Campus Unrest at the University at Buffalo Collection (State University of New York at Buffalo)
Organization
Historical Note
University Archives has several areas of collecting focus. One of these is the Campus Unrest at the University at Buffalo Collection. The bulk of the holdings is made up of materials relating to campus unrest at UB in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and includes the occupation of the university by city of Buffalo police, the arrest of 45 faculty members, censorship of the Spectrum student newspaper, strikes, and protests. Also included are collections covering student activism across the United States and internationally.
Campus Unrest: Individual Collections records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3/5/974
Overview
An open collection of
donated materials and recollections relating to the period of campus unrest at
the University at Buffalo (1969-1971).
Campus Unrest: Research conducted by Dean G. Pruitt and James Gahagan, Psychology Department
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3/5/897
Overview
Interviews, chronologies and surveys collected by social psychologists, Dean G. Pruitt and James Gahagan pertaining to the events on the South campus of the State University of New York at Buffalo mainly from February to April 1970.
Charles Haynie papers
Collection — Box: 1-4
Identifier: 34/9/1071
Overview
Collection includes
Haynie's correspondence, teaching files, publications, and information on
political, social, and environmental activism.
Found in:
University Archives
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Charles Haynie papers
Military and Draft Counseling Center of Buffalo records
Collection — Box: 1-38
Identifier: MS 82
Overview
The records of the Military and Draft Counseling Center of Buffalo reflect the center's efforts from 1968 to 1978 to counsel area men and service people about their rights and options regarding the Selective Service System and the military.
Richard A. Siggelkow Campus Unrest collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3/5/1369
Overview
Collection contains material Richard Siggelkow kept while researching for his book, Dissent and Disruption: A University Under Siege, Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1991. Also included are personal correspondence, essays, and clippings regarding his role as Dean of Students later Vice President for Student Affairs.
UB Today Article on Campus Unrest and Reader Reaction
Collection — Box: 1-2
Identifier: 3/5/108
Overview
Copies of UB Today article on campus unrest at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1970 and artifacts and written recollections provided by alumni who were students at the university during the period of unrest.