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As part of the formal launch of the Center for American Band History Research at the University of Michigan, the School of Music, Theatre & Dance along with the Clements Library are proud to present a concert of traditional music from the Golden Age of American Bands, played with the authentic instrumentation of these early bands. From marches written for newspapers of the day, to novelties, brass solos, songs, and orchestral transcriptions, this concert is a tribute to the birth of the great American band tradition.
Celebrate the 50th year of the Ann Arbor Antiquarian Book Fair with the Clements Library! Join us for a lively gathering of booksellers and dealers from across the country.
Join the staff of the Clements Library and the U-M History Club to learn about American voting history and the Revolutionary War-era materials held right here on central campus. Peruse the exhibit “Who Counts? A History of Voting in America,” develop a voting plan for this November with students from Turn Up Turnout, do election-themed crafts, and play a game of Jeopardy to test your knowledge on voting and Revolutionary War history while snacking on pizza!
Historian and author of An Actor’s Tale: Theater, Culture, and Everyday Life in the Nineteenth-Century United States, Amy E. Hughes introduces us to playwright and actor Harry Watkins for an alternative history of nineteenth-century theater. Hughes asks uncomfortable questions about the existence, predominance, and erasure of White male mediocrity in U.S. culture, both in the […]
Join us this Homecoming Weekend for a guided tour to learn more about the Clements’ early American history collections.
Join us this Parent and Family Weekend for a guided tour to learn more about the Clements’ early American history collections.
Join us this Parent and Family Weekend for a guided tour to learn more about the Clements’ early American history collections.
Join us this Parent and Family Weekend for a guided tour to learn more about the Clements’ early American history collections.
Join the Clements Library for a spooktacular open-house style event. Go undercover as a detective to solve the murder of a 1910s mayor before a new mayor (who’s possibly the killer) is elected!
In her book, Agents of Survivance: Indigenous Women Teachers in the Boarding School Era, Anne Ruggles Gere complicates and enriches established accounts of the Indian boarding school era and what preceded it by looking closely at the largely ignored Indigenous women teachers in these schools. Focusing on Sarah Winnemucca, S. Alice Callahan, Angel DeCora, and […]
