Buffalo Regional History Collection
The following links contain the Vertical Files found in the Monroe Fordham Regional History Center on the Buffalo State College Campus. Click on the links below to see a complete listing of available resources within our files. All files below can be viewed in Room C222 in the Classroom Building. This is a "living" Web site. We are always updating and adding new information.
Vertical Files
African-Americans
Antiques
Area Businesses
Art & Entertainment
Bibliographies and Sources
Black Rock
Buffalo Clubs and Organizations
Buffalo State College
Business Closings
Central Terminal
Churches & Religion
City Planning
Civil War
Crystal Beach
Downtown Buffalo
Drive-In Theatres of WNY
Economy of Buffalo
Environment
Erie Canal
Festivals
Forest Lawn
German Americans
Grain Elevators
Great Lakes
Health
Historic Buildings & Landmarks
Historical Society of Buffalo and Erie County (BECHS)
Historical Society Newsletters (BECHS)
History of Buffalo
Hospitals
Hull House
Immigrants
Industrial History
Irish Americans
Libraries (Buffalo and Erie County)
Living in Buffalo
Maps
Millennium
Museums
Native Americans
New York State Counties
Niagara
Obituaries
Olmsted Park System
Pan American Exposition
Parks & Parkways
Peace Bridge
People of Local Importance
Polish Americans
Politics and Government
Population
Presidents
Protests & Rallies
Race Relations
Radio and Television
Railroads
Schools
Sports
Streets
Surrounding Areas of Buffalo
Tours
Underground Railroad
Visual History
War & National Disputes
War of 1812
Weather
Women’s Issues/Gender Studies
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Biographical Documents
*Currently Being Updated*
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Civil War
Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) African American Soldiers buried at Forest Lawn
New York Men in Masachusetts Colored Infantry Units
Roll of Honor "Union Soldiers buried in WNY Cemeteries"
The Shaw Monument
History of PA Volunteers 1861-1865: 43rd Regiment of U.S. Colored Troops
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Multimedia
Interviews of Christian Holocaust Survivors (Cassete Tapes)
Interviews with Buffalo's Greek Community (Cassette Tapes)
Photos of the Jack & Jill Club of America Conventions
Afro-Americans in the History of Buffalo, NY (Slides)
Underground Railroad Videos - View index here
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Churches
Bethel A.M.E. (Microfilm)
Christ United Methodist Church(Microfilm)
Edison Street Baptist Church(Microfilm)
First Presbyterian Church(PDF)
First Shiloh Baptist Church(Microfilm)
Ripley Memorial United Methodist Church(Microfilm)
St. John Evangelical Church (Microfilm)
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church(Microfilm)
St. Luke A.M.E. Zion(Microfilm)
St. Paul Lutheran Church of Niagara Falls (PDF)
St. Philips Episcopal Church(Microfilm)
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Faculty & Student papers
Dr. Richardson's Papers
Of Rumors & Cemeteries - James Howson
The Angola Horror - Mitch McCormick
The Niagara Movement - Joaquin Guetis
Walter V. Davidson - Lynn Lombardo
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Magazines & Publications
Teaching Cultural Preservation- Sept 2000
Museum News- 12 Various - 1961-1983
Museum News Magazine- July 1997- Nov 2000, March 2001- Nov 2005
History News- 1985 -2006
Brochures of Regional Destinations
Adventures in WNY History- Vol. 1-12, 15-17, 21, 26-27
Histories of the Townes:
- Alden
- Aurora
- Boston
- Brant
- Colden
- Eden
- Elmira
- Evans
- Holland
- Lancaster
- Marilla
- North Collins
- Orchard Park
- Sardina
- Wales
Preservation Magazine- Sept 2004 - Sept 2008
Heritage Magazine- Vol. 17-23
WNY Heritage Magazine Summer 97- Summer 2009
History Magazine- Feb 2002 - Dec 2002
American Hertiage- Various
Aviso News Letter- Aug '99 - Oct '04
Buffalo News Magazine- June '83 - July '95
Niagara Frontier - various from Vol 2- Vol 30
Buffalo Criterion (Microfilm) 1940-2006
Buffalo Challanger (Microfilm) 1963-2006
Preservation Niagara Newsletters
Regional Papers:
The Riverside Review
The Buffalo Beat
Alternative press
Buffalo Gazette
Niagara News
Publications of the Monroe Fordham Center:
Preserve the Past for the Future: The Conflict Between Preservation and Traditional Use of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle Banners
June Miller-Span
Buffalo as an Architectural Museum: The Rehabilitation of the Buffalo State Hospital & New York Central Terminal.
Christyn Mobarak
Frank Lloyd Wright's Graycliff, Architecture as Sacred Space
Paul Lubinecki
A Conversation with Dr. Monroe Fordham
Edited by Jean Richardson
Selected Sermons of the Reverend Dr. J Edward Nash Sr, Michigan Street Baptist Church, 1898-1899
Terrence J. Henry
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Organizations (on Microfilm)
Afro-American Historical Association of the Niagara Frontier Inc.
African American Studies Department at Buffalo State
Alpha Kappa Boule
Attica NOW!
Bell Aircraft Corporation & U.A.W. Local 501 - Strike of 1949
Bell Aircraft Corporation & U.A.W. Local 501 - Papers
Buffalo Cooperative Economic Society
Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority
Buffalo African American Collection
Buffalo Affirmative Action Program
Buffalo's Afro-Americans: Photos of Historic Events
Buffalo Youth & Young Adult Choral Society
The Buffalo Irish Times
Buffalo Branch NAACP
Buffalo Model Cities Expo
B.U.I.L.D. - Challenge to the License Renewal of WNIA & WSAY
B.U.I.L.D. - Files
Colored Musicians Association of Buffalo - Musicians Local 533
Community Food Center of Western New York
Ellicott District Coalition
Erie County Charter Revision Commission
Grace Manor Nursing Home
Highland Avenue Neighborhood Preservation Corporation
Housing Opportunities Made Equal
Institute for People Enterprises
LINKS of Buffalo
LINKS of Erie County
LINKS of Niagara Falls
Michigan Avenue Y.M.C.A.
Nurses United CWA Local 1168
New York African-American Institute
Republic Steel
Revolutionary Action Movement
United Auto Workers
United Citizens Organization
Urban League of Buffalo
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People
Acker, Daniel
Bellamy, Herbert
Burell, Anna
Coles, Robert
Collins, Catherine
Collins, David
Dett, Nathaniel
Dubard, Raphael
Dunson, Jessie
Easley, Robert
Echol Family
Fordham, Monroe
Hunter, Juanita
Hodges, Clemmon
Nash, Rev. Dr. J. Edward
Nash, Francis
Naylon, Betsy
Noles, Eva
Scott, Madeline O.
Thompson, Albert
Thomas, Carolyn
Wright, Frank Lloyd
Wright, Lydia
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Miscellaneous
Newspaper Magazines
Olde-Time Buffalo - The Express; January 1st, 1916
Romance of Buffalo
Buffalo Population & Statistics
Buffalo's Charter
Buffalo Population 1825-1860 - by Race & Ethnicity
Buffalo's Mayors 1832-2009
1840s
Buffalo Population by ward, race and sex.
Buffalo Black population by ward, age and sex.
Buffalo White Population by ward, age and sex.
1850s
Buffalo Population by ward, sex and race
1870s
1870-1900 Buffalo Population by Nationality
Buffalo population American born by State and Race
Buffalo Population foreign born by POB and race
1880s
Buffalo Population by Ward
Population of Buffalo Am born by POB
1899 Election Results
Alderman
Supervisors
Common Council
Other Positions
Microfilmed
Buffalo African-American Funeral and Obituary Collection
Buffalo Civil Rights Era
Bell Telephone Directory 1953-1967
Buffalo City Directory 1832- 1968
Northern Suburban Telephone Directory 1953-1970
Seneca Land Claim Files
Southern Suburban Telephone Directory 1963- 1968
Printed
National Archives Federal Census- 1790- 1930
Immigrant & Passeneger Arrivals- 1898-1954
Books On Microfilm
The Great Irish Famine - by Rev. John O'Rourke
Annotated Bibliographies
These are books in posession of the Center or by Dr. Richardson personally.
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Sorted Alphabetically
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Archives maintained by Chris Root, Assistant, Monroe Fordham Regional History Center at Buffalo State College.
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