Exhibit: Student Activity T-Shirts

By Special Collections of Buffalo State
(wall case, upper lobby)
This exhibits was on display from November 2007 – January 2008

A trip through time is presented in this collection of “realia” material. T-shirts highlighting student activities have been graciously donated by Dr. E. O. Smith, Buffalo State College professor emeritus of history.

Exhibit: Dr. Robert B. Cantrick Collection

By Special Collections of Buffalo State
(display case, upper lobby)
This exhibit was on display from November 2007 – January 2008

Dr. Robert B. Cantrick (1917-2006), composer and music professor at Buffalo State College, 1969-1985, gifted the Butler Library with copies of his major compositions for study and use. Dr. Cantrick’s music is of interest for its pioneering use of new flute sounds and its characteristic employment of other avant garde compositional techniques. Dr. Cantrick also donated to Buffalo State College what is thought to be the only extant copy of his reconstruction of the concert band version of Gustav Holst’s Hammersmith.

Dr. Cantrick’s family continues to donate heavily to the E. H. Butler Library, in hopes that Dr. Cantrick’s seminal work–and works–might be made widely available for study and performance.

Exhibit: Audio Recordings Donated by William H. Tallmadge

By Special Collections of Buffalo State
(display case, upper lobby)
This exhibit was on display from November 2007 – January 2008

William H. Tallmadge (1916-2004) was a professor of music at Buffalo State College from 1949 to 1976. Tallmadge graciously donated hundreds of audio recordings of African-American, gospel, jazz, and popular music to E. H. Butler Library. Known in the Buffalo area as an expert music lecturer, Tallmadge was a nationally sought-after expert on American folk and gospel music.

The Special Collections department of E. H. Butler Library hopes to convert Tallmadge’s legacy into easily sharable audio formats in order to continue his dream of making music accessible to all.

Photos from Creativity and Research Fall Forum (11/8/07)

(Photos by Dennis Reed, Jr.)

Exhibit: Idea for Pattern

By Jozef Bajus’s Design 242 Students
(Mezzanine, 2nd floor)
This exhibit appeared in November 2007