The University Libraries are pleased to be able to include the following original essays in this online exhibit. The authors are specialists in topics related to the Pan-American Exposition. We extend our thanks to them for participating in our project.

1901 and the New Home Entertainment.
by Robert Berkman.

Bands of the Pan-American Exposition.
by Frank Cipolla.

Buffalo Architecture at the Time of the Pan-American Exposition.
by Jack Quinan.

C. D. Arnold, Photographer of the Pan-American Exposition.
by John Bewley.

An Introduction to Niagara Falls and Electricity.
by Jack Foran.

James B. Parker Revisited.
by Daryl Rasuli.

The following original essays appear at other Pan-American Exposition and Buffalo-related web sites:

Architecture, Sculpture, and Color Schemes at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition.
by Eliza Northwood (June 2002.)

Buffalo Builds the 1901 Pan-American Exposition.
by Harold F. Peterson.

Murder At the Expo: The Assassination of President William McKinley.
by Mark Gado.

Pan American Exposition: World's Fair as Historical Metaphor.
by Mark Goldman.
An excerpt from Goldman's High Hopes: The Rise and Decline of Buffalo, New York, published by State University of New York at Buffalo, 1983.

The Way it Was.
By Patricia Donovan.
University at Buffalo News Services

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