by Tracy Payovich | Dec 1, 2021 | Acquisitions, Featured, Giving, Maps, News
The last time the general public had the opportunity to see the “Plan of the Fort at De Troit” was in 1967 when it was offered for sale at Sotheby’s. Now it will be part of the University of Michigan’s William L. Clements Library collection. Not knowing to whom the...
by Clements Library | Sep 23, 2021 | Featured, Maps
This image comprises all the engraved segments of a half-size facsimile copy of a medieval manuscript map known as The Peutinger Map. The engraved facsimile is found in later editions of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, edited and published by Abraham Ortelius (and often...
by Clements Library | Jun 29, 2021 | Featured, Fellowships, Maps
Guest post by Danny Zborover; 2020-2021 Mary G. Stange Fellow at the Clements Library; [email protected] *** As the pirates disembarked their ship and prepared to attack, another group of black-attired characters formed a solid line behind the defensive wall. After a...
by Clements Library | Oct 6, 2020 | Featured, Maps, News, Publications
Mary Pedley, Assistant Map Curator at the Clements Library, is co-editor with Matthew H. Edney of The History of Cartography Volume 4: Cartography in the European Enlightenment (University of Chicago Press 2019). * * * The old adage about pictures and words has...
by Clements Library | Jul 30, 2020 | Featured, Giving, Library Work, Maps
To create a digital archive is an expensive endeavor. The Clements Library is deeply committed to sharing its rich collections with an ever-wider audience, but the queue of material is long and resources limited. Pockets of the collection would not see cyber-light...
by Clements Library | Jun 2, 2020 | Collections, Featured, Library Work, Maps
Clements Library Conservator Julie Fremuth provides a follow-up to our recent post about the arrival of 14 tightly-rolled sea charts and early conservation steps. The initial post Conservation Close-up: Sea Charts used in Whaling discusses Fremuth’s months-long...
by Clements Library | Mar 25, 2020 | Collections, Featured, Library Work, Maps
While our team adheres to restrictions from the current public health crisis, this post replicates one of the Clements Library’s most popular Facebook posts ever. The post was shared 40 times and reached thousands of Facebook users when it was published on...
by Clements Library | Oct 9, 2019 | Books, Maps, Volunteers
This essay by volunteer Derek Brereton examines three examples of the same Spanish cultural symbolism found in some of the oldest collection items at the Clements Library. The Clements Library is fortunate to possess at least three fine examples of illustrations...
by Clements Library | Jul 9, 2019 | Acquisitions, Featured, Maps
That look of surprise and joy on a map curator’s face can only mean one thing: something fine has just landed in his division. And what better acquisition for the Clements Library than a pair–and not just any pair–of Wilson globes. And what, we hear you ask, are...
