A Verbal History of Erie Community College is proudly included in the New York Heritage Digital Collections.

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In 2006, Benjamin Weaver interviewed three early leaders of Erie Community College: Cosmo Fratello (retired professor), Greg Gillis (professor), and Dr. John Rydzik (former administrator).

These interviews and their transcripts were prepared as part of a larger project entitled: The SUNY Community Colleges: An Oral History of the First 30 Years, edited by Neal V. Robbins and published in 2007. This publication is included in the State University of New York Digital Repository.

The following list is not intended to be comprehensive. It represents a sampling of resources that are available online and from libraries in print format. Suggestions for the inclusion of additional resources can be made by contacting Librarian and curator of this project, Matthew Best (bestmecc.edu).

• Cannon Partnership. Erie Community College, City Campus: Master Plan Update. Grand Island, N.Y.: Cannon Partnership, 1978.
• County of Erie [New York State], Faculty Federation of Erie Community College. Collective Bargaining Agreement By and Between the County of Erie and the Faculty Federation of Erie Community College, 1973. ERIC. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED087345.
• Erie Community College. “History and Tradition,” 2021. https://www.ecc.edu/about/history-and-tradition.html.
• Erie Community College (City Campus). Modified Academic Plan: City Campus. Buffalo  N.Y.: Erie Community College Central Office, 1978.
• Erie County Technical Institute, Office of Institute Research. Preliminary Investigation for the Urban Campus of Erie Community College, May 1969. ERIC. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED030433.
• Fratello, Cosmo, Greg Gillis, and John Rydzik. "Erie Community College." Interviews by Benjamin Weaver, December 20, 2006. DSpace. https://dspace.sunyconnect.suny.edu/handle/1951/41258. In The SUNY Community Colleges: An Oral History of the First 30 Years, edited by Neal V. Robbins. June 19, 2007. DSpace. https://dspace.sunyconnect.suny.edu/handle/1951/41212.
• Imbs/Doemland Associates. Erie County Community College: Southtowns Campus Master Plan. Buffalo  N.Y.: Imbs/Doemland Associates, 1969.
• LaChiusa, Chuck. "Old Post Office." Buffalo Architecture and History, edited by Chuck LaChiusa, 2014, https://buffaloah.com/a/ellicott/121/hp.html.
• LaChiusa, Chuck. "Saint Vincent's." Buffalo Architecture and History, edited by Chuck LaChiusa, 2001, https://buffaloah.com/a/main/1313/index.html.
• Monnin, Mary Jo. Kat Tales: 60 Years of Erie Community College Athletics. 1st ed. Tonawanda, NY: North Delaware Printing, 2008.
• Schulman, Diane. A Community College and its Contending Communities: Erie Community College the First Twenty-five Years (1946-1971). Thesis (Ph. D.), Amherst, N.Y.: State University of New York at Buffalo, 1995.
• Shenton, James E. A Verbal History of Erie Community College. [Buffalo, N.Y: Erie Community College], 1982.