Buffalo Business History

Buffalo Business DirectoriesNotesWe have scattered years from 1980 to 1997Buffalo *HD2346 .U52 N68Minority Business Directory of Western New York:Employment Notification Agencies, Listing of Minority PrimeContractors, Female Owned Businesses[Buffalo, NY]: Division for Urban AffairsWe have 1983Buffalo(S) *HD2709 .B9Buffalo Area Chamber of CommerceBuffalo Area Industrial Firm Listing[Buffalo, NY]: The Chamber, 1983We have 1994-1995.Buffalo *HD6054.2 .N7 A75Ask Women: The Opportunity Book: 7 Western MostCounties of New YorkBuffalo, NY: Ask-Women, Inc., 1994We have 1990-1991. Includes the BuffaloBuffalo *HD6073 .S45 N7and Niagara area and some Ontario listings.International Women’s Business DirectoryBuffalo, NY: Ask-Women, Inc., 1990A classified directory to women-ownedBuffalo *HD6073 .S454 N7 1992businesses in the Buffalo metropolitan area.Women's Yellow Pages: Business Resource GuideAlso has an alphabetical index.Snyder, NY: Ask-Women, Inc., 1992We have 1896-1900, 1902-1904. Indexed byBuffalo *HD6519 .B8 U6subject, then union name. Includes unionUnited Trades and Labor Council of Erie County and Vicinityofficers, some biographies, portraits, index toOfficial Program and Journal, Labor Dayadvertisers.Buffalo, NY: Press of Graser Bros.Lists firms by product category, companyBuffalo *HD9666.3 .D57 1995-96type, and geography. Includes hospitals.Directory of Western New York Health Care IndustriesBuffalo, NY: Health Care Industries, 1995Indexed by name and subject.Buffalo *HF296 .B9 B815 1956Buyers Guide and Membership RosterBuffalo, NY: Buffalo Chamber of Commerce, 1956NON-FICTION *HF3161 .N7 W47Western New York Regional Industrial Purchasing GuideNew York, NY: Thomas Regional Directory Co., 1993Includes major employers, Western NY firms,Buffalo *HF5001 .N52 1996and Canadian firmsNiagara Industrial DirectoryBuffalo, NY: Greater Buffalo Partnership, 1996We have most years from 1980 to 1997. TitleBuffalo *HF5065 .N7 B8changed a few times.Western New York Business DirectoryBuffalo, NY: The ChamberWe have 1985 to 1988Buffalo *HF5065 .N7 W48Who's Who of Western New York BusinessBuffalo, NY: Owl Professional PublicationsWe have most years from 1997 to theBuffalo *HF5068 .B8 B85present. Title varies.Buffalo Niagara PartnershipMembership DirectoryMontgomery, AL: CCIGeneral Buffalo City Directories and Telephone BooksThese resources have business listings. See our City and Other Directories guide for our or/guides-publications#77

Buffalo Business FileThis file is a card index to about 58,000 articles from the Buffalo (Evening) News and theBuffalo Courier-Express from about 1950 to 1982. It cites articles about businesses andcompanies, industries, economic trends and conditions, economic development, employment,labor, the environment, and government. It also includes some mentions of individuals andnonprofit, educational, and cultural organizations.Businesses, GeneralNON-FICTION *HD2721 .D36 (multi-volume set)International Directory of Company HistoriesChicago, IL: St. James Press, 1988 to 2005NON-FICTION HD2785 .G4 1988Geahigan, Priscilla C.U.S. and Canadian Businesses, 1955 to 1987: A BibliographyMetuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1988NON-FICTION *HD Z 7164 .T87 B87 1985Business Firms Master Index: A Guide to Sources of Information on Over 100,000 Companies inThe United StatesDetroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1985NON-FICTION *HG4009 .N68 1995, 2 vols.Notable Corporate ChronologiesDetroit, MI: Gale Research, 1995-Local Business BooksNotesThis is a select list. Publications focusing solely on one firm or industry are not included.Buffalo F129 .B8 B16Bailey, George M.Illustrated Buffalo: The Queen City of the LakesNew York: Acme Pub. and Engraving Co., 1890Buffalo F129 .B8 B382Burk, C.E., comp.Buffalo To-day; Industrial and CommercialBuffalo, NY: Matthews-Northrup Works, 1905Buffalo F129 .B8 B39Building a City's Business: Preliminary Reports in theDevelopment Program for the Niagara Frontier[Buffalo, NY: The Chamber, 1928]Buffalo F129 .B8 B394Greater Buffalo and Niagara FrontierBuffalo, NY: C.E. Burk, 1914Buffalo *F129 .B8 B44Buffalo Chamber of CommerceAn industrial Analysis of Buffalo and the Niagara IndustrialDistrictBuffalo, NY: Buffalo Chamber of Commerce8Has name/company index, few illustrations.This book is indexed in the Local History File.Not indexed except for illustrationsIncludes illustrations of companies in theTonawandas, Niagara Falls, Lockport, andDepewWe have 1928, 1936, 1954. Contains mostlystatistics. Chapters “Growth among Buffalo’sIndustrial Plants” and “Other Additions toBuffalo Industries” list companies.

Local Business BooksNotesGRO Folio F129 .B8 B69Buffalo, Old and New: A Chronological History of the QueenCity of the Lakes [Buffalo, NY]: The Buffalo Courier, 1901Buffalo F129 .B8 B75A History of the City Of Buffalo, Its Men and InstitutionsBuffalo, NY: Buffalo Evening News, 1908Buffalo F129 .B8 B897Buffalo International FairBuffalo, NY: Courier Co.Buffalo F129 .B8 B9Official Catalogue and Guide to the International IndustrialExhibition[Buffalo, NY]: Crawford & Wheeldon, 1869GRO Folio F129 .B8 B91Buffalo Illustrated: Commerce, Trade and Industries ofBuffaloBuffalo, NY: The Courier Printing. Co., 1890Buffalo F129 .B8 B912Buffalo Mechanics' InstituteTransactions of the International Industrial ExhibitionBuffalo, NY: The Institute, 1869Buffalo *F129 .B8 B9225Official Annual Labor Day Review of Buffalo and VicinityBuffalo, NY: The Journal, 1919Buffalo F129 .B8 B923Buffalo of Today, the Queen City of the LakesBuffalo, NY: Interstate Publishing, [1893?]Buffalo F129 .B8 B974Business and Professional Men of Buffalo, Who They Areand What They Are DoingBuffalo, NY: Hammond Press, 1916Buffalo F129 .B8 C7Commerce, Manufactures & Resources of Buffalo andEnvirons: A Descriptive, Historical and Statistical Review[Buffalo, N.Y.]: Commercial Publishing Co., 1880Buffalo F129 .B8 C75Buffalo and its Points of InterestNew York: Commercial Pub. Co., 1896GRO Ref. F129 .B8 E39Edwards, Richard, ed.New York’s Great IndustriesNew York: Historical, 1884Buffalo *F129 .B8 E7Engelhardt, George W.Buffalo, New York, The Book of its Merchants ExchangeBuffalo, NY: Matthews-Northrup Co., 1897On atlas shelf in GRO.9Has name/company and illustrations indexes,contains biographical information onprominent men, past and present.We have 1888 and 1889. Subject categories,mainly livestock and produce, headings formachinery and miscellaneous at end.Unpaginated, very general subject headings,list of hotels and restaurants, someinformation on companies & products under“Local Notices.”Indexed by name and company, hasbiographical information. Also includesillustration index. On atlas shelf in GRO.General subject index.Name & company index.Indexed by name & company, with someillustrations.Indexed by name with very brief biographicalinformation portraits.Name & company index.Indexed by name & company withillustrations.Indexed by name & company with somebiographical and significant historicalinformation.Indexed by name & company, has portraits.

Local Business BooksNotesBuffalo F129 .B8 H3Hart, John F.The Industries of BuffaloBuffalo, NY: Elstner Pub. Co., 1887GRO Ref. F129 .B8 H57Hill, Richmond C.Twentieth Century BuffaloBuffalo, NY: J. N. Matthews Co., 1902Buffalo F129 .B8 M2Manufacturers Club of BuffaloBuffalo Industrial ExpositionBuffalo, NY: The ClubBuffalo *F129 .B8 N5Niagara AreaCentennial and Roster NumberBuffalo, NY: 1932Buffalo F129 .B8 W458Niagara Frontier Industrial Exposition October 22 to 27, 1923Buffalo, NY: Holling Press, 1923Buffalo *F129 .B857 B76 1981Brown, Richard CarlBuffalo, Lake City in Niagara Land: An Illustrated History[Woodland Hills, CA]: Windsor Publications, 1981GRO Ref. *F129 .B857 B57Bisco, JimA Greater Look at Greater BuffaloNorthridge, CA: Windsor Publications, 1986Buffalo *F129 .B857 C46 1999Century BuffaloBuffalo, NY: Business First of Buffalo, Inc., 1999Buffalo *HC107.N7 C66New York State School of Industrial and Labor RelationsThe Buffalo-Niagara Area: Its Problems and Prospects: AProgram of Research and Action[Ithaca, NY]: The School, 1964Buffalo HC107.N7 S5Business and Industry on the Niagara FrontierBuffalo, NY: Committee on Urban Research, State University ofNew York at Buffalo [1962?]Buffalo *HC107 .N72 E75Inter-Continental Scientific and Technical Advice BureauErie and Niagara Industrial Facts And Figures, 1966 [Buffalo, NY?: The Bureau?], 1966Buffalo *HC108 .B8 B4Bethlehem Steel CompanyBuffalo, Ideal Location for Industry[Lackawanna, NY: Bethlehem Steel, Lackawanna Plant, 1960?]Buffalo *HC108 .B8 B8577 1977Buffalo Area Plant Closings 1969-1977[Buffalo?: s.n., 1977?]Indexed by name & company withbiographical and historical information.10Two volumes in one. Indexes by name,clubs, companies, illustrations etc., somebiographical information, portraits.We have 1908-1910. Includes company andsubject index, list of advertisers andmembers.Indexed by company and subject, also list offirms, clubs etc. established before 1882,some illustrations, index of advertisers.Bound with Buffalo Business Feb. 1944.Includes brief history of Buffalo with somebusiness information and manyIllustrations.Includes company pictures and profiles in theback.Includes company pictures and profiles in theback.The history of the Buffalo and Western NewYork region during the last century by decade.Includes timelines and population statistics.A study of conditions and trendsTwo pages listing firms that shut downoperations in Buffalo

Local Business BooksNotesBuffalo HC108 .B8 M3The Manufacturing Interests of the City of Buffalo.WithAdvertisements Buffalo, NY: C.F.S. Thomas, 1866Buffalo *HC108 .B8 T5 1985Ticknor, Samuel H.The Economic History of Buffalo, 1825-1984[Buffalo, NY] M & T Bank, Planning and Research, 1985Buffalo *HC110 .D5 B8Buffalo Area Chamber of Commerce.Industry of Metropolitan Buffalo; A Breakdown, by Type andLocational Preference[Buffalo, NY] 1962Buffalo *HD5726 .B9 B9Buffalo Foundation. Bureau of Studies and Social StatisticsFactory Employment and Factory Payrolls in Buffalo and inNew York State, 1927-1938[Buffalo, NY: 1939?]Buffalo HD6059 .U5 B8Brown, E.Arts, Professions and Industries of Women in BuffaloBuffalo, NY: Times Printing House, 1888Buffalo HD9728 .B8 A2Census of Manufactures, 1935: Buffalo Industrial AreaWashington, DC: [Govt. Print. Office, 1935]Buffalo HF5003 .P8Buyers Guide and Year Book[Buffalo, NY]: Purchasing Agents Association of Buffalo, 1916/17Buffalo *HF5068 .B9 B8 1989Taking StockBuffalo, NY: Business First of Buffalo, Inc., 1989Buffalo *HF5382.5 .U6 N75 1991Niagara Frontier Industry Education CouncilWhat It’s Like to Work on the Niagara Frontier[Lancaster, NY]: The Council, 1991Buffalo *HQ1439 .B8 K3 1992Kanes, Candace A.Swornest Chums: Buffalo Women in Business and the Arts,1900-1935Thesis (M.A.)--State University of New York at Buffalo, 1992Some statistics, also an un-alphabeticalsubject/company index.Local Business JournalsNotesBuffalo *F129 .B8 C6Buffalo BusinessBuffalo, NY: Buffalo Area Chamber of CommerceWe have 1925 to 1993. Prior names:Chamber Contacts, Buffalo, and WesternNew York. Partially indexed in the LocalHistory File.11Includes tables of largest employers,manufacturers, etc.First 44 pages feature narrative descriptionsand advertisements of women in businessand the arts, followed by recipes and generaladvice.List of officers and committee members,member portraits indexed by name.Includes list of local publicly tradedcompaniesDescribes dozens of companies andorganizations from advertising to veterinarycare.

Local Business JournalsNotesBuffalo F129 .B88 A24The IHC Scoop: The Newsletter of the Industrial HeritageCommittee, Inc.Buffalo, (NY): Industrial Heritage CommitteeBuffalo *HF296 .B9 B8Trade and Commerce of BuffaloBuffalo, NY: Printing House of Wheeler, Matthews & WarrenBuffalo HF296 .B9 N6Live WireBuffalo, NY: Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturers' ClubBuffalo HF296 .B9 W35Weekly Commercial Report and Market ReviewBuffalo, NY: [W. Thurstone]NON-FICTION *HF5001 .B75Business First of BuffaloBuffalo, NY: Business First of Buffalo, Inc.Buffalo *TS800 .L9Lumber World: A Journal of the Production and Utilization ofLumberBuffalo, NY: [McFaul & Nolan, etc.]Buffalo *TS2120 .M7Milling World and Chronicle of the Grain and Flour TradeBuffalo, NY: C.A. WenborneFilm 27, Grv.10, D.6Union LeaderWe have 1988 to 1993We have 1853 to 1925. Also called AnnualReport of the Chamber of Commerce and theAnnual Report of the Merchants Exchange.We have 1910-1932. Later called Journal ofCommerce and Niagara Area. Partiallyindexed in the Local History File.We have 1869 to 1876. Title on spine isBuffalo Market Reports.We have 1984 to the present. Archives from1996 to present are online at:http://buffalo.bizjournals.com/buffalo/Have v. 15 1888 to v. 35 1898. Focuses onthe local lumber and milling industry.Have v.1 1887 to v. 38 1898. Focuses onthe local flour milling industryWe have 1938 to 1958 on microfilm. GreaterBuffalo Industrial Union Council.Local History FileThe Local History File is primarily a card index for Buffalo newspapers and periodicals fromabout 1930 to 1982, with some earlier and later entries. Try these headings:[Name of business]BusinessEconomicsIndustryTrade UnionsRare Book Room (RBR)The Rare Book Room has some trade catalogs by local companies. Below are selected examples.Material in the Rare Book Room may be seen by appointment (716-858-8900).RBR F129 .B8 J43 1901Jewett & CompanyCatalog: We Manufacture a Complete Assortment of Cast Iron Ranges, Cooking and HeatingStoves, Base Burners and Steel Ranges for Families, Boarding Houses and HotelsBuffalo, NY: G.M. Hausauer & Son [printer], [1901?]12

Rare Book Room (RBR)RBR F129 .B8 J43 1926Jewett & CompanyGeneral Catalog no. 90: Gas Ranges, Coal Ranges, Wood CooksBuffalo, NY: Baker-Jones-Hausauer [printer] 1926RBR F129 .B8 L27, 38-115 Ed.Premium ListsBuffalo, NY: Larkin Soap Company, 1902-1936RBR F129 .B8 L5Lidstone, James Torrington SpencerQueen of the Lakes: A Complete Business Directory for Buffalo Buffalo, NY: [n.p.], 1852RBR F129 .B9 W52 1868White Corners & Buffalo Plank Road CompanyToll Book for the Gate at the Iron Bridge, 1855 Sept 6-1868 Jan 6RBR HD9728 .B9 A8A List of the Various Articles Manufactured in Buffalo: Together with the Name and Location ofEach ManufacturerBuffalo, NY: Sanford, Warren & Harroun, 1860RBR LB3277 .C3W. Chase & SonIllustrated Catalogue of Improved School FurnitureBuffalo, NY: Commercial Advertiser, 1860RBR TJ1190 .H6Howard Iron WorksPrice List of Vises, Grindstone, Frames, Jack Screws, Set and Cap Screws, Machine Screws,Dies and Taps, Pipe Stocks[Buffalo, NY: Buffalo Commercial Advertiser] 1885RBR WNYO 1821 .P48Porter Barton Co.Portage forw'g book[1821-1824]RBR WNYO 1855.B9 v.1Buffalo Business Directory, with Alphabetical and Classified IndexBuffalo, NY: Hunter & Ostrander, 1855RBR WNYO 1860.B8Buffalo Agricultural Machine WorksKirby's American HarvestersBuffalo, NY: Young, Lockwood & Co., Printers, [1860?]RBR WNYO 1888.B7Bronner & CompanySpring and Summer CatalogBuffalo, NY: The Company, [1888]RBR WNYO 1892.C58Clark and Hill Manufacturing Company, Limited Catalogue, 1892[Buffalo, NY: The Company], 1892RBR WNYO 1895.H36MMartin, 1895Buffalo, NY: H. C. Martin, [1895]13

Rare Book Room (RBR)RBR WNYO 1900.B89ABuffalo Pitts CompanyBuffalo Pitts ThreshersBuffalo, NY: The Company, [19-- ]RBR WNYO 1916.B8Buffalo Forge CompanyModern Equipment for Schools of Mechanical TechnologyBuffalo, NY: Buffalo Forge Co., 1916RBR WNYO 1921.F5Flint and KentRibbonologyBuffalo, NY: The Firm, 1921ScrapbooksThe Buffalo scrapbooks in GRO were compiled from about 1900 to 1960 and are comprisedlargely of local newspaper clippings and ephemera. All are indexed in the Local History File.A subject guide is available /guides-publications#scrapbooks.The following volumes are of particular interest to business researchers:F129 .B8 B59 - Sears, Roebuck Company Buffalo Branch*F129 .B8 B692, 2 vols. - Banks and Savings Institutions*F129 .B8 B6926, 2 vols. - Hotels, Taverns, and Restaurants in Buffalo*F129 .B8 B6927, 11 vols. - Industry in Buffalo and the Niagara Frontier*F129 .L22 B8 - Lackawanna Steel Company, 1899-1911*HE1613 .B8 B8, 2 vols. - Railroads Entering Buffalo*HE8841 .B93 B9 - The Telephone and Telegraph in Buffalo*HF5472 .U7 B9 B88 - Buffalo Markets*HG5131 .B9 B9 - Buffalo Stock and Corn Exchanges*TC425 .N6 B9, 2 vols. - Niagara Falls Power CompaniesSelected WebsitesNoteshttp://www.thepartnership.org/The Buffalo Niagara ide1/sharp13.htmlGuide to Business History The Industrial Heritage Committee, Inc.Formerly known as the Chamber of de in Buffalo: How to Research Local htmlNational Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections .cfmRegional Knowledge Network: Economy14Expert advice from the Library of Congress onavailable sources, online and offlineThis organization offers tours and is developing aneducational trail on the waterfront about Buffalo’sindustrial historyDetailed descriptions of online and offline sourcesand who has themSearch NUCMC on the name of your company tosee if its records have survived in a museum,library, or educational institutionOffers databases, lists, maps, and other onlineresources for economic research in the eightcounties of Western New York

Vertical FileThe Vertical File is a collection of articles, pamphlets, and loose clippings. Local businessinformation can be found under these headings:Architecture – Builders & ContractorsBusinesses (includes subfolders for prominent local companies)Economic ConditionsIndustriesLabor History & UnionsRestaurantsShopping Centerse-Library: The Online Catalog of the Buffalo & ErieCounty Public Libraryhttp://elibrary.buffalolib.org/e-Library is a database showing the books, magazines, CDs, videos, maps, and manuscriptsowned by the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. It includes the Grosvenor Room,

Glen V. Mills Directory Co.'s Business Directory of Buffalo Buffalo, NY: Glen V. Mills Directory Co. We have 1902. Includes reverse directory by street name. Buffalo F129 .B8 A1895 Waite's Business Directory of Buffalo Newburgh, NY: L.P. Waite & Co. We have 1891, 1893, 1894. Has subject index. Buffalo *F129 .B8 B396