# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 	 Exploring Blake McKelvey's Rochester Legacy
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 08 Nov, 2025 at 10:30 am
- **Event Description**: This year marks the 80th anniversary of the publication of former City Historian Blake McKelvey’s landmark work, Rochester: The Water-Power City, 1812-1854, the first book in what would be a four-volume exploration of Rochester’s journey from settlement to technological powerhouse. Through his research and writing, McKelvey helped to define the field of urban history in the United States, as well as the role of a city historian.

To commemorate this anniversary, the Fall 2025 issue of Rochester History explores McKelvey’s legacy and his contributions to local history, urban history, public history, and environmental history. In conjunction with the issue’s release, please join us for a panel discussion featuring Christine L. Ridarsky (Rochester and Monroe County Historian), Christine Keiner (RIT history professor), and Michael Brown (RIT history professor), moderated by Bruce Leslie (SUNY Brockport professor emeritus).

Registration is recommended but not required. https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/15376057

This is an in-person program that will also be livestreamed at https://www.youtube.com/@RochesterPublicLibraryNY/streams.

To request an ASL interpreter, please call 428-8304 at least ten days prior to the event.

Presented by the Office of Rochester and Monroe County History in partnership with the Rochester Public Library, Rochester Institute of Technology Department of History and RIT Press.
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- **Event Categories**: Business
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## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/15376057?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=rochester-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Rochester
- **state**: NY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 115 South Ave, Rochester, NY, United States, New York 14604
- **lat**: 43.15412
- **long**: -77.60826
- **full address**: 115 South Ave, Rochester, NY, United States, New York 14604

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County NY (https://allevents.in/org/central-library-of-rochester-and-monroe-county-ny/26013666)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 08 Nov, 2025 at 10:30 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 115 South Ave, Rochester, NY, United States, New York 14604
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County NY
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Business
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about 	 Exploring Blake McKelvey's Rochester Legacy ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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