In the News: Clements Library Conservator Julie Fremuth
The University Record Online for the week of July 11, 2011, includes an article by Kevin Brown on Clements Library Conservator Julie Fremuth. Julie is the featured artist in this year's Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, and her work will appear on the fair's official t-shirts and posters.At the Clements Library, Julie's preservation skills and artistic sensibility are on display in the two current exhibits, The Games We Played and Mapping the Revolution. Julie creates custom mounts for every item on...
Happy Fourth of July from the Clements Library!
William H. Santelmann, Our Glorious Banner: a Fourth of July Patriotic March. [Chicago: Hearst's Chicago American], 1901.
Current Exhibit: “Mapping the Revolution”
Mapping the RevolutionCurated by Brian Leigh DunniganAssociate Director and Curator of MapsThe Clements Library is home to one of the world’s finest collections of manuscript maps and plans documenting the places and events of the American Revolution. These run the gamut from beautifully finished and colored creations to the pencil or pen and ink scrawls of scouts, informants, and spies. The sampling presented in this exhibition suggests the variety of types, styles, and functions...
Current Exhibit: “The Games We Played: Sports in Nineteenth Century America,” June 13 – October 7, 2011
The Games We Played: Sports in Nineteenth Century AmericaJune 13 - October 7, 2011Main Room, Clements Library909 S. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MICurated by Emiko HastingsThis exhibition offers a sampling of books, manuscripts, prints, photographs and other materials to illustrate the many sports played in 19th century America. Broadly defined, the theme of sports includes team sports, leisure activities, and other outdoor amusements like hunting and camping. In the 19th century, as life...
The Latest Quarto is Here: Spring-Summer 2011
The Spring-Summer 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 architecture and three-dimensional collections at the Library. "From the Director," by J. Kevin Graffagnino, Director of the Library. "Architecture and Artifacts," by Clayton Lewis, Curator of Graphic Materials. "A Gallery of Realia," highlighting some of the interesting...
From the Stacks: 1870 Memorial Day Oration
Memorial Day began after the American Civil War as a commemoration to honor fallen Union and Confederate soldiers. In 1868, General John A. Logan, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, issued a proclamation to observe it nationwide on the last Monday in May.In the Book Division of the Clements Library, a Memorial Day oration by General I.F. Shepard from 1870 provides an example of the type of commemorative speech often delivered on this national holiday. General Shepard...
Reminder: Clements Library Summer Hours Begin May 31
On May 31, the Clements Library starts the summer schedule. Note that the library will be open for research on weekdays until 5:45 pm, except for Fridays. (Thursday evening research hours will resume in the fall.) Public exhibits will be open in the afternoons, Monday through Thursday.Library:Monday: 9:00 am – 5:45 pmTuesday: 9:00 am – 5:45 pmWednesday: 9:00 am – 5:45 pmThursday: 9:00 am – 5:45 pmFriday: 9:00 am – 11:45 amGreat Hall exhibits:Monday – Thursday: 1:00 pm – 4:45 pmYou can always...
In the News: Interactive Tour of “Opening Guns”
The LSA Wire, the online complement to U-M's LSAmagazine, has recently published an interactive online tour of the Clements Library's current exhibit, "Opening Guns: The First Year of the Civil War." The online version includes items featured in the exhibit as well as additional Civil War materials from the Library's collections.
Reception for New Publication: An Americana Sampler
AN AMERICANA SAMPLER: Essays on Selections from the William L. Clements LibraryThursday, June 2, 20114:00—6:00 p.m. Please join us to celebrate our newest publication and hear our curators talk about a few of the articles from An Americana Sampler: Essays on Selections from the William L. Clements Library. Eighteen contributions by Library staff and University of Michigan historians are highlighted in this most recent publication from the Library. This important book, with...
Recently Published: An Americana Sampler: Essays on Selections from the William L. Clements Library
New Publication Highlights Scope of Library’s CollectionThe Clements Library is proud to introduce its latest publication. An Americana Sampler: Essays on Selections from the William L. Clements Library includes eighteen contributions by Library staff and University of Michigan historians.The 185-page, cloth-bound book presents examples of collections and topics dating from the sixteenth to the early twentieth century. The essays suggest the wealth and variety of the Clements holdings and the...