Naomi Herman-Aplet, a School of Information work-study student in the Manuscripts Division, won the best graduate student poster at the Midwest Archives Conference (MAC) last weekend.She says, “My MAC poster was entitled, “Constructing K-12 Learning...
Last week, the Michigan Daily featured an article by Stephanie Shenouda on the Clements Library renovation, including quotes from library director Kevin Graffagnino. “Clements Library to receive $17M interior renovation” describes the library’s plans...
The Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive (JBLCA) will be moving from the Clements Library to the University Library, where it will make its new home in Special Collections. Shaped by the donation of a rich assemblage of cookbooks, menus, and other material...
This article by Ann Rock, Director of Development at the Clements Library, appeared today in the University Record: “Gift to Clements Library renews American history landmark.” On Thursday, the Board of Regents approved a major renovations project for...
Kevin Brown’s article, “Exhibit celebrates key stage in emancipation struggle,” is in this week’s issue of the University Record. Co-curators Martha S. Jones and Clayton Lewis developed this exhibit, which commemorates the 150th...
Two articles this week in the University Record highlight Clements Library materials currently on display at the U-M Museum of Art. In “Benjamin West’s Paintings Celebrate an Empire,” Carole McNamara of the Museum of Art writes about the exhibit...
John Carlos Cantu of AnnArbor.com writes in a recent art review that the Clements Library’s “Death of General Wolfe” painting by Benjamin West is “the single most significant public artwork in Washtenaw County, and among the most significant...
The Clements Library Manuscripts Division reached a milestone in its efforts to create finding aids for the division’s uncataloged collections. Over 1,000 finding aids are now available on the Library’s EAD web site, thanks to generous grants from...
John Carlos Cantu of AnnArbor.com reviews our current exhibit in his recent article, “University of Michigan’s Clements Library displays bygone representations of ‘Murder Most Foul.” The exhibit, curated by Clements Library Director J. Kevin...
