New Deal Art Registry: New York State
A crowd-sourced project to document WPA/New Deal murals and sculptures across the country.
Public
WPA/New Deal Artwork: GSA's Inventory Project
New Deal/WPA Artwork : inventories from the U.S. General Services Administration
City of Buffalo Public Art Collection Online (2017)
Public art in or owned by the City of Buffalo: monuments, sculpture, decorative objects, paintings, photographs. Has two PDFs listing various objects.
City of Buffalo Public Art Collection Online (2007)
Public art in or owned by the City of Buffalo: monuments, sculpture, decorative objects, paintings, photographs. Has a web page for every object. This capture is from 2007 and may no longer be current.
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A little newspaper published 1841-1850 in English and Seneca on the Buffalo Creek Reservation, then on the Cattaraugus Reservation
The Cosmopolitan, Sept. 1901
An illustrated monthly magazine. Issue was devoted to the Pan-American Exposition.
American Federation of Labor. Report of proceedings of the ... annual Convention ... 37th (1917).
Held in Buffalo. Online courtesy of HathiTrust.org.
1932 Pictorial Buffalo NY Niagara Falls
1932 Pictorial Buffalo & Niagara Falls New York USA and Surroundings — Red Jacket Edition by Otto Retter
The Periodical Press of Buffalo, 1811-1915
From v. 19 of the Buffalo Historical Society Publications, 1915. A thorough bibliography of all newspapers, magazines, journals, etc., published in Buffalo
Gay Places with Dr. Jeff – 9500 Clarence Center Road – Preservation Buffalo Niagara
Welcome to Gay Places with Dr. Jeffry Iovannone. PBN's newest blog series is dedicated to celebrating and learning more about the historic LGBTQ landmarks of Western New York. With this space we will highlight the work of Dr. Iovannone and other guest writers to provide insight to the LGBTQ history associated with our existing historic…
Julia Boyer Reinstein - Wikipedia
Our building is named for her
"Community Formation in Gay Buffalo, New York" by Justin Paul Azzarella
Thesis by Justin Paul Azzarella, published on 01/01/02, at Buffalo State College Digital Commons
Proceedings of the National Liberty Convention, held at Buffalo, N.Y., June 14 & 15, 1848
Minutes of the National Convention of Colored Citizens; Held at Buffalo; on the 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th of August, 1843
Courtesy of the Colored Conventions Project Digital Records Project
Street as school: Ideas and Assembly in Buffalo seen through the diary of George Washington Jonson (1835-1849)
Jonson, who was white, was an abolitionist in Buffalo
Freewill Baptist Church of Hamburg, Erie Co., NY, historical and genealogical records, 1827-1886
Courtesy of FamilySearch.org
Prospect Lawn Cemetery, East Hamburgh [sic], Erie County, New York, inventory of gravestones 1827-1983
Courtesy of FamilySearch.org. You may need to register for a free account.
Spreadsheet of Black Buffalo Businesses
If you know of a local black business or community organization that should be added to this list - DM me on twitter @dimaismadduh
Rendered Unfit: “Defective” Children in the Erie County Poorhouse
You may have to email to request the full text.
My neighbor Chas. A. Cyphers, by Elbert Hubbard
Cyphers manufactured chicken incubators in Buffalo. Courtesy of Harvard Digital Collections
Trials of the Fenian prisoners at Toronto, who were captured at Fort Erie, C.W., in June, 1866
Courtesy of the Harvard Digital Collections
Jewish Archives of Greater Buffalo, Synagogue Records, 1884-1986 (bulk 1915-1980)
Not digitized or online. In hard copy at University at Buffalo Libraries, University Archives.
Buffalo past and present. A manual of Buffalo...1912
Courtesy of HathiTrust Digital Library
Edison Street Baptist Church, The First Italian Baptist Church in the United States
by Graham Millar, 1996
1915 Dates of Interest by Republic Metalware of Buffalo
Flyer Given Out At Buffalo NY Industrial Exposition in 1915. Courtesy of Internet Archive.
History of the original town of Concord, being the present towns of Concord, Collins, N. Collins, and Sardinia, Erie County, New York, 1883
Courtesy of HathiTrust Digital Library
Early Electrification of Buffalo - Engineering and Technology History Wiki
Detailed, footnoted, written by an electrical engineer
“Booker T. Washington and the 1905 Niagara Movement Conference.” Journal of Negro History, 72 (Summer/Fall 1987) by Christopher E. Forth
Most in-depth history of the Niagara Movement in Buffalo that we know of
Buffalo Sanitary Bulletin, published by the Buffalo Department of Health
1908-1925 presently online. Courtesy of HathiTrust Digital Library
Buffalo Brick Streets
Features all known streets in Buffalo that are paved in brick