Browse Collections (21 total)
Ann Montgomery's Little Harlem
The Little Harlem Club/Hotel on Michigan Avenue in Buffalo was owned and operated by Ann Montgomery from the 1930s through early 1960s, during which…
Scrapbooks
Scrapbooks have long been an important part of the historical record. The digital scrapbooks presented here provide a glimpse of the wide variety of…
Diaries & journals
Personal diaries and journals provide a unique glimpse into the private lives of their authors. Diaries and journals often contain passages describing…
Erie County Poor House Ledgers
The Erie County Poorhouse of Buffalo, NY and succeeding institutions known as the Erie County Alms House, Erie County Hospital, and Erie County Home…
World War I Posters Collection
Posters were a very effective means of messaging throughout World War I. They were pasted onto walls and billboards everywhere to reach the widest…
Rich Newberg Reports Collection
This collection of long-form reports by retired WIVB-TV Senior Correspondent Rich Newberg covers a wide range of social issues, Buffalo history and…
Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
This collection consists of photographs of Buffalo Public School buildings taken in March 1908. These 83 black & white platinum prints were…
Contributors: Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL
Historic Buffalo Theater and Music Programs
Fifty selected programs from the Grosvenor Room’s performing arts collections, featuring theatre, music, and dance productions. These programs are a…
Contributors: Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL
Elma News
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…
Contributors: Elma Public Library
Real Estate and Builders Monthly
"A practical journal devoted to improved and unimproved property in city and county."
Children's Books
The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library’s Children's Book Collection reflects the long history of a public library that appreciates and collects many…
Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Company
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company (later Curtiss-Wright Corporation) was based in Hammondsport and Bath, NY until the rise in military orders…
Pan-American Exposition Scrapbooks, Women's Participation
Consists of 3 vols. of mounted newspaper clippings from local newspapers addressing a variety of topics concerning the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in…
Pan-American Exposition Sheet Music Collection
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…
Pan-American Exposition Scrapbooks, President William McKinley
Consists of 2 vols. of mounted newspaper clippings from Buffalo newspapers, with index, chronicling President McKinley's visit to the 1901…
Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority publications
The Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority was established by the Common Council on April 3rd, 1934, with the mission of managing low-income housing in…
City of Buffalo Birth Records
The City of Buffalo birth records collection comprises four microfilm rolls, collecting records from the former New York State Board of Health and the…
Spilling Grain: Audio Stories from the People of Buffalo's Grain Elevators, 2019-2020
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…
Maps and Atlases
Maps, atlases, and more from the Grosvenor Room and Rare Book Room.
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
Manuscripts from the early medieval period to the beginning of the Renaissance.