by Clements Library | Apr 17, 2023
As war historian, F. Clever Bald curated a series of exhibitions related to the war materials the Clements had been collecting. Randolph Adams was very alert in securing materials from men in service, and spoke to classes and convocations of training groups on campus...
by Clements Library | Apr 17, 2023
In January 1945, Howard Peckham resigned from the Clements and went to Indianapolis as director of the Indiana Historical Bureau. F. Clever Bald took over as war historian.
by Clements Library | Apr 17, 2023
During the war, the library received invasion notices: “William Clements library at the University of Michigan has just received a set of notices prepared for civilians of France for the invasion. Sent by a former student, they include General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s...
by Clements Library | Apr 6, 2023
The library’s historic copy of the Declaration of Independence from the Lord George Germain papers was lent to the Library of Congress as part of the celebration of the bicentennial of Thomas Jefferson’s birth. This copy featured the original signatures and is...
by Clements Library | Apr 6, 2023
The University of Michigan made plans in 1940 to obtain microfilms of all 18th century American magazines that were previously absent from the university libraries. Microfilms are photographic reproductions of printed material stored in small rolls of film for use in...
by Clements Library | Apr 5, 2023
A sound film depicting the betrayal of Benedict Arnold was shown to the Men’s Education Club at the Michigan Union. The film was made by Professor Wesley H. Maurer, who based it on original manuscripts at the Clements in collaboration with Eugene Powers of the...
by Clements Library | Apr 5, 2023
The Adult Education Institute exhibited a series of educational films, including a sound strip based on original documents at the Clements. Director of the Extension Service, Dr. Charles A. Fisher, said of the film: “Much of the valuable material, including original...
by Clements Library | Apr 5, 2023
A significant George Washington letter was discovered in the Thomas Gage papers. John Alden, a PhD student in the U-M history department, found a previously unpublished and unknown letter written in Washington’s hand dated May 17, 1768, addressed to John Blair,...
by Clements Library | Apr 5, 2023
The Clements was gifted a rare shorthand account of Abraham Lincoln’s final moments. Mrs Nellie Strawheuker donated the account of Corp. James Tanner, a clerk in the War Dept at the time, who was with the former President when he died. The letter is addressed to Henry...
