Handbooks and manuals
Scope and Contents
Handbooks and manuals for University at Buffalo faculty and staff, including freshman handbooks, undergraduate and graduate student guides, handbooks for students in residence halls, departmental handbooks and manuals, parent handbooks, and faculty and staff manuals. Also includes a digitized copy of the 1926 Freshman Handbook and digital copies of handbooks from 2007 onward.
Dates
- 1900-
Terms of Access and Use
Handbooks and manuals 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.
Extent
7.2 Linear Feet (13 letter manuscript boxes, 2 legal manuscript boxes, 4 half letter manuscript boxes, 1 envelope)
0.503 Gigabytes (144 files, 13 web archive files (13 web pages))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Handbooks and manuals for University at Buffalo faculty, staff, and students.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in two series: I. Student handbooks and manuals, and II. Faculty and staff handbooks and manuals.
Acquisition Information
Handbooks and manuals were collected by University Archives staff. The 1926 Freshman Handbook was digitized by staff in October 2022. Digital copies of handbooks were collected via internet download by Archives staff in December 2022. Web handbooks were captured by Archives staff in January 2023.
Accruals and Additions
Further accruals are expected.
Processing Information
Processed by University Archives staff; digital material processed by Grace Trimper, December 2022; finding aid encoded by Grace Trimper, November 2022.
- Employee handbooks Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Student life Subject Source: Local sources
Source
- University Archives (Repository, Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid for Handbooks and manuals
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Grace Trimper
- Date
- 2022 October 28
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository
420 Capen Hall
Buffalo New York 14260-1674 US
716-645-2916
716-645-3714 (Fax)
lib-archives@buffalo.edu