University of Michigan Press Releases and Media Coverage

U-M continues to mark 250th anniversary of American democracy

The University Record, June 16, 2026

Ode to the aeronauts: Hot air ballooning exhibit opens at U-M’s Clements Library

Michigan News, June 9, 2026

Flight Patterns: Clements Library’s “Up, Up & Away” documents America’s history of hot-air ballooning

A2 Pulp, June 9, 2026

Bookstores and libraries to visit in Ann Arbor

The Michigan Daily, May 24, 2026

Revolutionary Paine: Inside the Clements Library’s Common Sense Exhibit in Ann Arbor

Current, April 17, 2026

Students make ‘Common Sense’ out of Revolutionary War in University of Michigan exhibit

MLive, February 27, 2026

The time for Common Sense

Michigan Today, February 20, 2026

U-M Clements Library commemorates 250th anniversary of Thomas Paine’s ‘Common Sense’

Michigan News, February 18, 2026

School is out, but the arts are still in session at U-M

Michigan News, December 19, 2025

Past practices seed a sustainable future

University of Michigan Library, December 11, 2025

William Clements Library presents a ‘Haunted Histories’ murder mystery experience

The Michigan Daily, October 31, 2025

U-M’s U.S. at 250 program launches grant initiative

The University Record, October 23, 2025

Historic board games = interactive pieces of art

Michigan News, October 22, 2025

Developing a Legacy Collection

Alumni Association, October 7, 2025

Rhiannon Giddens closes out U-M residency with a clear message about American music

Michigan News, September 25, 2025

U-M library digitizes a century of Michigan postcards, from 1840s on

Concentrate, July 22, 2025

U-M presents a ‘postcard craze’ of Michigan history

WEMU, July 4, 2025

‘The postcard craze’ of historic Michigan: More than 60K postcards digitized at U-M Clements Library

Michigan News, July 1, 2025

Captain Cook’s missing ship found after sinking 250 years ago

The Independent, June 20, 2025

How a University of Michigan library exhibit sheds light on Paul Revere’s famous ride

The Detroit News, April 19, 2025

Was a woman the informant who helped launch the American Revolution?

The Washington Post, April 18, 2025

The order that launched the Revolutionary War, 250 years later

The University Record, April 16, 2025

Clements acquires vast collection of industrial engineering history

The University Record, March 19, 2025

Illustrating Freedom of Speech: “An Ungentle Art: Pat Oliphant and the American Tradition of Political Satire”

A2 Pulp, October 31, 2024

Regents Roundup – Paul J. Erickson’s Term as Randolph G. Adams Director of the Clements Library Extended through 2029

University Record, October 17, 2024

Rare American edition of Phillis Wheatley Peters poems acquired by U-M Clements Library

University of Michigan News, February 7, 2024

U-M Clements Library acquires rare hand-drawn map of Detroit from 1761, pursues crowdfunding

U-M Detroit, December 1, 2021

Clements Library celebrates ‘The Death of General Wolfe,’ iconic 1776 painting by Benjamin West

Michigan News, October 15, 2019

Paul Erickson named Director of Clements Library

The University Record, September 19, 2019

University of Michigan Regents name Brian L. Dunnigan Curator Emeritus of Maps

Regents of the University of Michigan, July 18, 2019

A glimpse inside University of Michigan’s historic William L. Clements Library

All About Ann Arbor, March 29, 2019

Advisory Committee Named in Clements Library Director Search

The University Record, November 9, 2018

WWI artifacts, soldiers’ letters on view in observance of 100th anniversary of Armistice Day

Michigan News, October 29, 2018