William L. Clements Library

  1. November 18, 2024

    Proposals sought for Artists in the Archives program

    U-M has launched Artists in the Archives, a new funding program for faculty engaged in creative practice and interested in exploring work inspired by the university’s libraries.

  2. September 24, 2024

    Political cartoons of Pat Oliphant on view at U-M

    The work of Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Pat Oliphant is on display at the William L. Clements Library to explore the role that art plays in democratic culture.

  3. February 8, 2024

    Clements Library acquires rare American edition of poems

    U-M has acquired the first American edition of Phillis Wheatley Peters’ “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral,” widely regarded as the first book of poetry written by an African American woman.

  4. August 14, 2023

    Clements announces online access to Revolutionary War manuscripts

    The William L. Clements Library has made available volumes of papers from Thomas Gage, a British commander-in-chief in the decade leading up to the American Revolution.

  5. August 14, 2023

    Campus briefs

    Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

  6. January 24, 2022

    Library taking steps to remediate harmful metadata language

    The U-M Library, the William L. Clements Library, and the Bentley Historical Library are working to remediate harmful language in the metadata.

  7. December 6, 2021

    Clements Library acquires rare hand-drawn 1761 map of Detroit

    The William L. Clements Library has announced the acquisition of a previously unattainable map, “Plan of the Fort at De Troit,” which was drawn in 1761 during the French and Indian War.

  8. April 15, 2021

    NEH grant to help Clements digitize Revolutionary War collection

    The William L. Clements Library has been awarded a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize one of its largest and most utilized collections.

  9. February 2, 2021

    Clements exhibition examines Black empowerment, resilience

    Frederick Douglass once said: “Poets, prophets, and reformers are all picture-makers — and this ability is the secret of their power and of their achievements. They see what ought to be by the reflection of what is, and endeavor to remove the contradiction.” Douglass left ample proof of this belief, using the power of his…
  10. November 9, 2020

    Obituary — James William Craven

    James William Craven (“Jim”) was born Oct. 17, 1931, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and died there at his home on Sept. 17, 2020. In 1949, he entered an apprenticeship at the U-M Bindery, beginning more than 62 years of employment with the university.