Jews came to Rochester in the late 19th century along with many of the other “poor, huddled masses” who immigrated to the United States from Europe. Tenements and settlement houses rose up ...

The historic village about 20 miles from Rochester hosts costumed historical educators who tell the story of New York State and 19th-century American history. Part of that is entwined with solar ...

Introduction A casual reader of the history of Rochester Institute of Technology could be forgiven ... were actually contained within the institutional character of the 19th-century Mechanics ...