Topics
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Race, Class & Inequalities
Since the 1930s, Rochester has struggled to live up to its early promise of racial equality.
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Erie Canal
The Erie Canal transformed Rochester from a small frontier village to a bustling center of commerce and activity.
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Women’s Rights
Rochester was a center of women's rights activism in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Collections
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Frederick Douglass Voice
The Voice, published by Howard Wilson Coles from 1933 to 1996, is the longest running Black-owned newspaper in Roches...
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Latino Oral Histories
Shared with the Rochester Public Library and available here, the Latino Voices collection comprises 31 interviews of ...
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African American Oral Histories
Listen to the voices of the Phillis Wheatley Oral History Collection and discover the history of African American Roc...
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George A. Custer Letters
The George A. Custer collection contains this series of letters, some of which also detail Custer’s travels through W...
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Exhibits
Timelines
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Rochester History
Take a virtual trip through Rochester’s past with this interactive timeline.
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Women’s Rights
Explore the history of the movement for women’s rights as it unfolded in Rochester and in the nation.
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View the interactive timeline created by the Gleason Corporation.
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