by Clements Library | Sep 23, 2015 | Graphics
Post by Clayton Lewis, Curator of GraphicsA preoccupation with self-image swept across society when a new technology enabled a flood of inexpensive portrait photographs. The enthusiastic gathering of photographs of friends and public figures and the sharing of them in...
by Clements Library | Jun 21, 2015 | Graphics, Holidays, Manuscripts, Today in history
Post by Jayne Ptolemy, Manuscripts Curatorial AssistantIn 1880 William Brunton, a Unitarian minister from Boston, began composing a special diary that recorded the everyday activities of his young son, Herbert, whom he affectionately called Bertie. “It is a work...
by Clements Library | Mar 26, 2015 | Graphics, Manuscripts
Post by Jayne Ptolemy, Manuscripts Curatorial AssistantIn mid-July 1860, travelling salesman George P. Slade wrote a letter to a female correspondent about his experiences plying his trade in the Midwest. In his attempts to sell fruit trees, he covered a great deal of...
by Clements Library | Feb 11, 2015 | Graphics
Post by Clayton Lewis, Curator of Graphic MaterialsDuring fall semester 2014, University of Michigan Professor Martha Jones’s African American Women’s History class embarked on a detailed examination of a pair of photograph albums from the Clements Library...
by Clements Library | Dec 24, 2014 | Graphics, Holidays, Manuscripts, Maps
Archives specialize in documenting change over time, but the holdings at the William L. Clements Library also reveal how some things remain stable through the years, including the excitement surrounding Christmas morning. On December 20th, 1840, Edward H....
by Clements Library | Oct 27, 2014 | Acquisitions, Graphics
Post by Clayton Lewis, Curator of Graphic MaterialsDavid Claypoole Johnston. Col. Pluck. [Boston?] : Pendleton, lithographer/publisher, circa 1825.A pair of recently acquired prints point to a little known episode in American military history and pose questions about...
by Clements Library | Oct 15, 2014 | Graphics, Manuscripts, News
The Manuscripts Division at the Clements Library is proud to announce the completion of a National Historical Publications and Records Commission’s (NHPRC) processing grant, which began in 2011. Former Curator of Manuscripts Barbara DeWolfe, current Curator...
by Clements Library | Sep 23, 2014 | Books, Graphics, Manuscripts, Today in history
Post by Jayne Ptolemy, Manuscripts Division Curatorial AssistantIn Ann Arbor, the weather has started to have a chilly bite, and at the Clements Library we look to our collections to help celebrate the first day of fall.From our Schoff Civil War collection, we hear...
by Clements Library | Jun 10, 2014 | Graphics, News
The Clements Library is pleased to announce new resources now available to researchers, both related to the David V. Tinder Collection of Michigan Photography. The acquisition of this collection was made possible by David B. Walters, who wished to honor Harold L....
