Collection ID: MS.0099

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Milstein, Wittek, Davis & Associates and University Archives
Abstract:
A collection of building and housing codes, and zoning, health, and sanitation ordinances for the city of Buffalo, New York, the town of Amherst, New York, and Erie County, New York. Documents cover the period 1936-1986. Also includes some similar documents for other municipalities in Western New York.
Extent:
1.25 Linear Feet and 6 half manuscript boxes
Language:
Collection material in English.
Preferred citation:

[Description and dates], Box/folder number, MS 99, Buffalo and Western New York Building Codes and Zoning Ordinances collection, 1936-2004, University Archives, State University of New York at Buffalo.

See the Special Collections' preferred citations instructions for additional information.

Background

Scope and Content:

A collection of building and housing codes, and zoning, health, and

sanitation ordinances for the city of Buffalo, New York, the town of Amherst,

New York, and Erie County, New York. Documents cover the period 1936-1986. Also

includes some similar documents for other municipalities in Western New

York.

Biographical / Historical:

Codes are municipal rules and regulations. Guiding a cities planning

and development, codes can tell users how the city grew and was planned to

grow.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Milstein, Wittek, Davis Associates to Lockwood

Memorial Library, 1993. Transferred to the University Archives in January

2004.

Processing information:

Processed by John Edens, January 2004.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in its original order.

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected to this collection.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

The Buffalo and Western New York Building Codes and Zoning Ordinances collection, 1936-2004, is open for research.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

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 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, MS 99, Buffalo and Western New York Building Codes and Zoning Ordinances collection, 1936-2004, University Archives, State University of New York at Buffalo.

See the Special Collections' preferred citations instructions for additional information.

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
420 Capen Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260, United States
CONTACT:
716-645-2916
lib-archives@buffalo.edu