January 2020
Digitizing Archives of Abolitionists: The Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society Papers
The Rochester (NY) Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society papers (1848-1868) consist of the society's incoming correspondence about slavery, fugitive slaves, the conditions of freemen, and other progressive issues; printed annual reports; and other items. Abolitionists Frederick Douglass, Julia Wilbur, Julia Griffiths, and others are among the collection's writers. The William L. Clements Library selected this collection to be fully digitized and made accessible online in a new digitized manuscripts platform that launched in 2019: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/r/rochester/ In this presentation, Curator of Manuscripts Cheney J.…
Register ›Behind the Scenes Tour of the Clements Library
Join us for a tour to learn more about the Clements Library and its collections. Tours begin with a presentation behind-the-scenes to share the story of our collections and our renovated 1923 building. Tours conclude with a visit to the Avenir Foundation Reading Room to view the current exhibits.
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John G. McCurdy, “Quartering the British Army in Revolutionary America”
In the decades before the Revolution, British soldiers were a common sight in America. They lived in private houses in Trenton, marched up Broadway in New York, and came to blows with colonists in Boston. What was it like to live in this world? Drawing on his new book Quarters: The Accommodation of the British Army and the Coming of the American Revolution (which he largely researched at the Clements Library), John McCurdy explains how the colonists made room for redcoats by…
Register ›Pop-up Exhibit: Love Letters & Valentines in the Archives
The rich collections at the Clements Library teem with love letters and romance of all kinds. Come swoon with us as we share examples of Americans expressing their love in the past. The pop-up exhibit features materials dating from the 18th to the 20th century, including handmade and printed valentines, manuscript letters filled with kisses, and published courtship guides. During the Clements Library's exhibit open hours on Friday, February 14, join us for the pop-up exhibit in the Norton Strange Townshend…
Find out more ›Behind the Scenes Tour of the Clements Library
Join us for a tour to learn more about the Clements Library and its collections. Tours begin with a presentation behind-the-scenes to share the story of our collections and our renovated 1923 building. Tours conclude with a visit to the Avenir Foundation Reading Room to view the current exhibits.
Register ›Behind the Scenes Tour of the Clements Library
Join us for a tour to learn more about the Clements Library and its collections. Tours begin with a presentation behind-the-scenes to share the story of our collections and our renovated 1923 building. Tours conclude with a visit to the Avenir Foundation Reading Room to view the current exhibits.
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