by Tiffani Ihrke | Mar 1, 2024 | Publications
Developments As I’ve seen the stories brought forth by my colleagues for this installment of The Quarto as well as the materials being organized for display in our upcoming exhibit, I’ve been struck by the intersection between arts, resistance, and archives. It’s not...
by Tiffani Ihrke | Mar 1, 2024 | Publications
Teaching Geography The Clements Library holds a number of student maps, drawn or traced by young scholars in the 19th century as part of their school curriculum. The remarkable detail and skill demonstrated by some of these students raise the question of how exactly...
by Tiffani Ihrke | Mar 1, 2024 | Publications
When I first started as an intern at the Clements Library, I was tasked with organizing the papers of Marilla Waite Freeman (1871–1961), part of the Dwight- Willard-Alden-Allen-Freeman Family Papers. The papers relating to Freeman, a public librarian, and her family...
by Tiffani Ihrke | Mar 1, 2024 | Publications
High on a rocky plateau overlooking a rich valley toward mountains beyond stood a group of Native Americans with their horses, attentively observing the scene spread out before them. Their dress identified them as indigenous: leggings and tunics, feathered...
by Tiffani Ihrke | Mar 1, 2024 | Publications
Marion Shipley’s classroom note evokes the delicious feeling of putting one over on the adults who regulate the daily life of children. When I think about “Resistance” my mind automatically capitalizes the word, and I conjure visions of protests in the street, paint...
by Tiffani Ihrke | Mar 1, 2024 | Publications
Several Native American religious movements originating over the course of the 19th century were formed in direct response to relentless oppression by the United States Government and land-hungry American settlers. Many of these movements evoked a return to an...
by Tiffani Ihrke | Mar 1, 2024 | Publications
This issue of The Quarto is a companion to the upcoming Clements Library exhibit that takes up the theme of the Fall 2023 semester here at the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: “Arts & Resistance.” The United States is often...
by Kayla Robinson | Jul 14, 2023 | Publications
New Staff Members Kayla Robinson joins the Development Department as the Marketing Coordinator and oversees social media, updates the website, and creates a variety of print and digital marketing pieces. In a newly created position as a Development Generalist, Helen...
by Kayla Robinson | Jul 14, 2023 | Publications
One of my favorite old saws about the difference between England and the United States goes like this: In England, 100 miles is a long way; in the U.S., 100 years is a long time. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the opening of the William L. Clements Library,...
