by Jakob Dopp | Nov 3, 2021 | Books, Featured, Graphics, Manuscripts
The Clements Library is thrilled to have recently acquired a mid-19th-century calling card for a Saginaw Band Ojibwa man named Joseph Cabay which will be a welcome addition to the Native American History Collection. Born around 1837 in Saganing, Michigan, to...
by Cheney Schopieray | Oct 27, 2021 | Featured, Manuscripts
The William L. Clements Library is pleased to announce the availability of a digitized version of the William Howe Orderly Book, 1776-1778. This volume of orders for the British Army under General Howe, covering around two years of the American Revolution, is a...
by Clements Library | Oct 13, 2021 | Featured, Manuscripts
The William L. Clements Library’s new batch of finding aids pertains to a variety of 19th century topics. The collections document variolation and childbirth, primary to higher education, Mississippi plantation life, teenage girls’ experiences, textile...
by Emiko Hastings | Aug 3, 2021 | Featured, Library Work, Manuscripts, Volunteers
As part of the Clements Library’s digitization program, we have started to make selected archival collections available online. To make these materials fully available for research, we welcome volunteers to help us create searchable full-text transcriptions for...
by Clements Library | Jul 28, 2021 | Featured, Manuscripts
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. (The Clements Library is currently open by appointment only for U-M faculty, students and staff and Clements research...
by Cheney Schopieray | Jun 15, 2021 | Collections, Featured, Manuscripts
The William L. Clements Library has recently made available online three archival collections pertinent to the trade of enslaved persons, slavery in Jamaica, and antislavery activities in Michigan. They include the Thomas Leyland Company Account Books, 1789-1793;...
by Clements Library | Apr 28, 2021 | Featured, Manuscripts
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. (The Clements Library is currently open by appointment only for U-M faculty, students and staff.) Before planning your...
by Clements Library | Apr 19, 2021 | Collections, Featured, Manuscripts, News
The University of Michigan William L. Clements Library has been awarded a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize one of our largest and most utilized collections. The funds will support a three-year-long effort to digitize over...
by Clements Library | Feb 22, 2021 | Featured, Manuscripts, Volunteers
The William L. Clements Library would like to announce the completion of transcriptions for the United Sons of Salem Benevolent Society Minute Book, which documents the business proceedings of a mid-19th century organization. A hybrid of an insurance agency and...
