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
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Building laws -- New York (State) -- Buffalo (N.Y.)
Ordinances, Municipal -- New York (State) -- Buffalo (N.Y.)
Ordinances, Municipal -- New York (State) -- Erie County (N.Y.)
Ordinances, Municipal -- New York (State) -- Niagara County (N.Y.)
Zoning law -- New York (State) -- Amherst (N.Y.)
Building codes - Names:
- University Archives
State University of New York at Buffalo -- Archives
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:
- CONTACT:
-
716-645-2916lib-archives@buffalo.edu