Buffalo, Western NY & NY Newspapers

[Pages:15]Buffalo, Western NY

& NY Newspapers

A guide to selected Buffalo, Western New York and NY State Newspapers available in the Grosvenor Room and Rare Book Room collections in the Central Library.

Grosvenor Room, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library 1 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, NY 14203-1887 (716) 858-8900 Revised Feb 2020

Most of the Library's local newspapers are available on microfilm; others are boxed or bound.

Microfilm: New digital microfilm machines allow images to be saved to your flash drive. Printing is black & white, 10 cents per 8.5 x 11 page. Copy cards can be used in 2 of the machines. Newspaper on microfilm will look as the paper did when published (no color; film is black & white only), with headlines, text, images, and advertisements.

Boxed & Bound newspapers must be retrieved from the Closed Stacks. See a librarian for assistance.

RBR papers: For newspapers in the Rare Book Room, an appointment may be required. Please call 858-8900, or see a Grosvenor Room Librarian.

Don't know the date of an event? While no complete index exists for WNY papers, here are some resources that can help narrow down the date of an article or event, and often provide an exact citation:

1920-1982: Local History Card File: A selective newspaper index for articles from the Buffalo [Evening] News and the Courier Express. Arranged by subject, the card file has references to local people, places, and events. Provides full citation with the name of the newspaper, date, and page number. Available in the Grosvenor Room.

1983-1996: Western New York Index: Printed indexes that contain citations for Buffalo News articles by subject. Each volume covers one individual year and includes a Personal Names index. Available in the Grosvenor Room and online:

For obituaries and death notices, please Deaths in Buffalo and Erie County and Death Notices and Obituaries:

Where can I find other NY State Newspapers?

The New York State Newspaper Project: A detailed inventory of NY newspaper collections in libraries throughout the state and at the NY State Library. Lists newspapers by city, county, and title. Some institutions loan microfilm of titles.

Fulton History - New York State Historical Newspapers: A searchable repository of old newspapers published in New York State; titles are frequently added. Check the FAQ to learn how to search & navigate this site.

Erie County newspapers include: Blasdell Frontier Herald 1956-1966, Buffalo Courier 1888-1926, Buffalo Daily Courier 1847 - 1888, Buffalo Evening Courier & Republic 1862-1884, Buffalo Evening News 1881-1928, Buffalo Express 1866-1874, Buffalo Polish Weekly Review 1929-1930, Buffalo Morning Express 1880 - 1924, Hamburg Front Page 1964-1979, Hamburg Photo News 1970-1976, Hamburg County Independent 1875-1944, Hamburg Sun 1945-1988.

New York State Historic Newspapers: Searchable newspapers from Erie County include the Criterion, Buffalo Morning Express and Lackawanna newspapers.

Gale OneFile: News - This full-text newspaper database has several New York Newspapers including the New York Times from 1995 on, and over 1,000 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers.

New York Times, 1985-present full text.

Chautauqua County newspaper indexes:

is a subscription website with thousands of historic newspapers, including Buffalo papers prior to 1923.

Where can I find Newspapers from other states?

The Library's collection does include a few newspapers for other states. Use the online catalog to search for these by title: Library Catalog

Chronicling America: Full-text access to hundreds of historic newspapers. Includes a newspaper directory that gives background information on thousands of titles. Searchable by location, date, language, as well as ethnicity and labor press categories.

Gale OneFile: News - This full-text newspaper database has over 1,000 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers.

National Newspaper Index: Offers indexing and abstracts for five major national newspapers: Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post.

Newspaper title

Advertiser and Union (Dunkirk and Fredonia) Advocate Age of Progress Alt Press American Spectator Amerika Woche

Amherst Bee

Am-Pol Eagle Amsterdam News Arcade Times Artbeat Artvoice Aurora Standard Aurora, Die Beast

Black Panther

Black Rock Beacon

Blasdell Frontier Herald* Blue Dog Bohemia

Years we have

Alternate Titles/ Notes

2 issues (2/3/1871, 2/10 1871)

See Buffalo Christian Advocate

v.1 n.1 (Sep. 23, 1854) - v.2 n.52 (Oct. Spiritualist newspaper 4, 1856)

V.11 (2000)-V.14 (2004), incomplete

Format & location

Boxed, Tier A ? map folder

RBR WNYO 1854.A35 Folio F129.B8 A4 GRO-BUF S

Nov 1932- Oct 1934

RBR Mag .A49

June 1982-1986

March 1879-present

July 28, 1960present. 1971- 2003 Jan 8-Dec 1875

See also Buffalo Volksfreund GRO: March1879-Dec 1932 (film) Williamsville Library: March 1879-present (film); Audubon Library: last 6 months (print).

Missing: second half of 1996, 1997, 1998 Wyoming County paper

Feb 1988 - 1996

1990-2009 bound Current issues: open shelf

2002-2009, incomplete Film: v.2 (March 16, 1968) - v.16 (Jan. 1978), 1979-80 boxed Mar 20-1823 - Aug 12, 1824 May 21, 1953 - Dec 15, 1955; Feb 16, 1956; March 8, 1956; Apr 12, 1956

Aug 12, 1835 ? Aug 1, 1838 See Die Aurora

Missing: v.4 (Dec. 1969) v.5 (Dec 1970)

1956-1966 available at See Buffalo Beat

Sept 30, 1882-Jan 6, 1883

Boxed, Tier A

Microfilm (& recent issues in print.)

Boxed, Tier A Microfilm Bound, Tier A Folio NX1.A7 - GROBUF S Bound, Tier A Folio PN53 .B833 Microfilm (WNYGS)

Folio Z1033.U58 B43 GRO-BUF S Microfilm, Also boxed Tier A 1976-77, 1979-80

RBR

Microfilm

Microfilm & RBR

Buffalo Advocate Buffalo Beat (Blue Dog) Buffalo Catholic Sentinel Buffalo Catholic Union

Buffalo Challenger

Buffalo Christian Advocate

Buffalo Commercial Buffalo Commercial Advertiser and Journal

March 27, 1997-Feb 27, 2002

Sept. 1963 - Dec 1974 film 1963-2009 Bound

Current issues: CEN open shelf Film Jan 1850 ? Dec 1893, Boxed and bound on Tier A: 1850-1857, 18591871, 1873 Oct ? Dec, 1919; July-Sept 1922

See Buffalo Christian Advocate

See Buffalo Sentinel See Catholic Union and Times

Parts of 1968 are missing.

Methodist paper. Missing: 1858, 1872, 1874, 1876,1880, 1881, 1886 See also Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, Buffalo Evening Post

Folio PN53 .B84 ? GRO BUF S

Microfilm Bound, GRO BUF S 20K1

Microfilm

Boxed, Tier A

March 1, 1842 - Dec 15, 1924

Missing: July 1852, June 1853, 3/12/1845, 3/10/1846

Grv.10, D.1-5

Buffalo Commercial Advertiser

Buffalo Courier Express Buffalo Courier Express Comics Buffalo Criterion

Buffalo Daily Courier

June 27, 1854 ? Jan. 31, 1855

Bound, Tier A

June 14, 1926 ? Sept. 19, 1982

1935-1951

1966-1968 on Film, 1964-July 1980, 1994-2010 boxed, current in HSS.

Nov. 1, 1842 - June 13, 1926 1847-1926*

Formed by a merger of the Buffalo Daily Courier and the Buffalo Morning Express in 1926. It folded in 1982.

Microfilm

RBR

Missing film: Feb. 1957Dec. 1965, Jan. 1969-1974

Some issues1952-1989 online at: Merriweather has film back to 1948

Merged with the Buffalo Morning Express to form the Buffalo CourierExpress. Missing: Sept. 17, 1881 Apr. 7, 1882 *Available at

Microfilm Boxed, Tier A

Microfilm

Buffalo Daily Dispatch

Buffalo Daily Law Journal

Buffalo Daily Republic

Buffalo Daily Republican Buffalo Daily Star Buffalo Daily Times Buffalo Daily Transcript Buffalo Demokrat Buffalo Downtown Buffalo Emporium Buffalo Enquirer

Buffalo Evening News Buffalo Evening News (overseas edition)

Film: July 2, 1877Dec. 31, 1877. Boxed: Jan 2, 1878May 18, 1878 Jan 2, 1932 - June 30, 1970 film

1960-2010 Bound Current issues: open shelf

1848-1857; and March 4, 1885-June 30, 1885

*1862-1884

available at

Missing Jan. - June 1939.

Former and associated titles: Buffalo Republic: 1848-1857 (Feb. 1847Nov.30,1857); Buffalo Republic and Times (Dec. 1, 1857-Dec. 20, 1860); Evening Courier & Republic (May 23, 1861Dec. 31, 1875); Evening Republic (Jan. 4, 1876Mar. 3, 1885 (missing: 1881-1883); See also: Buffalo Republic (Aug. 6, 1885-May 1, 1886)

Microfilm, Boxed Tier A Microfilm Bound, Tier B 20K1

Microfilm

1839-1842

Nov 10, 1834-Nov 30, 1836

See also Daily Star & Enquirer

See Daily Times

Microfilm & RBR Microfilm & RBR

Jan 1882-Dec 1883

Bound: 1886-1918 Film: Dec. 4, 1890July 11, 1918.

Also known as Der Weltburger & Buffalo Democrat, Der Neue Buffalo Democrat

Oct 1980 - Nov 1982

Sept 4, 1826 ? Dec Missing April 22, 1826, Oct

6, 1827

18, 1827

Film Apr 9, 1891 ? Jan 3, 1925 v. [1] (Oct. 11, 1880)v. 204, no. 181 (Oct. 8, 1982)

1881-1928 available at



See also Daily Star & Enquirer

See also Buffalo News for later years. No editions printed June 10-14, 1970 due to hopper strike. For obits, 1962-1976 see WNYGS microfilm

Bound, GRO-BUF S

Microfilm, GRO BUF S

Boxed, GRO-BUF S F129.B9 B969 Microfilm & RBR WNYO 1826.B85 Microfilm

Microfilm

Apr. 5, 1944 - March 27, 1946

Microfilm

Buffalo Evening Post

Buffalo Every Saturday

Buffalo Express Buffalo Freie Presse Buffalo Gazette Buffalo International Gazette Buffalo Intrepid Buffalo Irish Times

Buffalo Jewish Review

Buffalo Journal & General Advertiser Buffalo Law Journal Buffalo Mercantile Review

Buffalo Morning Express

Buffalo New Times

Film: Oct 11, 1852 June 29 1877; Dec. 16, 1924 - Feb. 6, 1926, Dec. 1865Sep. 1866. Boxed: Oct 1852-Feb 1926*

Nov 24, 1877 ? Dec 20, 1879 Film.

*Not published between 1878-1923

1877-1878: RBR WNYO 1877 .B8

See Buffalo Morning Express and Buffalo Courier- Express

Jan 2, 1886 - Nov. 14, 1914. Incomplete

German newspaper; also known as Buffalo Tribune Freie Presse; (missing: July - Dec. 1897)

1887-1909, 19261975 Bound

no.1 (1964) - no.10 (1968)

See Niagara Patriot

v.7, n.1 (Feb/Mar 1998) - (Dec 2010) Boxed. Recent issues in GRO

Microfilm

Microfilm & RBR WNYO 1877.B8

Microfilm

Bound Tier A Microfilm GRO-BUF S **F129.B89 I62

1961-2006 bound/boxed. Current issues: open shelf

Jul. 22, 1828 - Jul. 12, 1829; Dec. 29, 1829 - Dec. 28, 1831; Apr. 6, 1831 May 27, 1833

See Buffalo Daily Law Journal

Boxed, GRO-BUF S

RBR NEWS- PAPER .B8355

1898-1903

Jan 15, 1846 - June 13, 1926, Missing: June ? Dec 1875

1866-1874,1880-1924 Available at

Sept 1973 ? Jun 1974

Merged with the Buffalo Daily Courier to form the Buffalo Courier- Express

Microfilm Microfilm Boxed, Tier A

Buffalo News

Buffalo Patriot

Buffalo Patriot and Journal Buffalo Polish Weekly Review Buffalo Post Buffalo Rainy Day Sun

Buffalo Republic

Buffalo Republic & Times Buffalo Republican (weekly) Buffalo Review Buffalo Rising Buffalo Sentinel Buffalo Shopping News Buffalo Star

Oct. 9, 1982 - Jan. 15, 2010; Feb. 1, 2010 ? recent. 1989present: BN database

Formerly Buffalo Evening News v. [1] (Oct. 11, 1880)v. 204, no. 181 (Oct. 8, 1982); "The Gusto" (weekly cultural events listings) moved from Fri. to Thurs. paper as of 3/7/2013.

July 3, 1821 -Nov 30, 1824; Jan 15, 1828 July 6,1828 - Dec 24, 1833 March 1848 ? Dec. 1872

1929-1930 Available at

See also Niagara Patriot Other titles: Buffalo Patriot and Western Advertiser Buffalo Patriot and Journal

See Buffalo Evening Post

1973, 1981

Feb. 1847-1848; and Aug. 6, 1885-May 1, 1886

Dec. 1, 1857-Dec. 20, 1860 May 14,1828 - Feb 13, 1830

2004-2009 1857, 1860, 1861

See also Buffalo Daily Republic (March 4, 1885June 30, 1885); See also Buffalo Republic and Times (Dec. 1, 1857-Dec. 20, 1860); See also Evening Courier & Republic (May 23, 1861Dec. 31, 1875); See also Evening Republic (Jan. 4, 1876-Mar. 3, 1885 (missing: 1881-1883); See also Buffalo Republic (Aug. 6, 1885-May 1, 1886)

Formerly Buffalo Republic

See Buffalo Mercantile Review

Catholic newspaper

1938-1946

See Empire Star

Microfilm

Microfilm Bound, Tier A

Mag .B85 1973 GRO-BUF S

Microfilm

Microfilm Microfilm & RBR Buffalo F129.B8 B925 Boxed, Tier A Bound, Tier A

Buffalo Sunday News

May 10, 1874 - Jan 3, 1915. Incomplete

Missing Jan. 1889 ? Jan 11, 1890; Jan ? March 1906; June ? Dec 1913) (Sunday newspapers only)

Microfilm

Buffalo Times

Buffalo Times Picture & Comic Section

Film: Dec. 13, 1883 Dec 31, 1891; Jan. 3, 1897 - July 30, 1939

Boxed Aug-Dec 1857

Missing Jan 1, 1892- Jan. 2, 1897; March & April 1938;

Microfilm. Films located after the last reel of the regular Buffalo Times.

Boxed Tier A ? as Buffalo Daily Republic & Times

Sept 2, 1934 - July 30, 1939

Located after the last reel of the regular Buffalo Times.

Microfilm

Buffalo Times Magazine Section Buffalo Tribune Freie Presse Buffalo Truth Buffalo Undercurrent Buffalo Union Leader

Buffalo Volksfreund

Buffalo Weekly Courier

Buffalo Weekly Republic

Buffalo Wochenschau Bugle: A Monthly Amateur Paper Bulletin des Armees de la Republic Business First

Camp Dodger Catholic News of Western New York

July 9, 1933 - Dec 12, 1938

Located after the last reel of the regular Buffalo Times.

Microfilm

See Buffalo Freie Presse

1924-1949

1969-1972

Aug. 10, 1939 - June 1958 Jan. 2, 1891 - June 27, 1969 film

1967-1969, bound; 1970-May 1982 boxed

1860-61, 1863-65, 1869-79, 1882

Sept 1849-Nov 1850, Jan 1854-Dec 1856, Feb 1857-Jan-Aug 1858, Jan-Aug 1859 incomplete

German Newspaper Continues as Amerika Woche

See also Buffalo Daily Courier

Nov 1928-Feb 1929

Nov 1890 ? Oct 1891

Bound, Mag. T9 Folio Z1033.U58 U53GRO-BUFS Microfilm

Microfilm Boxed, Tier A

Boxed, Tier A

Boxed, Tier A

Bound, Tier A PN4829 .B8B8 RBR

1914 ? 1917

1984Current issues: open shelf

Oct 5,1917 - Jan 31, 1919

Nov-Dec 1973

See Western New York Catholic Visitor

Microfilm *HF 5001.B75 Microfilm

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