McKinley Assassination Bibliography (WorldCat)
William McKinley was assassinated in 1901 at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. Here is a list of items related to the assassination in the collection of The Buffalo History Museum.
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Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Millard Fillmore papers by The Buffalo History Museum
Fillmore's papers are on 66 rolls of microfilm. This guide describes what is on those films.
Millard Fillmore Collection: A Bibliography (WorldCat)
A list of Fillmore-related items in the Research Library at The Buffalo History Museum
Top Five Urban Legends About Grover Cleveland in Buffalo
Lots of claims have been published recently about places were Grover Cleveland lived or liked to hang out. Are they true?
Grover Cleveland Sites in Buffalo: A Google Map
Sites associated with Grover Cleveland in Buffalo, as found in biographies, period newspaper accounts, and city directories. Compiled by the Research Library of The Buffalo History Museum.
Buffalo Postcards at New York Heritage
Selected picture postcards from the collection of The Buffalo History Museum, with historical notes
Picture Collections at The Buffalo History Museum
The Buffalo History Museum has around 200,000 images in 100 distinct photograph collections. This guide describes them all. Most of these images are not digitized.
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Catalog
The LC picture collections number more than 14 million images, including drawings, fine prints, and architectural and engineering designs. While international in scope, the collections are particularly strong in materials documenting the history of the United States and the lives, interests, and achievements of the American people.
Download for Free 2.6 Million Images from Books Published Over Last 500 Years on Flickr | Open Culture
Publications from Partnership for the Public Good
Lots of free demographic and economic studies of Buffalo
Pan-American Exposition: A Bibliography from the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
Lists a wealth of offline sources in the BECPL collection.
Larkin Company Collectibles
Examples of products and publications from the Larkin Company
American FactFinder
Use this to get current statistics and other demographic information about your city or town.
1865 New York State Census
Brought to you by FamilySearch.org. Searchable by name.
Report of the Buffalo Superintendent of Police... 1901
The full text of the Buffalo Police Department's official account of the Pan-American Exposition and the McKinley assassination
NYS Historic Newspapers
As libraries across NY State digitize their newspaper microfilms, the results will be added to this site. It is a slow, expensive process.
TV News: Search Captions. Borrow Broadcasts at Internet Archive
Search news footage dating back to 2009
New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962 at FamilySearch.org
Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of New York. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and FamilySearch Centers. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.
Interior of the Temple of Music Where McKinley was Shot | ClipArt ETC
Artist's conception of the spot where McKinley was standing when he was shot
Find Offline Genealogy Records with Genlighten.com
Genlighten's network of research providers can access to archives across the US and beyond.
Bethune's Daughters: Women Architects from Buffalo, NY
A slide presentation on current women architects in or from Buffalo, NY
Buffalo New Deal projects | Living New Deal
A list of New Deal projects in Buffalo, which includes the Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Map of National Register Sites
Zoom in anywhere in the US to see sites that are on the National Register of Historic Places
The State of Municipal Historians in New York | The New York History Blog
Explains the unfortunate condition of municipal historians in New York
Copyright in General — Columbia Copyright Advisory Office
Useful explanations of fair use, permissions, etc.
Greater Buffalo Bottle Collectors Association
These folks might be able to help you ID a particular bottle
United Steelworkers of America, District 4 (Buffalo, NY), 1937-1990
The records of District 4 are at Penn State. Here is a lengthy list of what they have. An in-person visit is needed to view the records.
“Letters, pen, and tilling the field” : Quaker schools among the Seneca Indians on the Allegany River, 1798-1852
Full text of a PhD dissertation, 2009
WWII Government Involvement in Industry
Lists of factories who had defense contracts during World War II and what they made.
Holland Land Company Maps at New York Heritage
1300 early hand-drawn maps of Buffalo & Western New York, digitized in full color by SUNY-Fredonia