by Sam Huck | Jul 7, 2025 | Publications
Jayne Ptolemy Associate Curator of Manuscripts Mid-19th-century America was a confusing time to contemplate life after death. Through their well-publicized communication with spirits who rapped on the walls of their home in western New York, Margaret and Catherine Fox...
by Sam Huck | Jul 7, 2025 | Publications
Sierra Laddusaw Curator of Maps & Graphics Modern believers of a moon hoax argue that the United States did not put astronauts on the moon in 1969 and base this conviction on the images captured during the moon landing; the positions of shadows, lack of stars, and...
by Sam Huck | Jul 7, 2025 | Publications
Paul J. Erickson Randolph G. Adams Director William L. Clements Library The Cincinnati Observatory, opened in March 1845, was the first public observatory in the Western Hemisphere. Shown here is its second building—the original 11-inch telescope was moved in 1873 to...
by Isaac Burgdorf | Jul 7, 2025 | Publications
These articles explore our relationship with the sky through materials in the Clements and other University of Michigan collections. Together, these materials reveal the assorted ways we have observed, imagined, and interpreted the sky, reflecting both our desire to understand the universe and our place within it.
by Sam Huck | May 14, 2025 | Publications
Developments: Philanthropists, Heroes, and Helpers Angela Oonk Director of Development Luckily, the stories I have to tell are the antithesis to the title of this publication. The donors to the Clements Library form the community that we call the Clements Library...
by Angela Oonk | Mar 18, 2025 | Publications
Angela Oonk Director of Development I’ve been thinking about the staff discussions around the topic of this Quarto and how excited everyone became when we agreed upon “tiny things” from the collection. There were cries of delight as people mentioned favorite items...
by Clements Library | Mar 18, 2025 | Publications
Sierra Laddusaw Curator of Maps & Graphics The Matthews-Northrup firm rose to prominence as the publishers and printers of railroad maps, which required a level of detail also demonstrated in their Map of the United States. When prompted to think about “tiny...
by Clements Library | Mar 18, 2025 | Publications
By Iman Jamison Manuscripts Division Intern “Ms. Inventory of the Samson Adams estate, August 1792,” in the digital collection, Samson Adams Papers, 1767–1794. The Clements Library houses thousands of records, ephemera, lists, and inventories that reveal the rare...
by Maggie Vanderford | Mar 18, 2025 | Publications
Maggie Vanderford Librarian for Instruction and Engagement The golden age of microbiology during the 1880s–90s signaled a landmark shift in popular awareness of human relationships to the microscopic world. As French chemist Louis Pasteur (1822–1895) and German...
