Newspaper Research: Buffalo & WNY News

The Buffalo News is the daily newspaper of the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area and has been published daily since October 11, 1880.

The following is an overview of UB's current access to both current and historical content from The Buffalo News.

Online

• The Buffalo News Collection (Newsbank) offers:
  • searchable full-text access to the print edition of the BN, 1880-1988, with digital page facsimile;
  • searchable, full-text, text-only access to the BN, 1989-current (print edition) and 2017-current (web edition);
  • searchable, full-text, digital page facsimile of the BN, 2018-current (print edition);
  • searchable, full-text, digital page facsimile of the Buffalo Sunday Morning News, 1874-1913.
  • Facsimiles of the print edition include advertisements, notices, etc. as well as news content.

  Microform

  • The Buffalo Evening News: 1880-1925; 1926 (partial); 1951 (partial); 1954-1982. Includes all regional editions. Call Number: AN256 .B84
  • The Buffalo News: 1982 - current. Includes Buffalo Sunday News. Call Number: AN256 .B84
  • In other local libraries:
    • Buffalo & Erie County Public Library: 1881-2017.
    • Buffalo State University, E.H. Butler Library: The Buffalo Evening News, 1901-2012; Buffalo Sunday (Morning) News 1893-1914.
    • Buffalo History Museum, Research Library: 1881-2009; 2010 (partial).

    Print

    • University Libraries no longer subscribes to the print edition of The Buffalo News.
    • The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library has print copies of The Buffalo News from January 1, 2018 to current.

    Index

    • The Western New York Indexwas created by the Buffalo & Erie County Library System and printed from 1983-1996. It indexed news, features, articles and reviews appearing in the city edition of the Buffalo News, Buffalo Spree, Business First, Western New York Magazine, and the WNY Genealogical Society Journal.
      • Online:New York Heritage Digital Collections | The Western New York Index Collection
      • Print:Lockwood, 2nd floor reference area. Call Number: AN256 .B84 W4

      The Buffalo Courier-Express

      The Buffalo Courier-Express was a daily newspaper created in 1926 by a merger of the Buffalo Daily Courier and the Buffalo Morning Express. The combined newspapers claimed a heritage dating back to 1828. It ceased publication in 1982.

      • Online via NYS Historic Newspapers:
        • The Buffalo Morning Express:1849-1855; 1855-1858; 1859-1865; 1878-1901
        • The Buffalo Morning Express & Daily Democracy:1855-1858
        • The Buffalo Express:1866-1878
        • The Buffalo Courier-Express:1968-1982
        • The Buffalo Daily Courier & Economist: 1843-1845; Call Number: MicFilm AN256 .B832.
        • The Buffalo Courier:1845-1846 (partial); Call Number: MicFilm AN256 .B832.
        • The Buffalo Daily Courier:1846 (partial); 1847-1861; Call Number: MicFilm AN256 .B832.
        • The Daily Courier & Pilot:1846 (partial); Call Number: MicFilm AN256 .B832.
        • The Daily Mercantile Courier & Democratic Economist:1842-1843 (partial);Call Number: MicFilm AN256 .B832.
        • The Morning Express:1846-1849 (partial); Call Number: MicFilm AN256 .B834.
        • The Buffalo Morning Express: 1849-1855, 1859-1866; Call Number: MicFilm AN256 .B834.
        • The Buffalo Morning Express & Daily Democracy: 1855-1858; Call Number: MicFilm AN256 .B834.
        • The Buffalo Courier-Express:1979-82; Call Number: MicFilm AN256 .C6.
        • In other local libraries:
          • Buffalo & Erie County Public Library: 1842-1982
          • Buffalo State University, E.H. Butler Library: 1842-1982
          • Buffalo History Museum Research Library: 1842-1982

          Individual WNY Newspapers

          ArtVoice

          With a focus on news and art, both national and local, ArtVoice began in 1990 as an alternative weekly in Buffalo, NY and has been publishing online since 1996.

          • Online:ArtVoice.com.
          • Print: select past issues; contact UB Special Collections.

          Business First

          Business First of Buffalo is Western New York's primary business newspaper. Published weekly, it provides local coverage of business, finance, and economic topics.

          • Online: access through Business First Online or Factiva.
          • Print: current issues are available in the Current Periodicals area on the 3rd floor of Lockwood.
          • Microform: 1984-1996, Call Number: MicFiche HF 5001 .B9 B84.
          • Index: 1984-1996, see the Western New York Index. Call Number: Lockwood Reference AN 256.B84 W4.

          Buffalo Spree

          Buffalo Spree is Western New York's only true city and regional magazine and has been published quarterly since 1967.

          • Online: 1999-current; see the Past Issues page on BuffaloSpree.com.
          • Print: University Libraries no longer receives Buffalo Spree in print.
          • Index: 1987-1996, see the Western New York Index. Call Number: Lockwood Reference AN 256 .B84 W4.

          Island Dispatch

          The Island Dispatch was founded in 1944 and is the official newspaper of the town of Grand Island.

          Niagara Gazette

          • Microfilm: Niagara Falls Public Library, 1854-current; located on Main Floor in Reference Department.
          • Index: Subject index available, 1854-current; located in Local History Department on 3rd floor.

          The Public

          • Online: current content at DailyPublic.com; past issues from November 12, 2014 to current available on Issuu.