Office of Cultural Affairs records

Collection — Box: 1-7

Identifier: 33-5-698

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

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; also includes files on the management of Capen Gallery, the Fenton Lecture Series, and minutes of committees including the Commemorative Arts and Arts managements Committee (CAAM) and the Arts Acquisition Committee.

Please also see 33/5/392, Office of Cultural Affairs Records, 1967-1972, and 33/5/550, Office of Cultural Affairs Records, 1970-1978.

Dates

1967-1986

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, 1967-1986 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 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, and 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}.

Extent

9.17 Linear Feet (7 cartons, 1 manuscript box)

Additional Description

Abstract

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in original order in six series: I. Committees, II. Reports, committees, events, III. Events, IV. Capen Gallery, V. Memorabilia, and VI. Posters.

Acquisition Information

Collection was received from Esther Harriott, Director of the Office of Cultural Affairs, August 19, 1985. The Fenton Lecture files were received from Joyce Buchnowski, Public Affairs, on June 18, 1986.

Accruals and Additions

No further accruals are expected to this collection.

Related Resources

33/5/392, Office of Cultural Affairs records, 1967-1972
33/5/550, Office of Cultural Affairs records, 1970-1978
16/4F/1194, George R. Levine papers, 1965-1996