University of Michigan Press Releases and Media Coverage
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
News from the Clements Library Chronicles Blog
Newly Cataloged: 1,661 Manuscript Collections and Photograph Albums
The Manuscripts Division at the Clements Library is proud to announce the completion of a National Historical Publications and Records Commission's (NHPRC) processing grant, which began in 2011. Former Curator of Manuscripts Barbara DeWolfe, current Curator Cheney J. Schopieray, grant-funded project archivist Megan Hixon, and a staff of volunteers, work-study students, and interns completed the two and half year grant to create online finding aids and catalog records for over 1,600 collections...
New Graphics Division Resources Available
The Clements Library is pleased to announce new resources now available to researchers, both related to the David V. Tinder Collection of Michigan Photography. The acquisition of this collection was made possible by David B. Walters, who wished to honor Harold L. Walters, University of Michigan class of 1947, Engineering, and Marilyn S. Walters, University of Michigan class of 1950, LSA. Subsequent donations to the collection have also been made by David Tinder himself, his friends, and family...
In the News: Clements Library on C-SPAN
C-SPAN Book TV visited the Clements Library on October 22nd as part of the national network's 2013 "Cities Tour," a production featuring the history and literary life of selected cities across the country. C-SPAN spent a week in Ann Arbor, interviewing area professors, authors, curators, and the Literati bookstore owners. The Clements Library segment aired on C-SPAN2 on November 16 at 12:00noon and November 17 at 10:30am (ET). Items shown in the segment: Columbus, Christopher, and Gabriel...
Congratulations to Naomi Herman-Aplet for Best Graduate Student Poster at MAC
Naomi Herman-Aplet, a School of Information work-study student in the Manuscripts Division, won the best graduate student poster at the Midwest Archives Conference (MAC) last weekend.She says, "My MAC poster was entitled, "Constructing K-12 Learning Activities in Archives," and focused on the Family Day I planned for the Proclaiming Emancipation Exhibit.""The core of my presentation focused on the new National Common Core Standards, which call for the use of primary documents in the classroom....