New Manuscripts Finding Aids, December 2025
The Manuscripts Division has published one final batch of finding aids for 2025! These materials span a variety of subjects including the Civil War and military history, automobiles, crime, tailoring, and newspaper advertising. As always, these collections are available for anyone to research!
National Nonprofit Day: Philanthropy in the Clements Collections
Happy National Nonprofit Day! Here at Clements, we are proud of the work that we do on a daily basis and are honored by the support that we get from our community. Let’s look back in time through some examples of early philanthropic endeavors.
Recently Acquired Atlases
The Maps Division has added three family atlases to the Clements Library holdings. In 19th century America, these atlases were popular with the general public and combined hand-colored maps with descriptive text about geography, history, and culture of the world.
Introducing the Vogel Collection of Historic Images of Engineering & Industry
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.
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....
Newly Cataloged Books, Winter 2025
The Book Division has been hard at work making rare and historic books available for research. Check out some of our newly cataloged works from 2025!
New Manuscripts Finding Aids, December 2024
The Manuscripts Department has been hard at work making historic hand-written materials available for research. Check out sixteen new finding aids published this past December!
New Graphics Finding Aids: 2024
The past year has been an incredibly busy time for the Clements Library’s Graphics Division, with over 80 new finding aids having been created for a variety of collections that can now be requested for use in the reading room. Let’s take a look at a few highlights!