University Archives Student Research Guide: Home
How to Use This Guide
Welcome to the University Archives! This guide is designed to:
1. Introduce you to the University Archives at UB, and provide an overview of our collection strengths.
2. Introduce the basics of archival research and evaluating primary sources.
3. Serve as a starting point for research on various topics represented in the University Archives collections.
This guide includes tabs for several topics represented in the University Archives collections, each of which contains images, links to online resources, and information on relevant archival collections. Here you will find information on the following topics: Campus Unrest; UB During WWII; Love Canal; Black and African American History; LGBTQ+ History; the Pan-American Exposition; UB Athletics; Student Life; Student Publications [others?]. You can use this guide to help identify topics, collections, and individual primary sources of interest for course assignments or other research projects. If you have any questions or require assistance, please direct your questions to Kate Greenberg, Instruction & Collections Archivist, at kgreenbe@buffalo.edu.
Student Life
Joan Arhardt, Homecoming Queen, with Buster, UB Mascot, 1957
#AVC_A97
UB Athletics
UB Women's Soccer players, 1982
UB During WWII
Air Cadets in line for food
Pan-American Exposition
Souvenir card, Pan-American Exposition, 1901
Love Canal
Student protest against Hooker Chemical at SUNY Buffalo, 1979
#Spectrum.9, Love Canal Images database
LGBTQ+ History
October is National Gay and Lesbian History Month
Black and African American History
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking at Kleinhans Music Hall, 1967