Congratulations to Naomi Herman-Aplet for Best Graduate Student Poster at MAC
Naomi Herman-Aplet, a School of Information work-study student in the Manuscripts Division, won the best graduate student poster at the Midwest Archives Conference (MAC) last weekend.She says, "My MAC poster was entitled, "Constructing K-12 Learning Activities in Archives," and focused on the Family Day I planned for the Proclaiming Emancipation Exhibit.""The core of my presentation focused on the new National Common Core Standards, which call for the use of primary documents in the classroom....
Current Exhibit: From My Collection to Yours: Provenance of Treasures in the Clements Library
Now on display in the center cases of the Main Room:From My Collection to Yours: Provenance of Treasures in the Clements LibraryMany of the rare books and pamphlets in the Clements Library have provenance trails to great collectors, dealers, bibliographers, and auctioneers. Bookplates, ownership signatures, dealer and auction invoices, and other evidence tie individual titles here to a long list of noteworthy Americanists -- White Kennett, Isaiah Thomas, John Carter Brown, James Lenox, William...
In the News: “Clements Library to Receive $17M Interior Renovation”
Last week, the Michigan Daily featured an article by Stephanie Shenouda on the Clements Library renovation, including quotes from library director Kevin Graffagnino. "Clements Library to receive $17M interior renovation" describes the library's plans to move the reading room and add an underground addition for collections storage.This summer, the library will move staff and collections to a temporary location on Ellsworth Road, where reader services will resume in the fall. Please check our...
Online Exhibit: The Geometry of War
The Clements Library is pleased to offer a new online exhibit, The Geometry of War: Fortification Plans from 18th Century America, curated by Brian Leigh Dunnigan, Associate Director and Curator of Maps. This exhibit was originally on display from October 15, 2012 - February 15, 2013, in the Great Room of the Clements Library.Fortification is as old as human conflict, and secure defensive positions have played an important part in warfare. Of course, their design and construction have changed...
Founder’s Day Lecture by Scott Stevens, “Accessing Indigenous Archives: Language, History, and Law,” April 4, 2013
William L. Clements Library Founder's Day LectureDr. Scott Manning Stevens"Accessing Indigenous Archives: Language, History, and Law"Thursday, April 4, 2013, 4:00 p.m.Main Room, Clements LibrarySponsored by the American Indian Studies Interdisciplinary Group (AISIG)In this lecture at the Clements Library, Dr. Scott Manning Stevens will explore the links between archive and communities, especially as related to activism of various types, including federal recognition cases, treaty rights,...
Recent Acquisition: Rare 17th Century Account of New France
In 2012, the Clements Library received a generous gift from Charles and Julia Eisendrath, with an appraised total value of $150,000. The gift includes a page from the Gutenberg Bible and a first edition set of Premier Établissement de la Foy dans la Nouvelle-France, written by Chrétien Le Clercq and published in Paris in 1691. Le Clercq was a 17th century Catholic missionary to the Micmacs of the Gaspé Peninsula. His two-volume work documents the establishment of Roman Catholicism in...
Lecture by Don Faber, “Stevens T. Mason: The Boy Governor Remembered,” March 14, 2013
Lecture by Don Faber"Stevens T. Mason: The Boy Governor Remembered"Thursday, March 14, 2013, 4:00 p.m.Main Room, Clements LibraryDon Faber, Ann Arbor historian and journalist, will discuss his recent book, "The Boy Governor: Stevens T. Mason and the Birth of Michigan Politics," and the historic accomplishments of Michigan's first and youngest governor.Free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Library at (734) 764-2347 or visit our website: www.clements.umich.edu.William L....
Current Exhibit: “Recent Acquisitions,” March 4 – July 12, 2013
Recent Acquisitions: Building on the Clements CollectionsMarch 4 - July 12, 2013Curated by Brian Leigh DunniganAssociate Director and Curator of MapsThe William L. Clements Library is one of the University of Michigan’s “collecting units”—libraries, museums, and other departments that acquire and hold primary source materials that support the educational goals of this great institution. The Library opened its doors to scholars in 1923, and since that time it has followed in the footsteps of...
Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive to Move to the University Library
The Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive (JBLCA) will be moving from the Clements Library to the University Library, where it will make its new home in Special Collections. Shaped by the donation of a rich assemblage of cookbooks, menus, and other material collected over many years by Janice and Daniel Longone, the JBLCA is recognized around the campus and across the country as a premier collection of books, ephemera, and other material that both documents and defines the American...
Latest Quarto: Maritime History
The Fall-Winter 2012 Quarto is now available. The Quarto is a semi-annual magazine published by the William L. Clements Library and sent to members of the Clements Library Associates. This issue of The Quarto focuses on the Clements Library collections related to maritime history. "A Sailor's Life for Me," by J. Kevin Graffagnino, Director of the Library. "Profiling the Coasts," by Brian Leigh Dunnigan, Associate Director & Curator of Maps. Coastal profiles in the Clements Library map...