Milestones of Science Exhibit Now Open

The Rare Book Room of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library is proud to announce the official opening of our latest exhibit, Milestones of Science: Books That Shook The World!

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The Milestones of Science is a unique collection of 197 first and early editions by world renown scientists.  Acquired by the Buffalo Museum of Science in the 1930’s, the Milestones include many of the most important books ever published in the Western world, with innovative and sometimes controversial ideas presented for the very first time.  Many of the works laid the foundations for modern scientific disciplines and inquiry, stressing the need for observation, empirical evidence and experimentation over speculation and paranormal belief.  On display through September 2017 are 35 remarkable highlights that include the discoveries of Gutenberg, Galileo, Copernicus, Darwin, Newton and Marie Curie.

Newly digitized newspaper index, 1983-1996

One of the in-house (in-library?) newspaper & magazine article indexes created by Buffalo & Erie County Public Librarians is now available online!  Known to some as the “blue book” indexes, the volumes of The Western New York Index are the key to finding articles on Buffalo people, businesses, and events from January 1983 to December 1996.  These book indexes pick up where the bulk of article indexing leaves off in the Grosvenor Room’s Local History Card File (predominately 1925-1982).  Read more about the history of this Index and this digitization project by the Western New York Library Resources Council here.

This unique index includes major articles and obituaries published by these publications:

• Buffalo Business Journal
• The Buffalo News
• Buffalo Spree
• Business First of Buffalo
• Business New York
• WNY Genealogical Society Journal
• Western New York Magazine

After locating a citation on your topic of interest, stop in to the Grosvenor Room to locate the article in the newspaper (on microfilm) or magazine (in print, usually bound).  Check our online catalog for titles & date ranges.

Did you catch us on C-SPAN?

Buffalo was featured on
C-SPAN’s 2015 Cities Tour. Along with other historical and literary spots narrated by local historians and cultural representatives our Mark Twain Room and select Rare Book Collection items were presented. The program aired October 17th and 18th but you can still view our segments at the addresses below as we show the C-SPAN viewers our wonderful wares for their knowledge and appreciation.

http://www.c-span.org/video/?328435-1/mark-twain-room

and

http://www.c-span.org/video/?328438-1/grosvenor-rare-book-room