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Buried Treasures

This book resurrects the stories of some 500 individuals buried in world-famous Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York. The good and the bad, the famous and the notorious, the rich and the destitute, the creative and the eccentric, the lucky and the unfortunate, are all represented on these 176 pages with mini-biographies and a pictorial kaleidoscope of Victorian funerary art. The book covers the period from the cemetery's inception in 1838. There is even a dictionary of symbols and decorative motifs used in 19th- and 20th-century gravestone design. This is a book to enhance your visit to America's first and largest municipal Victorian cemetery. It is also a book to read at your leisure about Rochester's amazing past.
Inspired text by Richard O. Reisem. Stunning photographs by Frank A. Gillespie.

To purchase this book, download and print our order form in Word or PDF format:

Buried Treasures Order Form.doc

Buried Treasures Order Form.pdf

November, 2010

NOW AVAILABLE!
The Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery announce the publication of

Frederick Douglass and the Underground Railroad
Text by Richard Reisem with Photographs by Frank Gillespie

This 100-page soft-covered book traces slavery in New York State from its early existence within the Dutch colony called New Netherlands, through its years as a British colony, and finally during America's slave history up to the Civil War (1861-65).

The book contains a biography of Frederick Douglass and chapters devoted to brief but poignant stories of Rochester's many abolitionist citizens who risked all to assist enslaved people as they journeyed to freedom in Canada. Readers will be introduced to several of Mount Hope Cemetery's permanent residents whose participation in the local Underground Railroad story has not previously been told.

In keeping with the Friends' mission to provide historic information to a broad audience at an affordable price, this book, a $20 value, is available to the public for just $10.

To purchase this booklet, download and print our order form in Word or PDF format:

Underground Railroad Booklet Order Form.doc

Underground Railroad Booklet Order Form.pdf