Browse Collections (21 total)

The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Archives comprises records from several different organizations: the Young Men's Association and later…

Manuscripts from the early medieval period to the beginning of the Renaissance.

Maps, atlases, and more from the Grosvenor Room and Rare Book Room.

Spilling Grain is an oral history project created by Kate Kaye, Buffalo native and journalist, to chronicle the grain industry in Buffalo, as well as…

The City of Buffalo birth records collection comprises four microfilm rolls, collecting records from the former New York State Board of Health and the…

The Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority was established by the Common Council on April 3rd, 1934, with the mission of managing low-income housing in…

Consists of 2 vols. of mounted newspaper clippings from Buffalo newspapers, with index, chronicling President McKinley's visit to the 1901…

The Pan-American Sheet Music collection consists of 25 song titles written for the 1901 Exposition in Buffalo, New York, and one title written for the…

Consists of 3 vols. of mounted newspaper clippings from local newspapers addressing a variety of topics concerning the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in…

Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company (later Curtiss-Wright Corporation) was based in Hammondsport and Bath, NY until the rise in military orders…

The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library’s Children's Book Collection reflects the long history of a public library that appreciates and collects many…

"A practical journal devoted to improved and unimproved property in city and county."

The Elma News, the “The Voice of Elma,” published information and stories about the people, organizations and activities in the Town of Elma from 1940…

Fifty selected programs from the Grosvenor Room’s performing arts collections, featuring theatre, music, and dance productions. These programs are a…

This collection consists of photographs of Buffalo Public School buildings taken in March 1908.  These 83 black & white platinum prints were…

This collection of long-form reports by retired WIVB-TV Senior Correspondent Rich Newberg covers a wide range of social issues, Buffalo history and…

Posters were a very effective means of messaging throughout World War I. They were pasted onto walls and billboards everywhere to reach the widest…

The Erie County Poorhouse of Buffalo, NY and succeeding institutions known as the Erie County Alms House, Erie County Hospital, and Erie County Home…

Personal diaries and journals provide a unique glimpse into the private lives of their authors. Diaries and journals often contain passages describing…

Scrapbooks have long been an important part of the historical record. The digital scrapbooks presented here provide a glimpse of the wide variety of…