Black Student Union Periodical Collection
Special Collections, University Libraries

The Black Student Union (BSU) at UB was founded in 1967. Twelve periodical publications have been issued by the BSU and are the primary record of the activities and history of the organization. Most of the material was issued on newsprint, and the material is now extremely fragile as a result of heavy use.

Pulp Fiction Cover Art
Special Collections, University Libraries

Pulp fiction cover art, primarily from the 1940s and 1950s, is provided in this collection which focuses on crime fiction and science fiction from the George Kelley Paperback and Pulp Fiction Collection.

Animal Communication
UB Only

Department of Anthropology

Universal Design Product Collection
IDEA Center, School of Architecture and Planning

This is a digital archive of two gallery installations of the Unlimited by Design exhibition and a traveling exhibit called "live | work | eat | play" that provides access worldwide for scholars and educators.

Visual Resources Collection
UB Only

The Visual Resources Collection was established more than 40 years ago to support teaching in the fields of Art, Art History, and Architecture. Currently comprising 161,000 35mm slides and lantern slides and 12,000 photographic prints and negatives, the Visual Resources Collection is transitioning to an online digital teaching collection which supports the entire UB community.

Access is restricted to UB faculty, staff, and students only.  If you are affiliated with UB but cannot enter this collection, please get more information on accessing restricted collections.

Evolutionary Biology Digital Dissections Collection
Department of Biological Sciences

The BIO200 digital dissection project serves the illustrative and narrative needs of the students in the University at Buffalo Evolutionary Biology course.

Animal Communication
UB Only

Department of Anthropology

The Edgar R. McGuire Historical Medical Instrument Collection
Health Sciences Library, University Libraries

The collection, containing more than 150 instruments or sets of instruments chosen for their illustration of past medical and dental procedures, includes microscopes, surgical instruments, anatomical models, a leech jar and bleeding cups, and dental instruments.

Morton Feldman Photographs, 1939-1987
Music Library, University Libraries

The Morton Feldman Photographs, 1939-1987 are one component of the Morton Feldman Papers held by the Music Library. The online photograph collection consists of fifty four images, including snapshots and formal photographs.

June in Buffalo Photograph Collection
Music Library, University Libraries

The Irene Haupt Photographs of June in Buffalo document the annual contemporary music festival held at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.

Log of the Good Yacht Althea on the Summer Cruise of 1914
Music Library, University Libraries

This typescript sailing log was written by Louis Wright Simpson on Buffalo. It consists of 46 typescript leaves with thirty 2 x 3" photographs attached.

Yvar Mikhashoff Photograph Collection
Music Library, University Libraries

The Yvar Mikhashoff Photograph Collection contains 423 indexed images that chiefly document the professional life of pianist and composer Yvar Mikhashoff.

Music Department Photograph Collection
Music Library, University Libraries

The Music Department Photograph Collection contains 639 photographs of musicians who have participated in events of the Music Deptartment dating back to ca. 1920. This includes music faculty, students, and visiting musicians. The collection is especially strong in its representations of performers and composers of contemporary music from 1960-2000.

Music Library Works
Music Library, University Libraries

This collection consists of texts and music scores from the Music Library that have been digitized for purposes of preservation or requests by patrons. It includes such items as British music auction catalogs from the early 19th century, a unique manuscript condensed score of Jean Baptiste Lully's opera, Cadmus et Hermione, and two music theory treatises by Giacomo Tritto.

Irene Haupt Photographs of Musicians in Buffalo
Music Library, University Libraries

The collection of Irene Haupt Photographs of Musicians in Buffalo contains 193 photographs. The collection was compiled from photographs purchased from Irene Haupt as well as photographs that were donated to the Music Library by various musicians or institutions.

North American New Music Festival Archive Photographs
Music Library, University Libraries

The North American New Music Festival was founded in 1983 by Yvar Mikhashoff and Jan Williams, faculty members of the University at Buffalo Music Department and dedicated proponents of contemporary and avant-garde art music. The 135 images in the archive have been digitized to create this separate, online image collection. The original photographs include publicity stills submitted by participating musicians as well as photographs of musicians in rehearsal or performance.

Music Images from the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901
Music Library, University Libraries

The collection contains fifty images collected or reproduced for use in the Music Library exhibition, Music and Musicians at the Pan-American Exposition . This exhibition, displayed in the Music Library June-September 2001, was part of the larger, University Libraries exhibition, Illuminations: Revisiting the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition of 1901.

J. Warren Perry Collection of Photographs
Music Library, University Libraries

The J. Warren Perry Collection of Photographs consists of more than 1800 photographs. The focus of the collection is opera, with images of singers, productions, conductors, and concert halls. There are also photographs of ensembles and instrumentalists.

Perry Ballet Photographs
Music Library, University Libraries

The J. Warren Perry Collection of Ballet Photographs, ca. 1910-1960 is a complement to the J. Warren Perry Collection of Photographs, ca. 1910-1971 . It consists of 300 black and white photographs of many of the most significant ballet dancers and choreographers of the mid-twentieth century.

Slee Family Collection
Music Library, University Libraries

The Slee Family Collection contains eighteen photographs of friends and family. The majority of the family photographs are of Frederick C. Slee and his wife, Alice. There are also two photographs of Slee's Sunday morning string quartet, taken in his music room.

Leo Smit Photograph Collection
Music Library, University Libraries

The Leo Smit Photograph Collection consists of a mixture of photographs documenting Smit's life (1921-1999). These include images of Smit as a child and young man, photographs with friends and colleagues, including Aaron Copland, Pete Johnson, Leonard Bernstein, and Sir Fred Hoyle, photographs documenting Smit's tour of Latin America 1967-1968, portraits of Smit, and images of scenes from Smit's chamber opera, Magic Water.

Store-Front Churches in Buffalo
Music Library, University Libraries

The collection consists of seventeen black and white photographs of storefront churches in Buffalo, including interior shots during services and exterior shots of the buildings. This small collection chiefly focuses on the musical activities during the church services. The photographs are from a series by Rogovin titled Storefront churches 1958-61.

Jan Williams Photos of Morton Feldman, 1974-1979
Music Library, University Libraries

The collection of Jan Williams Photos of Morton Feldman contains 56 slides taken during concert tours made by Feldman and Williams in 1974, 1977, and 1979.

Animal Communication
UB Only

Department of Anthropology