Campus Unrest Clippings

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 3-5-825

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Clippings from newspapers in the Buffalo, N.Y. area reporting on campus unrest at the State University of New York at Buffalo between 1964 and 1975. Topics include academic freedom, draft resistance during the Vietnamese Conflict, and employer recruitment on campus by governmental and private sector entities.

Dates

1964-1975

Creator

Furnas, Sparkle Moore (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English.

Terms of Access

Campus Unrest Clippings, 1964-1975 are open for research.

Copyright

Copyright of 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 1960s and early 1970s saw widespread student activism at colleges and universities worldwide. Academic freedom and participation in university governance, racial and political issues, the Vietnam War, the military draft, and the Nixon administration in the United States were some of the main issues that led to demonstrations, protests, sit-ins, riots, and ultimately the killing of students at Kent State University in Ohio on May 4, 1970. Please see Related Resources below for other collections in the University Archives and also this topical list.

Extent

1.25 Linear Feet (3 manuscript boxes)

Additional Description

Abstract

Clippings from newspapers in the Buffalo, N.Y. area reporting on campus unrest at the State University of New York at Buffalo between 1964 and 1975.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in alphabetical order, by topic or event.

Acquisition Information

The clippings from this collection were donated to the University Archives by Sparkle Furnas, wife of Chancellor Clifford C. Furnas. Originally organized alphabetically under the subject “Controversies,” clippings that dealt with the subject of campus unrest were removed to create this separate collection. The alphabetical arrangement has been maintained.