by Clements Library | Jun 17, 2026 | Acquisitions, Books, Clements Library Associates, Collections, Events, Giving, Graphics, Manuscripts, Maps
Last month, we hosted a “What’s In Your Attic?” open house-style events where members of our community brought their own paper treasures (letters, journals, photographs, prints, books, and maps) for discussion with Clements Curators and guest Americana collectors. A handful of our guests generously chose to donate materials to the Clements Library at this event, here are a few of those newly donated acquisitions!
by Jayne Ptolemy | Mar 1, 2023 | Clements Library Associates, Featured, Manuscripts
As a mother to a kindergartener, I have gotten quite adept over the past few years mending a variety of things. I have sewn patches on torn pants, stitched together a jacket mysteriously sliced open on a slide, taped ripped pages in favorite books, and even once tried...
by Clements Library | Aug 11, 2021 | Clements Library Associates, Events, Giving
Launched online in May 2020, “Adopt a Piece of History” is both a way for the public to learn more about the Clements Library as well as a vivid demonstration of the impacts of donor support. “Adopting” materials at the Clements—giving towards the costs of...
by Angela Oonk | Aug 7, 2019 | Clements Library Associates, Events
Mr. Clements began his Americana collection focused on exploration and he enjoyed the camaraderie and knowledge of other collectors and libraries around the country. Clements Library staff continue to forge such alliances and to offer opportunities for continued...
by Clements Library | Jun 21, 2019 | Clements Library Associates, Giving, News
For nearly 100 years, the University of Michigan William L. Clements Library has housed one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of early American History in the world. Its rise to international prominence is largely due to the guidance and vision put...
by Clements Library | Apr 9, 2019 | Clements Library Associates, Manuscripts, Today in history
Guest post by volunteer Richard Marsh, Clements Library Associates Board of Governors Thanks to the contributions of Dr. Duane Norman Diedrich (1935-2018), the Clements Library holds selected original documents from Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), the great Prime...
by Clements Library | Mar 19, 2013 | Acquisitions, Books, Clements Library Associates
In 2012, the Clements Library received a generous gift from Charles and Julia Eisendrath, with an appraised total value of $150,000. The gift includes a page from the Gutenberg Bible and a first edition set of Premier Établissement de la Foy dans la Nouvelle-France,...
by Clements Library | Dec 19, 2011 | Clements Library Associates, Holidays
The Clements Library often sends holiday cards to members of the Clements Library Associates. Below is a selection of our earliest cards, featuring illustrations from library materials. The Clements Library Associates, founded in 1947, has purchased an estimated...
by Clements Library | Jan 18, 2011 | Clements Library Associates, Publications
The Fall-Winter 2010 Quarto is now available. The Quarto is a semi-annual newsletter published by the William L. Clements Library and sent to members of the Clements Library Associates. This is the second issue to focus on the Civil War collections of the Clements....
