Collections and Library Resources
The groundbreaking RMSC Online Catalog makes collections come alive!Engage your students with LOCAL primary sources. This innovative
presents images of objects coupled with text and photographs of these objects being used. For example, type in "cap of Rattlesnake Pete" as a search term and note how the results display an image of Rattlesnake Pete's cap from the RMSC collection, along with photos of Rattlesnake Pete wearing the cap. Click on any of the titles in the list to access more information about Pete and his Rochester-related activities.
Schuyler C. Townson LibraryAccess photographs and primary source documents in our library (public hours: 9am–5pm, Tuesday–Saturday). Call ahead for an appointment to work with our archivist: (585)271-4552 x315.
Primary source documents and curriculum-related materials are available in: Science and Nature; Anthropology and Native Americans; and Regional History, especially 19th Century Rochester.
