Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Levine, Adeline, Levine, Murray, University Archives, and Environmental Issues in Western New York Collection (State University of New York at Buffalo)
- Abstract:
- Research material, including field notes, audio interviews, transcripts, and correspondence related to Adeline Levine's research with residents of the Love Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls, New York, who were affected by the man-made environmental disaster.
- Extent:
- 5.83 Linear Feet , 1 record carton, 1 half legal manuscript box, 1 letter manuscript box, 5 flat boxes, 0.93 Gigabytes, and 3 files
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
[Description and date of item], Box/folder number, 22/3F/1290, Adeline Levine Love Canal research materials (Part III), 1978-2002, University Archives, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.
Background
- Scope and Content:
The Adeline Levine Love Canal research materials (Part III) contains documentation of Adeline Levine's research among the citizens of the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, NY, and with local and state officials after the area was declared a national disaster. The research materials include transcripts and audio interviews, field notes, correspondence, maps, and reports.
- Acquisition information:
- The Adeline Levine Love Canal research materials (Part III) was donated to the University Archives by Adeline Levine's husband, Murray Levine, in May 2016. These records were part of a larger donation that included Adeline Levine's faculty papers and records of the Love Canal Medical Fund, Inc.
- Processing information:
Processed by Sarah Pinard, August 2016.
Finding aid encoded by Sarah Pinard, September 2016.
Digital material processed by Grace Trimper, February 2023.
Digital files were transferred to the University Archives on compact discs. Where possible, digital content saved on storage media was migrated from the storage media, normalized to standard preservation and access formats, and transferred to a stable preservation environment following the University Libraries' Digital Preservation guidelines.
- Arrangement:
Collection is arranged into four series: I. Correspondence, 1979-1984; II. Field Notes and Research, 1978-1996; III. Interviews, 1978-1989; IV. Publicity, 1978-2002.
- Accruals:
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Chemical plants -- Waste disposal -- Environmental aspects -- New York (State) -- Niagara Falls
Hazardous substances -- Environmental aspects
Sociologists -- United States -- Correspondence
Audiocassettes
CD-ROMs
VHS (TM) - Names:
- University Archives
State University of New York at Buffalo. Department of Sociology
Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp.
Hooker Chemical Corporation
Environmental Issues in Western New York Collection (State University of New York at Buffalo)
Levine, Murray
Gibbs, Lois Marie - Places:
- Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
New York (State) -- Environmental health -- Niagara Falls
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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The Adeline Levine Love Canal research materials (Part III), 1978-2002 is open to researchers.
Access to portions of the collection is restricted. Records that contain personally identifiable information are restricted in order to protect individual privacy. Some material created as a result of Dr. Adeline Levine's research contains personally identifiable information and health information. These records are closed for 50 years after the date of death. If date of death is unknown, records are closed for 100 years from date of creation. Researchers may contact the University Archives' staff for further information or assistance.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Copyright of 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 University Archives before requesting photocopies and/or publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Once permission is obtained, 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, 22/3F/1290, Adeline Levine Love Canal research materials (Part III), 1978-2002, 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