Crisis at West Valley 5 : Present and Future Concerns
subject: Radioactive waste disposal in the ground -- New York (State) -- West Valley
subject: Radioactive waste sites -- New York (State) -- West Valley
subject: Reactor fuel reprocessing -- New York (State) -- West Valley
description: The following videos show progress made in cleaning up the West Valley radioactive waste site. They include the solidification of the high level liquid waste that had been in underground tanks and the demolition of contaminated buildings. They also include the on-site storage of high and low level radioactive waste and the removal of some of this waste from the site. Since the mid-1970s citizen watchdog groups including experts in the field of nuclear waste have expressed concern about the health, safety and environmental issues involved in the storage and management of nuclear waste at West Valley as well as the subsequent efforts to clean up the site. In 2020, decisions still must be made on how much nuclear waste can be left in trenches, holes, tanks and the below-ground portion of the building that once reprocessed spent nuclear fuel rods. Watchdog groups continue to express concerns that the site itself is on rapidly eroding plateaus surrounded by creeks that drain through the Seneca Nation of Indians into Lake Erie. They warn that there is a potential for this erosion to reach the underground nuclear waste and release long-lasting dangerous radioactive materials into the Great Lakes. VIDEOS 1. Huge steel lined concrete casks provide on-site storage of high level radioactive glass logs converted from liquid waste at West Valley. 56 casks holding the high level waste are stored above ground on the property of the West Valley Demonstration Project site. They sit on a reinforced concrete slab until they can be shipped out to a national nuclear waste repository yet to be named. The casks each hold five canisters containing the glass logs which will remain highly radioactive for thousands of years. Each cask weights close to 90 tons. The high level waste needed to be removed from the plant at West Valley so building demolition could take place. [“HLW Progress Video” produced by DOE contractor CH2M HILL BWXT WEST VALLEY, LLC. ; 7/7/2016 ; Runs: 1:58] 2. Transporting …
source: Rich Newberg Reports Collection
publisher: WIVB (Television Station: Buffalo, N.Y.)
publisher: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (publisher of digital)
date: 1979 - 2020
contributor: Murphy, Kurt (WIVB-TV Graphic Arts Director)
contributor: Vetter, Tom (Editor)
contributor: Newberg, Rich (WIVB-TV Reporter)
contributor: D’Arrigo, Diane (Nuclear Information and Resource Service)
contributor: Resnikoff, Marvin (Nuclear Physicist)
contributor: Hameister, Joanne (The Coalition on West Valley Nuclear Wastes)
contributor: Vaughan, Ray (The Coalition on West Valley Nuclear Wastes)
contributor: Shepp, Amanda (Coordinator of Special Collections & Archives, SUNY Fredonia)
contributor: Pillittere, Joe (Communications Manager for West Valley contractor)
contributor: Bower, Brian (DOE Director for West Valley Demonstration Project)
contributor: Bembia, Paul (NYSERDA Director at West Valley)
rights: Copyright held by WIVB-TV. Access to this digital version provided by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Videos or images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of WIVB-TV and the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image

A for Apple
subject: Alphabet--Juvenile literature
description: Edward F. Ellis worked at the Buffalo Public Library at one time and, as collector, he amassed a vast collection of ABC books over the years. When he died in 1983, approximately 434 ABC books were books donated to the public library. Since 1984, the Ellis ABC Collection has grown to more than 700 American and International books from 1793 to the present.
source: Children's Books
publisher: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
date: 1900
contributor: Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2020 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: Image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Company, Buffalo Office & Lab Facilities, 1917-1919
subject: World War (1914-1918)
subject: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
subject: Curtiss-Wright Corporation
subject: Aircraft industry--United States--History.
description: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company (later Curtiss-Wright Corporation) was based in Hammondsport and Bath, NY until the rise in military orders required the expansion of manufacturing operations into the city of Buffalo, along with its headquarters. By the start of World War I, the company was the preeminent manufacturer of airplanes in the United States, with three factories in Buffalo and 18,000 employees.
description: Photographs belong to the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum. Permission to digitize and display granted to the B&ECPL for the Buffalo Never Fails: The Queen City and World War I Exhibit. Additional information about the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum can be found at: https://www.glennhcurtissmuseum.org
source: Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Company
publisher: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
contributor: Glenn H. Curtiss Museum
rights: Digital image copyright 2017 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Still image
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

Elmwood Avenue Complex
subject: World War (1914-1918)
subject: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
subject: Curtiss-Wright Corporation
subject: Aircraft industry--United States--History.
description: The Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company (later Curtiss-Wright Corporation) was based in Hammondsport and Bath, NY until the rise in military orders required the expansion of manufacturing operations into the city of Buffalo, along with its headquarters. By the start of World War I, the company was the preeminent manufacturer of airplanes in the United States, with three factories in Buffalo and 18,000 employees. This photo album documents the building of the Elmwood Avenue Complex in Buffalo, NY. The photographs are dated from 8-18-1917 to 10-2-1917.
description: Photographs belong to the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum. Permission to digitize and display granted to the B&ECPL for the Buffalo Never Fails: The Queen City and World War I Exhibit. Additional information about the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum can be found at: https://www.glennhcurtissmuseum.org
source: Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Company
publisher: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
contributor: Glenn H. Curtiss Museum
rights: Digital image copyright 2017 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Still image
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

The Right to Know
subject: Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
subject: Radioactive waste sites -- New York (State)
subject: Hazardous substances -- Law and legislation.
subject: Industrial safety -- Law and legislation.
subject: Chemicals -- Safety measures
subject: Environmental Pollutants -- Poisoning.
subject: Olin Corporation
subject: Bethlehem Steel Corporation
subject: Hooker Chemical Corporation
subject: Lead poisoning
subject: Donner-Hanna Coke Corporation
subject: Republic Steel Corporation
subject: Union Carbide Corporation
subject: Chemicals--Fires and fire prevention
description: RIGHT TO KNOW LAWS In 1980, demands by Western New York union workers dealing with toxic chemicals reached a crescendo. They insisted on knowing the nature of the substances to which they were exposed, and the extent of that exposure on the job. Some were suffering from ailments they attributed to toxic exposure. As a result of their efforts and similar demands that were being made around the country, “Right to Know” laws were passed locally, statewide, and nationally, granting workers and citizens access to chemical information critical to their health and safety. The following series of WIVB-TV reports by Rich Newberg documents this critical period of awakening to environmental hazards. They were aired on WIVB-TV in 1980 and ’81. The same issues are surfacing again today. The incoming Biden administration is pledging to make environmental justice a top priority. The opening comment is from Lois Gibbs. In 1980 Ms. Gibbs and the Love Canal Homeowners Association successfully organized the relocation of more than 700 families whose homes were in the toxic Love Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls, New York. Their efforts led to the creation of the nation’s Superfund, providing relief for toxic neighborhoods around the country. Her comments are provided courtesy of Harvard University, where she was interviewed as part of the “Voices From the Field Leadership Series” on April 10, 2014. [Total Running Time of Reports: 1:00:26] 1. ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST LOIS GIBBS REFLECTS BRIEFLY ON THE RIGHT TO KNOW “Voices from the Field” (series) Harvard University School of Public Health April 10, 2014 “Right to know actually started in the workplace, and then the workers moved it to the city level, then the county level, and then the state level. And then these various states did it, and the industry is going crazy because they’re filling out so many forms. And they said, we need a federal policy. This is insane.” (Runs: :14) 2. WORKERS RIGHT TO KNOW LAW [SERIES] “A Safe Place to Wo…
source: Rich Newberg Reports Collection
publisher: WIVB (Television Station: Buffalo, N.Y.)
publisher: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (publisher of digital)
date: 1980-2014
contributor: Murphy, Kurt (Graphic Arts Director)
contributor: Gibbs, Lois (Environmental Activist)
contributor: Harvard University (School of Public Health)
contributor: Pillittere, Joseph (New York State Assemblyman)
contributor: Spatorico, Sal (Chemical Worker)
contributor: Sambuchi, Art (United Steel Workers Local 2603 President)
contributor: Lukasik, Stanley (Retired Steel Worker)
contributor: Reilly, Jeanne (Technical Engineers Local 57 President)
contributor: New York Public Interest Research Group
rights: Copyright held by WIVB-TV. Access to this digital version provided by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Videos or images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of WIVB-TV and the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image

The Pan-American Exposition, Volume 1
subject: Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.)
subject: Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.) -- Participation, Female.
description: Mounted newspaper clippings from local newspapers addressing a variety of topics concerning the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. Special attention is paid to female participation, including the work of the Board of Women Managers appointed June 27, 1900 and disbanded November 10, 1901. Also contains information on how the Pan-Am was funded, how the midway was built, Dr. Ida Bender as chairman of the Committee on Education, the fainting room in the Women's Building, the advertising campaign for the Pan-Am, welcoming President McKinley, the assassination, and Czolgosz' arraignment.
source: Pan-American Exposition Scrapbooks, Women's Participation
publisher: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
date: 1900 - 1901
contributor: Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2021 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: Image/jpeg
language: eng
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

The Pan-American Exposition, Volume 2
subject: Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.)
subject: Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.) -- Participation, Female.
description: Mounted newspaper clippings from local newspapers addressing a variety of topics concerning the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. Special attention is paid to female participation, including the work of the Board of Women Managers appointed June 27, 1900 and disbanded November 10, 1901. Also contains information on how the Pan-Am was funded, how the midway was built, Dr. Ida Bender as chairman of the Committee on Education, the fainting room in the Women's Building, the advertising campaign for the Pan-Am, welcoming President McKinley, the assassination, and Czolgosz' arraignment.
source: Pan-American Exposition Scrapbooks, Women's Participation
publisher: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
date: 1901
contributor: Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2021 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
format: Image/jpeg
language: eng
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

The Pan-American Exposition, Volume 3
subject: Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.)
subject: Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.) -- Participation, Female.
description: Mounted newspaper clippings from local newspapers addressing a variety of topics concerning the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. Special attention is paid to female participation, including the work of the Board of Women Managers appointed June 27, 1900 and disbanded November 10, 1901. Also contains information on how the Pan-Am was funded, how the midway was built, Dr. Ida Bender as chairman of the Committee on Education, the fainting room in the Women's Building, the advertising campaign for the Pan-Am, welcoming President McKinley, the assassination, and Czolgosz' arraignment.
source: Pan-American Exposition Scrapbooks, Women's Participation
publisher: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
date: 1901
contributor: Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2021 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
format: Image/jpeg
language: eng
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

Pan-American Exposition postcards and passes, 1901
subject: Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.)
subject: McKinley, William, 1843-1901-Assassination.
description: A collection of postcards (21) advertising the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York in 1901, and of passes (8) issued by the Exposition for admission either for a day or for the entire season. Includes one printed silk bookmark commemorating the "attempted assassination" of President William McKinley on Sep. 6, 1901. RBR WNYO.P365 Postcard of Albright Art Gallery gift of Ron Gorkiewicz, 2001. Postcard of Ethnology Building from Matilda Sturtzer donation. Pass belonging to Willis O. Chapin donated by Susie Coit Williams, 2019.
publisher: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
date: 1901
contributor: Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital collection copyright 2021 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. This collection or portions thereof are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
language: eng
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

Funeral service in honor of William McKinley : our martyred President, September 15 1901, at the Milburn residence.
subject: McKinley, William, 1843-1901-Death and burial.
description: Rare Book Room copy number 61 of 250; with portrait of President McKinley pasted on the upper cover; tied with a purple cord; includes a service bulletin from a memorial service in honor of President McKinley at the Delaware Avenue Baptist Church
source: Pan-American Exposition Scrapbooks, President William McKinley
publisher: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
date: 1901
contributor: Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2021 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

City of Buffalo birth records: Mar.7, 1881 - Sept. 16,1881 [frame 2659]
description: Birth records from the City of Buffalo, primarily covering the mid to late 19th and early 20th century.
date: 1881-09-16
contributor: Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2023 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
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type: Text

City of Buffalo birth records: Mar.7, 1881 - Sept. 16,1881 [frame 2658]
description: Birth records from the City of Buffalo, primarily covering the mid to late 19th and early 20th century.
date: 1881-09-16
contributor: Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2023 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
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type: Text

City of Buffalo birth records: Mar.7, 1881 - Sept. 16,1881 [frame 2657]
description: Birth records from the City of Buffalo, primarily covering the mid to late 19th and early 20th century.
date: 1881-09-16
contributor: Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2023 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
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type: Text

City of Buffalo birth records: Mar.7, 1881 - Sept. 16,1881 [frame 2656]
description: Birth records from the City of Buffalo, primarily covering the mid to late 19th and early 20th century.
date: 1881-09-16
contributor: Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2023 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
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type: Text

City of Buffalo birth records: Mar.7, 1881 - Sept. 16,1881 [frame 2655]
description: Birth records from the City of Buffalo, primarily covering the mid to late 19th and early 20th century.
date: 1881-09-16
contributor: Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2023 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
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type: Text

City of Buffalo birth records: Mar.7, 1881 - Sept. 16,1881 [frame 2654]
description: Birth records from the City of Buffalo, primarily covering the mid to late 19th and early 20th century.
date: 1881-09-16
contributor: Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2023 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
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City of Buffalo birth records: Mar.7, 1881 - Sept. 16,1881 [frame 2653]
description: Birth records from the City of Buffalo, primarily covering the mid to late 19th and early 20th century.
date: 1881-09-16
contributor: Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2023 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
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City of Buffalo birth records: Mar.7, 1881 - Sept. 16,1881 [frame 2652]
description: Birth records from the City of Buffalo, primarily covering the mid to late 19th and early 20th century.
date: 1881-09-16
contributor: Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2023 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
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type: Text

City of Buffalo birth records: Mar.7, 1881 - Sept. 16,1881 [frame 2651]
description: Birth records from the City of Buffalo, primarily covering the mid to late 19th and early 20th century.
date: 1881-09-16
contributor: Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2023 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
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City of Buffalo birth records: Mar.7, 1881 - Sept. 16,1881 [frame 2650]
description: Birth records from the City of Buffalo, primarily covering the mid to late 19th and early 20th century.
date: 1881-09-16
contributor: Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2023 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
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type: Text