by Clements Library | Mar 6, 2019 | Graphics, Manuscripts, News
The Clements Library is pleased to announce that the following collections are now described online and may be requested for use in the reading room. James Buchanan Letters, 1866-1869 – Processed by Cari Griffin This collection contains 10 letters written by...
by Clements Library | Jan 17, 2019 | Featured, Graphics
Portrait courtesy of IMSLP.org The earliest published African-American composer in the United States is Francis “Frank” Johnson (1792-1844), whose international musical career first flourished in Philadelphia, the city of his birth. Johnson lived through the era of...
by Jayne Ptolemy | Nov 20, 2018 | Featured, Graphics, Manuscripts, Today in history
Nestled in the Clements Library’s Oliver Hazard Perry Papers are remarkable documents detailing the commodore’s naval career, with some 200 pieces highlighting his service in the War of 1812. In September of 1813 he famously won the Battle of Lake Erie, a...
by Clements Library | Aug 6, 2018 | Featured, Graphics
People often say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. At first glance, the rationale behind this expression would seem to have played a critical role in the creative process of many European and American artists, etchers, engravers and lithographers of...
by Clements Library | 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...
by Clements Library | 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...
by Clements Library | 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...
by Clements Library | 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...
by Clements Library | 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....
