New Fellowship Offered in the Print Culture of the Americas
Reese Fellowship in the Print Culture of the AmericasFunded by the William Reese Company, this fellowship encourages research in the history of the book and other print formats, bibliography, and other aspects of print culture in America including publishing and marketing from the sixteenth century to 1900. Projects may investigate any printed genre (e.g. books, prints, newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, published photographs, broadsides, maps, etc.). Support for work in manuscript...
Culinary Cataloging Project Completed
Pictured here is Your Favorite Recipes by the Women’s Council of the Country Club Christian Church from Kansas City, Missouri in 1937.The Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive has just completed a yearlong cataloging project in which we added more than a thousand titles to our catalog, making them accessible to researchers.This includes 773 cookbooks published for charitable purposes. These cookbooks, created by church groups, aid societies, fraternal organizations, and other civic and...
Online Exhibit: The Barbary Wars at the Clements
A new online exhibit is now available on our website: The Barbary Wars at the Clements. It was created by Philip Heslip, Project Archivist in the Manuscripts Division of the Clements Library from 2009 to 2011. This online exhibit highlights the Clements Library’s best holdings related to the Barbary Wars. Featured items include manuscripts, books, maps, and engravings documenting the United States' first interactions with the Arab world and the early development of the U.S. Navy. The heart...
WOLV-TV Coverage of John J. Miller Lecture
On September 14th, John J. Miller spoke at the Clements Library about his recent book, The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football. WOLV-TV, the University of Michigan's student-run television station, filmed a story about the lecture and an interview with John Miller. Watch the clips below from Youtube:WOLV-TV John J. Miller Lecture Story: WOLV-TV Interview with John J. Miller:
Lecture by Gregory J.W. Urwin: “When Freedom Wore a Red Coat,” October 20, 2011
Gregory J.W. Urwin"When Freedom Wore A Red Coat: A Social History of Cornwallis' 1781 Virginia Campaign"Thursday, October 20, 2011 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.Gregory J. W. Urwin, Clements Library Fellow and Professor of History, Temple University , will discuss Cornwallis' evolving strategy in the British campaign to secure Virginia.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 Library909 S....
Today in History: The Star-Spangled Banner
The Star Spangled Banner: A Pariotic Song. Baltimore: Printed and sold at Carrs Music Store, 36 Baltimore Street, [1814].The lyrics of "The Star Spangled Banner" come from "Defence of Fort McHenry," a poem written by Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British during the War of 1812. Upon seeing the fort's flag still flying on the morning of September 14, 1814 after the attack ceased, he began jotting down the lines of a poem on the back of a letter that...
Online Exhibit: Native American History at the Clements Library
A new online exhibit is now available on our website: Native American History at the Clements Library, an expanded version of the physical exhibit American Encounters, formerly on display at the William L. Clements Library, March 4, 2010 – June 10, 2010. Native American History at the Clements Library highlights the great range and depth of the Clements Library’s collections related to Native American history. The exhibit features items drawn from many areas of the collection, including books,...
From the Stacks: Back to School
With classes starting at the University of Michigan today, and the football season already begun on Saturday, we offer this selection from the Clements Library in keeping with the theme. Nathan Hayward's College Scenes, a collection of satirical drawings of Harvard student life, was published in Massachusetts in 1850. According to the Harvard Alumni Bulletin, Hayward graduated in the class of 1850 and served as a surgeon with the 20th Massachusetts Volunteers during the Civil War. "The...
Staff Favorite: Map of Ticonderoga
Michel Chartier de Lotbinière’s “Plan du Fort de Carillon . . . .” (1758) Brian Leigh Dunnigan has served as Curator of Maps since 1996 and Clements Library Associate Director from 2010. Having come from a history and historic site museum background, he has a particular fondness for eighteenth-century manuscript maps or plans that include architecture or events. The Clements collection is rich in such documents, many from major manuscript collections such as the Clinton and Gage...
In the News: U-M in History
This week the University Record highlighted the Clements Library in its regular "U-M in History" feature. The William L. Clements Library, designed by noted Detroit architect Albert Kahn, opened its doors in 1923. The photograph at right shows the library under construction in 1922.See a higher-resolution scan of the construction photograph in the Bentley Historical Library's Image Bank. To read more about the library's history, visit the History of the William L. Clements Library on our...