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[Description and dates], Box/folder number, MS 07, Citizens' Council on Human Relations Records, 1955-1992, University Archives, The State University of New York at Buffalo.
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Acquisition InformationThe majority of this collection was donated by Norman Goldfarb (Citizens' Council on Human Relations Records Director and former Co-Chairman) over a period of twelve years. Material was accessioned by the University Archives on April 18, 1969, July 18, 1973, October 26, 1973, March 13, 1975, and July 1, 1981. Additional material was received from Newton Garver (Citizens' Council on Human Relations Records Executive Secretary) on February 6, 1968 and from Able K. Funk (Buffalo State College professor) on May 12, 1992.
Terms of AccessThe Citizens' Council on Human Relations Records are open for research.
CopyrightCopyright of 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.
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The Citizens Council on Human Relations (CCHR) was incorporated as a non-profit organization on September 19, 1963. Newton Garver was one of the 30 original directors and a signer of the certificate of incorporation, and was the first Executive Secretary. At the time of incorporation, some of CCHR's stated purposes included: "to foster and promote improvement of relations between minority groups and the community at large," "to prevent discrimination against persecution of any person," "to work toward equal opportunity for all citizens, regardless of race or creed, in employment, housing," "to work toward equal access to services for all," and "to foster integration in educational institutions throughout the Niagara Frontier."
In February 1964, a brochure summarized these purposes in one aim: "to deal sensibly and urgently with a problem which has become a national crisis - that of the demand of Negro and other minority groups to share fully in the life of their city, state and nation." At the same time, CCHR explained its method: "to investigate areas where minorities do not participate fully, to find out why not, and to bring about harmonious solutions strengthening the fabric of the whole community."
Membership in CCHR is open to any citizens of New York State. It is governed by a board of 30 directors, through its executive officers and an executive committee. In addition to a Ways and Means Committee, which deals with finance and public relations, there are three standing committees: education - which works at furthering integration, improving educational opportunities and stimulating school programs which foster better human relations; employment - which seeks to expand the range of job opportunities open to African-American and other minority groups; and housing - which seeks to ensure that members of minority groups can live where they choose.
The Council meets at least once annually; the board of directors at least quarterly. The officers consist of two co-Chairmen, an Executive Secretary, a Corresponding Secretary, and a Treasurer.
The collection contains correspondence, news clippings, policy statements, printed materials, and speech notes, reflecting the actions the Citizens' Council on Human Relations (CCHR) while seeking to end discrimination, particularly against African-Americans, in Buffalo, N.Y.. There are also organizational files, consisting of by-laws, newsletters and membership lists, which reflect the internal workings of CCHR itself.
This collection is arranged in three series: I. Papers Donated by Newton Garver, as Executive Secretary; II. Papers Donated by Norman Goldfarb, Director, and former Co-Chairman; and III. Papers Donated by Abel Fink.
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I. Papers Donated by Newton Garver, as Executive Secretary,
1963-1968 |
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During the years 1963-1967, the Citizens' Council on Human Relations was organized and began to involve itself in the struggle to end discrimination in Buffalo. The organization files reflect this birth and the internal workings of the organization. Files on related organizations show the Citizens' Council on Human Relations' efforts to co-operate and work with other community action groups of Western New York. The files of the education, employment, and housing committees, with the corresponding news clippings, document the actions and issues the Citizens' Council on Human Relations participated in, particularly the Woodlawn Junior High School controversy. |
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Files are arranged by subject and then filed chronologically. |
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| 1.1 |
By-laws and Certificate of Incorporation,
1963
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| 1.2 |
General Correspondence; Press Releases; Notices,
1963-1967
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| 1.3 |
Membership Lists,
1964-1966
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| 1.4-1.6 |
Minutes and Agendas - Membership Meetings, Executive
Committee and Ad Hoc Committee Meetings,
1963-1966
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| 1.7 |
Newsletter,
1963-1968
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| 1.8 |
Community Action Organization (CAO),
1965-1966
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| 1.9 |
Community Welfare Council, Ellicott Talbert Services
Committee,
1965
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| 1.10 |
Coordinating Council of Community and Civil Rights
Groups (CCCCRG),
1964
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| 1.11 |
HOME,
1963-1967
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| 1.12 |
Niagara Frontier Council for Freedom of Choice in
Housing,
no
date
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| 1.13 |
Miscellaneous: Buffalo Action Group, CORE,
Mobilization for Youth, Community Research, Inc.
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| 1.14 |
Miscellaneous
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| 2.1 |
Education Committee: Buffalo Public School Guided
Talent Project
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| 2.2 |
Correspondence, Press Releases, Reports,
1963-1965
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| 2.3 |
Minutes, Agendas, Members,
1963-1964
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| 2.4 |
Correspondence,
1963-1965
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| 2.5 |
Minutes,
1963-1964
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| 2.6 |
Correspondence, Minutes, Reports,
1963-1965
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| 2.7 |
Printed Material
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| 2.8 |
Education
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| 2.9 |
Employment
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| 2.10 |
Housing
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| 2.11 |
Miscellaneous
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II. Papers Donated by Norman Goldfarb, Director, and former
Co-Chairman,
1964-1982 |
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Citizens' Council on Human Relations (CCHR) took an active role in seeking to end discrimination, particularly against African-Americans, in Buffalo. The subject files, consisting of correspondence, news clippings, policy statements, printed materials, and speech notes, reflect the actions CCHR undertook in this role. There are also organization files, consisting of by-laws, newsletters and membership lists, which reflect the internal workings of CCHR itself. |
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During the years 1964-1972, the major institutions and activities in which CCHR fought against discrimination were: private clubs - particularly fighting to integrate the Buffalo Athletic Club and to have the all-black Golden Tee Club accepted in tournaments; construction and other employment - concentrating on the Amherst campus of the State University of New York at Buffalo and the Main Place Mall; education - aiming to create quality integrated education in Buffalo, involving fights over bussing, portable classrooms, and middle schools. |
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These activities involved the CCHR with the State Commission for Human Rights and the Buffalo Commission on Human relations, as well as organizations involved in civil rights, the SUNY Urban Center, and summer youth programs. |
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The files are arranged by subject and then alphabetically. Materials within each folder and arranged chronologically, with undated materials placed at the beginning. |
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| 3.16 |
Awards & Citations - Norman Goldfarb,
1963-1981
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| 3.1 |
By-laws
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| 3.14 |
Chronological History of Actions taken by CCHR,
1963-1982
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| 3.2 |
Internal Correspondence
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| 3.3 |
Membership Lists,
1965-1967
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| 3.15 |
Miscellaneous correspondence & documents,
1976-1982
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| 3.4 |
Minutes of Meetings,
1967-1976
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| 3.5 |
Newsletter,
1964-1978
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| 3.6 |
Press Releases,
1967-1968
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| 3.7 |
Buffalo Athletic Club,
1967-1972
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| 3.8-3.11 |
Golf Clubs,
1964-1973,
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date
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| 3.12 |
Other Private Clubs,
1969-1972
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| 3.13 |
Yacht Club's legal agreements with city
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| 4.1 |
Buffalo Commission on Human Relations,
1965-1969
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| 4.2 |
State Commission for Human Rights (complaints),
1966-1967
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| 4.3 |
State Commission for Human Rights
(legislation)
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| 4.4 |
General,
1964-1968
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| 4.5 |
State University of New York at Buffalo
(non-construction)
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| 4.6 |
General,
1965-1968,
1972
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| 4.7 |
Model City Application
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| 4.8 |
Doyle (long hair) and Fiedler cases
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| 4.9 |
June 29,
1967 police incidents
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| 4.10 |
Miscellaneous
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| 4.11 |
Other organizations
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| 4.12 |
State University of New York Urban Center in Buffalo,
1966-1968
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| 4.13 |
Youth Programs
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| 5.1 |
Correspondence,
1965-1967
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| 5.2-5.5 |
Reports, Papers, Articles, Statements,
1964-1971,
no
date
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| 5.6 |
Board of Education excerpts and reports
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| 5.7 |
Handwritten statements,
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| 5.8 |
Legal Briefs,
1968-1970
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| 6.1 |
Clubs - Golf
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| 6.2 |
Clubs - Other Private
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| 6.3 |
Commissions - Buffalo (and Common Council)
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| 6.4 |
Commissions - State
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| 6.5 |
Education - Buffalo
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| 6.6 |
Education - National
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| 6.7 |
Employment - Construction
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| 6.8 |
Employment - General
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| 6.9 |
Housing - General
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| 6.10 |
Housing - Model City
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| 6.11 |
Other - Goldfarb
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| 6.12 |
Other -
June 30,
1967 (riots)
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| 6.13 |
Other - Miscellaneous
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| 6.14 |
Other - Youth Programs
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| 7.1-7.3 |
Construction: Correspondence, Proposals, Reports,
1964-1970
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| 7.4-7.5 |
Construction: News clippings,
1965-1970
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| 8.1-10.1 |
Legal Documents,
1973-1980
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| 10.2 |
Reply Brief,
1980
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| 10.3 |
Court Exhibits,
1978
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| 11.1-11.6 |
Desegregation material from other states,
1969-1981
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| 11.7-11.9 |
School Desegregation Correspondence,
1971-1977
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| 12.1-12.3 |
Correspondence,
1978-1982
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| 12.4 |
Planning Materials,
1966-1982
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| 12.5 |
Ethnic Census,
1982
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| 12.6 |
Legal Research,
no
date
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| 12.7 |
Notes from Meetings in Judge Curtin's Chambers,
1978-1979
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| 12.8 |
Response to State Integration Proposal,
1976
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| 13.1-13.6 |
Desegregation Clippings,
1970-1982
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| 13.7 |
Review Committee Minutes,
1982
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| 13.8-14.1 |
Desegregation Plans,
1976-1981
[2 folders] |
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| 14.2 |
Reports,
1966-1976
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| 15.1 |
Reports,
1978-1979
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| 15.2 |
Attendance Reports,
no
date
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| 15.3 |
Charts: Percentage of Minorities
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| 15.4 |
Monitoring Commission
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| 15.5 |
Affirmative Action
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| 15.6 |
Pupil Personnel Services
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| 15.7 |
City Wide Advisory Services
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| 15.8 |
Flyers on Various Buffalo Public Schools
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| 15.9 |
Newspaper Clippings
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| 15.10 |
Background: Books on Desegregation
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| 16.1 |
District Maps
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| 16.2-16.3 |
Memoranda,
1977-1980
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| 16.4-16.5 |
Buffalo Schools Report,
1975-1976,
1981-1982
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| 16.6 |
School Statistics,
1973-1982
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| 16.7 |
Pleadings,
1974
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| 16.8-17.1 |
Correspondence,
1973-1981
[2 folders] |
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| 17.2-17.3 |
Workforce Analyses,
1965-1982
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| 17.4-17.5 |
New Hires,
1980-1981
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| 17.6 |
Proposals,
1975
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| 17.8 |
Affirmative Action (Erie County),
1974-1975
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| 17.9 |
Guidelines,
ca.
1974-1975
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| 17.10 |
Clippings,
1972-1982
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| 18.1-18.2 |
EED forms
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| 18.3 |
Legal Research
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| 18.4 |
Affirmative Action,
1972
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| 18.5 |
Pleadings
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| 18.6 |
Correspondence,
1973-1983
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| 18.7 |
Exhibits 1-6
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| 18.8 |
Court Exhibits
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| 18.9 |
Work Force,
1977-1982
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| 18.10 |
Tenant Lists,
1977
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| 18.11 |
Legal Research,
no
date
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| 18.12 |
Miscellaneous,
1975-1982
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| 19.1 |
Block Grant Applications,
1975-1976
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| 19.2 |
Strategy Papers,
1971-1981
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| 19.3 |
Report on Public Housing,
1964
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| 19.4 |
Correspondence,
1977-1982
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| 19.5 |
Use and Utilization Reports,
1976/1977
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| 19.6 |
Clippings,
circa
1978
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| 19.7 |
Appellants Brief,
1973
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| 19.8 |
Correspondence,
1973
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| 19.9 |
Record on Appeal,
1974
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| 19.10 |
Legal Research
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| 19.11 |
Clippings
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| 19.12 |
Pleadings,
1973
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| 19.13 |
Correspondence,
1981-1983
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| 19.14 |
Complaint,
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| 19.15 |
Correspondence,
1974-1975
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| 19.16 |
Correspondence,
1982
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| 19.17 |
Correspondence and Memoranda,
1982-1983
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| 19.18 |
Memo Affidavit,
1982
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| 19.19 |
Clippings,
1982-1983
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| 20.1 |
Agreements and memoranda,
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| 20.2 |
Docked sheets,
1972-1973
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| 20.3 |
Clippings,
1971-1982
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| 20.4 |
Vaight vs. Hencinski,
1974
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| 20.5 |
Hartford vs. Hills,
1975
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| 20.6 |
Correspondence,
1975
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| 20.7 |
Correspondence,
1970
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| 20.8 |
Clippings,
1970
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| 20.9 |
Correspondence,
1971
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| 20.10 |
Clippings,
1978
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| 20.11 |
Infant Mortality: Correspondence,
1977-1978
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| 20.12 |
Statistics,
1969-1977
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| 20.13 |
Clippings,
1978
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| 20.14 |
Procedural Safeguards
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| 20.15 |
Child Care
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| 20.16 |
NOW v. AMA,
1977-1978
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| 21.1 |
1973-1981
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| 21.2 |
Psychological Stress Evaluation,
1977-1978
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| 21.3 |
Fire Department,
1974-1975
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| 21.4 |
CCHR v. Mulligans
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| 21.5 |
Criminal Justice,
circa
1975-1976
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| 21.6 |
Buffalo Yacht Club,
1976-1978
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| 21.7 |
Clippings,
1976
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| 21.8 |
Demolition Work,
1976
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| 21.9 |
Complaint
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| 21.10 |
Erie Community College,
1974-1981
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| 21.11 |
Affirmative Action Compliance,
1981-1983
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| 21.12 |
Clippings
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| 21.13 |
Farm Workers,
1980-1981
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| 21.14 |
Freedom of Information,
1979-1981
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III. Papers Donated by Abel Fink,
1957-1992 |
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Materials in this series are arranged alphabetically. |
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| 22.1 |
Affidavit, Motion, Notice of Motion,
1980,
1987
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| 22.2 |
Affidavit, Motion, Compliance Agreement,
1989-1990
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| 22.3 |
Affidavit, Motion, Reports, Statistics,
1991-1992
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| 22.4 |
Correspondence, Memorandum, Notice of Motion,
1986-1992
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| 22.5 | Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority (BMHA): Possible race discrimination suit, 1987-1989 | |
| 22.6-22.7 | Citizens' Council on Human Relations: By-laws, 1984;Minutes, 1990 | |
| 22.8 | Conferences -Black Educators Association of Western New York, Buffalo Conference on Group Conflict, Buffalo Task Force on Group Life, 1957-1992 | |
| 22.9 | Construction (University of Buffalo): photocopies of articles, proposal, 1970 | |
| 22.10 | Correspondence: CCHR membership/donations/meetings/Campus School/Board of Education, 1966-1967 | |
| 22.11 | Correspondence: Membership/announcements/officer lists, 1972-1992 | |
| 23.1 | HOME (Housing Opportunities Made Equal): Correspondence, membership cards, by-laws, 1969-1986 | |
| 23.2 | HOME News (incomplete run), 1968-1978 | |
| 23.3 | HOME Insight Newsletter (incomplete run), 1980-1989 | |
| 23.4 | Medical Program (University of Buffalo), 1969-1970 | |
| 23.5 | Organizations-- Correspondence, 1970-1971 | |
| 23.6 | Other Organizations - Newsletters, 1957-1981; includes ARC, BRAG, BAMM, Buffalo Commission on Human Relations, Buffalo Defense Committee, Buffalo Insighter, Buffalo New Community Council, and BUILD | |
| 23.7 | Other Organizations - Newsletters, 1957-1981; includes CAUSE, Citizens for Quality Education, and Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam | |
| 23.8 | Other Organizations - Newsletters, 1957-1981; includes Draft Counciling Center, East Side Community Organization, Friends Committee on National Legislation, HAC, Housing Council of Niagara Frontier, ICAN, Mildred Prim-Thelma Moore Legal Defense Fund, NCCJ, New York Civil Liberties Union-Niagara Frontier Chapter, SEEK, SUNY Urban Center, Tax Reform, Together on Education, Vietnam Era Veterans against the War, WNY Peace Center, and Women United For Action. | |
| 23.9 | Papers/Reports/Pamphlets, 1968-1980s; includes "Peaceful Desegregation & Quality Education," F.H. Graves; "Pilot Plan for Quality Education;" "A Proposal to Formalize Collective Bargaining between Students and their State University...," N. Goldfarb; "Structure and Assignments for the Investigation of the Suburban Phase of the Federal Court Suit to Integrate the Schools of Erie County," N. Goldfarb; Metropolitan Educational Conference report; Desegregation of the Elementary Schools-Rochester Report; and Black Development Foundation Seminar/Equality in Housing/Look Before You Leave/Buffalo State College Programs for schools/centers | |
| 24.1 | Poverty Programs: Fact sheets, agendas, brochures, 1962-1967 | |
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| 24.2 |
Desegregation - articles, reports, pamphlets,
circa
1960-1970
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| 24.3 |
City Honors Program - Position paper,
circa
1960-1970
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| 24.4 |
Tutoring Volunteers (School #74, etc.),
1963-1966
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| 24.5 |
Correspondence, newsletters, proposals
circa
1960-1970
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