Election Day is Coming

With Election Day right around the corner, why not take some time to brush up on your mayoral history? Whether you want to read about Ebenezer Johnson, the first mayor of Buffalo, the corruption purging Grover Cleveland, who would become the only President to serve non-consecutive terms, or the not-so-always eloquent James D. Griffin (perhaps you know him as ‘Jimmy Six-Pack’), we have a plethora of resources in the Grosvenor collection to peruse.

Explore our newspaper collections on microfilm by finding citations for articles in the Local History File.

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For a more in depth look at the political and economic mechanisms of our city, take a dive into the numerous collections of City Records, Comptroller Reports, Annual Reports, Municipal Reports, and Proceedings of the Council.

By learning about the way politics have operated in our city’s past we better equip ourselves to engage with how things will proceed in the future. A wealth of information resides within the Grosvenor Room’s walls. Come see for yourself!