Remembering Lewis Henry Morgan
[This exhibit ran from October 1, 2018 – June 15, 2019 at the Rochester Public Library. A digital version is available here ]
Fall 2018
Local History & Genealogy Division
Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County
115 South Avenue, Rochester, NY
Lewis Henry Morgan (1818-1881) was a distinguished Rochester attorney and businessman who served two terms in the New York State Legislature. He was also an internationally known scholar who corresponded with Charles Darwin, influenced Karl Marx, and established the fields of anthropology and archaeology in the United States. In 1931, a Democrat and Chronicle article hailed Morgan as “Rochester’s most distinguished man of science.” Today, however, Morgan is hardly remembered in the city that he once called home. In observance of the bicentennial of Morgan’s birth, we aim to share his story with a new generation of Rochesterians.