by Clements Library | Apr 25, 2013 | Manuscripts, News
Naomi Herman-Aplet, a School of Information work-study student in the Manuscripts Division, won the best graduate student poster at the Midwest Archives Conference (MAC) last weekend.She says, “My MAC poster was entitled, “Constructing K-12 Learning...
by Clements Library | Jan 15, 2013 | Manuscripts
Many if not all of us have seen orphaned tomes and incomplete sets of multi-volume works in used book stores, in library sales, and on private bookshelves. Similarly, manuscript collections are rarely complete, as letters, diaries, and documents are often divided,...
by Clements Library | Nov 11, 2012 | Manuscripts, Today in history
Guest post by Meg Hixon, Project ArchivistThe First World War has long been eclipsed in American public memory, but it was, at the time, the “Great War” that affected families across the country and across the world. In honor of Veterans’ Day, the...
by Clements Library | Sep 18, 2012 | Manuscripts, News
The Clements Library Manuscripts Division reached a milestone in its efforts to create finding aids for the division’s uncataloged collections. Over 1,000 finding aids are now available on the Library’s EAD web site, thanks to generous grants from...
by Clements Library | Jul 24, 2012 | Collections, Library Work, Manuscripts
Welcome to our new series of interviews with the wonderful Clements Library volunteers, in which we’ll get to know the people who put their time and energy into processing collections, acting as docents, and assisting our curators on special projects.Phil Zaret...
by Clements Library | Jul 3, 2012 | Holidays, Manuscripts
Guest post by Esti Brennan, Social Media Intern[First page of the manuscript draft. George Sackville Germain Papers, Clements Library.]In celebration of Independence Day, the Clements Library presents this manuscript copy of the Declaration of Independence, from the...
by Clements Library | Apr 13, 2012 | Manuscripts
Guest post by Meg Hixon, Project ArchivistThough the Titanic saw her last glimpse of daylight exactly 100 years ago this Sunday, the tragedy continues to fascinate the modern imagination in many ways, both as a symbol of the era’s social hierarchies and customs...
by Clements Library | Feb 14, 2012 | Holidays, Manuscripts
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...
by Clements Library | Jan 26, 2012 | Manuscripts, Today in history
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...
