Eber D. Howe recollections of Underground Railroad -
From the Wilbur H. Siebert Underground Railroad Collection. Howe worked for the Buffalo Gazette at one time.
Public
Buffalo Supermarket Mass Shooting Resources - University at Buffalo School of Social Work - University at Buffalo
Mental health resources are also needed for our fellow neighbors, especially within the Black community. Please email us new or missing resources, as well as corrections, this page is a work in progress.
Resources & Services for Residents Impacted by Buffalo Shooting
Find resources to support the Buffalo community in response to the horrific shooting at Tops Supermarket. From NY State.
The Buffalo Syllabus – Home of the Buffalo Syllabus Project
In the immediate aftermath of the Buffalo Mass Shooting, scholars, activists, politicians, and local officials took to social media to name the horrendous event as a white supremacist attack and uplift the needs of the community directly impacted–Buffalo’s Eastside residents. J Coley, a doctoral candidate in Sociology at the University at Buffalo, was among those using their…
Building a Sustainable Buffalo ⋆ Buffalo Jewish Federation
The cost of transportation on the Erie Canal and by rail, 1911
.Bureau of Railway Economics : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Andrew Varney, Evans, NY
Tentatively identified as an UGRR agent.
City, Town Village & County Tax Websites, 2017
Erie & Niagara Counties
Requesting Medical Records
From the New York State Office of Mental Health, which oversees the Buffalo Psychiatric Center and other state hospitals in NY.
The Buffalo Attack – An Analysis of the Manifesto - ICCT
This Perspective analyses the Buffalo shooter's manifesto to understand the broader context and factors that motivated this perpetrator.
Jefferson Avenue Strong
Community Resource Guide
Buffalo Historical Marionettes
Theater programs from the WPA puppett program
Erie County Poorhouse Records, 1829-1952
Guide to the collection at BECPL
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks Announcing Accused Tops Shooter Charged with Federal Hate Crimes and Using a Firearm to Commit Murder
June 15, 2022
What Vice President Kamala Harris said at Buffalo massacre victim's funeral
Here is what Vice President Kamala Harris said on Saturday at the funeral of Ruth Whitfield in Mount Olive Baptist Church in Buffalo.
Remarks by Vice President Harris Before Air Force Two Departure, May 28, 2022
Statement by Vice President Harris on Mass Shooting in Buffalo, New York
Today our hearts are broken and we grieve for the victims of the horrific act of gun violence in Buffalo and for their families and friends, May 15, 2022.
Justice Department Statement on the Mass Shooting in Buffalo, NY
The Justice Department tonight released the following statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, May 14, 2022
Resources in Response to the Buffalo Supermarket Hate Crime
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Buffalo, NY Mass Shooting Resources
Daniel Francis Kemp letters
Most or all are transcribed from A64-277
Buffalo .NY Riots, June 1967
Footage available. BUFFALO, NEW YORK RIOTS. 6/29/67. MINORITIES. RACE RIOTS. CIVIL UNREST. BIAS. COPS IN RIOT GEAR ARRESTING BLACK MAN AT NIGHT. MAN HAS HUGE BRUISE ON HIS HEAD. POLICE BRUTALITY? COPS IN RIFLES. CAMERAMAN TELLS SUSPECT TO "SMILE, YOU'RE ON CANDID CAMERA". GUY SMILES. BLACK WANDERS AROUND GAS STATION. YOUNG BLACKS WALK AROUND. FIRE AT NIGHT. YOUNG COP WEARING CIVIL DEFENSE HELMET AND HOLDING RIFLE, LOOKS WORRIED. ROOKIE. POOR BLACKS STANDING AROUND. GIRLS WITH HAIR IN CURLERS. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE ON BUILDING. ROMAN COLUMNS. GROUP OF WELL-DRESSED BLACK MEN ALL TALKING AT ONCE. ONE MAN TAKING NOTES. BACK OF WOMAN'S LEGS BLEEDING. YOUNG BOY SAYING THAT THE COPS SHOT INTO THE CROWD. POLICEMEN PATROL NEIGHBORHOOD AT NIGHT. BROKEN GLASS ON SIDEWALK FROM STORE FRONT WINDOWS. BURGLAR ALARMS ARE HEARD. POLICE SHOVING BLACKS INTO PADDY WAGON. FRISKING MEN. DAYTIME SHOT. MEN YELLING AT COPS. LOTS OF HELICOPTER NOISE. K-9 CORPS TRUCK. COPS SHOVING MAN AROUND. CHECKING HIS TRUNK. COMPLAINING ABOUT BEING STOPPED. YELLING AT COPS. FIRE TRUCK GOES BY. BLACK MEN STOPPED AND ARRESTED FOR NO REASON. FOLLOWING POLICE CARS ON NIGHTTIME STREET. SMASHED STORE FRONT. "BURGERLAND" RESTAURANT. NEON. CHECKING MAN'S WALLET, ID. SEARCHING MAN'S TRUNK. YELLING AT COPS TO STOP POINTING SHOTGUN AT HIM. TELLS HIM TO GET INTO CAR. MAN "KNOWS HIS RIGHTS". FIRE TRUCK GOES BY. ARRESTING MAN. BLACKS COVER THEIR FACES. BROKEN PLATE GLASS WINDOW AT AUTO REPAIR SHOP. BREAK-IN. COPS IN LEATHER JACKETS WITH SHOTGUNS. BURGLAR ALARM GOING OFF IN FURNITURE STORE. SMASHED GLASS ON GROUND. DEBRIS ALL OVER ROAD. YOUNG BLACK GIRLS LAUGH ON TELEVISION CAMERA. TEEN BLACK BOYS WAVE FROM CAR AS IT DRIVES PAST.
Buffalo Syllabus
Readings about Black history, racism, and more collected after the May 14, 2022 Tops shooting
How many images in a legacy microfilm collection?
Calculating footage & image counts on microfilm
Iroquois War of 1812 Veterans
A data visualization based on pension claims, with personal names.
Lockport Locks HABS/HAER Report
Detailed history of the engineering, design, and construction of the Lockport Locks, with photographs and drawings
Slave-holding New York State Congressional Representatives: A Complete List
Courtesy of NewYorkAlmanac.com/
Low Bridge; Everybody Down: Notes & Notions on the Construction & Early Operation of the Erie Canal
Chuck Friday, 2005
Speech: Address on Anti-Suffrage given November 20, 1905 in Buffalo, New York
16 typed pages
We Took Ourselves to Liberty
Sites related to the Underground Railroad and abolitionism in Oneida County, NY