Melanie Langa, a researcher at the Clements Library and a student from Community High School in Ann Arbor, will curate an exhibit on the history of cartography beginning April 30th at the Stephen S. Clark Library in the Graduate Library. Entitled, An Imaginary Arctic:...
Warin. Carte de la prise de la Grenade par Mr. Cmte. D’Estaing. le 5 Juillet 1779.The Map Division of the Clements Library has recently acquired a rare Revolutionary War-era manuscript map of Grenada in the West Indies. This battle plan may provide the only...
Michel Chartier de Lotbinière’s “Plan du Fort de Carillon . . . .” (1758) Brian Leigh Dunnigan has served as Curator of Maps since 1996 and Clements Library Associate Director from 2010. Having come from a history and historic site museum background, he has a...
Mapping the RevolutionCurated by Brian Leigh DunniganAssociate Director and Curator of MapsThe Clements Library is home to one of the world’s finest collections of manuscript maps and plans documenting the places and events of the American Revolution. These run...
“The whole purpose of summer fishing, the Old Man said, is not to worry about catching fish, but just to get out of the house and set and think a little.” –Robert C. Ruark, The Old Man and the Boy Fishing, a popular American pastime, is...
The Clements Library has a wealth of materials on African American history, documenting many aspects of slavery, the abolitionist movement, the Civil War, and beyond. Much research remains to be done with these materials, to more fully explore the African American...
Here at the Clements Library, we are sometimes asked, “What is your favorite item in the collection?” In a library full of great treasures, there is no easy answer to this question, and the answer will probably vary for each person. Starting with this...
