Collection includes memorabilia from and records documenting the creation of the Clifford C. Furnas Memorial Room in Room 531 of Capen Hall at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York and the Memorial Exhibit in the University Archives.

Collection contains personal papers, manuscripts, memorabilia, publications, clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs of Clifton Joseph Furness, son of T. Chalmers Furnas and brother of Clifford C. Furnas, the Chancellor and President of the State University of New York at Buffalo from 1954-1966. Also includes papers of Clara Barrus and John Burroughs.

Collection contains personal papers, memorabilia, publications, clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs from the professional and family life of Sparkle Moore Furnas, wife of University of Buffalo Chancellor Clifford C. Furnas.