The NY Times visits the Lower West Side:

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/on-the-road-the-transformation-of-b\
uffalos-lower-west-side/

Many thanks to Sam Hoyt for bringing this to my attention.

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"Are all librarians this much trouble?"  --Stephen Sommers
(Line spoken by Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell in "The Mummy Returns," 2001)

Wikipedia has a handy list of National Register properties in Buffalo with
thumbail photos & geographic coordinates.  I don't know who has taken it upon
themselves to maintain it, but considering how much the pace of National
Register nominations has increased in response to the new preservation tax
credit program, it could get outdated pretty easily.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Bu\
ffalo,_New_York

Thanks to David for bringing it to my attention.

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http://www.BuffaloResearch.com


"Are all librarians this much trouble?"  --Stephen Sommers
(Line spoken by Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell in "The Mummy Returns," 2001)

Who wants to help get the Milton Rogovin documentary on PBS?

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(Line spoken by Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell in "The Mummy Returns," 2001)


>
>----- Forwarded Message ----
>From: Mark Rogovin <markrogovin@...>
>To: Mark Rogovin <markrogovin@...>
>Sent: Sun, December 20, 2009 1:27:36 PM
>Subject: Rogovin's Dream on WNED--Let's PARTY!
>
> >
> Will you host a PBS
>House Party on December 27 for Milton Rogovin?
>
>
>On December 27 at 10pm, WNED in Buffalo will air, for the first time ever on
>television, “The Rich Have Their Own Photographers,” a film by Ezra
Bookstein
>about the life and work of Milton Rogovin.
>
>Milton
>had to wait 3 years to see this film aired on TV. It’s his 100th >birthday
wish that this documentary be aired on public television stations
>across the country. Will you help us make his wish come true?
>
>We would like to take this opportunity to kick off a
>grassroots email campaign to generate viewer support across the US to have the
>film aired on other public television stations. In order to do this, we would
>like groups of people in Buffalo
>to do the following:
>
> 1. Watch
>     the film on December 27, with other people in Buffalo who may not know the
film is
>     airing – share the love!
> 2. Send
>     your family and friends an email to tell them about the film and ask them
>     to contact their local public television stations to air the film in their
>     city/town. There is a sample e-mail on our website that will help you do
>     this quickly and easily, just personalize it for your own use. The e-mail
>     encourages your family and friends to watch a clip of the film on YouTube.
> 3. Tell
>     us that you’ve sent out some e-mails and where they went so we can keep
>     track!
>markrogovin@...
>
>Thanks for your help. Please let me know if you have any
>questions.
>
>>Mark
>
>The Rogovin Collection, LLC
>930 Dunlop Ave.
>Forest Park Illinois 60130
>tel. 708.366.5535
>www.miltonrogovin.com
>markrogovin@...
>
>See a preview of Milton's new film:
>Picture Man: The Poetry of Photographer Milton Rogovin on YouTube!
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTTAcM90p8M
>

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New expanded website for the Research Library at the Buffalo & Erie County
Historical Society, with more bibliographies and finding aids:

http://www.buffalohistory.org/library/index.htm

One new addition is the collection of links at Delicious (scroll down to bottom
left).  Over 350 useful websites are sorted into categories (tags) such as
Census Records, Cemetery Records, War of 1812, Newspapers, and more.

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"Are all librarians this much trouble?"  --Stephen Sommers
(Line spoken by Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell in "The Mummy Returns," 2001)

Found while looking up other stuff, yet more reasons to visit here:

http://www.jaunted.com/city/Buffalo

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"Are all librarians this much trouble?"  --Stephen Sommers
(Line spoken by Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell in "The Mummy Returns," 2001)

If you or a relative used to be a steelworker, WNED is looking for you:

http://www.buffalorising.com/2009/12/looking-for-men-of-steel.html

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"Are all librarians this much trouble?"  --Stephen Sommers
(Line spoken by Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell in "The Mummy Returns," 2001)

That's the kind of machine that Lulu.com uses. They charge around $350 for
digitization, if I remember correctly.
I have a couple of books I've considered it for.

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Cynthia Van Ness <bettybarcode@...>wrote:

>
>
> I know the company. Based near Rochester (as Dale guessed), they make
> high-end book-friendly scanners that probably cost five figures. I saw one
> demonstrated at a conference last year.
>
> The machine cradles the book, lights and photographs it from above,
> corrects for various irregularities, and turns the pages with puffs of air
> or a vacuum, I can't remember which. You can set it up and walk away without
> worrying that your prized first edition will get damaged like it would on a
> flatbed scanner. This is the kind of machine that makes mass digitization
> possible. So it makes sense for them to start retailing digitized books.
>
> The quality of the end product is what I'm dying to know about.
>
>
> *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-*
> Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com
> http://www.BuffaloResearch.com
>
> "Are all librarians this much trouble?" --Stephen Sommers
> (Line spoken by Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell in "The Mummy Returns,"
> 2001)
>
> >
> >From: Dale and Ev SBC <gobills@... <gobills%40ncweb.com>>
> >To: BuffaloHistory@yahoogroups.com <BuffaloHistory%40yahoogroups.com>
> >Sent: Wed, December 16, 2009 8:11:11 PM
> >Subject: [BuffaloHistory] Re:Insanely cheap Buffalo reprints
>
> >
> > >
> >>
> >
> >
> >>Even $8.05 for a soft cover is hard to fathom. Even if printed in
> >>China and shipped here. At least they have a Rochester type phone number.
> >
> >>Dale Madison
> >
> >
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>


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I know the company.  Based near Rochester (as Dale guessed), they make high-end
book-friendly scanners that probably cost five figures.  I saw one demonstrated
at a conference last year.

The machine cradles the book, lights and photographs it from above, corrects for
various irregularities, and turns the pages with puffs of air or a vacuum, I
can't remember which.  You can set it up and walk away without worrying that
your prized first edition will get damaged like it would on a flatbed scanner. 
This is the kind of machine that makes mass digitization possible.  So it makes
sense for them to start retailing digitized books.


The quality of the end product is what I'm dying to know about.

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http://www.BuffaloResearch.com


"Are all librarians this much trouble?"  --Stephen Sommers
(Line spoken by Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell in "The Mummy Returns," 2001)


>
>From: Dale and Ev SBC <gobills@...>
>To: BuffaloHistory@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Wed, December 16, 2009 8:11:11 PM
>Subject: [BuffaloHistory] Re:Insanely cheap Buffalo reprints
>
>  >
>>
>
>
>>Even $8.05 for a soft cover is hard to fathom.  Even if printed in
>>China and shipped here.  At least they have a Rochester type phone number.
>
>>Dale Madison
>
>
>

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Even $8.05 for a soft cover is hard to fathom.  Even if printed in
China and shipped here.  At least they have a Rochester type phone number.


Dale Madison

Here it is:

http://www.kirtasbooks.com

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"Are all librarians this much trouble?"  --Stephen Sommers
(Line spoken by Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell in "The Mummy Returns," 2001)


>
>From: Chris Andrle <cjandrle@...>
>To: BuffaloHistory@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Wed, December 16, 2009 9:08:19 AM
>Subject: Re: [BuffaloHistory] Insanely cheap Buffalo reprints
>
>  >
>>
>
>What site?
>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Keith Pundt" <kpundt47@yahoo. com>
>>To: <BuffaloHistory@ yahoogroups. com>
>>Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 8:39 AM
>>Subject: [BuffaloHistory] Insanely cheap Buffalo reprints
>
>>> Check out the site. The price is $10 which is still cheap. They are
>>> digitalizing books so you get a CD instead of a hard copy. And it takes
>>> 3-4 weeks.
>>>
>>> I still think it would be a good deal for some books. I will have to look
>>> the site over and decide what I want.
>>>
>>> Keith
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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What site?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Pundt" <kpundt47@...>
To: <BuffaloHistory@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 8:39 AM
Subject: [BuffaloHistory] Insanely cheap Buffalo reprints


> Check out the site. The price is $10 which is still cheap. They are
> digitalizing books so you get a CD instead of a hard copy. And it takes
> 3-4 weeks.
>
> I still think it would be a good deal for some books. I will have to look
> the site over and decide what I want.
>
> Keith
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> To unsubscribe from BuffaloHistory, send a blank email message to:
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>
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>
>
>
>

I may not have read it carefully enough, but it seemed to me you didn't get
a CD, but rather a link to a digitized and downloadable version.  It cost
$10 initially, but I got the impression that if you wanted to re-access it,
once digitized for you, then it was $1.95.  Also, for the same $10, you
could get a soft-cover print version

           Ron Huefner

--On Wednesday, December 16, 2009 5:39 AM -0800 Keith Pundt
<kpundt47@...> wrote:

> Check out the site. The price is $10 which is still cheap. They are
> digitalizing books so you get a CD instead of a hard copy. And it takes
> 3-4 weeks.
>
> I still think it would be a good deal for some books. I will have to look
> the site over and decide what I want.
>
> Keith
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Check out the site. The price is $10 which is still cheap. They are digitalizing
books so you get a CD instead of a hard copy. And it takes 3-4 weeks.

I still think it would be a good deal for some books. I will have to look the
site over and decide what I want.

Keith






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Kirtas Books has print-on-demand arrangements with several libraries, including
the New York Public.  A reprint of the 1872 Hopkins atlas of Buffalo (and many
other public domain Buffalo books) from NYPL's collection can be had for $1.95. 
I have no connection to the company, so I have no clue as to the quality of the
end product. I cannot fathom how $1.95 even covers paper, ink, and labor.

http://kirtasbooks.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&p\
roduct_id=905107&category_id=46&keyword=Buffalo+atlas&option=com_virtuemart&Item\
id=3

Any brave guinea pigs out there willing to place an order and report back to us?

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"Are all librarians this much trouble?"  --Stephen Sommers
(Line spoken by Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell in "The Mummy Returns," 2001)

Of possible interest to budding documentary filmmakers:

Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:58:41 -0500
From: Lydia R. Kerr <lrkerr@...>
Reply-To: IREWG Membership List <IREWG-LIST@...>
To: IREWG-LIST@...
Subject: Call for Work: Rust Belt Reels, A Night of Short Films by Women

Please distribute widely...

CALL FOR WORK: RUST BELT REELS, A NIGHT OF SHORT FILMS BY WOMEN

The Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender invites
original shorts from women filmmakers living in the Rust Belt region.

Buffalo, NY is indelibly marked by the booming birth and excruciatingly slow
death of the manufacturing industry in the United States. Rust permeates our
architecture, our politics and our economy, as well as our daily lives and
the art that we create. This screening poses the broad question: Does this
slow rusty death--this creaky slam of factory gates--engender a particular
voice, sound, shape, color, environment, his/herstory, mood or texture? We
will consider 3 to 10 minute films of any genre that provide some commentary
on or offer some interpretation of life and/or art of and by women living in
a Rust Belt city.

About the event:
For the fifth year in a row, the Institute for Research on Women and Gender
presents a collection of recent original short work by women filmmakers.
Taking as its broad theme the concept of the Rust Belt,this year's films
will continue the mission to confound narrow, mainstream perceptions of
women's cinema in order to excite, provoke, and challenge. This is a cinema
of the women, by the women and for everybody!
*
Deadline for screeners (to be considered for inclusion): February 10th, 2010
Deadline for completed work: March 5th, 2010
Theme: Rust Belt Reels
Format: DVD or MiniDV for screeners & MiniDV for exhibition

Event Date: March 25th, 2010
Venue: Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre
639 Main Street, Buffalo, NY.
Duration of Works: 3-10 mins*

We prefer to consider work that has not yet been exhibited extensively inWestern
New York

Send screeners to:

Ruth Goldman
Programmer, International Women's Film Festival
Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender
UB Commons, 520 Lee Entrance, Suite 207
The State University of New York at Buffalo, North Campus
Amherst, NY 14228-2567
goldman8@...

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"Are all librarians this much trouble?"  --Stephen Sommers
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Banner
/52,000 intelligent good-looking readers.

///
An annual Christmas column mentioning Old Downtown Buffalo and blind
robins.*

WHAT CHRISTMAS DOES TO ME.*

Some of my friends don't like Christmas music. I love it.
I can understand how certain Christmas songs could seem corny
when analyzed from a critical point of view,
but they have melody, harmony, and words,
which is more than a lot of today's popular music.

Anyway, I love Christmas music for completely different reasons.
This is the most emotional season of the year,
and those songs bring back powerful memories,
both happy and unhappy, packed with emotion.

The ghosts of past Christmases often blur my vision in December.
My mind travels back to Christmas shopping with my parents
on snowy evenings in magical downtown Buffalo.
Gentle flurries fell from the dark sky, steam rose from sidewalk grates,
and complete strangers laughed and spoke friendly greetings to each other.
We stood and marveled at the Christmas displays in the store windows,
our breath frost highlighting our amazement.
One store had a big mechanical Santa that sort of rolled as he laughed.
Ho ho.

My family was a partying bunch...
each holiday an excuse for all the relatives to get together and have a
special time.
Even my grandparents would dress in outrageous costumes on Halloween,
and on July 4th's we would drive the neighbors nuts with fireworks.
New Years Eve meant champagne and "blind robins", and on and on.
I miss those beautiful people, especially during the holidays.
Later in my life I experienced some very rough Christmases,
some even tragic,
and also some wonderful times with Misty and the small family we had left.

Every experience at this time of year is magnified and extreme in my
memory.
Hearing the old songs at Christmas makes me happily sad.
They evoke feelings I don't even understand,
and yet it's my favorite time of the year.
My cool guy facade cracks right down the middle,
and my sentimental guy takes over.

We caught the last hour of "It's a Wonderful Life" on TV the other night.
We both sat there like idiots with lumps in our throats and tears in our
eyes
when George Bailey got his life back.
Christmas makes me weak, I guess...
a good kind of weakness.

*/Jack Blanchard  /*/
/

Hi, gang,

The Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society (museum AND library) will be closed
today on account of the weather.

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"Are all librarians this much trouble?"  --Stephen Sommers
(Line spoken by Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell in "The Mummy Returns," 2001)

The WNY Heritage Magazine people tell me that they are getting few hits on their
online store. They have some new photo notecards, as well as books and reprints
from their photo collection. Check them out (they are non-profit):
http://wnyheritagepress.org/online_store/index.htm

This meeting is free and open to the public.

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"Are all librarians this much trouble?"  --Stephen Sommers
(Line spoken by Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell in "The Mummy Returns," 2001)

>
>From: M. Pellegrino Faix <monica@...>
>To: M. Pellegrino Faix <monica@...>
>Sent: Tue, December 1, 2009 6:47:19 AM
>Subject: Richardson GEIS meeting 12/17 6 PM
>
> >
>
>
>>
>The Richardson Olmsted
>Complex GEIS Public Scoping
>meeting has been scheduled.  Many thanks for your patience.
> The meeting will be Thursday, December
>17, 2009, 6:00 PM at Rockwell
>Hall, Buffalo State College.
>
>
>Work on the draft Master Plan is complete. The next step
>is for the Richardson Center Corporation (RCC) to assess the potential
environmental
>effects through preparation of a Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS).
> The Public Scoping Meeting is an opportunity to obtain your comments on
>the proposed scope of analyses for the Draft GEIS, which is outlined in the
>Draft Scoping Report.  The reports may be downloaded from the project web
>site (www.richardson-olmsted.com) or viewed (later this week) at the Central
>and Crane branches of the public library.
>
>At this meeting, the RCC will highlight key components of
>the Master Plan and provide a brief overview of the environmental review
>process. You will be able to comment on the following issues: Have we correctly
>identified the potential adverse impacts to be studied? Have we identified an
>appropriate way to study them? Do you have any information to assist in the
>analysis?
>
>To compensate for any difficulty with holiday schedule
>timing, the public comment period has been extended to January 15th.
>
>Monica Pellegrino Faix
>>Project Coordinator
>>Richardson Center Corporation
>>c/o The Buffalo News
>>One News Plaza
>>P.O. Box 100
>>Buffalo, New York  14240
>>(716) 849-6070 Phone
>>(716) 849-4554 Fax
>>monica@...
>www.richardson-olmsted.com
>

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Dear Cynthia,

Thank you SO MUCH for posting this fascinating article.

How may I reach Mr. Wachadlo via e-mail?  I would like very much to share
with him the intense research I have completed on J & R Lamb Studios and
Charles Rollinson Lamb and Frederick Stymetz Lamb.  A great deal of the
historical facts I have compiled on the Lamb family are not currently
available via regular sources, as they have either come from the family
historian, Kevin Tait, or from my own digging, and my book has not yet been
printed.  (Hopefully, it will be done in January!)

If you would rather give my e-mail address to Mr. Wachadlo and allow him to
make contact with me, I certainly understand, and that is fine.

Thank you so very much!

Sincerely,

Randal J. Loy
Historian to the Dean of
Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral
Kansas City, Missouri  64105
Direct Line:  (816) 452-5055

On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Cynthia Van Ness <bettybarcode@...>wrote:

>
>
> In today's Buffalo News is some long overdue recognition of architectural
> historian Martin Wachadlo:
>
> http://www.buffalonews.com/185/story/883156.html
>
> Here is a list of his works:
>
>
>
http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AWachadlo%2C+Martin&qt=advanced&dblist=638
>
> Plus there is an online version of the Esenwein & Johnson exhibit he
> curated for BECHS:
>
> http://buffalohistory.org/exhibits/esenwein_johnson/index.htm
>
> *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-*
> Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com
> http://www.BuffaloResearch.com <http://www.buffaloresearch.com/>
>
> "Are all librarians this much trouble?" --Stephen Sommers
> (Line spoken by Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell in "The Mummy Returns,"
> 2001)
>
>
>


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In today's Buffalo News is some long overdue recognition of architectural
historian Martin Wachadlo:

http://www.buffalonews.com/185/story/883156.html

Here is a list of his works:

http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AWachadlo%2C+Martin&qt=advanced&dblist=638

Plus there is an online version of the Esenwein & Johnson exhibit he curated for
BECHS:

http://buffalohistory.org/exhibits/esenwein_johnson/index.htm

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http://www.BuffaloResearch.com


"Are all librarians this much trouble?"  --Stephen Sommers
(Line spoken by Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell in "The Mummy Returns," 2001)

Concordia Cemetery needs volunteers:

http://www.buffalorising.com/2009/12/concordia-cemetery-150-years-of-buffalos-hi\
story-needs-your-help.html

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http://www.BuffaloResearch.com


"Are all librarians this much trouble?"  --Stephen Sommers
(Line spoken by Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell in "The Mummy Returns," 2001)

Found while looking up other stuff, a social networking site for genealogists. 
And there's already a group for Buffalo/WNY.

http://www.genealogywise.com/group/wnyroots?page=1#comments

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"Are all librarians this much trouble?"  --Stephen Sommers
(Line spoken by Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell in "The Mummy Returns," 2001)

They were all brown when I worked there.
     Jack

Dale and Ev SBC wrote:
> Jack,
>
> Can you confirm the trucks were tan on top and brown on the
> bottom?  Or were they all brown?
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> Dale Madison
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> To unsubscribe from BuffaloHistory, send a blank email message to:
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>
>
>
>

Jack,

Can you confirm the trucks were tan on top and brown on the
bottom?  Or were they all brown?

Thank you.


Dale Madison

At one point, some of them were occupied by Downtown Merchants
delivery service.


Dale Madison

Found while looking up other stuff, today's photographic amusement:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cornelluniversitylibrary/3856318894/

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"Are all librarians this much trouble?"  --Stephen Sommers
(Line spoken by Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell in "The Mummy Returns," 2001)

You brought back a memory.
When I was about 16 I worked for Downtown Merchants Delivery during one
Christmas season.
I had to show up every morning at the Pierce Arrow building.
I was the kid who jumped on and off the truck to deliver packages.
     Jack

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I recall Downtown Merchants Delivery used a portion of the structure.


Dale Madison

As an aid to gathering historical information on Lawrence Bell and Bell Aircraft
in Western NY (and elsewhere), we started a group on Yahoo

It's called "Larry Bell and Bell Aircraft"

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=184570831587

If you are a FaceBook sort of person, you're welcome to join. We were VERY
surprised to find that there are now 45 members and that some awfully
interesting documents and photos are showing up.

This research is ongoing, and we've received two off-list responses to our
request for folks who worked at Bell, knew people who worked at Bell or who had
some first of second person contact with Larry Bell. We'd be grateful for other
such contacts.

You can write to SumStuf@...  or post on the FaceBook group if you are a
member. Please DO NOT post replies to this Yahoo BuffaloHistory group. They
would be off-topic and we'd be embarrassed.

Thanks for your help!