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Western New York History

This List of Local History and Information Resources is a compilation of data supplied by public, academic, school, and special libraries in Western New York. The purpose of the list is to describe unusual information resources currently available in specific libraries and to identify the holding library.

It is always a good idea to contact the library to make an appointment to use these special collections as access may be restricted.

Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society
Buffalo Full Text - 19th & 20th Century books and periodicals with a Buffalo connection
Buffalo History Works
Preservation Coalition of Erie County
"History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Vol.1. History of Erie County. Vol. 2. History of Buffalo / edited by H. Perry Smith". Published in 1884
This item is part of a digital collection of Niagara University made possible by a RBDB Grant from the Western New York Library Resources Council
Pan-American Exposition, 1901:

The African Village Exhibit from the Buffalo Museum of Science
Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society
The Special Collections Department of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library includes 27 scrapbooks of Pan-American newspaper clippings, preserved on microfilm
McKinley-Pan American Exposition Early Motion Pictures Home Page
Pan-American Exposition Movies
"Doing the Pan" The Pan-American Exposition 1901 Buffalo - The Human Side

Local History Collections:

This project was funded through the Federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Last Updated: March 8, 2005