This collection consists of 30 banker's boxes with paper files, notebooks and photographs containing the minutes, correspondence, annual reports, projects, newsletters, financial reports, and constitutions and bylaws of the Buffalo Area Metropolitan Ministries (BAMM).

Papers including constitution, by-laws, annual meetings, minutes and correspondence for the Buffalo Federation of Churches

Although the history of this interdenominational group of women dates back to 1911, the earliest paper in the collection is a 1928 flyer from the Annual Meeting of the Interchurch Council of Women. The minutes start in 1938. Most of the collection consists of documents: meeting minutes, rosters, annual reports, area workshop descriptions, newsletters, one book (written by a founder, Laura Gerould Craig), retreats, task forces and scrapbooks. The physical collection includes papers, a book, slides, audiotapes, newspaper clippings of constituent organizations except the Interchurch Missionary Union.

The Network of Religious Communities (NRC) is a consolidation and expansion of the former Buffalo Area Council of Churches (1857) and the Buffalo Area Metropolitan Ministries (1975). Members include denominations/faith coordinating bodies, religious organizations and congregations serving Western New York and the Niagara Peninsula of Southern Ontario, Canada. Individuals supportive of the mission and purpose of the Network may become an auxiliary members. The archival collection of the NRC begins in 1863 and includes materials such as Board Minutes, Annual Reports, Annual Awards programs, Special Projects, Newsletters, publications, and other materials that document the NRC and its predecessor organizations, Erie County Sabbath School Association/Erie County Sunday School Association, Buffalo Federation of Churches, Buffalo Council of Churches, the Inter Church Council of Church Women, Council of Churches of Buffalo & Erie County, Buffalo Area Council of Churches, and the Buffalo Area Metropolitan Ministries. The collection also contains ephemeral materials such as nationally produced record albums, locally produced television programs, photographs and other various items.