouped as activism, research, coursework and correspondence.
Because Powell was an avid photocopier and owner of a photocopy machine, there were many duplicate copies of class handouts, letters, flyers, and leaflets. Most duplicates were discarded. A selection of the discarded documents was used in an exhibit/installation, Epicircle: The Ed Powell Project. Reviews and an announcement of the event are available in the accession folder.
Topics: Campus Unrest, UB People
Sebian (Richard) slides and negatives of South (Main Street) campus, circa 1955-1975
Color 35 slides, mainly of the South (Main Street) campus exteriors; some events: Buffalo city police on campus; a small number of images of North (Amherst) campus includes Founders Day and Open House events.
Topics: Photographs, Campus UnrestShoben (Joseph) Papers, 1968-1969
Copies of reports and memos concerning student unrest and related educational problems.
Topics: Campus Unrest, UB PeopleSiggelkow (Richard A.) Campus Unrest Collection, 1959-1991
Collection contains material Richard Siggelkow kept while researching for his book, Dissent and Disruption: A University Under Siege, Buffalo, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1991. Also included are personal correspondence, essays, and clippings regarding his role as Dean of Students later Vice President for Student Affairs.
Topics: Campus UnrestSomit (Albert) Papers, 1967-1976
Professional papers of Dr. Albert Somit which pertain to Dr. Somit's research, relations with fellow scholars, and the evaluation of the graduate political science program at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Of particular interest are the papers concerning "BIOS" (so called from the French version of its title, "International Investigation of the Biological Elements in the Crisis of the University") which include correspondence, research papers, and other items concerning a multi-national project to investigate the relationship between biological factors and student unrest in universities in the United States, Argentina, France, and elsewhere.
Topics: Campus Unrest, UB PeopleSquire Hall Demonstrations Records, 1981-1983
The Squire Hall Demonstrations Records document student protests when the University at Buffalo converted the student union into a dental clinic for the Dental School, March 1982.
Topics: Campus UnrestStudent Coordinating Council and Polity Minutes, 1967-1972
Minutes of the Student Senate (1967-1968), and its successor, the Student Coordinating Council and Polity (1968-1972).
Topics: Student Life, Campus UnrestStudent protest collection
This collection contains analog and born-digital artifacts, ephemera, images, and memorabilia concerning student protests at the University at Buffalo.
Content Warning:
This collection may contain offensive, harmful, or misrepresentative creator-supplied language or imagery. The views and opinions expressed are those of the creator’s and do not reflect or represent the University Libraries. In keeping with archival best practice, this content has been retained to preserve the historical context of the records.
Topics: Campus UnrestStudent Unrest in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences records, 1970
Records, 1970, pertaining to student unrest in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences assembled by Gloria Koontz, department secretary. Includes leaflets, memoranda, position papers and other materials.
Topics: Campus Unrest, Ephemera, University History ResourcesSupport Your Campus Police Treasurer records, 1967-1968
Announcements, correspondence and financial records for Support Your Campus Police, a grassroots fundraising campaign organized by professors Alan R. Andreasen and Newton Garver. They sought to recognize the UB campus police for their unarmed response to students protesting the December 18, 1967 recruitment visit of Dow Chemical Corporation, the makers of napalm. Andreasen and Garver believed the unarmed response of the campus police helped minimize violence at the demonstration. Receiving mostly small donations from UB faculty, staff and administrators, Support Your Campus Police raised over $500.00 in little over a month.
Topics: Campus Unrest, University History ResourcesTask Force records, Office of the President, Robert Ketter administration
Records kept by Lawrence A. Cappiello, Assistant to the Executive Vice President, on five task forces appointed by President Robert Ketter in 1970. Ketter established these task forces to study major issues facing the University at Buffalo. At that time, the University had experienced significant events, including campus unrest, an academic restructuring of the College of Arts and Sciences into Faculties, and planned expansion to the Amherst (North) campus. The task forces were Community Relations (Richard G. Brandenburg and Ralph W. Loew, chairs), University Community (Alan J. Drinnan, chair), University Governance (Donald W. Rennie, chair), University Organization (Daniel H. Murray, chair), and University Goals (Charles H. V. Ebert, chair). Each chair served as a general steering committee, preparing final reports and recommendations of the task forces forwarded to Ketter.
The collection has been minimally processed. However, descriptions of each task force and their charge can be found in the collection finding aid.
Topics: University History Resources, Campus UnrestUB Disorders scrapbooks, 1970
Two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings relating to campus unrest at the University at Buffalo in 1970. Volume 1 consists of Buffalo Courier Express clippings, dated February 26 to April 15, 1970. Volume 2 contains Buffalo Evening News clippings, February 26 to April 16, 1970. Topics include Buffalo police on campus, ROTC protests, establishment of experimental colleges, and Acting President Dr. Peter F. Regan.
Topics: Campus UnrestUB Living Stipend Movement records, 2017-2020
Records from UB Living Stipend, an organization focused on increasing wages for graduate student teachers and researchers.
Topics: Education History, University History Resources, Campus Unrest, Digital Collections, Social Activism, Student LifeUB Today Article on Campus Unrest and Reader Reaction, 1968-2005
Copies of UB Today article on campus unrest at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1970 and artifacts and written recollections provided by alumni who were students at the university during the period of unrest.
Topics: Campus UnrestUniversity Archives Historical Film collection
Over 130 16mm films in University Archives have now been digitized and are available for view online. Among the footage are the annual Moving Up Day parades, commencements, football games, marching band formations, student unrest, and campus construction. Some gems were uncovered, including rare footage of the interior of the Darwin Martin house, mid-century downtown Buffalo, Lionel Hampton, and a Buffalo Sabres vs. Buffalo Norsemen hockey game.
Topics: Audio/Visual Collections, Buffalo and WNY History, Campus Unrest, Design Archives, Digital Collections, Sports, Student Life, UB People, University History Resources, Wright, Frank LloydUniversity Information Services Campus Unrest subject files, 1969-1970
Files concerning campus unrest at the State University of New York at Buffalo including magazine articles; newspaper clippings; leaflets; press releases; reports; and other materials.
Topics: Campus Unrest, University History ResourcesUniversity Information Services Campus Unrest Subject Files, circa 1964-1973
Articles and newspaper clippings on student unrest, circa 1964-1973, particularly concerning opposition to the war in Vietnam, at colleges and universities in the United States (other than the State University of New York at Buffalo), collected by the University Information Services, State University of New York at Buffalo.
Topics: Campus Unrest, University History Resources, EphemeraUniversity Information Services chronological files, 1967-1971
Files, 1967-1971, containing background information about university events including drafts of news releases; statements of university officials; copies of programs; leaflets; and other relevant material. Most of the folders pertain to student unrest in the late 1960s; files also contain information about administrative appointments; conferences; athletic events; and other university events.
Topics: Campus Unrest, University History Resources