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Samuel P. Capen Hoods, Honorary Degrees, and Awards

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4-7-20
Abstract

Hoods, honorary degrees, and awards of Samuel P. Capen, first director of the American Council in Education (1919-1922); first full-time Chancellor of the University of Buffalo (1922-1950); and spokesman for academic freedom and educational reform.

Dates: 1922-1950

Office of the President files on Samuel P. Capen

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4-7-21
Abstract

The Office of the President Files on Samuel P. Capen, 1922-1957 [bulk 1922], includes materials related to Samuel P. Capen's tenure as Chancellor. The collection specifically includes materials related to his inauguration and the dedications of Foster Hall and Rotary Field.

Dates: 1922-1957; Majority of material found in 1922

Samuel P. Capen papers

 Collection — Box: 1-30
Identifier: 4-7-19
Abstract

Professional and personal correspondence, speeches, articles and memorabilia of Samuel P. Capen, first director of the American Council in Education (1919-1922); first full-time Chancellor of the University of Buffalo (1922-1950); and spokesman for academic freedom and educational reform.

Dates: 1893-1956

Chancellors and Presidents vertical file

 Collection — Drawer: RG 4
Identifier: 4-H-VF
Abstract

Contains administrative histories and miscellaneous printed material regarding individual chancellors and presidents of the University at Buffalo.

Dates: 1924-2011

Chancellor Charles P. Norton Medals

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 3-2-411
Abstract

Four Chancellor's medals presented in 1925 (Charles Henry Brent), 1942 (Thomas B. Lockwood), 1951 (Samuel P. Capen), and 1971 (Alfred H. Kirchhofer).

Dates: 1925-1971

Marvin Farber papers, Professor of Philosophy and Phenomenology

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 22-5F-768
Abstract

Collection of materials from Marvin Farber, professor of philosophy and phenomenology. Includes correspondence, publications, notes, speeches, and course files.

Dates: circa 1920-1980

Julian Park papers

 Collection — Box: 1-11, MC 4.13
Identifier: 15-2-119
Abstract Papers of Julian Park, the first dean of Arts and Sciences (1919-1954) and the University's first Historian (1959-1965). Collection includes historical documents concerning the inception and early history of the University which Park used as research for his publication, History of the University of Buffalo (1917). Also includes an unpublished manuscript for a subsequent history of the University; typewritten memoir; scrapbooks regarding his father, Roswell Park and the University of Buffalo...
Dates: 1834-1965