Video Presentations

Presented by Christopher C. Conway Explore a selection of artistic works found throughout Mount Hope Cemetery and learn about the artists responsible for them, as well as local patrons and […]

Presented by Patricia Corcoran The presentation details how family members dealt with the tragedy of losing a beloved mother and daughter in the 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic. Speaker Patricia Corcoran […]

Presented by Dennis Carr While intended to appear as a work of nature, Mount Hope Cemetery is our region’s greatest example of romantic landscape design. Its form, function, and aesthetic […]

Presented by Sally Millick East Avenue in Rochester was once one of the most glamorous and beautiful avenues in the nation – a result of the city’s boomtown wealth of […]

Presented by Deb Coffey Historian, researcher, and cemetery enthusiast Deb Coffey explores the fascinating world of cemetery symbolism and iconography, highlighting the Victorian and 19th century symbolism found in Mount […]

Presented by Patricia Corcoran The legacy of Lillian D. Wald continues long after her death in 1940. Her work as a nurse, a social worker, and head worker at Henry […]