Commercial Cartography
By Jamal Dillman-Hasso. Buried within a small, leather-bound memorandum book in a half-foot but historiographically rich box of Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) materials at the William L. Clements Library lies a two-page map, charted circa 1779 by John Thomas of London. In...
New Manuscript Finding Aids: Spring 2024
The William L. Clements Library’s collections continue to grow, helping researchers and students study the rich and diverse American past. The collections described below touch on a wide range of topics, including spiritualism, crime, children and education, business,...
New Manuscript Finding Aids: Winter 2024
The Manuscripts Division of the William L. Clements Library is pleased to announce 27 new or substantially revised finding aids. With topics ranging from spiritualism to women’s service in World War II, these finding aids are a small reflection of the great depth of...
The “Quick & Unnatural Interludes” of Organist Benjamin Bowen
In the second week of February 2015, longtime Clements Library donor Dr. Duane Norman Diedrich shared a laugh with the Curator of Manuscripts. They had formally added a manuscript letter to the Diedrich collections, pertinent to a hired organist whose upbeat music...
A Q&A with Graduating Clements Intern, Aleksandra Kole
Aleksandra Kole is graduating from LSA with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science minoring in Moral and Political Philosophy. She has also been actively involved in LSA Student Government serving this past year as Treasurer. How did you find the internship...