Office of Cultural Affairs records

Collection — Box: 1-13

Identifier: 33-5-0392

Staff Only

Collection includes materials on art expositions, performing arts events, symposia, lectures, festivals and other events sponsored or co-sponsored by the Office of Cultural Affairs, State University of New York at Buffalo. Included are reports, papers, bulletins, brochures, meeting minutes, and correspondence. Also includes files on the management of Capen Gallery, the Fenton Lecture Series, and minutes of committees including the Commemorative Arts and Arts Management Committee (CAAM) and the Arts Acquisition Committee.

Please see 33/5/550, Office of Cultural Affairs Records, 1970-1978, 33/5/698, Office of Cultural Affairs Records, 1967-1985.

Dates

1966-1972

Creator

State University of New York at Buffalo. Office of Cultural Affairs (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English.

Terms of Access

The Office of Cultural Affairs Records, 1966-1972 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.

Extent

6.5 Linear Feet (13 manuscript boxes)

Additional Description

Overview

Historical Note

The Office of Cultural Affairs was established in 1967 as a vehicle for:

linking community to university cultural programs
assisting in the development of the university's internal cultural life
providing a link to the cultural programming efforts of the University-wide Committee for the Arts
sponsoring interdisciplinary programs of a kind not ordinarily supported by our arts departments

Excerpted from "Report of the Task Group to Study the Office of Cultural Affairs, January 17, 1983", Box/Folder 1.1, 16/4F/1194, George R. Levine Papers, 1965-1996.