The spring issue, edited by Christine Ridarsky, Rochester City Historian, and Rebecca Edwards, RIT professor of history, published April 15. A feature article, written by Edwards, highlights the deaf ...

For several decades in the late 19th century, though, Rochester was known best as the Flower City, a title earned by a profusion of local plant nurseries, Ellwanger and Barry chief among them.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — During Black History Month, ... “The 19th-century freedom movement was perhaps one of the most important movements in the history of the world. ...

Buoyed by a partnership between RIT and the Rochester Public Library, the Rochester History journal has a new look and a growing readership. The journal’s 21st-century makeover is turning heads and ...