Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- Materials generated or collected by various departments in the Law Library including administrative and faculty reports, correspondence, exhibits, publications, photographs, clippings, etc.
- Extent:
- 12.6 Linear Feet and 25 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box , 1 carton, 2 oversize folders
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
[Specified item], Box/Folder #, LSC-04-UBLL, Charles B. Sears Law Library Records, 1952-2021, Charles B. Sears Law Library, The State University of New York at Buffalo.
Background
- Scope and Content:
The collection includes materials generated or collected by various departments in the Law Library including administrative and faculty reports, departmental correspondence, exhibits, publications, photographs, clippings, etc.
Materials were culled from weeded administrative and library faculty files. Significant materials were also donated by Prof. Wade Newhouse which were collected or written during his stints as Acting Director. Those items are so noted.
- Biographical / Historical:
Directors of the Law Library: Date Event 1936-1939 Mildred Miles 1939-mid-1940's Arthur Lenhoff Mid-1940's- 1947 Grace Primas Champness 1947-1950 Patricia Clause 1950-1960 Lois Crissey 1961-1963 Morris L. Cohen 1963-1967 Balfour Halevy 1967-1969(?) Joseph Pascuci (Acting) 1969-1971 Vaclav Mostecky 1971-1976 Larry B. Wenger 1976-1980 Wade J. Newhouse (Acting) 1980-1983 Kathleen Carrick 1983-1984 Wade J. Newhouse (Acting) 1984-1999 Ellen M. Gibson 2000-2008 James G. Milles 2009-2018 Elizabeth Adelman 2018-2020 Theodora Belniak (Interim Director) 2020- Elizabeth Adelman - Acquisition information:
- Materials collected over time by various library staff.
- Processing information:
Processed by Karen L. Spencer in November 2007. Additions processed by John Beatty in January 2022.
- Arrangement:
The collection is arranged in seven series:
I. Director's Files
A. Annual Reports B. Governance C. Staffing D. Miscellaneous
II. Technical Services
A. Publications B. Classification Schedules
III. Public Services
IV. The 2003 Fire
V. The Website
VI. Exhibits
VII. Photographs
- Accruals:
Occasional accruals are expected to this collection.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard.
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Materials can be examined by qualified researchers in the Law Library during hours of operation during which Law Reference Librarians are present. In order to insure access, researchers are advised to contact the Law Library in advance of visits.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Law Library created records are in the public domain. Copyright in other materials may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright before publishing quotations from or republishing 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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[Specified item], Box/Folder #, LSC-04-UBLL, Charles B. Sears Law Library Records, 1952-2021, Charles B. Sears Law Library, The State University of New York at Buffalo.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
- CONTACT:
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716-645-6765asklaw@buffalo.edu