University Council Committee to Name Buildings records
Scope and Contents
The University Council Committee to Name Buildings records, 1972-1980 includes minutes, correspondence, memoranda, clippings, and other committee records; alphabetical file, apparently incomplete, on individuals suggested for building names, in particular, for the North (Amherst) campus.
Dates
- 1972-1980
Creator
- University of Buffalo. University Council (Organization)
Terms of Access and Use
The University Council Committee to Name Buildings records, 1972-1980 are open to researchers.
Copyright
Copyright is held by The State University of New York at Buffalo. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.
Historical Note
The Committee to Name Buildings was appointed by William C. Baird, Chairman of the University Council of the State University of New York at Buffalo, in 1971. The Committee devised criteria for the selection of names for buildings, roads, plazas and interior spaces on the university campus and selected names for recommendation to the University Council. After approval by the University Council, the names were submitted to the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York for final approval.
Extent
1.88 Linear Feet (4 letter size manuscript boxes, 1 half letter size manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The University Council Committee to Name Buildings records, 1972-1980 includes Minutes, correspondence, memoranda, clippings, and other records of the Committee to Name Buildings, ca. 1972 1980; alphabetical file, apparently incomplete, on individuals suggested for building names.
Arrangement
The University Council Committee to Name Buildings records, 1972-1980, are arranged into two series:
Series I. Minutes, correspondence, and clippings, arranged chronologically.
Series II. Biographical files of proposed names, alphabetically by last name.
Acquisition Information
The University Council Committee to Name Buildings records, 1972-1980, were transferred to University Archives by the Office of Public Affairs on December 12, 1984 as accession 84-098.
Accruals and Additions
No further accruals are expected.
Processing Information
Processed by Archives staff; finding aid encoded by Rebecca Cobb, June 2019.
Source
- University Archives (Repository, Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid for the University Council Committee to Name Buildings records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by archives staff
- Date
- 14 June 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository
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