Faculty Papers

• Bibliographies or publication lists.
• Biographical material about the faculty member including curriculum vitae, photographs, interviews, bibliographies.
• Correspondence with colleagues, students, and scholars and researchers at other institutions.
• Consulting files.
• Departmental and committee records created in an individual’s capacity as a university administrator, department chair, committee chair or member.
• Diaries and journals, personal and professional.
• Family papers, particularly if family members have shared in research efforts.
• Grant and research files, lab notebooks, project records.
• Photographs taken by or of the faculty member, documenting research colleagues and staff, laboratories, equipment, family and friends.
• Professional contributions. Materials documenting involvement in professional or research organizations.
• Manuscripts or drafts of articles and books, including unpublished works.
• Offprints of authored articles.
• Other publications (if not otherwise available through libraries).
• Talks and lectures.
• Teaching materials including lecture notes, course syllabi (depending on quantity), and class rosters.
• Records relating to service outside the university.

• Reprint or book collections, unless items are of unusual significance (e.g. annotated by a major scholar in the field)
• Personal financial records, cancelled checks, tax returns.
• Student academic information including grades.
• Extensive amounts of artifacts and memorabilia.

If you are interested in donating faculty papers, notify the Archives staff at 716-645-2916, or contact the staff via e-mail at lib-archives@buffalo.edu

If you are transferring a large volume of records, the Archives staff will first examine the records onsite.

Donations are considered gifts to the Archives, and donors will be asked to sign a deed of gift document acknowledging transfer of ownership to the Archives.