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Finding Aid for the Charles B.
Sears Law Library Records,
1952-2008
[bulk 1970-2005]
Law Spec. Coll. 04
Charles B. Sears Law
Library
O'Brian HallUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New
YorkBuffalo, New York 14260-1110United StatesPhone: 716 645-2047Fax: 716 645-3860Email:
asklaw@buffalo.edu URL:
http://law.lib.buffalo.edu Finding aid prepared by Karen L.
Spencer.
Finding aid encoded in EAD by Karen L. Spencer, November 2007.
Updated September 11, 2008.
Finding aid written in
English.
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard
)
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©
2007. State
University of New York at Buffalo. All rights reserved.
Title: Charles B. Sears Law
Library Records,
1952-2008
[bulk 1970-2005]
Creator:
Charles B. Sears Law Library,State University
of New York at Buffalo
Extent: 23
manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box , 1 carton, 2 oversize folders
(12 linear feet)
Repository:
Charles B. Sears Law Library, State
University of New York at Buffalo
Abstract: Materials generated or
collected by various departments in the Law Library including administrative
and faculty reports, correspondence, exhibits, publications, photographs,
clippings, etc.
Preferred Citation
[Specified item], Box/Folder #, Law Special Collections 04, Charles
B. Sears Law Library Records, 1952-2007, Charles B. Sears Law Library, The
State University of New York at Buffalo.
Acquisition Information
Materials collected over time by various library staff.
Terms of Access
Materials can be examined by qualified researchers in the Law
Library during hours of operation during which Law Reference Librarians are
present. In order to insure access, researchers are advised to contact the Law
Library in advance of visits.
Copyright
Law Library created records are in the public domain. Copyright in
other materials may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright
before publishing quotations from or republishing materials in the collection.
Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures
unless otherwise specified.
Processing Information
Processed by Karen L. Spencer in November 2007.
Accruals and Additions
Occasional accruals are expected to this collection.
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Directors of the Law Library:
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1936-1939 |
Mildred Miles |
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1939-mid-1940's |
Arthur Lenhoff |
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Mid-1940's- 1947 |
Grace Primas Champness |
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1947-1950 |
Patricia Clause |
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1950-1960 |
Lois Crissey |
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1961-1963 |
Morris L. Cohen |
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1963-1967 |
Balfour Halevy |
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1967-1969(?) |
Joseph Pascuci (Acting) |
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1969-1971 |
Vaclav Mostecky |
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1971-1976 |
Larry B. Wenger |
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1976-1980 |
Wade J. Newhouse (Acting) |
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1980-1983 |
Kathleen Carrick |
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1983-1984 |
Wade J. Newhouse (Acting) |
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1984-1999 |
Ellen M. Gibson |
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2000-2008 |
James G. Milles |
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2009 |
Elizabeth Adelman, Interim Director |
The collection includes materials generated or collected by various
departments in the Law Library including administrative and faculty reports,
departmental correspondence, exhibits, publications, photographs, clippings,
etc.
Materials were culled from weeded administrative and library faculty
files. Significant materials were also donated by Prof. Wade Newhouse which
were collected or written during his stints as Acting Director. Those items are
so noted.
The collection is arranged in seven series:
I.
Director's Files
II.
Technical Services
III.
Public Services
IV.
The 2003 Fire
V.
The Website
VI.
Exhibits
VII.
Photographs
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Contents |
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| 1.1-2.13 |
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Annual reports
1952,
1965-2001
34 folder
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 3.1 |
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Consultant reports:
Ervin H. Pollack
1960,
Meira G. Pimsleur
1962,
Leon M.
Liddell
1968
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| 3.2 |
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Consultant report:
Miles O. Price
1965
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| 3.3 |
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Consultant report & correspondence: Becker &
Hayes, Inc.
1971-1973
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| 3.4-3.5 |
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Consultant report & correspondence:
Morris L. Cohen and
Marian G. Gallagher
1974-75
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| 3.6 |
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Correspondence, notes, memos
1967-1976
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| 3.7 |
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Correspondence
1984-1999 & Governance Agreements
1980,
1985,
1999
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| 4.1-4.7 |
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Originally from three notebooks of Prof. Wade Newhouse
documenting the history of the governance issue between the University
Libraries and the Law Library
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| 4.8 |
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Correspondence from files of Prof. Wade Newhouse
1976-1980
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| 5.1-5.2 |
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Consultant's report:
Robert C. Berring and correspondence
1988-89
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| 5.3 |
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Law Library Governance Agreement 1999 and
correspondence from the American Bar Association Accreditation Committee and
the American Association of Law Schools Executive Committee
1999-2000
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| 5.4 |
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Memorandum on Law Library Acquisitions Budget from
Prof. Wade Newhouse to Dean Tom Headrick
July 28,
1977
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 6.1 |
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"Staffing Report: First Round Review",
February 8,
1978, by Prof. Wade Newhouse
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| 6.2-7.6 |
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"Staffing the Law Library"
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Originally in three notebooks covers 1963 to 1988. Includes
staff organization charts from 1978 to 1988; by Prof. Wade Newhouse (12
folders)
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| 7.8 |
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Librarian vitae, 2007
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 8.1-2 |
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Accreditation
1962-1980, 199?
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| 8.3 |
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Budget memos,
1945-1990
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| 8.9 |
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Charles B. Sears, biographical information
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| 8.4 |
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Computerized legal research
1976:
correspondence regarding a continuing education program; articles, brochures
from Lexis and Westlaw, sample Lexis subscription agreement
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| 9.3-9.9 |
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History, including the move to Amherst (memos,
construction programs, floor plans)
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Blueprints from
1970-1971 shelved separately at end of collection
(3 sets, various sizes)
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| 8.7 |
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Library Faculty Bylaws,
1972-1999
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| 8.8 |
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Library Faculty Criteria Document,
1982-1990
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| 9.1 |
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Library guide (draft),
1976
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| 9.2 |
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Library map, early
1980's
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| 9.2 |
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Mission & strategic plan,
2001-2003
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| 9.4 |
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Quarterly reports to Library Faculty meetings,
1983-2000
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| 9.10 |
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Rare book collection: Courier Express news clipping,
1962
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| 9.11 |
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Report of the President's Task Force on Women at UB
1997, with
correspondence
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Contents |
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New Book Lists (v.1-29,
1966-1971, ) (3 bound volumes shelved at end of
collection)
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 10.1-13.4 |
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Law Library Acquisitions Lists
1972-1991,
2001-2006 (21 folders,
1 bound volume)
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| 13.5-13.6 |
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Checklists of Human Rights Documents
Feb.-Mar. 1974 - Jan.
1976(1 folder, 1 bound volume)
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| 13.7 |
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Current Journal Contents
June 1986 - Jan.
1989(1 bound volume)
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II.B Classification Schedules
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 14 |
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Law Library Classification schedules from
1968-1994(?)
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 15.1 |
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Art in the Law Library
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| 15.2-15.4 |
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Audiovisual Department: Shelflist,
1977; Koren
Center dedication; Manual,
1978;
flyers
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| 15.5-15.6 |
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Bitch Tickets,
1977-1979
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| 15.8-15.14 |
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Collection development: State Holdings in the Law
Library; list of Canadian holdings
1978;
collection development policies
1980-2006; three memos
1962-1974
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| 16.1 |
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Depository status: correspondence, memos, GPO reports
1982-1999
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| 16.2-16.4 |
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Faculty Manuals
1977,
1981
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| 16.5 |
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Law faculty publications1987-2005, list compiled by
Melissa Bednarz
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| 16.6-16.7 |
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Law Library newsletters
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| 17.2 |
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Mercury - initial correspondence
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| 17.4 |
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The Opinion -
correspondence
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| 17.5 |
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Periodicals list,
1972
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| 17.6-17.11 |
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Reference handouts: The Basics, bibliographies, library
guides, bookmarks.
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| 18.1-18.6 |
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Reference Notebook: a dynamic notebook begun in the
1970's and used until approximately 2001 to store eclectic minutiae and ready
reference information
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| 18.7 |
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Reference: publishers' guides - BNA Labor Relations
Reporter, Shepards Citations, American Law Reports
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| 19.1 |
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Research & Writing: memos detailing history of
library involvement in the Law School R&W program
1975-81
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| 19.13 |
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Research & Writing:
1983-88
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| 19.14 |
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Research & Writing:
1991-92
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| 19.2 |
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Research & Writing: library instruction materials
including the first guide compiled in 1978 that preceded The Basics handout,
slide-tape bibliography, sample treasure hunts, an ALR lesson, overhead
transparencies
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| 19.3 |
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Advanced Legal Research
1990
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| 19.4-19.9 |
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Legal Research Slide-Tape
Programs by Karen L. Spencer: articles, correspondence, scripts from
1975-1982
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| 19.10 |
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Computerized Legal Research
Slide-Tape Program by Karen L. Spencer: slides, audiocassette, &
script
1986
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| 19.11 |
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Teaching Legal Research, AALL Institute, 1978:
correspondence & program
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| 20.1-20.3 |
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Special Collections: director's correspondence,
brochures
1970-1989
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| 20.4-20.5 |
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Special Collections, Rare Books: correspondence,
brochures
1979-2005
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| 20.6 |
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University Library guides
1976-1997
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| 26.17 |
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Library guides, handouts, Reference history,
2007+
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 20.7 |
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Signs/maps, public relations flyers, news clippings, web
notices, photo CD
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 21.1-21.7 |
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The second Law Library website,
February 1,
2005
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| 26.1-26.16 |
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The third Law Library website,
Winter 2007/Spring
2008, designed and maintained by webmaster Nancy Babb
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| 26.18 |
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The fourth Law Library website,
Fall
2008
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| 26.19 |
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Law Library Blog,
March
2005-January 2007
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 22.1 |
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Exhibit policy
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| 22.2 |
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William Greiner inauguration
1992
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| 22.3 |
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Pan American Exhibition Centennial brochures
2001
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| 22.4 |
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Opinion articles featuring
the Law Library
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| 22.5-22.6 |
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Staff exhibits
2003,
2005
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| 22.9 |
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U.N. Day, October 24,
2001
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| 22.10 |
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International Court of Justice
2004
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| 22.11-22.12 |
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U.S.A. Patriot Act and American Libraries
2004
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| 22.13 |
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Howard R. Berman Collection
2004
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| 23.1 |
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Jacob D. Hyman Memorial
2007
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| 23.2 |
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Law Librarian Scholarship
2007
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| 23.3 - 23.5 |
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Habeas Corpus - Mitchell Lecture, Spring,
2007
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| 23.6 - 23.8 |
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Special Collections: Indigenous Peoples, Spring
2008
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| 24 |
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Law of War
2004 (Paige
carton)
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| Oversize |
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Contents |
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Women in Law Centennial; Helen Rogers & Cecil B.
Weiner
2001
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Library Maps
1993,
2006, BISON
signs
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Exhibit honoring the Class of 1968
1998,
includes photos and copy of first Law Library Homepage
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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Photographs & slides
1970's through
1990's
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog.
Charles B. Sears Law Library
Newhouse, Wade J.
State University of New York at Buffalo. Faculty of Law and Jurisprudence
State University of New York at Buffalo. Law School
University of Buffalo. School of Law
Cohen, Morris L., 1927-
Gibson, Ellen M.
Hale´vy, Balfour
Law Libraries
Mostecky, Vaclav
Wenger, Larry B.
Separated Material
Three oversized files from Series VI are stored in the Special Collections Librarian's office.
Related Resources
Materials accumulated by the Law Library generated by or
about the Law School including administrative and faculty reports and records,
commemorative booklets, publications, photographs, correspondence, clippings,
external ephemera, etc.
Uncataloged serials printed by the Law School such as
bulletins, handbooks, facebooks, yearbooks, commencement bulletins, exams, and
student newspapers.
See in particular
RG 13/16 - Law Library
