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Edward Walsh Watercolor Sketches Now Digitized

Edward Walsh Watercolor Sketches Now Digitized

by | Mar 1, 2018 | Featured, Graphics

The watercolor sketches of Edward Walsh, M.D. are some of the most frequently reproduced materials from the Clements Library. These sketches, done between 1803 and 1806 while Walsh served as a surgeon for the 49th Regiment of Foot at Fort George, Ontario, are vital...

The Robins of Spring

by | Mar 2, 2017 | Books, Graphics, Manuscripts

In early 1862, George Driver was serving on board the Highlander as a supply officer and doing his part for the Union cause, making his father enormously proud. The George Driver Family Papers include Stephen Driver’s letter to his son dated March 2nd, which...

Digital Images from the Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York

by | Feb 6, 2017 | Graphics

The old halfway house at the junction of Broadway, 8th Ave. & 59th St. “If any one among us may calculate surely on a sublunary immortality, Mr. VALENTINE is the man. He has linked his name indissolubly with one of the greatest cities in the world in a...
Clements Library SAA Archives Blitz

Clements Library SAA Archives Blitz

by | Dec 21, 2016 | Graphics, Library Work, News

Image credit: Claire MilldrumPost by Noa Kasman, Joyce Bonk Library AssistantOn the mornings of November 14th and November 18th, the University of Michigan’s Society of American Archivists (SAA) Student Chapter and the William L. Clements Library organized a two-part...

Politics Past: Political Prints and Social Satires in the Graphics Division

by | Sep 30, 2016 | Graphics

As our nation cycles through a particularly contentious political year, the collections of the Clements Library remind us that this is not the first time. Evidence of political pyrotechnics from past elections can be found across all divisions of the Clements Library....

From the Stacks: Mosquitoes

by | Jul 6, 2016 | Graphics, Manuscripts

Balmy summer weather has finally arrived in Ann Arbor, and the staff at the Clements Library are enjoying the season’s warmth and sunshine. The joys of sipping lemonade in the shade and lounging in hammocks are tempered by the less popular harbingers of...

From the Stacks: Flag Day

by | Jun 14, 2016 | Books, Graphics, Holidays, Manuscripts, Maps

By Emiko Hastings, Curator of BooksIn honor of Flag Day, we share a variety of U.S. flag-related imagery from across the Clements Library collections. Flag Day, established by President Woodrow Wilson, in 1916, commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United...

Today in History: The Stamp Act Repeal, March 18, 1766

by | Mar 18, 2016 | Graphics, Manuscripts, Today in history

Guest post by Kayla Carucci, Book Division student assistant and graduate student at the University of Michigan School of Information. With the move from Ellsworth back to campus finally complete, the Clements staff and volunteers grow more excited by the day for the...

From the Stacks: Santa Claus

by | Dec 21, 2015 | Books, Graphics, Holidays, Manuscripts

The Clements staff are busy packing offices and preparing collections for our move back to campus, an all-encompassing task that makes the days pass far too quickly. We take this opportunity to step back from bubble wrap and boxes to reflect on the magic of the...