Recent Acquisition: Strachey Papers Purchased at Copley Auction

by | 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....

Recent Acquisition: Audubon Wolverine Print

by | 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...

Recent Acquisitions: Iconic Images of Custer’s Last Stand

by | 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...

Recent Culinary Acquisition: Lone Star Cook Book

by | 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...