We are a museum, archive & library located in the Rundel Memorial Building in Rochester, NY. Visit our exhibits and use our library & archive for research.
Are you ROCing? Today is the day! 24 hrs. of supporting Rochester’s History. Thank you! https://t.co/bQDJuRgzrj #givingtuesday#roctheday https://t.co/OvgAEtzrdV
As you start to make your plans for the week ahead, add #givingtuesday on November 27th. This all day event supports our community. Please keep RHS in mind as you make your choices! ROC… https://t.co/fthPA6SJel
As promised, here is a page from the Rochester Gas and Electric Home Service Department’s “The Bride’s Guide”. Wish it had a year on it. Are you cooking your turkey like this or cheating… https://t.co/6QvU5RgALJ
We have a researcher today looking into 4 founders of Rochester for a book. A wave from behind the stacks of information is all that will be shared at this time! Definitely a lot of… https://t.co/WlthD1V59l
Are you planning for #GivingTuesday? Please consider RHS! https://t.co/c5VfbkjeHw support/Rochester-Historical-Society. This is a perfect time to donate! Thank you. https://t.co/j6ZXDGDBhk
This cute post card was sent 10/30/1909 from Buffalo Miller (Buffalo, NY) to a Miss Francis Angevine and Mr. Gray. Anyone send out Halloween cards to acquaintances? https://t.co/dxvnBrkn68
I posted this tin photo several years ago. Tin photos or ferrotype photos were popular in the 1860s and 1870s. Someone had a great sense of humor - makes me smile every time I see it -… https://t.co/S66ZjZaPnI
Remember I mentioned in September that a fireman has been in doing research for his book? Well, he has been looking at these frames with ribbons in them as well as photos, books, articles… https://t.co/Z0UAGx2ozL
We have this Columbus Day commemorative button in our collection. The button/ribbon collection is fun to look through! Certainly interesting to see how they promoted events and businesses… https://t.co/TWBbKyVPRa
Carolyn Maruggi, bestest volunteer ever, is working on padded hangers for some of our lovely dresses. This is a glimpse into one of the things we do to maintain the collections. https://t.co/AZdYe4M9BC
This summer our Librarian/Archivist had an opportunity to print blocks from our collection on a Washington Printing Press. We have four woodcuts from Norman Kent. The one pictured here is… https://t.co/M5CvQt9H0I
We had a fireman in yesterday doing research for a book he’s writing. This is one of the photos he was looking at in our collection. A little blurry in spots but a great photo! https://t.co/4EPxpNMKqD
Stephanie Harris (Rochester) and Gail Evans (Vancouver, British Colombia) were in today. These lifelong friends were in doing some research for Gail’s book. https://t.co/J89Ogys35u
Genesee Country Village & Museum is offering our members (up to 4 people) free admission on one day until October 14th. You just need your name and address to take advantage of this… https://t.co/zWm0HP1MSd
After looking through the archives room, I happened to stumble upon this map of Flanders, Belgium belonging to Major Frederick Couchman from Rochester. On July 31, 1917, the battle of… https://t.co/UnOtribnfE