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This collection mainly holds 35mm black and white photograph negatives of SUNY Oswego news and events occurring between 1996 and 2004 taken by James Russell in his role as Photographer for the Office of Communications and Marketing. These negatives are sometimes accompanied by contact sheets and documents that provide more information on the photographed events.

Mr. William Schmidt (Buffalo State, Art Education, 1950), the creator of art designs on plastic covers for commercial products contained in plastic, requested that his special art work be deposited in the Buffalo State College E. H. Butler Library's Special Collections. He helped to set up the Schmidt and Eckert Award, offering several scholarships annually to Art Education majors at State University of New York at Buffalo. The William Schmidt Collection in boxes one and two includes samples of plastic pieces that he did as freelance designer and information about many of the accounts that he worked on. They also contain many sketches and drawings of his designs. The collection also includes original artwork by Mr. Schmidt, including sketches and paper and ink drawings depicting his experiences during the Second World War. Articles, biographical information, and memorabilia can be found in boxes three and four.

This collection contains posters, fliers, memos, notes, postcards, and other paper advertisements distributed in Tyler Hall for events from 1964 to 1995. The majority of the advertising is for art exhibits, music concerts, and theatrical events. There is also material on fundraisers, educational opportunities, Oswego's open house events and parents weekends, Quest, and student organizations, among others.