Upcoming Event: Afternoon with the Curators: Founder’s Day Lecture, April 19, 2012
Afternoon with the Curators: Founder's Day LectureApril 19, 2012, 4:00 p.m.Main Room, Clements LibraryPlease join the division curators as they highlight and display some of their favorite items from the various collections at the Clements.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. Clements Library 909 S. University Ave. Ann Arbor, MI
Clements Library Fellowships Awarded for 2012
The Clements Library is pleased to announce the list of fellowship recipients for 2012. See the Clements Library Research Fellowships page on our website for full descriptions of the fellowships offered.Post-Doctoral FellowshipsHOWARD H. PECKHAM FELLOWSHIP ON REVOLUTIONARY AMERICAProf. Ruma Chopra, San Jose State University: “Imperial Governance After the American Revolution: The Logic of British Rule in Canada, in the Caribbean and in India.”EARHART FOUNDATION...
Upcoming Exhibit and Conference: “Proclaiming Emancipation: Slavery and Freedom in the Era of the Civil War”
ExhibitOctober 15, 2012 - February 18, 2013Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, Room 100 GalleryMartha S. Jones and Clayton Lewis, curators. Sponsored by the Program in Race, Law & History and the William L. Clements Library, in cooperation with the Hatcher Graduate Library. It will feature rarities from the Clements and other sources.ConferenceFriday, October 26, 2012Graduate Library Room 100 Gallery and Clements Library Great HallThe objective is to develop a critical analysis of this...
Recent Acquisition: Map of Grenada
Warin. Carte de la prise de la Grenade par Mr. Cmte. D'Estaing. le 5 Juillet 1779.The Map Division of the Clements Library has recently acquired a rare Revolutionary War-era manuscript map of Grenada in the West Indies. This battle plan may provide the only contemporary visual record of the first phase of the battle for Granada between French and British forces during the American Revolution. It depicts the events on July 2, 1779, when 2,500 French troops attacked the British forces on...
Current Exhibit: “The David P. Harris Collection: A Collector’s Look at the War of 1812,” February 27 – June 1, 2012
"The David P. Harris Collection: A Collector's Look at the War of 1812"February 27 - June 1, 2012Curated by Barbara DeWolfeCurator of ManuscriptsIn the exhibit case at the east end of the Main Room, this exhibit supplements our main exhibit, The War of 1812: A Bicentennial Exhibition. It presents selections from the David P. Harris Collection on the War of 1812, a significant addition to the Library's holdings on this topic.David P. Harris, a graduate at Kenyon College, received his...
In the News: Researching a Recipe
Ruth Gretzinger's post this week on the Michigan Marketing & Design blog provides a delightful example of the power of historical research. Ruth came across a reference to "democrat cake" in a novella set in 19th century New Mexico, and wondered what it could be. She contacted JJ Jacobson, Clements Library Curator for American Culinary History, to find out more about this mysterious food. JJ was able to locate a recipe in an 1886 book called The Queen of the Kitchen. Mystery solved!...
Staff Favorite: Hand-Colored Astronomical Charts
Emi Hastings has been Curator of Books at the Clements Library since 2009. Although she is constantly discovering new favorite items in the stacks, one of the current top contenders is the Astronomicum Caesareum of 1540. The Astronomicum Caesareum, perhaps the most elaborate scientific book ever published, is generally regarded as one of the great masterpieces of sixteenth-century printing. This lavishly-illustrated astronomical text, also known as the "Emperor's Astronomy," was published by...
Lecture by Brian L. Dunnigan: “Troubled Waters: The Great Lakes Frontier on the Eve of the War of 1812,” March 8, 2012
Brian L. Dunnigan, Associate Director and Curator of Maps"Troubled Waters: The Great Lakes Frontier on the Eve of the War of 1812"Thursday, March 8, 20124:00 p.m.To mark the bicentennial of the War of 1812, the Clements Library will present an exhibition drawing on the rich array of primary sources about this conflict found in its collections. The exhibition will focus on significant theaters and events of the war using original books, manuscripts, maps and graphics.Free and open to the...
Current Exhibit: “The War of 1812: A Bicentennial Exhibition,” February 27 – June 1, 2012
The War of 1812: A Bicentennial Exhibition February 27 - June 1, 2012 Main Room, Clements Library 909 S. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI Curated by Brian L. Dunnigan Associate Director and Curator of Maps The War of 1812 has sometimes been called a forgotten conflict, one that resolved none of the issues that brought it about. This second confrontation between the United States and Great Britain did, in fact, have a considerable influence on the future development...
Recently Catalogued: The Life, Experiences, and Incidents of Rev. Gardner Dean
The Life, Experiences and Incidents of Rev. Gardner Dean, Written by Himself, Together with Genealogies of the Gardner, Dean and Hinds Families, by Ebenezer W. Peirce. New Bedford, Mass. : Paul Howland, Jr., 1883. According to the preface, "Everybody wants to read this book, for it is full of facts stranger than fiction." By his own account, the Rev. Dean lived an exciting life. His book claims that he was "a school-teacher, a preacher, a Son of Temperance, a 'come-outer,' a Baptist, a...