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.
Alternative Press collection
Collection — Box: 1-17
Identifier: MS 73
Overview
A collection of local and national news sources related to labor, anti-war, student unrest, and free speech issues spanning the years 1969-1992. Publications were collected by Richard Lipsitz, Jr., president of the Western New York Area Labor Federation.
Found in:
University Archives
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Alternative Press collection
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).
Elwin H. Powell papers
Collection — Box: 1-95
Identifier: 22/3F/1088
Overview
The papers of Elwin H.
Powell (1925-2001), activist and sociology professor at the University at
Buffalo. Collection includes extensive research and writings concerning
political events in the UB and Buffalo communities.
Found in:
University Archives
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Elwin H. Powell papers
Squire Hall Demonstrations records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 8/8/975
Overview
The Squire Hall Demonstrations Records
document student protests when the University at Buffalo converted the student union into a dental clinic for the Dental School, March 1982.
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.