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Mail Art



Participatory, democratic, personal and expressive, as a form of artwork, Mail Art is sent, given or exchanged via the postal service. A work of…

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Aerial Photographs of Western New York



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Polish Peace Posters




This collection of Polish posters were originally printed for the World Peace Council, an international organization that advocates universal…

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LGBT at UB



This collection covers the LGBT clubs and community at UB in the 70’s, during which the first LGB club was founded on campus, and into the 80’s, and…

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Harry Jacobus Collection



Harry Jacobus was deeply involved in the San Francisco Abstract Expressionism movement of the early 1950s. After serving in World War II, he moved to…

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Tibetan Legal Manuscripts



Law professor Rebecca R. French wrote the seminal book, The Golden Yoke: The Legal Cosmology of Buddhist Tibet (Cornell University Press, 1995). …

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Archacki Cartoons



Henryk Archacki, 1907-1988, a Polish immigrant, journalist and well-known graphic artist, drew weekly cartoons for Polish-language newspapers for over…

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Medical Illustrations



Consisting of 90 items, the Medical Illustrations Collection showcases work created between 1935 and 1945 for the School of Medicine at the University…

Contributors: Diedrick, Melford D.; Nyquist, John

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Black Student Union collection



The Black Student Union (BSU) at UB was founded in 1967 and recognized by the Student Association in 1968. In 1969, it counted 1,000…

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Bison Magazine Covers



The Bison was a humor magazine published by University of Buffalo students between 1913 and 1941. News items, poetry, and humorous stories filled the…

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Album Pamiątkowe: a guide to Buffalo’s Polonia from 1906



The Album pamiatkowe i przewodnik handlowy : osady polskiej w miescie Buffalo, z dolaczeniem okolicznych miejscowósci ze stanu New York is an…

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Buffalo Architecture Foundation Building Stories Collection



Every building has a story. The intriguing architecture of Western New York is celebrated through Building Stories, Buffalo Architecture Foundation’s…

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Buffalo



The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Buffalo collection documents Dr. King’s visit and speech in Buffalo, New York on November 9, 1967. The speech,…

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UB Sports History Collection



This collection covers the early years of University at Buffalo athletics. The collection will continue to grow in phases and will eventually…

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Gustin L. Reichbach papers




Gustin Lewis Reichbach (1946-2012) B.A. ’67 was a proud Brooklynite, University at Buffalo alumnus, law student activist, lawyer, respected New York…

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Darwin D. Martin Photograph Collection



The Darwin D. Martin Photograph Collection consists of 1167 images of Martin and the Martin family and their residences. The photographs date from…

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Clifford C. Furnas Collection



The Clifford C. Furnas Collection consists of photographs and memorabilia celebrating his life and career. Clifford C. Furnas (1900-1969) was a…

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Eleanor Steber Photograph Collection



The Barbara Ann Conlogue Collection of Eleanor Steber Photographs, circa 1935-1977 contains 373 images of soprano Eleanor Steber. The collection…

Contributors: Conlogue, Barbara Ann

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Veterans and the Armed Forces Collection



This collection features select materials from the University Archives relating to UB, student veterans, the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, and…

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Evolutionary Biology Digital Dissection Collections



The BIO200 digital dissection project serves the illustrative and narrative needs of the students in the University at Buffalo Evolutionary Biology…

Contributors: University at Buffalo. University Libraries.

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Hear@Buffalo - The Poetry Collection’s Audio Archive

In 2009 the Poetry Collection received a Preservation and Access grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to reformat, catalog and make…

Contributors: State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection.

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University Archives Oral History Collection



The University Archives Oral History collection contains taped interviews with members of the University at Buffalo community, and the paper records…

Contributors: University at Buffalo. University Archives.

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Buffalo Churches Digital Collection



Buffalo’s prosperity and affluence in the late 19th and early 20th centuries produced a wealth of high-style and vernacular architecture, including…

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Hallwalls Collection



Dedicated to supporting artists in the creation of new work in the visual, media, performing and literary arts, and to making these works available to…

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J. Warren Perry Photo Collection



The J. Warren Perry Collection of Photographs consists of more than 1800 photographs. The focus of the collection is opera, with images of singers,…

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James Joyce Collection



The James Joyce Collection came to UB in six installments, the first in 1950 by virtue of a gift from Margaretta F. Wickser made in memory of her…

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Jan Bułhak Collection



Jan Bułhak was a prolific Polish photographer who specialized in landscape and architectural photos in Poland and present-day Lithuania and Belarus.…

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Jan Williams Collection of Images



The Jan Williams Collection of Images consists of 548 photographs, slides, and contact sheets, taken by Jan Williams, his friends, and professional…

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Jan Williams Photos of Morton Feldman



The collection of Jan Williams Photos of Morton Feldman contains 56 slides taken during concert tours made by Feldman and Williams in 1974, 1977, and…

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Jewish Buffalo Image Collection



This collection consists of photographs and other images related to Jewish life in Buffalo and the Niagara Falls area taken from the Jewish Buffalo…

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June in Buffalo Photograph Collection





The Irene Haupt Photographs of June in Buffalo document the annual contemporary music festival held at the University at Buffalo, The State…

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Just Buffalo Collection





Founded by Debora Ott in 1975, Just Buffalo is the premier literary center in the Buffalo/Niagara region and one of the largest in the country.…

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University at Buffalo Yearbooks



The first general student yearbook was the Iris.  Published from 1898-1907, and 1920-1932, the Iris was succeeded by the Buffalonian. The inaugural…

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Leo Smit Photograph Collection



The Leo Smit Photograph Collection consists of a mixture of photographs documenting Smit's life (1921-1999). These include images of Smit as a child…

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Livingston Gearhart Collection of Photographs, 1896-1949



The collection contains 110 photographs from the personal collection of composer, arranger, and pianist, Livingston Gearhart. They include photographs…

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Love Canal Images



This collection consists of photographs, maps, and posters related to the Love Canal environmental disaster. The Love Canal Images collection forms…

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Edgar R. McGuire Historical Medical Instrument Collection



The Edgar R. McGuire Historical Medical Instrument Collection was established in 1985 by Mrs. Annette Cravens in memory of her father, chairman of the…

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Medical Newspaper Clippings, 1901-1906




Four 16” x 10” (40.6 cm x 25.4 cm) “scrapbooks” with a total of 789 pages of articles from Buffalo, Western New York and other newspapers were…

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Morton Feldman Photographs



Composer Morton Feldman (1926-1987) was best known for his association with the New York School of experimentalist musicians, including composers John…

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Museum of Neuroanatomy



More than 80 beautifully illuminated brain specimens highlight anatomical features such as the corpus callosum, hippocampus and cerebellum.…

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Music Department Photograph Collection




The Music Department Photograph Collection contains 638 photographs of musicians who have participated in events of the Music Deptartment dating…

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Music Library Works



This collection consists of texts and music scores from the Music Library that have been digitized for purposes of preservation or requests by…

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Irene Haupt Photographs of Musicians in Buffalo



Irene Haupt, a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo, has been documenting the Buffalo arts scene through her photography since…

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North American New Music Festival Archive Photographs



The North American New Music Festival was founded in 1983 by Yvar Mikhashoff and Jan Williams, faculty members of the University at Buffalo Music…

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Pan-American Exposition of 1901





The Pan-American Exposition was held in Buffalo, New York from May 1 to November 2, 1901. Buffalo was chosen as the location because of its size…

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Pamela Gearhart Collection of Photographs



The collection contains 30 photographs from the personal collection of violinist and conductor, Pamela Gearhart. She was a member of the music faculty…

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Department of Art Video Collection



This collection contains videos from the University at Buffalo's Department of Art and the Department of Art Speaker Series as well as other events…

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The Opinion Newspaper



The Opinion is the official University at Buffalo Law School student newspaper.  The first issue debuted on November 29, 1949 under the leadership of…

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Perry Ballet Photographs



The J. Warren Perry Collection of Ballet Photographs, ca. 1910-1960 is a complement to the J. Warren Perry Collection of Photographs, ca. 1910-1971.…

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Prominent Visitors to Buffalo



This collection chronicles many of the politicians, authors, musicians, and activists that visited Buffalo as well as UB. Documentation from the…

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Slee Family Collection



Frederick Caldecott Slee (1870-1954) and his wife, Alice (1875-1956), were outstanding members of the Buffalo community and generous benefactors to…

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Spectrum, the University at Buffalo's Student Newspaper



Students at the University at Buffalo launched a new newspaper in December 1950. The Spectrum succeeded the Bee (1921-1950) and Argus (1947-1950).…

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Store-Front Churches in Buffalo



Milton Rogovin, born December 30, 1909 in New York City, was trained as an optometrist at Columbia University, where he received his degree in 1931.…

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Thomas B. Lockwood --The Man and His Library



This collection highlights the life and contributions of one of Buffalo's most distinguished citizens in the first half of the 20th century. Thomas…

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University at Buffalo Alumni Publications



The Alumni Association of the University of Buffalo was established in 1926 and began a quarterly publication for graduates of all divisions of the…

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Universal Design Product Collection





Universal design is an approach to the development of products and environments that can be used effectively by all people, to the greatest extent…

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University at Buffalo Student Newspapers, 1921-1950



This collection provides access to two student newspapers published at the University at Buffalo between 1921 and 1950. The Bee (1921-1950) focused…

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The Victor E. Reichert Robert Frost Collection





Victor E. Reichert (1897-1990) was rabbi of the Rockdale Avenue Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1938 to 1962 and shared a long friendship with…

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Yvar Mikhashoff Photograph Collection



The Yvar Mikhashoff Photograph Collection contains 423 indexed images that chiefly document the professional life of pianist and composer Yvar…

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Welch-Ludwig Collection



The images in this collection come from 35 mm. Kodachrome slides or .jpg pictures taken by Claude Welch, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the…

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The University Archives Historical Film Collection



The University Archives Historical Film Collection is comprised of over 600 films, mainly 16mm and black and white. These films document the history…

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Dylan Thomas Collection





Born in Swansea, Wales, Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) was one of the most influential poets of the twentieth century and also the author of numerous…

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Towarzystwo Łączności z Polonią Zagraniczną "Polonia” Collection



The Towarzystwo Łączności z Polonią Zagraniczną "Polonia” Collection is an assortment of photographs created by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in…

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The Work of a Country Doctor: Digitized Notebooks, Photographs, and Ephemera of Doctor Homer T. Jackson, M.D.



In 2013, the Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection, located within the University at Buffalo's (UB) Health Sciences Library, acquired the…

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Marching Band Collection



Musical organizations at the University of Buffalo date to 1898 with the organization of the Mandolin and Glee Club. After World War II, a student…

Contributors: University at Buffalo. University Archives.

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Architectural Drawings of the Darwin D. Martin House



This collection provides access to thirty-eight drawings by Frank Lloyd Wright of the Darwin D. Martin Complex in Buffalo, New York. Included in the…

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Pulp Fiction Cover Art



The UB Libraries’ George Kelley Paperback and Pulp Fiction Collection includes over 30,000 pulp fiction books and magazines. A selection of cover art…

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Visual Resources Collection (UB Only)



The Visual Resources Collection was established more than 40 years ago to support teaching in the fields of Art, Art History, and Architecture.…

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Buffalo Jazz Report



Founded in Buffalo, New York in March of 1974 by Bill Wahl, the Buffalo Jazz Report was a free newspaper distributed at clubs and record stores in the…

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punk magazine



"The rag you are clutching in your sweaty mitts is punk
magazine, devoted mainly to rock 'n' roll, sports and anything else that isn't boring."

Contributors: Altman, Billy

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Silver Creek Shakespeare Club



The Silver Creek Shakespeare Club collection, held by the University Archives of the State University of New York at Buffalo, contains a variety…

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Joseph Chouinard Collection of Images, circa 1928-2006



The collection contains 227 images collected by Joseph Chouinard. They document his life from the age of about two years through age eighty. The…

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University at Buffalo Recruitment Brochures and Pamphlets Collection, 1933-1979



The collection, held by University Archives, contains various promotional brochures that the University at Buffalo created from 1933 to 1979 to…

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Buckle / Bernhard Frank collection



Bernhard Frank is an accomplished poet, translator, and retired English professor at Buffalo State College. He created the semi-annual magazines…

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William B. Mann Papers, 1803-1891



William Barrow Mann was born in Kendall, New York circa 1835. After graduating from the University of Buffalo Medical School in 1861, Dr. Mann served…

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Travel Photograph Album, 1910



This collection contains an 80-page photograph album from 1910 that depicts a tourist group’s journey around Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. They…

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European Postcards Album



This collection consists of a 28 page scrapbook of European postcards curated by Theodosia Stickney (née Hewlett) and Ruth Hewlett. Theodosia and Ruth…

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Theodosia Stickney European Travel Photograph Album, circa June 1927



Theodosia Stickney (née Hewlett) was a graduate and lifelong donor to the University at Buffalo. She traveled extensively throughout America and…

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Ruth V. Hewlett Arizona Travel Photograph Album, circa 1933



Ruth V. Hewlett was a graduate and donor to the University of Buffalo. Ruth and her two sisters, Theodosia Stickney (née Hewlett) and Josephine…

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Amelia Etlinger Collection



This digital collection aims to give an overview of the wide range of work created by Amelia Etlinger, 1933-1987. Etlinger was born in New York City…

Contributors: State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection

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Josephine W. Hewlett Travel Photograph Album, 1918



Josephine W. Hewlett was a graduate and donor to the University of Buffalo. Born in Buffalo in 1900, she worked as a case supervisor for the Erie…

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Historical artifacts from the UB School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Science



In 2012, the History of Medicine Collection was pleased to become the home to a number of artifacts from the UB School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical…

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Camp Fire Girls collection, 1932-1960



The Camp Fire Girls organization was founded in 1910 and incorporated in 1912. The organization provided recreational opportunities for girls…

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Muriel Orr-Ewing Travel Photograph Album, August 1924 - May 1925



This digital collection consists of one of Muriel Orr-Ewing’s many photograph albums. Muriel lived several different lives during her 94 years. She…

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Julius Eastman Clippings Database, 1968-1979



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UB Photo Database Archives



As older images are migrated to the new downloadable photo database, they will continue to be available through the university's photo database…

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Muriel Orr-Ewing Travel Photograph Album, 1952



This digital collection consists of one of Muriel Orr-Ewing’s many travel photograph albums. Muriel lived several different lives during her 94 years.…

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Gail Sher Collection



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YMCA Buffalo Niagara collection, 1901-circa 1970s



The first YMCA was founded in London, England in 1844, and by 1851 the first United States YMCA was established in Boston. In 1852, the YMCA of…

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Shakespeare Folios




The four seventeenth-century folio editions of Mr. William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies were the first published collections of…

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Buffalo's live men in caricature



The book, “Buffalo’s Live Men in Caricature” was published in 1913 in Buffalo, NY and highlights many prominent figures in the local political and…

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Tom Toles Cartoons, 1969-1973.



The cartoon is mightier than the riot Throughout the 1970s, college campuses were torn apart by protests. Students sought a voice and demanded to be…

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Frances Proctor Ames Collection



In the 1880s, it was difficult to find a woman who worked in any profession outside the home, much less a female physician. In 1885 Frances Proctor…

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Darwin D. Martin Family papers



This Digital Collection consists of transcripts and subject indexes of selected diaries and correspondence from the Darwin D. Martin Family papers…

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Beautiful Buffalo Homes



Collection of photographs from the 1915 book, "Beautiful Buffalo Homes."

Contributors: State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives

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Colleague



By the early 1950s, the University of Buffalo had expanded from a small group of autonomous schools into a modern university with 14 divisions and a…

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The Spectrum Staff



Students at the University at Buffalo launched a new newspaper in December, 1950.  The Spectrum succeeded the Bee (1921-1950) and Argus (1947-1950). …

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Portraits from the City of Buffalo and Erie County, With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers.



This collection is comprised of the portraits included in Volumes I and II of History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County, with illustrations and…

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Portraits from the Buffalo Surgical Society



This collection comprises photographic portraits of early members of the Buffalo Surgical Society which was founded in 1924. Its members included…

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Portraits from the Buffalo Academy of Medicine



The Buffalo Academy of Medicine was founded in 1892 when four separate medical specialty and surgical societies merged with the intent of making the…

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