Language of Material:
Collection material in English.
Abstract:
This collection contains materials related to campus unrest at the University at Buffalo, 1965-1990. Included are materials regarding the "Faculty 45," and artifacts such as buttons, strike flags, banners, a tear gas canister, and a recording of the "Hayes Hall Blues," a song about the "Faculty 45."
Copyright:
Copyright is held by the State University of New York at Buffalo,University Archives. Copyright in other 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.
Scope and Content:
Leaflets, newspaper clippings, reports, artifacts and other itemscollected by the University Archives as documentation of campus unrest at the State University of New York at Buffalo, 1965-1990. Topics include censorship of the student newspaper the Spectrum, the Themis Research Contract, disruptions on campus in Spring 1969 and 1970, the arrest and trial of the "Faculty 45" in 1970, and other actions primarily concerned with the reactions of students and faculty to the war in Vietnam. Also included are files of the Rumor Control Center, 1969-1970. Artifacts include buttons, strike flags, banners, a tear gas canister, and a recording of the "Hayes Hall Blues," a song about the "Faculty 45." This collection also includes later news articles and recollections of participants about campus unrest at the University at Buffalo in the 1960s.
Arrangement:
<p>The collection is divided into five series:</p><p>I. Campus Unrest, 1965-1970 </p><p>II. Faculty 45 </p><p>III. Spring 1970 </p><p>IV. Rumor Control </p><p>V. Publications and Clippings </p><p>The contents of the series are in chronological order,with additional materials added at the end of some series.</p>
Restrictions:
The bulk of the Campus Unrest at the State University of New York atBuffalo Records are open for research. For specific restrictions see University Archivist.
Beginning Date (Creation):
1965
Ending Date (Creation):
1990