by Clements Library | Jan 20, 2020 | Featured, Library Work, 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. Moses Brown Diary in Memoirs of Major-General Heath, 1776-1777, 1798 – Processed by Theresa Dowker This volume...
by Clements Library | Nov 5, 2019 | Featured, Library Work, Public Programs
Randolph G. Adams Director of the Clements Library, J. Kevin Graffagnino, comments on the importance of history in our society. I speak at a lot of historical events, where I’m preaching to the choir. However, I also speak to civic and business groups like Rotary,...
by Clements Library | May 2, 2018 | Featured, Library Work, Manuscripts
Post by Meghan Brody, Clements Library Volunteer University of Michigan History Major, Class of 2019 I received my first introduction to the Clements Library during a class visit in the winter semester 2017. I immediately knew that I wanted to become a volunteer. ...
by Clements Library | Feb 6, 2018 | Featured, Library Work, Maps
Many years ago, a fellow map librarian said to me, “If you want to study old maps, be ready to do gymnastics.” Those words stuck in my mind as I undertook to help a Dutch colleague by photographing all the maps in a series of Dutch atlases in our collection. As the...
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 | Oct 9, 2014 | Library Work, Manuscripts
Post by Cheney J. Schopieray, Curator of ManuscriptsGone are the days of lawful, unannounced visits to the White House. The security of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW has increased steadily since World War II and, for the protection of the First Family, will likely...
by Clements Library | Jun 11, 2013 | Library Work, Manuscripts
Guest post by Katelyn JedroKatelyn Jedro, former graduate student at Wayne State University’s School of Library and Information Science (grad. Spring 2013), completed her 2013 winter semester practicum at the William L. Clements Library. She confronted the...
by Clements Library | Oct 18, 2012 | Collections, Library Work
JJ Jacobson has been Curator of American Culinary History at the Clements since 2009. She has many favorites from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive, including cookbooks, domestic manuals, etiquette manuals, and menus. Her current favorite is Ten Dollars...
by Clements Library | Aug 28, 2012 | Library Work, Maps
Mary Pedley’s former Latin students have found new opportunities with cartography. Two of her former students, both classics majors, were seeking summer internships at U of M that would use their talents with ancient languages. Hannah Sorscher studies at the...
