Library and Union History in Print

To better understand the remarkable institution for which we work, we recommend the following titles, listed in chronological order:

• *Z733 .B93 B9
  The Buffalo Library and Its Building: Illustrated with Views
  Buffalo, NY: Mathews-Northrup, 1887
  [Online in full text]

• Z696 .B9
  Index to the Classified Subject Catalogue of the Buffalo Library System: The whole system being adopted from the "Classification and Subject Index" of Mr. Melvil Dewey, with some modifications ...
  [Buffalo, NY] : Buffalo Public Library, 1897
  [Online in full text]

• Elmendorf, Henry Livingston
  The Buffalo Free Library Movement in the Year 1897
  Reprinted from Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society, 1902, v.5
  [Online in full text]

• Larned, Josephus N.
  An Historical sketch of the Buffalo Library, Prior to the Free Library Movement
  Reprinted from Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society, 1902, v.5
  [Online in full text]

• Z733 .B93 G7
  Goldberg, Arthur
  The Buffalo Public Library: Commemorating the First Century of Service to the Citizens of Buffalo . . 1836-1936
  Buffalo, NY: Privately printed, 1937

• Z733 .B92 F4
  Fess, Margaret
  The Grosvenor Library and its Times
  Buffalo, NY: The Grosvenor Reference Division of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, ©1956

• Z733 .B93R6 1985
  Rounds, Joseph B.
  The Time Was Right: A Hiistory of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, 1940-1975
  Buffalo, NY: The Grosvenor Society, ©1985

• Z733 .B93R58 1986
  Rooney, Paul
  150 Years, 1836-1986: Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
  Buffalo, NY: Grosvenor Society, Friends of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, 1986

• *Z733 .B93 L53 1975-1993
  Footnotes: The Newsletter of the Librarians Association of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
  [Recent issues online in full text]