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Join us this Homecoming Weekend for a guided tour to learn more about the Clements’ early American history collections.
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 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!
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.
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.
Join the staff of the Clements Library and students from Turn Up Turnout to learn about American voting history and voting as a student at the University of Michigan! Peruse the exhibit “Who Counts? A History of Voting in America,” develop a voting plan for this November, do election-themed crafts, and play a game of Jeopardy to test your knowledge on the past and present of voting in America.
Join us at the Clements Library to celebrate the publication of “The City on Three Lakes: A Maritime History of Charlevoix & the Surrounding Region,” co-authored by David L. Miles and Clements Board Member Ole Lyngklip. Explore the Clements collections that helped bring the book to life: Curator Sierra Laddusaw will share featured Michigan maps, and Assistant Curator Jakob Dopp will showcase original photo postcards from the David V. Tinder Collection. Come discover the history behind the pages!
Historian and author of Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions, Jessica M. Lepler walks us through the failed idea to build the world’s first interoceanic canal. In the 1820s, there was a little-known dream to unite the world by building a waterway between the Atlantic […]
Join us for a guided tour to learn more about the Clements’ early American history collections.
Join us to learn more about the history of Clements Library, its programs, and collections. Highlights include Benjamin West’s iconic painting “Death of General Wolfe,” a Revolutionary War-era trunk that once housed General Thomas Gage’s papers, and the current exhibit, Up, Up, & Away: A History of Ballooning in America, closing on August 28. Arrive […]