Materials related to the Niagara Frontier Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and its predecessor the Erie County Civil Liberties Committee (ECCL). The materials are dated from 1934-1978 and include correspondence, promotional materials, legal briefs, court records, memoranda, financial records, annual reports, and case files.

Includes information on due process and information on due process as it relates to specific topics, such as: courtroom conduct, due process- court proceedings pre-trial access to papers, and capital punishment. Includes news releases, newspaper clippings, correspondence, brochures, policy statements, meeting minutes, notes, and memos.

Includes information on privacy and information on privacy as it relates to a specific topic, such as: privacy-electronic eavesdropping, privacy-lie detector tests, privacy-fluoridation, and privacy-compulsory sterilization. Includes news releases, newspaper clippings, correspondence, brochures, policy statements, meeting minutes, notes, and memos.

Includes information on drugs and alcohol as it relates to specific legal questions such as: state control of drugs and alcohol, drug addiction, and narcotics taken in search of automobile or on a routine arrest warrant. Includes news releases, newspaper clippings, correspondence, brochures, policy statements, meeting minutes, notes, and memos.