Announcing the Illustrated Manuscripts Project
One of the great joys about working at the William L. Clements Library is that while we preserve historical records and make them accessible for research, we also get to explore and discover the human experience across time. Stories of heartbreak and joy, historical...
In Celebration of Bad Poetry Day
No commemoration of Bad Poetry Day would be complete without a nod to the (in)famous poet (and native Michigander) Julia A. Moore. The Clements Library is the proud owner of several editions of her collected poems. Born in Plainfield, Michigan, in 1847, Julia Moore...
One Hundred Selections from the D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century
Dr. Duane Norman Diedrich provided generous gifts-in-kind, funding, and counsel to amass 1,100 individual letters, documents, and other manuscripts, plus nearly 110 bound volumes and archival collections. The entries in this catalog will give readers a cursory view of the prominent public individuals represented in the Diedrich Collection, from John Winthrop to Susan B. Anthony to U.S. President Harry Truman. This pamphlet was produced in conjunction with an exhibition of the Diedrich Collection at the William L. Clements Library, May 25-October 26, 2018.
Interrupted Mothers’ Letters
Frequent use hones mothers’ multitasking skills into an art. Holding a child on her hip while cooking, chatting up a toddler while trying to finish some paperwork, or folding the laundry while persuading an independent-minded youngster to put on their shoes, a...
John Louis Ligonier Letter Books, 1757-1761
Post by Meghan Brody, Clements Library Volunteer University of Michigan History Major, Class of 2019 I received my first introduction to the Clements Library during a class visit in the winter semester 2017. I immediately knew that I wanted to become a volunteer. ...