Information
Address:
1 Lafayette Square
Buffalo, NY 14203 Phone: (716) 858-8900
Fax: (716) 858-6211
1 Lafayette Square
Buffalo, NY 14203 Phone: (716) 858-8900
Fax: (716) 858-6211
Contact: Meg Cheman - (716) 858-7144 - chemanm@buffalolib.org
About
The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (B&ECPL) serves as a center of information, education, culture and entertainment for the residents of Erie County.
Buffalo and Erie County Public Library is a member of the Western New York Library Resources Council.
Collections
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Photographs relating to the history of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library over the past century. -
Materials documenting the City of Buffalo and Niagara Frontier in 1825. -
Buffalo City Directories from the early to late 19th century. -
The Buffalo Photograph Collection of lantern slides contains images of cityscapes, street views, events, and architecture in turn-of-the-century Buffalo. -
A scrapbook containing newspaper clippings about the Buffalo Central Terminal at the time it first began operations. -
Materials relating to Thomas Flyer automobiles and the New York to Paris Race in the early 20th century. -
Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings about the 1901 Pan-American Exposition held in Buffalo, New York. -
Photographs of Buffalo and Western New York during the 19th and early 20th centuries collected by George Nathan Newman. -
Letters relating to the War of 1812 in New York.