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Office of Urban Affairs publications

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 48-0-1027

Scope and Contents

Collection contains reports and other publications issued by the Office of Urban Affairs at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Includes issues of the Public Affairs Series.

Dates

  • 1971-1985

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English.

Terms of Access

Office of Urban Affairs Publications, 1971-1985 are open for research.

Copyright

University records are public records and once fully processed are generally open to research use. Access to student and personnel records is restricted for 80 years from the date of creation. See reference staff for details. No restrictions on access apply to published records. The restriction of university records is subject to compliance with applicable laws, including the Freedom of Information Act. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the archives' usual procedures unless otherwise specified.

Historical Note

In 1970 Frank J. Corbett was named director of the Office of Urban Affairs, a post he held for 18 years. He served as the architect of the university-community relations program through which the research and public-service missions of UB were extended to the Buffalo minority community.

-- taken from The Reporter, February 17, 2005, obituary for Frank Corbett.

For more information the Office of Urban Affairs please see University Involvement in the Community written by Corbett and Murray Levine, chapter 8 of Psychologist, Heal Thyself: the University and the Urban Crisis edited by Howard Mitchell and Dan Adelson (New York: Behavioral Publications, 1974), a copy of which is available in Corbett's biographical file.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (2 manuscript boxes)

Abstract

Reports and other publications issued by the Office of Urban Affairs at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Includes issues of the Public Affairs Series.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in original order.

Acquisition Information

No information available.

Accruals and Additions

No further accruals are expected to this collection.

Processing Information

Processed by John Edens, March 2006.

Source

Title
Finding Aid for the Office of Urban Affairs publications, 1971-1985
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid prepared by John Edens, March 2006.
Date
2010
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

Contact:
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Buffalo New York 14260-1674 US
716-645-2916
716-645-3714 (Fax)