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 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.

Includes information on juveniles as it relates to specific topics such as: juveniles-local and juveniles-due process. Includes news releases, newspaper clippings, correspondence, brochures, policy statements, meeting minutes, notes, and memos.

Includes information on due process as it relates to specific topics such as: due process-Oswald (Warren Commission) and Due process of law. Includes news releases, newspaper clippings, correspondence, brochures, policy statements, meeting minutes, notes, and memos.

Includes information on discrimination as it relates to specific topics such as: discrimination-civil rights, the burden of blame controversy, compensatory treatment, and housing-local. Includes news releases, newspaper clippings, correspondence, brochures, policy statements, meeting minutes, notes, and memos.