Highlights from the Culinary Archive on Display in the Audubon Room

From the University of Michigan Record Update for Wednesday, June 9, 2010: Jan Longone and Provost Theresa Sullivan at a reception to honor the Longones’ donation of their culinary collection to the William L. Clements Library. Materials donated by Daniel and...

In the News: Longones to be Honored for Culinary Archive

The University of Michigan Record Update features an article by Frank Provenzano, “Donors of American Culinary History Collection to be Honored.”  Janice and Daniel Longone, donors of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive at the William L. Clements...

Black History Month at the Clements

The Clements Library has a wealth of materials on African American history, documenting many aspects of slavery, the abolitionist movement, the Civil War, and beyond. Much research remains to be done with these materials, to more fully explore the African American...

Current Exhibit at Hatcher Graduate Library: 200 Years of Cookies

The Clements Library and the Hatcher Graduate Library present an exhibit giving an overview of the history of cookies in “200 Years of Cookies.” The exhibit showcases cookbooks from both collections, as well as 19th century American cookie cutters and...

Clements on the Air: 1949 Radio Show Featured Dramatizations of Library Materials

Did you know the Clements Library had a radio program in 1949? “Treasures Off the Shelf” was a 13-episode show on the Michigan radio station WUOM that featured dramatizations of materials from the collection. The subjects of the episodes were: Columbus...

Kerrytown BookFest, September 13, 2009

The 7th Annual Kerrytown BookFest will be held in and around the Farmers’ Market in Ann Arbor on Sunday, September 13, 2009. The theme of this year’s Fest is Culinary History and Culinary Michigan. Clements Curator of American Culinary History Jan Longone will be...

Five Ways to Use Google Books for Historical Research

The University of Michigan is partnering with Google on the Michigan Digitization Project to scan the print collection of the University Library. Scanned books from the University of Michigan can be searched in the Mirlyn library catalog and on Google Book Search....

Recent Culinary Acquisition: Lone Star Cook Book

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...

Introducing the New Library Catalog

The University of Michigan Library has officially launched the new Mirlyn catalog this month. The new catalog is designed to make searching easier and more intuitive. To search for Clements Library materials in the new catalog, select “William L. Clements...