by Clements Library | Oct 29, 2015 | Books, Graphics, Holidays, Manuscripts
With Halloween right around the corner, here at the Clements Library our thoughts have turned to all things spooky that send shivers up your spine. While perhaps not as sinister as ghouls and goblins, the bare human skeleton has a disconcerting effect all its own that...
by Clements Library | Sep 30, 2015 | Acquisitions, Books
Post by Emiko Hastings, Curator of BooksThe Book Division is pleased to announce a significant new acquisition, Diego de Valadés’ Rhetorica Christiana (1579). This purchase, courtesy of Liber Antiquus, Early Books & Manuscripts, fills an important gap...
by Clements Library | Sep 28, 2015 | Acquisitions, Books, Graphics, Manuscripts, Maps
Post by Brian L. Dunnigan, Associate Director and Curator of MapsThe Clements Library is known to historians and scholars of other disciplines as a primary source repository of “Americana” dating between 1492 and 1900. For all too many members of the history and the...
by Clements Library | Sep 8, 2015 | Books, Maps
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...
by Clements Library | Aug 25, 2015 | Books
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...
by Clements Library | Aug 18, 2015 | Books
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...
by Clements Library | Jul 28, 2015 | Books
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...
by Clements Library | May 10, 2015 | Books, Holidays, Manuscripts, Today in history
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,...
by Clements Library | Apr 1, 2015 | Acquisitions, Books, Holidays
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...
