The collections listed below are available in a number of formats and list the complete collections for the Monroe Fordham Regional History Center. For a more in depth break down by subject, please visit our Subject Guide that lists both the MFC and Archives & Special Collections holdings.

Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church [c. 1900-1970] (closed)
Bethel A.M.E. [1926-1989]
Buffalo African American Funeral and Obituary Collection [1948-2007]
Christ United Methodist Church [1949-1988]
Church of the Redeemer Episcopal [1915-1988] (closed)
Delaware Avenue Baptist Church [1882-2008]
Edison Street Baptist Church [1905-1987]
Epiphany Episcopal Church of Niagara Falls (closed)
First Baptist Church of Niagara Falls
First Congregational United Church of Christ
First Presbyterian Church of Niagara Falls
First Shiloh Baptist Church [1914-1985]
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church and Cemetery 
Hopewell Baptist Church [1979-2017]
Hyde Park Presbyterian Church (closed)
Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church [1967-2017]
Michigan Street Baptist Church [1850-1960]
North Ridge United Methodist Church
Pierce Avenue Presbyterian (closed)
Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church [1965-2015]
Ripley Memorial United Methodist Church [1868-1998] (closed)
St. John Baptist Church
St. John's Evangelical Church Cemetery Records [c. 1900-1998] (closed)
St. Joseph Cemetery of Niagara Falls
St. Louis Roman Catholic Church [c.1850-2007]
St. Luke A.M.E. Zion [c. 1940-2006]
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church [1824-2004]
St. Paul Lutheran Church of Niagara Falls
St. Paul Methodist Church (closed)
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
St. Philips Episcopal Church [bulk 1940-1978]
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Niagara Falls

Afro-Americans in New York Life and History, Niagara Falls, NY, 1977-2015
Black News, 1969-1975
Buffalo Challenger, Buffalo, NY,1963-2006
Buffalo Criterion, Buffalo, NY, 1940-2006
Buffalo Irish Times, Buffalo, NY, 1992-2001
Christian Recorder, Philadelphia, PA, 1854-1902
Colored American, New York, NY, 1837-1841
The North Star, Frederick Douglass' Paper & Douglass Monthly, Rochester, NY, 1847-1855
Freedom's Journal, New York, NY, 1827-1829
Hispanic Newspaper, 1975-1981
(includes clippings and scrapbooks from the Hispanic community)
Impartial Citizen, Albany, NY, 1849-1850

African American Studies Department at Buffalo State [1973-1991]
Afro-American Historical Association of the Niagara Frontier Inc.
Alpha Kappa Boule [1954-2003]
Attica NOW! [1971-1975]
B.U.I.L.D. - Papers & Challenge to the License Renewal of WNIA & WSAY [1967-1975]
Bell Aircraft Corporation & U.A.W. Local 501 - Papers & Strike of 1949
Black Revolutionary Action Movement [1960-1970]
Black Faculty & Staff Association [1974-1989]
Black Workers in the Era of the Great Migration [1916-1925]
Buffalo Affirmative Action Program, Committee Proceedings & Correspondence [1970-1978]
Buffalo Branch NAACP
Buffalo Civil Rights Era Files | White, Theresa J.
Buffalo Cooperative Economic Society [1928-1961]
Buffalo Kwanzaa Committee Papers
Buffalo Model Cities Expo Papers & Photographs [1966-1978]
Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority [2003-2006]
Buffalo Quarters Historical Society Papers | Batchelor, Lillion 
Buffalo Youth & Young Adult Choral Society [1970-2000]
Buffalo's Afro-Americans: Photos of Historic Events
Colored Musicians Association of Buffalo - Musicians Local 533
Community Food Center of Western New York [1980-1987]
Ellicott District Coalition [1968-1982]
Erie County Charter Revision Commission: Dr. E.O. Smith, Jr. Files
Grace Manor Nursing Home Founding Committee Papers [1989-1993]
Highland Avenue Neighborhood Preservation Corporation of Niagara Falls [1980-1984]
Housing Opportunities Made Equal [1963-1995]
Institute for People Enterprises [1978-1983]
Kenmore Teachers Association Minutes, Executive Committee Meetings [1928-1963]
LINKS of Buffalo [1954-1985]
LINKS of Erie County [1987-2006]
LINKS of Niagara Falls [1950-2000]
Michigan Avenue Y.M.C.A. [1926-1967]
New York African-American Institute, Founding Committee Papers
Niagara Community Center Association [1927-1977]
Nurses United CWA Local 1168
Republic Steel Arbitration Cases: The Files of Tom H. Gregory [1938-1960]
Royal Serenaders Male Chorus [1946-2009]
Uncrowned Queens Archive
United Auto Workers UAW Local 424
United Citizens Organization Papers [1976-1996]
Urban League of Buffalo Corporate Minutes & Reports [1927-1984]

Acker, Daniel
Batchelor, Lillion | Buffalo Quarters Historical Society Papers
Bellamy, Herbert
Burrell Papers
Chappelle, Mary Crosby
Coles, Robert Traynham
Collins, Dr. Catherine
Collins, David
Colston, Sherrill
Dett, Nathaniel
Dubard, Raphael
Dunson, Jessie
Easley, Robert [1950-1985]
Echols Family
Fordham, Monroe [1957-2003]
Hodges Family Papers
Hunter, Juanita
Kratzke, Howard Leonard
Nash, Francis
Nash, Rev. Dr. J. Edward
Noles, Eva
Peoples, Crystal Davis
Scott, Madeline O.
Thomas, Carolyn Bernice McClester
Thompson, Albert
White, Theresa J. | Buffalo Civil Rights Era Files
Wright, Dr. Lydia

The Recorded Interviews of Milton Rogovin [2003-2004]
Betsy Naylon's Interviews with Western New Yorkers Remembering back into the 20th Century [2001-2002]

Some collections are available online. 

The Monroe Fordham Regional History Center is currently located in the History and Social Studies Department, Classroom Building C205; and the Archives & Special Collections of E. H. Butler Library, Room 214.

Please contact an archivist to locate a specific collection.

Hope Dunbar, MLIS, JD
Special Collections  Archivist
E. H. Butler Library, Room 214
1300 Elmwood Ave. Buffalo, NY 14222

Email: dunbarhm@buffalostate.edu
Phone: 716-878-4790
Fax: 716-878-3134

Please visit our Donation and Giving webpage for additional information.