Collection contains the records maintained by Robert W. Spencer regarding the planning for the Amherst/North Campus of the State University of New York at Buffalo: correspondence with and reports to SUNY Central Administration in Albany, background data on projected space needs for divisions and departments, design plans, and records of the Campus Planning Committee. A related collection is 8/1/328, Campus Planning Committee Files, 1964-1965.

Box 1 contains reports and correspondence relating to space needs for the departments, offices and divisions on the new Amherst Campus, compiled mainly for and by Facilities Planning and Research (Office of Architecture and Facilities) of the State University of New York, Central Administration. Enrollment projections, space analysis summaries and studies. Major correspondents include William T. Conway, Director of SUNY's Facilities Planning and Research; William C. Doemland, Director, Office of Planning and Development; and John R. Warren and Robert W. Spencer, coordinators of the Office of Planning and Development.

Box 2 continues the reports of Box 1 with detailed information on the libraries and student union.

Box 2 and 3 contain files Robert Spencer kept during his participation on the Campus Planning Committee, chaired first by Bradley Chapin and later by John C. Wahlke. The committee was primarily concerned with determining the space needs of various departments, offices, and divisions and reporting these needs to Albany. Included are architectural programs and correspondence between the committee members, departments, and Albany officials. Primary correspondents include John C. Wahlke; James Titus, Assistant to the Dean of the University College, C.C. Furnas, President of the State University of New York at Buffalo, Harold C. Syrett, Executive Dean for University Centers (SUNY Central) and Harry W. Porter, Provost (SUNY Central).