by Clements Library | Jun 13, 2012 | Graphics
Guest post by Molly Malcolm, Clements Library volunteerMany of the holdings in the graphics division here at Clements are a form of political satire, which seems especially relevant and interesting during this election year. Presidential races have a strong history as...
by Clements Library | Jun 8, 2012 | Books, Graphics
Guest post by Esti Brennan, Social Media InternThough there’s evidence of the sport dating back to Europe in the late 18th century, the first game of baseball as we know it today was played on June 19, 1846 in Hoboken, New Jersey. Over the years the game has...
by Clements Library | May 2, 2012 | Acquisitions, Graphics, News
The May/June 2012 issue of Michigan History Magazine includes an announcement about an important Clements Library acquisition. Clayton Lewis, Curator of Graphic Materials, reports that daguerreotypes of Eber Brock Ward and his family were recently donated to the...
by Clements Library | Dec 5, 2011 | Books, Graphics
Photograph by Mrs. H.F. Stuart, ca. 1865 One of the tools of the ghost-hunting trade is spirit photography, the attempt to capture images of ghosts. Early spirit photographs were usually portraits of living people with faint, ghostly images floating behind...
by Clements Library | Nov 24, 2011 | Graphics, Holidays
These Thanksgiving-themed postcards provide illustrations of early 20th century celebrations of this American holiday. The Clements Library ephemera collection contains many examples of printed materials like these, including programs, tickets, brochures, handbills,...
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 | 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 | Jan 11, 2010 | Acquisitions, Graphics
The Clements Library has recently acquired a hand-colored lithograph of a wolverine from John James Audubon’s The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America (New York: 1845-48). It is now on display inside the back entrance of the building. Appropriately, as the...
by Clements Library | Sep 14, 2009 | Acquisitions, Graphics
The Clements Library has acquired two prints depicting Custer’s last stand: John Mulvany’s “Custer’s Last Rally” (1881) and Cassily Adams’ “Custer’s Last Fight” (1885). These two iconic images provide the best...
