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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 […]
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 […]
Historian and author of The Memory of ’76: The Revolution in American History, Michael Hattem recounts the surprising history of how Americans have fought over the meaning and legacy of the Revolution for nearly two and a half centuries. In this sweeping take on American history, Hattem reveals how conflicts over the meaning and legacy […]
Guided Tour of the U-M Clements Library. Join us for a guided tour to learn more about the Clements’ early American history collections. Highlights include viewing of Benjamin West’s iconic painting “Death of General Wolfe,” a Revolutionary War-era trunk that once housed General Gage’s papers, and viewing our current exhibit Up, Up, and Away: A […]
Angela Oonk hosts this webinar series discussing history topics with guests. This month, historian and author of Gettysburg Surgeons: Facing a Common Enemy in the Civil War’s Deadliest Battle Barbara Franco takes us to Gettysburg, the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. A thousand surgeons faced an unprecedented medical catastrophe: 25,000 wounded soldiers needing immediate […]
Celebrate America’s 250th with a guided tour of the Clements Library featuring Revolutionary War-era documents before attending U-M President Domenico Grasso’s reading of the Declaration of Independence at 6 pm on the Diag. Highlights include Benjamin West’s iconic painting “Death of General Wolfe,” a trunk that once housed British General Thomas Gage’s papers, and the […]