This year for Valentine’s Day, we have selected three items from the Manuscripts Division to show the variety of ways people have observed this holiday over the years. From children exchanging cards at school to poems proposing marriage, this holiday celebrates...
Guest post by Cheney Schopieray, Assistant Curator of ManuscriptsOn January 26, 1837, Michigan became the 26th state of the Union.This detail from David Burr’s Map of the Northern Parts of Ohio, Indiana And Illinois With Michigan And That Part of the Ouisconsin...
Today in History: Greek Independence Day Cheney J. Schopieray, Assistant Curator of Manuscripts, has worked at the Clements Library since 2002. His list of favorite manuscripts grows longer on a daily basis, but in honor of the 190th anniversary celebration of the...
Photo courtesy of Sotheby’sThe Acquisition of the Henry Strachey PapersThursday, March 3, 20114:00 – 6:00 p.m.Great Room, Clements Library909 S. University Ave.Ann Arbor, MIPlease join us in celebrating the acquisition and arrival of the Strachey Papers.In...
Further coverage of the Clements Library’s acquisition of the Henry Strachey papers, a significant Revolutionary War manuscript collection:U-M Philanthropy Network: “Expanding Knowledge Through Research: Clements Library Donors Help Make History,”...
Helen Ledyard Drawing Book, 1881-1891.Barbara DeWolfe, Curator of Manuscripts, has worked at the Clements Library since 1999. One of her favorite items from the Manuscripts Division is the drawing book of Helen Ledyard, a young woman who lived in New York in the late...
“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...
Regular contributor Emiko Hastings, Assistant Curator of Books, will be on vacation in Japan for the next two weeks. While American history (broadly defined) is the main focus of the Clements Library collections, researchers may be surprised to discover materials...
In the 18th century, paper was scarce. Journals and diaries were commonly used, and re-used, for multiple purposes and by multiple people. One of my favorite examples of this practice is the Hooke journal, which belonged to a British Army officer named George Philip...
