Special Collections

he Special Collections of E. H. Butler Library are many and varied in scope. Appointments are required to access Special Collections. Please contact the archivist to schedule an appointment. Some collections may be restricted for study, use, or replication.

Of special note are the following collections:

Buffalo Courier Express Library
Butler Family Papers
Charles Rand Penney Collection
David Lampe Collection
Dr. Francis E. Fronczak Collection
Dr. Robert B. Cantrick Collection
Hank Nuwer Collection
Monroe Fordham Regional History Center (maintained by the History and Social Studies Department--the Special Collections area also has a copy of the Monroe Fordham Regional History Collection)
Paul G. Reilly Indian Collection (Seneca Nation of Indians Land Claims)
Tom Fontana Collection


Other Collections


George Arthur Political Papers.
[ca. 1978-ca. 1995]

Andrew Brown Choral Arts Collection,
1968-(ca.) 1991

Buffalo State College Oral History Project.
[ca. 1975-ca. 1990]

Buffalo State College Communications Center
Stereoscope Collection.

Stephen and Rachel Cain
Buffalo Evening News Collection.
[1930s-1970s]

Robert Cantrick Original Music Collection.
[ca. 1990s]

Margaret Goff Clark
Children and Young Adult Literature Collection and Papers.
[ca. 1930-ca. 1980]

College Club of Buffalo,
(ca.) 1914-(ca.) 1994

William Engelbrecht
Iroquois Ceramic Coding Papers,
1969-1995

Diane English
Murphy Brown and Love and War Papers,
1988-1994

Zane Grey Book Collection.
[1900s]

Joseph Haeffner
WBEN and WBEN-TV Records and Papers.
[1920s-1980s]

Gustav Holst Hammersmith Collection.
[ca. 1930-ca. 1954]

Fraser Drew
Langston Hughes Correspondence,
1950-1967

Hertha Ganey
Children's Book Collection.
[1900s]

Ida Kempke and Charles Root
Textbook Collection.
[ca. 1750-ca. 1960]

Lois Lenski
Children and Young Adult Literature Collection and Papers,
1925-1972

Lit-Mus Study Club (of Buffalo) Papers.
[1930s-1990s]

Muriel Merritt Poetry Collection,
1972-1974
Richard B. Morris Historical Papers.
[ca. 1976]

Neighborhood Housing Services of South Buffalo Records,
1979-1986

New York State Art Teachers Association (NYSATA) Records.
[ca. 1950-ca. 1995]

New York State Department of Education
Educational Slides Collection.

New York State Geographical Association Records,
1935-1947.

Niagara Linguistics Society Records.
[ca. 1985-ca. 1990]

Frederick Law Olmsted (Microfilm) Papers,
1777-1952

Panhellenic Association
Buffalo Alumnae Records,
1946-1988

Harold F. Peterson
Latin American Artifact and Slide Collection.
[Pre-Columbian Era; 1923-1977]

Sallie Randolph
Children and Young Adult Literature Papers.
[1960s-1980s]

Richmond Family Correspondence,
1865-1935

Anne Rogovin
Teaching Materials Collection and Papers.
[ca. 1970-ca. 1992]

William Schmidt Art Collection,
1958-1973

Michael Shea Papers.
[ca. 1880-ca. 1914]

Society of Women Geographers,
1975-1980

William Tallmadge Music Collection.
[ca. 1921-ca. 1970]

Irving Tesmer
Western New York Geological Literature Collection.
[1800s-1900s]

Western New York Foreign Language Education Council Records.
[ca. 1974-ca. 1987]

Peter Yates Music Collection.
[ca. 1938-ca. 1972]

Lance Zavitz Radio Show Transcripts,
1935-1940





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