Parker, Cushman]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Little Harlem Band]]> African American musicians]]> (Not identified)]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Mid-Twentieth Century (1925-1975)]]> ]]> Little Harlem Club (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Little Harlem Band]]> Little Harlemettes]]> Montgomery, Ann.]]> Fraser, Alison (Author)]]> Riverrun Foundation]]> eng]]> Little Harlem Band]]> Little Harlemettes]]> African American musicians]]> Women dancers]]> African American dancers]]> J.N. Erhart (Photographer)]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Mid-Twentieth Century (1925-1975)]]> Little Harlem Band]]> Little Harlemettes]]> African American musicians]]> Women dancers]]> African American dancers]]> J.N. Erhart (Photographer)]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Mid-Twentieth Century (1925-1975)]]> Little Harlemettes]]> Women dancers]]> African American dancers]]> J.N. Erhart (Photographer)]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Mid-Twentieth Century (1925-1975)]]> Theater programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]> Little Women. She and Jessie Bonstelle, an actress and theatre manager, received permission from Louisa May Alcott's family to write and stage the story.

This production opened to rave reviews and became the hit of the 1912 Broadway season.

The Teck Theatre, also known as the Schubert-Teck, was located at 760 Main Street from 1900 to 1934.]]> Teck Theater (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888]]> De Forest, Marian, 1864-1935]]> Hammond, Lynn]]> Berkeley, Gertrude]]> Brady, Alice, 1892-1939]]> Pavey, Marie]]> Hulette, Gladys]]> Brady, William A., 1863-1950]]> Bonstelle, Jessie]]> Harrison, Bertram]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960]]> Wood-engraving, American -- 20th century]]> Etching, American -- 20th century]]> Clubs--New York (State)--Buffalo]]> (Buffalo (N.Y.)--Societies and clubs]]> Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Postcards--New York (State)--Buffalo.]]> Buffalo (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.]]> Statler Hotel (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Statler Hotel (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Hotels--New York (State)--Buffalo]]> Metrocraft Everett Mass]]> ENG]]> Nelson A. Arend]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Bassano]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> McVeigh, Timothy]]> Terrorists--United States--Biography]]> Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1995.]]> Originally aired on WIVB-TV.]]> Newberg, Rich (Producer, Writer, Host)]]> Vetter, Tom (Producer, Photographer, Editor)]]> Musial, Chris (Executive Producer)]]> Mombrea, Mike Jr. (Contributing Photographer)]]> Carroll, John (Contributing Photographer)]]> Murphy, Kurt (Graphic Arts Director)]]> Van Horn, Mike (Graphic Artist)]]> Baxter, Tim (On-line Editor)]]> Giovenco, Joseph (Director)]]> Clemons, Michael (Technical Director)]]> Benzel, Gary (Audio Engineer)]]> Foster, Joseph D. (Tape Operator)]]> Brown, David (Font Operator)]]> Griswold, Jason (Master Control Operator)]]> eng]]> Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)]]> World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Poland.]]> Originally aired on WIVB-TV.]]> Newberg, Rich (Producer, Writer, Host)]]> Mombrea Jr., Mike (Producer, Photographer, Editor)]]> Kaufman, Ken (Composer of original score)]]> Murphy, Kurt (Graphic Arts Director)]]> Newberg, Lori (Field Assistant)]]> Mombrea, John (Imix Editor)]]> Bacon, Yehuda (Artist, Holocaust Survivor)]]> eng]]> Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)]]> Chemical plants -- Waste disposal -- Environmental aspects -- New York (State) -- Niagara Falls]]>
The half hour presentation, was written, produced and reported by Marie Rice, who co-anchored the special with WIVB anchor John Beard. It featured some of the most emotional testimony from Love Canal family members whose loved ones were sick and dying due to chemical exposure. More than seven hundred families were demanding that they be relocated and that their grievances be properly addressed.

Tests determined that residents had suffered “ominous” rare chromosomal damage. Lois Gibbs, who ultimately led the Love Canal Homeowners Association to victory, later attributed Buffalo news coverage to the successful outcome. The grassroots crusade has been credited with launching the environmental justice movement in the United States.

President Jimmy Carter came to Niagara Falls to sign legislation that met homeowners demands and led to the creation of the Superfund. Formerly known as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, the program is designed to provide emergency responses to sites contaminated by hazardous substances. By one count there are 40,000 federal Superfund sites across the United States.]]> Rice, Marie (Producer, Writer, Host)]]> News 4 Buffalo (WIVB-TV Newsroom)]]> Murphy, Kurt (Graphic Artist)]]> Beard, John (Co-host)]]> Swan, Ray (Editor)]]> A Toxic Nightmare: The Awakening [The Story of Love Canal Pt. 1]

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WIVB-TV’s Rich Newberg covered the O’Brien story for years,
capturing the spirit of John, who honored the wish of his late sister and helped raise funds for a play about her life. “Hit Me Again” was in presented in Buffalo in April 1991.

John died in 1992 at the age of 39. He was the oldest survivor of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. Maureen was 27 when she passed away in 1984. She died as her mother was changing here dressings. Both brother and sister appeared much older than their years. At John’s funeral it was said by his brothers that “he made friends out of strangers and family out of friends.”

The series of reports ends with the tribute to Irene. Newberg interviews Michael who recalls Mother Theresa giving Irene her rosary. There is a scene of the brother and sister in the audience during Mother Theresa’s presentation at Niagara University. Speaking of his mother’s spirit, Michael says, “It was genuine humility…” He added, “She just thought that she was fulfilling God’s will and purpose for her life.”
]]> Newberg, Rich (Reporter, Archivist)]]> Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Grant, Gordon]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Grain elevators--New York (State)--Buffalo]]> Grain trade--New York (State)--Buffalo]]> “They are so out of scale to anything that you see in your life that they are like a distant landscape right in front of you all the time.”

More than a grain elevator enthusiast, Lynda Schneekloth is a scholar of these giant concrete and steel structures. On a frigid and windy Buffalo day in February 2020, she braved the cold to point out their inner-workings, why they were built the way they were, why they’re considered architectural wonders – and why so many of us are intrigued by them. Schneekloth was interviewed in February 2020 by Kate Kaye.

NOTE: This story features detailed descriptions of Buffalo’s grain elevator architecture, Buffalo’s grain elevator and cultural preservation, internal grain elevator machinery and processes.

]]> Kaye, Kate]]> https://redtailmedia.org/spilling-grain/]]> Schneekloth, Lynda]]> Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> DeJac, Lynn]]> Criminal investigation--United States--Case studies]]>

In 2007, DeJac’s conviction was vacated after Buffalo Police cold case detective Dennis Delano brought forth DNA evidence he claimed linked DeJac’s ex-boyfriend, Dennis Donohue, to Crystallynn’s death. Donohue could not be charged because he had testified before a grand jury and was granted immunity from prosecution. However, he was later convicted of murdering a woman he had once dated.

DeJac, according to the Innocence Project, became the first woman to be exonerated of murdering someone based on DNA evidence. She had given birth to twin boys while behind bars and later married their father, Chuck Peters, while serving her sentence. She also had an older, estranged son, Edward.

WIVB-TV Senior Correspondent Rich Newberg and News 4 Chief Photographer Mike Mombrea Jr. were with DeJac the day of her release and also documented the reunion with her family. During a live interview that evening, DeJac told Newberg, "The truth will set me free."

Shortly after the state of New York paid DeJac a settlement of $2.7 million dollars, she was diagnosed with cancer. She died at age fifty on June 18, 2014. Her husband and twin sons, Keith and Douglas were with their mother when she passed away.

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