City Life
John Bachmann arrived in the United States from Germany in 1848, and almost immediately became the country’s finest artist of urban bird’s-eye views. This recently acquired 1849 view of New York, looking south from Union Square, was Bachmann’s first bird’s-eye view of...
City Life
The Clements holds many resources that enable the study of American city life in all its variety, including the urban expansion in New York during the 1800s, work ethic and mass production of sole work in Massachusetts, urban panorama photography and even early Native...![[Religion] Manifestations of Faith](https://clements.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/C2-1847-Bu_Gold-1080x675.jpg)
[Religion] Manifestations of Faith
The Clements holds resources that enable the study of American religious experience in all its variety, including the explosion of religious print culture in the 19th century, the theocratic persecution of the Quakers in Massachusetts in the 1660s, and eschatological...
Childhood In America
Children are challenging subjects for historians, but the Clements holds a wealth of material that is waiting to be examined by students, research fellows, and faculty interested in the history of childhood in America. We’re ready when you are.
Book Review: “Frontier Metropolis: Picturing Early Detroit, 1701-1838”
Guest author Jonathan Quint, a PhD candidate in the University of Michigan Department of History and 2020-2021 Clements Library Intern, reflects on one of the Clements’ most celebrated publications 20 years after its release. Brian Leigh Dunnigan. Frontier...Announcements — Winter/Spring 2020
David P. Harris (1925-2019) Longtime friend and donor to the Clements Library David P. Harris passed away peacefully on August 19, 2019, in Washington, D.C. For over a decade, Dr. Harris shared with us his kindness, conversation, knowledge, wit, and extraordinary...
Celebrating Kevin Graffagnino
As a new year begins, we congratulate our first Randolph G. Adams Director J. Kevin Graffagnino as he embarks on retirement. During his tenure, Graffagnino oversaw a comprehensive renovation and expansion of our 1923 building, shepherded major new collections...