by Clements Library | Nov 9, 2017 | Manuscripts
Every manuscript collection in the Clements has its own tale of survival and travels from the time of its creation until safely ensconced on the shelves of the Library. One of the most interesting is that of the papers of Thomas Gage (1719-1787), British...
by Clements Library | May 12, 2017 | Holidays, Manuscripts
In the late afternoon of October 22nd, 1831, Maria Bradford gave birth to a “plump & fat” little girl whose “good lungs, made a great noise the minute after she was born.” “As soon as I heard the child cry,” she remembered,...
by Clements Library | Mar 2, 2017 | Books, Graphics, Manuscripts
In early 1862, George Driver was serving on board the Highlander as a supply officer and doing his part for the Union cause, making his father enormously proud. The George Driver Family Papers include Stephen Driver’s letter to his son dated March 2nd, which...
by Clements Library | Feb 14, 2017 | Holidays, Manuscripts
Samuel Latham Mitchill was a man of many interests. He held a medical degree from the University of Edinburgh, studied law, taught chemistry and botany at Columbia University, and served in both state and national legislatures. Even with so much on his mind, his wife,...
by Clements Library | Dec 23, 2016 | Books, Manuscripts
A snowball fight from A Book of Winter Sports: An Attempt to Catch the Spirit of the Keen Joys of the Winter Season (New York, 1912).The arrival of the winter solstice often coincides with the first significant snowfall of the season. As adults we mostly view...
by Clements Library | Oct 31, 2016 | Holidays, Manuscripts
Perhaps no image is more synonymous with Halloween than that of the witch, a woman dressed in black with a pointy hat and a broomstick. But this seemingly innocent costume has roots stretching back to the colonial period when being called a witch was a serious, often...
by Clements Library | Jul 6, 2016 | Graphics, Manuscripts
Balmy summer weather has finally arrived in Ann Arbor, and the staff at the Clements Library are enjoying the season’s warmth and sunshine. The joys of sipping lemonade in the shade and lounging in hammocks are tempered by the less popular harbingers of...
by Clements Library | Jun 14, 2016 | Books, Graphics, Holidays, Manuscripts, Maps
By Emiko Hastings, Curator of BooksIn honor of Flag Day, we share a variety of U.S. flag-related imagery from across the Clements Library collections. Flag Day, established by President Woodrow Wilson, in 1916, commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United...
by Clements Library | Mar 18, 2016 | Graphics, Manuscripts, Today in history
Guest post by Kayla Carucci, Book Division student assistant and graduate student at the University of Michigan School of Information. With the move from Ellsworth back to campus finally complete, the Clements staff and volunteers grow more excited by the day for the...
