William L. Clements Library
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April 16, 2025
The order that launched the Revolutionary War, 250 years later
The start of the Revolutionary War 250 years ago can be traced to one manuscript containing the orders for the Concord Expedition on April 18, 1775.
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March 19, 2025
Clements acquires vast collection of industrial engineering history
The William L. Clements Library has made available the collection of Robert M. Vogel, which contains more than 24,000 items related to industrial and mechanical engineering.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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August 14, 2023
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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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.
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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.
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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.
