Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Noble, Bernice, Staley, John Morris, State University of New York at Buffalo. President's Task Force on Women at UB, State University of New York at Buffalo. School of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo. School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and University Archives
- Abstract:
- This collection consists mostly of notes from classes taught by Bernice Noble, materials related to committees and advisory bodies she served on, and offprint publications.
- Extent:
- 5.50 Linear Feet and 10 manuscript boxes, 2 half manuscript boxes
- Language:
- Collection material in English.
- Preferred citation:
[Description and dates], Box/folder number, 19/F/970, Bernice K. Noble papers, 1976-2003, University Archives, The State University of New York at Buffalo.
See the Archives' preferred citations instructions for additional information.
Background
- Scope and Content:
When the personal papers of Dr. Bernice K. Noble were donated to the
University Archives, it was noted by her husband, Dr. Robert Noble, that she
did not keep non-current files. Therefore most of the materials contained in
this collection date between the late 1990's and 2003.
- Biographical / Historical:
Professor Bernice Katz Noble taught at the University at Buffalo in the School of Medicine from 1977 until her death in 2003. She contributed so much to UB through not only her scholarly research, but her tireless activism for affirmative action and women's rights at UB.
Born in Philadelphia in 1940, Noble graduate from Bryn Mawr College in 1962. She went on to receive a master's degree from Brandeis University in 1964 and a Ph.D. in Microbiology from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1975. Two years later, she joined the faculty of UB as a professor of Microbiology and Immunology.
Over the course of her career, Noble published over one hundred journal articles relating to her scientific research in immunologic damage with functional impairment and the relations between autoimmunity and gender.
On top of all of her teaching and research, Noble also dedicated much of her time to advancing women's careers at UB.
Working to increase the number of female students and tenure-track faculty in the sciences, Noble served as co-chair of the President's Task Force on the Status of Women at UB from 1996 to 1997. The final report (authored by Noble and co-chair, John M. Staley) from that Task Force led directly to increased salary parity, a stronger affirmative action office and enhanced child-care facilities at UB.
For biographical information on Dr. Bernice K. Noble, please refer to her Biographical File.
- Acquisition information:
On June 1, 2004, this collection was donated to the University
Archives by Dr. Robert Noble, Doctor Bernice Noble's husband. These papers were
surveyed and packed in Professor Noble's office in Cary Hall by Dr. Robert
Noble and former University Archivist, Shonnie Finnegan.
- Processing information:
Processed by William J. Offhaus, October 2004. Finding aid encoded by Danielle White, December 2014.
- Arrangement:
The papers of Dr. Bernice K. Noble have been arranged into four
series: I. Course related materials, II. Publications, III. Committee participation, IV. Other records. In some cases these series were further subdivided into
sub series. Many of the original folders used by Bernice Noble were used more
than once and therefore had more than one label. Efforts were made to determine
the proper label for the contents of the folder. In most cases, the exact
wording used to label the original folders was reused on the new folders.
- Accruals:
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Affirmative action programs in education -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
Genetics -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.
Genetics -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
Immunology -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.
Immunology -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
Medical education -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
Medical microbiology -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
Medical scientists -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
Microbiology -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.
Microbiology -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
Research -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
Women college teachers -- Promotions -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
Women college teachers -- Salaries, etc. -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
Women college students -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
Women college teachers -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
Immunologists -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
Microbiologists -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
Lecture notes
Committees - Names:
- State University of New York at Buffalo. President's Task Force on Women at UB
State University of New York at Buffalo. School of Medicine
State University of New York at Buffalo. School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
University Archives
State University of New York at Buffalo -- Administration
State University of New York at Buffalo -- Archives
State University of New York at Buffalo. School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
United University Professions (Association: N.Y.)
State University of New York at Buffalo -- Faculty -- Salaries, etc.
State University of New York at Buffalo -- Students
State University of New York at Buffalo. President's Task Force on Women at UB
State University of New York at Buffalo. School of Medicine
Staley, John Morris
Noble, Bernice -- Archives
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
-
The Bernice K. Noble papers are open for research.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
-
Copyright is held by the State University of New York at Buffalo,
University Archives. 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:
-
[Description and dates], Box/folder number, 19/F/970, Bernice K. Noble papers, 1976-2003, University Archives, The State University of New York at Buffalo.
See the Archives' preferred citations instructions for additional information.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
- CONTACT:
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716-645-2916lib-archives@buffalo.edu