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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
“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...
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...
