Letter from the Editors

By Christine L. Ridarsky and Rebecca Edwards
Editors

Dear reader,
In this issue, we are pleased to offer you a retrospective consideration of the work and career of former City Historian Blake McKelvey.
The year 2025 marks the eightieth anniversary of the publication of McKelvey’s Rochester: The Water-Power City, 1812–1854, the first book in what woul...

Letter from the Editors

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