Post by Jayne Ptolemy, Manuscripts Curatorial AssistantAs a new semester begins at the University of Michigan, here at the Clements Library we’re highlighting some student maps to celebrate the academic year. The educational benefit of studying geography and...
Last week we ran the first half of our Clements Library summer reading list, pairing staff’s recently read and recommended books with items from the Clements’s collections. We continue now with other good reads and interesting connections to the...
The William L. Clements Library is not only home to a world-class collection of manuscripts, books, maps, and graphics, it’s also home to a staff of voracious readers. Our passion for all things Clements-related carries over even when we happily have our noses...
Post by Jayne Ptolemy, Manuscripts Curatorial Assistant The reasons to appreciate and enjoy the Clements Library’s collections are as varied and numerous as the holdings themselves. Whether they are exceptionally rare, provide detailed information, or are...
Post by Jayne Ptolemy, Manuscripts Curatorial AssistantOn May 24, 1873, Kate Edgerly finally found the time to return her sister’s letter. “You want to know how I get along with four children,” she wrote, with more than a little exasperation,...
Rare 151st plate from Audubon’s Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Detail of Plate CXXIX.Post by Aprille Phule, Curator of Cryptozoological Collections and BibliochicaneryThe University of Michigan Library marks its formal beginning with the purchase in 1839 of...
Post by Jayne Ptolemy, Manuscripts Division Curatorial AssistantIn Ann Arbor, the weather has started to have a chilly bite, and at the Clements Library we look to our collections to help celebrate the first day of fall.From our Schoff Civil War collection, we hear...
Post by Jayne Ptolemy, Reading Room SupervisorWe may have gotten several inches of snow in Ann Arbor Monday night, but at the Clements Library we are looking to our collections to get us in the spirit of spring. Flowers are not fully in bloom in Michigan, but they are...
The Book Division recently received a gift from James E. Laramy of twelve late 19th century children’s books. The collection previously belonged to his grandmother’s family of Grand Rapids, Michigan. These books, which include readers, arithmetic books,...
