by Clements Library | Oct 12, 2010 | Collections, Public Programs
The University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender presents a lecture by Janice Longone: “The Old Girl Network”: Charity Cookbooks and the Empowerment of Women Tuesday, October 19, 2010 3:00 PM-4:30 PM 2239 Lane Hall Published by women...
by Clements Library | Jul 15, 2010 | Books, Collections, Graphics, Manuscripts, Maps
“The whole purpose of summer fishing, the Old Man said, is not to worry about catching fish, but just to get out of the house and set and think a little.” –Robert C. Ruark, The Old Man and the Boy Fishing, a popular American pastime, is...
by Clements Library | Jun 9, 2010 | Collections, Exhibits
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...
by Clements Library | May 17, 2010 | Collections, News
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...
by Clements Library | Feb 11, 2010 | Books, Collections, Graphics, Holidays, Manuscripts, Maps
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...
by Clements Library | Dec 14, 2009 | Collections, Exhibits
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...
by Clements Library | Oct 12, 2009 | Collections
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...
by Clements Library | Aug 31, 2009 | Collections, Public Programs
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...
by Clements Library | Aug 24, 2009 | Collections
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....
