Listed here are published books, pamphlets,
articles, and accounts that describe our community's history in detail. No attempt
has been made to produce an exhaustive list. Any inquiries regarding any of the
items may be directed via our Contacts
link, or by posting your question to the Webmaster. [NOTE: Much of the following is
borrowed from the extensive bibliography of Robert W. Silsby's book, Settlement to Suburb, A
History of the Town of Tonawanda 1607-1986, (Tonawanda, 1997).
Other titles are added as we become aware of them.]
Books and Pamphlets...
Robert W. Bingham, The Cradle
of the Queen City, Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society, (Buffalo, 1931).
Robert W. Bingham, ed., Holland Land Company Papers – Reports of
Joseph Ellicott, Vol. 1, Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society, (Buffalo,
1937).
Robert W. Bingham and Ralph E. Theobald, Niagara,
Highway of Heroes, Foster & Stewart Publishing Corporation,
(Buffalo, 1943).
William Chazanof, Joseph Ellicott and the Holland Land Company, (Syracuse,
1970).
Marlin D. Cline, Soils and Soil Associations of New York, Extension
Bulletin #930, (Ithaca, 1970).
Walter S. Dunn, Jr., History of Erie County, 1870-I 970,
(Buffalo, 1972).
David M. Ellis and others, A Short History of New York, (Ithaca,
1957).
Paul D. Evans, The Holland Land Company, Publications of the
Buffalo Historical Society, (Buffalo, 1924).
Alexander C. Flick, ed., History of the State of New York, (New
York, 1934).
Dixon R. Fox, Yankees and Yorkers, (New York, 1940).
Ulysses P Hedrick, A History of Agriculture in the State of New
York, (Albany, 1933).
John T. Horton and others, History of Northwestern New York,
Vol. I, (New York, 1947).
Rev. James H. Hotchkin, A History of the Purchase and Settlement of
Western New York, A History of the Purchase and Settlement of
Western New York, (New York, 1848).
Kenneth T. Jackson, Crabgrass Frontier, (New York, 1985).
Crisfield Johnson, Centennial History of Erie County, (Buffalo,
1876).
Robert L. Jones, History of Agriculture in Ontario, 1613-1880, (Toronto,
1946).
Orsamus Marshall, The Niagara Frontier, (Buffalo, 1865).
E.B. 0'Callaghan, The Documentary History of the State of New York,
(Albany, 1849).
Frederick S. Parkhurst, Ph.D, History of Kenmore, Erie County, New
York, (Kenmore, 1926).
Frederick S. Parkhurst, Ph. D., History of the Town of Tonawanda,.
Erie County New York, 1805-1930, (Kenmore, 1930).
Frederick S, Parkhurst, Ph.D, School Houses and
Cemeteries, Town of Tonawanda, (Kenmore.
1932).
John W. Percy, Pioneer Suburb, A History of Kenmore, New York, (Kenmore,
1974).
John W. Percy, Tonawanda, the Way It Was, A History of the Town of
Tonawanda from 1805-1903, (Kenmore, 1979).
John W, Percy, Growing Pains - Kenmore-Tonawanda Comes of Age, (Kenmore,
1986).
John W. Percy, Images of America: The Town of
Tonawanda, (Arcadia Press, Dover, NH, 1997).
John W. Percy and Graham Millar, Images
of America: Kenmore, New York, (Arcadia Press, Dover, NH, 1998).
Frank Severance, Studies of the Niagara Frontier, Publications
of the Buffalo Historical Society, (Buffalo, 1911).
Robert W. Silsby, Settlement to Suburb, A History of
the Town of Tonawanda 1607-1986, (Tonawanda, 1997).
H. Perry Smith, History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County,
Vols. I and II, (Syracuse, 1884).
George R. Taylor, The Transportation Revolution 1815-1860, (New
York, 1951).
Orsamus Turner, Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western
New York, (Buffalo, 1849).
Donald C. Unkrich, History of the Kenmore Volunteer Fire Department,
1903-1986, (Kenmore, 1986).
Articles...
David M. Ellis, "The Yankee
Invasion of New York, 1783-I 850," Proceedings of the New York State Historical
Association, XLIX (1951), pp.3-17.
Virginia Harrington, New York State and the Embargo of 1807," Proceedings
of the New York State Historical Association, XXV (1926), pp. 143-151.
Chilton Williamson, "New York's Impact on the Canadian
Economy," Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, XLI
(1943), pp.24-38.
Accounts Written By Travelers...
Timothy Bigelow, Journal of a
Tour to Niagara Falls in the Year 1805, (Boston. 1876).
William Darby, A Tour from the City of New York to Detroit in the
Michigan Territory, New York, 1819).
John Fowler, Journal of a Tour in the State of New York in the year
1830, (London, 1831).
A.M. Maxwell, A Run through the United States during the Autumn of
1840, (London, 1841).
James Stuart, Three Years in North America, (New York, 1833).
Frances Trollope, Domestic Manners of Americans, (London, 1832).
Unpublished Monographs...
(These were obtained from the
files of Dr Eric Brunger at New York State University College at Buffalo.)
George Arnold, "Early history of St. Peters' on Knoche
Road."
Bruce L. Caley, "Kenilworth Racetrack, 1901-1908."
Elizabeth Campbell, "A History of the Mile Strip."
James Farkas, The Village of Black Rock, a Hundred Years
1790-1890."
William Farmer, "The Development of Military Road."
Cornelius V. Guefa, "St. John the Baptist Parish and the
Missionary Activities of John Nepomecene Neumann."
Alfred Kozen, "The History of the Lumber Industry in the
Tonawandas."
Mary Patrick Shields, "History of St. John the Baptist Roman
Catholic Church."
Atlases...
Peter Emslie, Deed Atlas of the
County of Erie, New York, (Buffalo, 1859). Tobias Wilmer, Deed Tables in the County
of Erie, New York, (Buffalo, 1859), pp.177-179, contains a record of the first deeds
of lots and subdivisions of lots in the Town of Tonawanda. Compiled to be used with
Emslie's Deed Atlas, it includes the date, the number of acres and the grantees.
Stone and Stewart, New Topographical Atlas of Erie County, New York,
(Philadelphia, 1866).
F. W. Beers & Company, Illustrated Historical Atlas of Erie
County, New York, (New York, 1880).
The Century Map Company, New Century Atlas of Erie County, New York,
(Philadelphia, 1909).
Newspapers...
Kenmore: Kenmore Record, (later called the Kenmore Record
Advertiser), February, 1916-June 24, 1976.
North Tonawanda: Evening News, (later called the Tonawanda
News), July 26, 1893-December 22,1916; May 13, 1977-December 31, 1986.
Tonawanda-Kenmore Historical Society Museum, Knoche Road: Numerous
newspaper clippings from a variety of papers, among them, the Buffalo Evening News,
(more recently called the Buffalo News), the Buffalo Courier Express, the Ken-Ton
Bee, and the Am-Ton Metro Community News.
Manuscript Materials...
Holland Land Company Field Notes, (in the office of
the Erie County Clerk).
Description of School Districts, as described by Doctor Lapp,
Commissioner of the First Commissioners district in and for the Town of Tonawanda, January
9, 1872 (in the office of the Tonawanda Town Clerk).
Minutes of the Board of Education, (in the office of the Clerk of
the Ken-Ton School District).
Town of Tonawanda Records, Vol. 1-10, (covers the period up through
March 3, 1926).
Town of Tonawanda Minutes, Vol. 1-146, (covers the period from
March 3, 1926 to the present).
Town Board Correspondence, (mostly with Town Attorney 0. Clyde
Joslin concerning legal opinions, February 23, 1933-August 21, 1950).
Judicial Documents...
These are in the storage area of the Municipal Building under the
jurisdiction of the Town Clerk.
Justice Criminal Dockets...
Theodore Schneider, (March 11, 1879-October 20, 1886).
William Hollister, (August 26, 1896-October 28, 1897).
R. A. Van Brocklin, (June 9, 1899-JuIy 21, 1900).
Oscar S. Cramer, (April 9, 1898-May 4, 1901).
W. J. Rogers, (October 2, 1901-September 29, 1902).
John B. Middaugh, Jr., (May 14, 1904-November 19, 1907).
Louis N. Voisinet, (August 7, 1909-September 29, 1909).
Frank D. Booth, (November 6, 1910-February 21, 1915 and February 23,
1915-November 29, 1919).
William J. Field, (June 28, 1916-May 14, 1917).
Carlisle Cherry, (July 10, 1915-January 26, 1920; July 19,
1919-December 26, 1919; January 6, 1920-September 8, 1921; December 23, 1925-April 5,
1927; October 13, 1926-May 21, 1927; January 24, 1926-January 29, 1927; May23, 1927-May
4,1928; May 4, 1928-March 30,1929; March 30, 1929-December 28, 1929).
A.C. Towne, (November 13, 1918-May 7, 1923).
Samuel Seitz, (February 9, 1920-September 15, 1920; September 15,
1920-April 28, 1922; April 28, 1922-July 2, 1923; July 17, 1923-April 21, 1924; April 21,
1924-February 17, 1925; February 17, 1925-August 7, 1926; August 26, 1926-December 17,
1927).
E.A. Jones, (January 14, 1922-December 9, 1922; January 1, 1923-May 31,
1924; May 31, 1924-November 4, 1925; February 8, 1927-July 3, 1928; August 3, 1928-October
26, 1929; October26, 1929-June 6,1931; June 6, 1931-January 14, 1933).
Fred B. Eberhardt, (January 25, 1922-October 18, 1924; May 9, 1923-May
27, 1924; October 18, 1924-December 7, 1925).
John F. Adamson, (January 21, 1928-October 11, 1930; November 8, 1930-August 31, 1934).
Willis E. Elliott, (January 25, 1930-November 11, 1933; September28,
1931-September 18, 1937; January 14,1936-March 3, 1939; March 11,1939-July 19, 1940;
July20, 1940-Oewber 18, 1941; October 18, 1941-July 24, 1943; July 31, 1943-July 19, 1947;
July 26, 1947-May 31, 1952; May 28, 1948-April 29, 1950; May 21, 1952-August 28, 1956;
August 8, 1956-November 25, 1959; November 25, 1959-July 25, 1962; July22, 1962-December
31, 1963).
Willard 0. Tower, (January 14, 1928-January 28, 1930; August 23,
1930-July 5, 1935; April 8, 1933-October 18, 1934; October 16, 1934-September 17, 1935).
Leo J. Hagerty, (January 4, 1936-December 31, 1937).
Harold V Cook, (May 18, 1940-June 8, 1946; June 8,1946-March 20, 1948).
Roger T. Cook, (May 15, 1948-June 9, 1951; June 9, 195 1-December 15,1956; April 27,
1955-December 3, 1958).
Justice Civil Dockets...
R.A. Van Brocklin, (January 23, 1893-July 3, 1897; May
1, 1899-December 31, 1900).
Louis N. Voisinet, (February 20, 1906-October 31, 1906).
John F. Middaugh, Jr., (July 2, 1904-December 26, 1907).
Frank D. Booth, (September 20, 1910-May 12, 1915; October 1,
1915-November 29, 1918.
Children’s Court Dockets
Samuel Seitz, (November 1, 1920-October 21, 1925).
Carlisle R. Cherry, (August 21, 1928-December 20, 1929).
E. A. Jones, (April 25, 1923-October 2, 1924).
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