Ann Arbor Antiquarian Book Fair, Sunday, May 22, 2011
Thirty Third Annual Ann Arbor Antiquarian Book Fair Sunday, May 22, 11am to 5pmAdmission: $5.00Michigan Union Ballroom, 2nd Floor530 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MIFor more information call: West Side Book Shop (734) 995-1891annarborbookfair.comSponsored by the Ann Arbor Antiquarian Booksellers AssociationA benefit for the William L. Clements Library
Lecture by Kelly Sisson Lessens: “King Corn in the Kitchen, 1877-1918,” April 28, 2011
Kelly Sisson LessensPh.D. Candidate, University of Michigan“'To gladden and bless the nations of the earth':King Corn in the Kitchen, 1877-1918”Thursday, April 28, 20114:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.Co-sponsored by the Culinary Historians of Ann ArborBetween the late 1870s and the first World War, a series of bumper corn crops prompted leaders in politics, industry, and branches of the federal government to market corn as a desirable "human food" in the United States and Europe. In this lecture, Kelly...
Recently Published: Masters: Book Arts: Major Works by Leading Artists
Publication date: April 2011 Description from publisher's website: "This collection in the popular Masters series, chosen and introduced by one of the world's top curators, offers field-defining work from 43 master book artists. The selections demonstrate conceptual, aesthetic, and technical excellence, as well as incredible beauty. Brief comments from the artists about their work, careers, and philosophies accompany the stunning images of their most innovative and technically accomplished...
Afternoon with the Curators, April 14, 2011
Afternoon with the CuratorsThursday, April 14, 20114:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.Join us to talk with the curators as they discuss our current exhibit, Opening Guns: The First Year of Civil War. (Exhibit runs until June 3, 2011.)Free and open to the public. For more information, visit our website at www.clements.umich.edu or call the Clements Library at 734-764-2347. William L. Clements Library909 S. University Ave.Ann Arbor, MI
Founder’s Day at the Clements
On this date in 1861, William L. Clements was born to James and Agnes Clements of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Less than two weeks later, Fort Sumter fell to the Confederates and the Civil War began (Visit the Library's current exhibit, Opening Guns: The First Year of the Civil War, to learn more about this time in our nation's history.)Sixty-two years later, on June 15, 1923, Mr. Clements presided over the dedication of the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan.Founder's Day was...
Staff Favorite: William T. Washington Letter
Today in History: Greek Independence Day Cheney J. Schopieray, Assistant Curator of Manuscripts, has worked at the Clements Library since 2002. His list of favorite manuscripts grows longer on a daily basis, but in honor of the 190th anniversary celebration of the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence (1821-1829), today his favorite manuscript is a public letter written by William Townshend Washington, August 27, 1825. Cheney found (and continues to find) the complexity of William...
Current Exhibit: The Acquisition of the Henry Strachey Papers
Image courtesy of Sotheby's.The Acquisition of the Henry Strachey Papers In October 2010 the Clements Library purchased the Henry Strachey Papers at Sotheby's, ending a paper chase that began in the 1920s. The acquisition complements a Strachey archive the Library bought in 1982 and reunites an impressive array of important primary sources for historians of the American Revolution. Strachey's letters and other manuscripts tell the British side of the story, offering scholars valuable new...
Clements Library Fellowships Announced
First Post-Doctoral Fellowships AwardedFive post-doctoral fellows will be in residence at the Clements Library during 2011 thanks to awards made from our four new fellowships. These are designed to fund extended research in the Library’s outstanding collections. This is the first class of post-doctoral fellows in a continuing program to support advanced scholarship, and we look forward to the books that will result from their visits. Many thanks to the foundations and...
Founder’s Day Lecture by Dr. Peter Wood, March 31, 2011
Dr. Peter H. WoodEmeritus Professor of History, Duke UniversityFounder’s Day Lecture“Near Andersonville”: Winslow Homer’s Civil WarThursday, March 31, 20114:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.Main Room, Clements Library909 S. University Ave.Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190American painter Winslow Homer rose to national attention during the Civil War, but one of his most important early paintings, “Near Andersonville,” remained unknown for a century. In this illustrated lecture, historian Peter Wood reveals the...
Lecture by Emiko Hastings: “Mighty Women Book Hunters: Women Bibliophiles and Librarians,” March 17, 2011
"Mighty Women Book Hunters": Women Bibliophiles and Librarians4:00 pm, Thursday, March 17, 2011Main Room, Clements Library909 S. University Ave.Emi Hastings, Book Curator for the Clements Library, will provide a brief history of women in the rare book field as collectors, librarians, and dealers. What were the barriers to women's participation, and why did so many writers refer to women as "the enemies of books"? This talk will explore the literature of book collecting and some of the notable...