Love Canal: Collections
The following collections contain paper records, photographs and newspaper clippings related to Love Canal. Click on the highlighted collection title to see that collection's online finding aid. Tips for locating and using online finding aids can be found on the Searching page of this guide. All of the University Archives' online finding aids can be searched here. Paper finding aids are available in the University Archives for collections that are not highlighted.
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These collections contain correspondence, reports, studies, administrative records, maps and other documents.
- MS 65: Ecumenical Task Force of the Niagara Frontier records, 1946-1995 [bulk 1978-1990].
- A small selection of digitized documents from the Ecumenical Task Force of the Niagara Frontier records can be found here.
- 22/3F/634: Adeline Levine Love Canal research materials (Part I), 1953-1981 [bulk 1978-1981].
- 22/3F/1113: Adeline Levine Love Canal research materials (Part II), 1980-1991.
- 22/3F/1290: Adeline Levine Love Canal research materials (Part III), 1978-2002.
- 22/3F/1289: Adeline Levine papers, 1943-2016 [bulk 1968-1990].
- 19/F/1395: Michele Alexander Love Canal papers, 1975-1981.
- MS 74: Love Canal Area Revitalization Agency records, 1980-2003.
- MS 89: Love Canal Repository Grant records, 1978-2002 [bulk 2000-2001].
- MS 158: Lynn Corcoran In Our Own Backyard: The First Love Canal collection, 1979-1982.
- 22/7F/668: Lester W. Milbrath Environmental Issues papers, 1971-1990.
The collections listed below contain photographs and photographic slides related to Love Canal.
- Love Canal Images collection. A selection of images from the collections listed below.
- MS 65: Ecumenical Task Force of the Niagara Frontier records, 1946-1995 [bulk 1978-1990].
- MS 100: Penelope Ploughman Love Canal collection, 1978-1994.
- New York State Department of Heath reports.
- Spectrum Photograph Collection.
- University at Buffalo Office of Public Affairs Photograph Collection.
The Love Canal StoryMap is an interactive digital map that can be used to explore the Love Canal neighborhood using photographs found in the Love Canal Images Digital Collection.
The following collections contain newspaper clippings published by local, national and international newspapers and news agencies.
- Love Canal Newspaper Clippings Database: A keyword-searchable database for the newspaper clippings found in MS 122: Love Canal Newspaper Clipping collection.
- Due to copyright restrictions, the database does not give direct access to full-text articles. Photocopies of articles found in the database are available for a fee by contacting the University Archives.
- Niagara Gazette: A small selection of digitized full-text newspaper clippings from the Niagara Gazette, who granted permission for their inclusion on the University Archives website in 1998 as a part of the Library Services and Technology Act Grant.
- MS 100: Penelope Ploughman Love Canal Collection, 1978-1994.
Additional background information, timelines, and a glossary of individuals, organizations and other terminology related to Love Canal can be found on the About page of the University Archives' Love Canal website.