Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- University Archives and University of Buffalo. University Council
- Abstract:
- The University Council Committee to Name Buildings records, 1972-1980 includes Minutes, correspondence, memoranda, clippings, and other records of the Committee to Name Buildings, ca. 1972 1980; alphabetical file, apparently incomplete, on individuals suggested for building names.
- Extent:
- 1.88 Linear Feet and 4 letter size manuscript boxes, 1 half letter size manuscript box
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
[Description and date of item], Box/folder number, 2/2/679, University Council Committee to Name Buildings records, 1972-1980, University Archives, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.
Background
- Scope and Content:
The University Council Committee to Name Buildings records, 1972-1980 includes minutes, correspondence, memoranda, clippings, and other committee records; alphabetical file, apparently incomplete, on individuals suggested for building names, in particular, for the North (Amherst) campus.
- Biographical / Historical:
The Committee to Name Buildings was appointed by William C. Baird, Chairman of the University Council of the State University of New York at Buffalo, in 1971. The Committee devised criteria for the selection of names for buildings, roads, plazas and interior spaces on the university campus and selected names for recommendation to the University Council. After approval by the University Council, the names were submitted to the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York for final approval.
- Acquisition information:
- The University Council Committee to Name Buildings records, 1972-1980, were transferred to University Archives by the Office of Public Affairs on December 12, 1984 as accession 84-098.
- Processing information:
Processed by Archives staff; finding aid encoded by Rebecca Cobb, June 2019.
- Arrangement:
The University Council Committee to Name Buildings records, 1972-1980, are arranged into two series:
Series I. Minutes, correspondence, and clippings, arranged chronologically.
Series II. Biographical files of proposed names, alphabetically by last name.
- Accruals:
No further accruals are expected.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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The University Council Committee to Name Buildings records, 1972-1980 are open to researchers.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Copyright is held by The State University of New York at Buffalo. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Description and date of item], Box/folder number, 2/2/679, University Council Committee to Name Buildings records, 1972-1980, University Archives, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
- CONTACT:
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716-645-2916lib-archives@buffalo.edu