by Clements Library | Jan 18, 2013 | Graphics, Today in history
January 18 and 22 mark the bicentennial of a pair of battles of the War of 1812 that deeply affected the American population of Ohio, Kentucky, and the Michigan Territory. The battles were fought in Frenchtown or River Raisin (today Monroe, Michigan), and they were a...
by Clements Library | Dec 29, 2012 | Graphics, Today in history
Post by Brian Dunnigan, Associate Director and Curator of MapsFor many years now, two oil paintings have looked down on the supervisor’s desk in the Clements Library reading room. They depict two phases of a battle at sea between a pair of warships, one British...
by Clements Library | Oct 25, 2012 | Graphics, Today in history
Post by Brian Dunnigan, Associate Director and Curator of MapsMany Americans remember the War of 1812 as a naval conflict in which, as Canadian historian C.P. Stacey put it, “the pride of the Mistress of the Seas was humbled by what an imprudent Englishman had...
by Clements Library | Aug 30, 2012 | Graphics, News
In anticipation of this fall’s exhibit, the University of Michigan Museum of Art’s magazine presents Benjamin West’s painting, The Death of General Wolfe, as both a featured item and cover image. The painting, which generally hangs in the Clements...
by Clements Library | Aug 9, 2012 | Graphics
Guest post by Esti Brennan, Social Media InternOn August 19th, 1871, Orville Wright was born. The contributions that he and his brother Wilbur made to American history and technology require little explanation–the image of their fragile-winged plane is imprinted...
by Clements Library | Jul 17, 2012 | Graphics, Maps, Today in history
Post by Brian L. Dunnigan, Associate Director and Curator of MapsEarly in the morning of July 17, 1812, the residents of Mackinac Island awoke to pounding on their doors. A group of fellow citizens, led by local militia captain Michael Dousman, told everyone that war...
by Clements Library | Jun 28, 2012 | Graphics
Guest post by Esti Brennan, Social Media Intern[Mathew Brady, autographed ‘Carte de Visite’ portrait of General George B. McClellan, circa 1862. From the Clements Library collection.]Photographs of the Civil War, though a poignant and engaging...
by Clements Library | Jun 24, 2012 | Graphics, Holidays
Guest post by Esti Brennan, Social Media Intern[Unknown Artist, “Log Cabin With Horses and Tree Stumps.” Clements Library Graphics Division, Prints–Original Drawings, P-1604.9]Currently, Michigan is the only state to have an official holiday...
by Clements Library | Jun 18, 2012 | Graphics, Holidays, Today in history
Guest post by Esti Brennan, Social Media Intern[“Constitution and Java, December 29th, 1812.” Oil on canvas by Nicholas Pocock.]Two hundred years ago today, the United States declared war on the United Kingdom, initiating a conflict sometimes...
