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...
by Clements Library | Jan 27, 2021 | Featured, Manuscripts, News
The Clements Library is pleased to announce that the following collections are now described online and two new Subject Guides have been published to our website. Subject Guides highlight selected areas of strength in the collections and advice for researchers. The...
by Jonathan Quint | Dec 17, 2020 | Featured, Manuscripts
Guest post by Jonathan Quint, University of Michigan Department of History PhD candidate and Clements Library Intern. This third blog post in a three-part series titled “Empire and Encounter at Detroit” (read part 1 and part 2) uses James Sterling’s letter book to...
by Jonathan Quint | Oct 30, 2020 | Featured, Manuscripts
Guest post by Jonathan Quint, University of Michigan Department of History PhD candidate and Clements Library Intern. This second blog post in a three-part series titled “Empire and Encounter at Detroit” (read part 1) uses James Sterling’s letter book to enter the...
