by Clements Library | Mar 26, 2013 | Exhibits
The Clements Library is pleased to offer a new online exhibit, The Geometry of War: Fortification Plans from 18th Century America, curated by Brian Leigh Dunnigan, Associate Director and Curator of Maps. This exhibit was originally on display from October 15, 2012...
by Clements Library | Mar 4, 2013 | Exhibits
Recent Acquisitions: Building on the Clements CollectionsMarch 4 – July 12, 2013Curated by Brian Leigh DunniganAssociate Director and Curator of MapsThe William L. Clements Library is one of the University of Michigan’s “collecting units”—libraries, museums, and...
by Clements Library | Jan 8, 2013 | Collections, Exhibits
Now on display in the center cases of the Main Room:Making Their Own Way: African Americans in the Culinary World With a selection of the Longone Archive’s African American–authored works from the early 19th to the late 20th century, this exhibit presents the...
by Clements Library | Nov 8, 2012 | Exhibits, News
Kevin Brown’s article, “Exhibit celebrates key stage in emancipation struggle,” is in this week’s issue of the University Record. Co-curators Martha S. Jones and Clayton Lewis developed this exhibit, which commemorates the 150th...
by Clements Library | Oct 30, 2012 | Exhibits
In this YouTube video, Clements Library curator Clayton Lewis and Professor Martha Jones of the U-M Law School discuss their current exhibit, “Proclaiming Emancipation.” This exhibit is now on display at the Hatcher Graduate Library in Room 100. See...
by Clements Library | Oct 15, 2012 | Exhibits
Main Room of the Clements Library:The Geometry of War: Fortification Plans from 18th Century AmericaOctober 15, 2012 – February 15, 2013The 18th century was a time of intensive military activity in Europe and in the Americas. Much of this centered on...
by Clements Library | Oct 11, 2012 | Exhibits, News
Two articles this week in the University Record highlight Clements Library materials currently on display at the U-M Museum of Art. In “Benjamin West’s Paintings Celebrate an Empire,” Carole McNamara of the Museum of Art writes about the exhibit...
by Clements Library | Oct 4, 2012 | Exhibits
The Clements Library is pleased to offer a new online exhibit, The War of 1812: A Bicentennial Exhibition, curated by Brian Leigh Dunnigan, Associate Director and Curator of Maps. This exhibit was originally on display from February 27 to June 1, 2012, in...
by Clements Library | Oct 2, 2012 | Exhibits, News
John Carlos Cantu of AnnArbor.com writes in a recent art review that the Clements Library’s “Death of General Wolfe” painting by Benjamin West is “the single most significant public artwork in Washtenaw County, and among the most significant...