by Jonathan Quint | Sep 30, 2020 | Featured, Manuscripts
Guest post by Jonathan Quint, University of Michigan Department of History PhD candidate and Clements Library Intern * * * In the wake of British military forces who took formal possession of Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit (Detroit) on November 11, 1760, came peddlers,...
by Clements Library | Aug 26, 2020 | Collections, Featured, Manuscripts, Volunteers
The William L. Clements Library would like to extend its sincere thanks to the Sarah Caswell Angell Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) for volunteering to transcribe the Revolutionary War papers of Col. Jonathan Chase, of the...
by Clements Library | Jul 28, 2020 | Featured, Manuscripts, News
The Clements Library is pleased to announce that the following collections are now described online. These materials may be requested for use in the reading room when we are able to resume library services. Before planning your research visit, please contact us to...
by Clements Library | Jun 16, 2020 | Library Work, Manuscripts, Volunteers
The William L. Clements Library is pleased to announce that the digitized Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society Papers are now fully text searchable. Each digitized page is accompanied by a complete transcription, which will transform the way researchers...
by Clements Library | Apr 16, 2020 | Acquisitions, Featured, Manuscripts, Volunteers
Guest post by Ellen Gleason, Clements Library Student Intern As a student pursuing the Graduate Certification in Archival Administration at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, I completed a 135-hour practicum applying my classroom learning to work in the field....
by Jayne Ptolemy | Feb 19, 2020 | Collections, Featured, Manuscripts
It can be easy to think of the archive as a self-contained space, where staff collect, conserve, and process collections while researchers come to quietly study them. But the historical figures whose papers fill the Clements Library stacks have far-reaching influence...
by Louis Miller | Nov 14, 2019 | Manuscripts, Public Programs
Louis Miller, Curatorial Assistant at the Clements Library, summarizes our recent collaborative discussion program. The Clements Library hosted its second ever Contemporary Issues Discussion event on October 30, 2019, in collaboration with the Eisenberg Institute for...
by Clements Library | Oct 29, 2019 | Featured, Fellowships, Manuscripts
Guest post by Morgan McCullough, Clements Library 2019 Price Fellow In the American Science and Medicine Collection a small slip of paper lies safely nestled in a folder, a recipe “for Susy’s Breast.”[1] Undated, with author, recipient, and Susy the patient...
by Cheney Schopieray | Oct 1, 2019 | Featured, Manuscripts, News
The Clements Library is pleased to announce that an additional five manuscript collections are digitized and freely accessible online. The digital versions are complete and presented in a manner that reflects the collections’ physical/intellectual arrangements....
