University of Michigan Press Releases and Media Coverage
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
News from the Clements Library Chronicles Blog
Introducing the Vogel Collection of Historic Images of Engineering & History
The Graphics Division here at the William L. Clements Library has recently made available the collection of Robert M. Vogel, which contains more than 24,000 items related to industrial and mechanical engineering.
Clements Library announces 2025-2026 Fellowships
The William L. Clements Library is delighted to announce the awardees for the 2025-26 competition for research fellowships. The 31 projects that have been selected to receive fellowship support will bring scholars at all career stages--from undergraduates to senior faculty--to Ann Arbor to conduct primary source research in the library's remarkable collections. As is always the case, many of the more than 100 applications we received were richly deserving of support, and we wish that we could...
New Graphics Finding Aids, Winter 2025
More finding aids have been made available for Clements Library’s Graphics Division collections. Here are some of the highlights!Cover and page of The T. E. Hecht California views photograph album highlighting street views of San Francisco before the 1906 earthquake.T. E. Hecht California Views Photograph Album (ca. 1856-1900) The T. E. Hecht California views photograph album contains approximately 234 copies of photographs of Californian scenery originally produced by various photographers...
U-M Clements Library announces a new exhibit on the Battles of Lexington & Concord coinciding with the 250th anniversary
The William L. Clements Library’s new exhibition, Bloody Work: Lexington and Concord 1775 features historic handwritten letters, documents, and artwork. Opening on April 18, 2025, it commemorates the 250th anniversary of the military hostilities that began the Revolutionary War. The Clements is uniquely positioned to tell this story, as it has some of the strongest Revolutionary War holdings of any library, particularly those pertaining to the British side of the war.On display is the...