*To the best of the author's knowledge, the information provided on the previous pages is correct and proper credit is given.

Sources are listed alphabetically by building:

Alumni Hall

"Alumni Hall Called Unsound, Demolition Will Begin Soon." The Bona Venture. 20 Oct 1961.

"Alumni Hall of Memories Razed at St. Bonaventure; 74 yr. old Structure Was the Center of First Movies,  Plays, and Library." Buffalo Evening News. 12 Dec 1961.

"Alumni Hall was hub of student life." The Bona Venture. 21 Apr 1972: 7.

Dudek, Matthew J. "The Remembrance of Alumni Hall."  Fall Semester 1971.

Gianiodis, Matthew. John McGraw: St. Bonaventure's Most Illustrious Alumnus.  Thesis.  St. Bonaventure, 1991.

Hogan, Ed. "Once the Center of Campus Life, Bonaventure's Alumni Razed." Olean Times Herald. 14 Dec 1961: 3.

Klee, Chet. "Radio 1st from Hall Recalled." Olean Times Herald. 20 Dec 1961: 16.

Butler Memorial Gymnasium

Cassara, Lauren. "Butler Gym- yesterday, today, and tomorrow." The Bona Venture. 22 Sept 1995: 5.

Collins, Bill. "University ponders fate of aging Butler Gym." The Bona Venture. 8 Feb 1974.

Donahue, Tom. "Renovating Butler Gym Still in Talking Stages." Olean Times Herald. 4 May 1979: 3.

Hammon, OFM, Walter. The First Bonaventure Men. Patterson: St. Anthony's Guild, 1958.

"The Joseph Butler Memorial Gym." The Laurel." 1919. 113-116.

Paria, Joyce. "Finally- Work Begins on Butler." The Bona Venture. 11 Oct 1979.

Rucci, Donna. "SBU receives $125, 000 to start media complex." The Bona Venture. 7 Nov 1977.

Scotto, Joe. "Jamestown firm will redesign Butler Gym." 15 Sept 1978.

Williams, Robert A. "They Called Him Father Joe." Vox Regis. 1955: 2-6.

Zekan, Donald. E-mail to author. 10 Apr 2001. 

De La Roche Hall

Blinsk, Francis Xavier. "History of De La Roche Hall Highlighted By Series of Fires." The Bona Venture. 20 Oct 1950.

"Campus Architecture has states of symbolism." The Bona Venture. 7 Mar 1944.

De La Roche Dedication Booklet, 1934.

Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. 1.

Hardy, Terri S. "De La Roche Getting $1.3 Million Renovation." Olean Times Herald. 12 June 1974.

McElroy, Evan. "De La Roche receives facelift, $2 million library wing in offering." The Bona Venture. 15 Feb 1972.

O'Leary, OFM, Fr. Conrad. "Big Science Hall for Bonas Now Certain: Home of Learning As Monument to Discoverer of Oil." The Bona Venture. 8 Apr 1927: 1.

"Wall Renovation Marks De La Roche Work." The Bona Venture. 1973 (?).

Devereux Hall

Angelo, OFM, Mark V. History of St. Bonaventure University. St. Bonaventure: Franciscan Institute,1961.

Callahan, OFM, Adalbert. Medieval Francis in Modern America: The Story of Eighty Years, 1855-1935. New York: Macmillan, 1936.

Cummings, Frank. "Devereux Hall." The Laurel. late 1920s (?).

Hirscher, OFM, Fr. Irenaeus. Jewels In Our Crown. St. Bonaventure: 1970.

"St. Bonas New Dorm in Full Swing; Devereux Hall Going Up After Many Obstacles." The Bona Venture. 19 Nov 1926.

Stady, Jeanne. Letter to Fr. Irenaeus Herscher, OFM. 14 Sept 1978.

Toland, P.J. "Devereux Hall." The Laurel. 1926-27. 386-89.

Friedsam Memorial Library

Beardsley, Irene J. "Architectural History and Theory." CET 1303. Spring Semester 1992.

"Colonel Friedsam was Outstanding in Business, Art, and Civic Affairs." The Bona Venture. 4 March 1938.

"Friedsam Library Blends Beauty with Usefulness." The Bona Venture. p. 3.

Herscher, OFM, Fr. Irenaeus. Jewels In Our Crown. St. Bonaventure: 1970.

"Old Fashioned 'Bucket Brigades' Safely Move 40,000 Volume Library to New Building." Action: A Catholic Pictorial News Monthly. 1 (1938).

Post-Journal Weekender. 4 Sept 1993.

Hickey Memorial Dining Hall

Angelo, OFM, Mark V. History of St. Bonaventure University. St. Bonaventure: Franciscan Institute, 1961.

Barry, James J. "Fr. Alexander Hickey, OFM, Works Traced." The Bona Venture. 1939 (?).

Callahan, OFM, Adalbert. Medieval Francis in Modern America: The Story of Eighty Years, 1855-1935. New York: Macmillan, 1936.

"Campus architecture has tales of symbolism." The  Bona Venture. 7 Mar 1944.

"New Carpet Installed in Hickey." The Bona Venture. 23 Jan 1987.

"Renovations and Expansions." The Bona Venture.1976.

Lynch Hall

"Fifty Thousand Dollar Fire Damages Father Lynch Hall." The Bona Venture. 28 Apr 1933.

"Lament to Memory of Lynch- Now De La Roche- Hall." The Bona Venture. 24 Oct 1941.

St. Bonaventure Monastery and Chapel

"Bonas Loss Two Million But Smoldering Ruins Remain, Cracked Walls to Tottering: Wind Fans Fire Defying Efforts of Outside Help." Olean Times Herald. 6 May 1930.

Kenyon, Kevin. "Being Italian In Olean." Sandpumpings. Olean: Olean High School, 1976. 

New York Freeman's Journal. 30 Aug 1856.

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