by Clements Library | Nov 6, 2012 | Acquisitions, Books
Guest post by Sarah Fitzgerald, Book Division volunteer The library has recently acquired the Vermont Historical Gazetteer, compiled by Abby Maria Hemenway. This five-volume set is a remarkable accomplishment for a 19th century woman. Hemenway’s goal was...
by Clements Library | May 2, 2012 | Acquisitions, Graphics, News
The May/June 2012 issue of Michigan History Magazine includes an announcement about an important Clements Library acquisition. Clayton Lewis, Curator of Graphic Materials, reports that daguerreotypes of Eber Brock Ward and his family were recently donated to the...
by Clements Library | Mar 15, 2012 | Acquisitions, Maps
Warin. Carte de la prise de la Grenade par Mr. Cmte. D’Estaing. le 5 Juillet 1779.The Map Division of the Clements Library has recently acquired a rare Revolutionary War-era manuscript map of Grenada in the West Indies. This battle plan may provide the only...
by Clements Library | Oct 20, 2010 | Acquisitions, News
William L. Clements Library Purchases Significant Collection of Revolutionary War Papers: Sometimes good things really do come to those who wait–and who never give upImage from New York Times article about the Strachey papers.On October 15, the William L....
by Clements Library | Jan 11, 2010 | Acquisitions, Graphics
The Clements Library has recently acquired a hand-colored lithograph of a wolverine from John James Audubon’s The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America (New York: 1845-48). It is now on display inside the back entrance of the building. Appropriately, as the...
by Clements Library | Sep 14, 2009 | Acquisitions, Graphics
The Clements Library has acquired two prints depicting Custer’s last stand: John Mulvany’s “Custer’s Last Rally” (1881) and Cassily Adams’ “Custer’s Last Fight” (1885). These two iconic images provide the best...
by Clements Library | Aug 14, 2009 | Acquisitions, Books, Collections
The Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive has recently acquired the Lone Star Cook Book and Meat Special: From the Slaughter Pen to the Dining Room Table, by A. Fillmore (1929). A. Fillmore, an African American man from Texas whose father was also in the...
