Preservation in Buffalo
This is a collaborative Google map and database that pinpoints structures that are worthy of renovation / stabilization, not demolition
Public
War of 1812 Collections in the NY State Library
Download the complete list of Manuscripts, Prints, Broadsides, Maps, Broadside Ballads, Contemporary Published Accounts and Rare Books available from the NYS Library
War of 1812 Resources in the NY State Archives
A summary of their records
Appraisers in Buffalo
Unfortunately, the Museum cannot appraise (authenticate or decide the market value of) your books, papers, or other collectibles. Here is a list of professional appraisers from the yellow pages.
Report of Select Committee Appointed to Visit Charitable Institutions Supported by the State and all City and County Poor and Work Houses and Jails of the State of New York...1857
This 1857 report is online in full text
New York, Census of Inmates in Almshouses and Poorhouses, 1830-1920
Ancestry.com compiled this database. If you do not have an Ancestry membership, you can search it by name and get results showing first name, last name, birth year, and birth place. To view the full, original record requires an Ancestry membership.
On the edge of town: Almshouses in Western New York
This book is not digitized or online. The link shows you which libraries have copies.
"The subject of a work house, for the county of Erie, discussed and considered" by Samuel Wilkeson
This 1843 booklet is owned by the Buffalo History Museum but is not digitized or online. An in-person visit is needed to view it.
"Correspondence relative to the necessity and importance of establishing a workhouse in the county of Erie"
This 1846 booklet is owned by the Buffalo History Museum and is not digitized or online. An in-person visit is needed to view it.
"The Poor Dead" by Buck Quigley
An article on the Erie County Poorhouse published in Artvoice, vol. 11, no. 43, October 25-31, 2012
New York State Board of Charities Census of Inmates in Almshouses and Poorhouses
A lengthy description from the New York State Archives of what is in these records.
"Cases Treated at the Erie County Almshouse" by Austin Flint
Full text of an article published in the Boston Medical & Surgical Journal, vol. XXIX, no. 20, December 20, 1843.
Annual report of the Commissioner of Charities and Corrections, County of Erie
This page shows a list of the libraries which own this report in hard copy. Issues date from the 20th century.
Erie County Alms-House Annual Report
This page shows the libraries which own it in hard copy.
Census of inmates in almshouses and poorhouses, 1875-1920
These records reside in the New York State Archives. Microfilms of them are owned by some libraries in Upstate NY. Here is the list of owning libraries.
Views on Lake Erie: Comprising a minute and interesting account of the conflict on Lake Erie, military anecdotes, abuses in the army, plan of a military settlement, view of the lake coast from Buffalo to Detroit (1814)
Account from 1814 of the Battle of Lake Erie
Buffalo Theater Index
The master list of theaters, music halls, nickelodeons, and saloons-with-stages built before 1930 in Buffalo.
Find a Conservator
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Historical Society gets new name
YNN, Oct. 25, 2012
Historical society renamed The Buffalo History Museum
WBFO, October 26, 2012
Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society Adopts New Name
Artvoice, October 25, 2012
Historical Society renamed as Buffalo History Museum
Buffalo News, Oct. 26, 2012
National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS)
Free aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States between 1790 and 2010. Excellent tool for historians and city planners.
"Invincible Eagle" March by John Philip Sousa
Dedicated to the Pan-American Exposition held in Buffalo, New York during 1901, Invincible Eagle is considered to be one of Sousa's best marches. The score is online in full text.
A catalogue of the exhibit of the Department of State at the Pan-American exposition, Buffalo, 1901
Online in full text
Glimpses of the South Carolina, interstate and West Indian exposition; including some characteristic views of the city of Charleston and scenes at the Pan-American exposition recently held at Buffalo; 126 half-tone pictures and a map of the grounds
Online in full text at Archive.org
Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, May 1 to November 1, 1901: Its purpose and its plan
Includes color and black & white illustrations
All Over the World: Singer Universal Sewing Machine
A round promotional piece from the Singer Sewing Machine Co., distributed at the Pan-American Exposition, with some color illustrations of buildings.
Building Permits Issued to Esenwein & Johnson
Based on records at Buffalo City Hall
List of Buildings by E.B. Green
By Catherine Faust. Reprinted with permission from "E. B. Green: Buffalo's Architect," Burchfield-Penney Art Center, 1997.