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Archives & Special Collection repositories in Buffalo and Western New York
You like the idea of working with historical documents, but you're not sure exactly what is an archivist? You might want to first read the article: "So You Want to Be an Archivist: An Overview of the Archival Profession." from the Society of American Archivists (SAA) website or visit our Guide to Archival Profession website.
Buffalo
- Buffalo History Museum
- Albright-Knox Art Gallery -- G. Robert Strauss, Jr. Memorial Library
- Canisius College Archives
- Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries -- Special Collections
- The Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo
- City of Buffalo Records Management
Rochester
Western New York
- Amherst Musem (Amherst, NY)
- Niagara County History website (links to historical societies and resources in Niagara County
- Western New York Genealogical Society, Inc.
- Western New York Heritage Press
New York State
- New York State Archives
- New York Historical Society
- New York State Library Genealogy Main Page
- New York History Net
SUNY archives and special collections
- University at Albany
- Alfred State: Jean B. Lang Western NY Historical Collection
- Binghamton University
- Buffalo State College
- SUNY Downstate Medical Center -- Medical Research Library of Brooklyn
- SUNY Fredonia -- Archives & Special Collections in the Daniel A. Reed Library
- SUNY Maritime College
- SUNY New Paltz -- Sojourner Truth Library Special Collections
- SUNY Oneonta -- The Alden Room in Milne Library
- SUNY Oswego
- SUNY Plattsburgh
- Stony Brook University
- SUNY Upstate Medical University
Online resources:
Online Buffalo and Western New York resources:
- Buffalonet.org
- The Buffalonian
- Buffalo Architecture and History
- Buffalo History Works
- BuffaloResearch.com (resources pulled together by Buffalo librarian, Cynthia Van Ness)