Calling all book lovers! 📚♥️ #DidYouKnow that the Clements Library has published multiple books, many on notable book collectors throughout American history? (No books were harmed in the creation of this video.) #BookLovers #BookCollectors

⭐ We’re hiring! ⭐ We recently received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities which will allow us to digitize the entirety of the Henry Clinton Papers! We’re looking for someone to join us for a 2 year appointment making these materials freely available online.

Today’s the day! Get out and VOTE! 🗳️ 🗳️: Mule-mounted ballot box for the Boone Precinct. St. Louis, MO: Geo. D. Barnard & Co.: c. 19th century. The Landon Myers Collection of Early American Election Administration. #Election #ElectionDay #VOTE

📜 October blog roundup! 🖥️ A new interactive garden map, a 28-foot scroll, the steps to get rare pieces of American history online, and more! All on the Clements Chronicles: myumi.ch/A1EPx #AmericanHistory #LibraryWork #Manuscript #Garden #Digitization #Blog

Happy Halloween from the Clements Library! May your night be filled with spooky stories, haunted histories, and just the right amount of scholarly mischief! 🕯️🦇✨ 🎃: General Ephemera Collection

#DidYouKnow portions of the Clements collections have been digitized and made freely available online? 💻 Come spend a day with the newest member of the Clements team, Carly Jensen, to learn about her vital work digitizing these archival collections. #DayInTheLife #Digitization #LibraryWork

We’re stumped! Graduate Graphics Assistant Ella Brooks-Camper came across this puzzle while processing ephemera collections this morning. We can’t promise you Fifteen Fancy Designs like C. N. Newcomb could, but we’d still love to see if you can solve it. 🧩

Color Hunting at the Clements Library for #NationalColorDay! 💚💙💜💛 #Archives #RareBooks #LibraryWork

Voting history-inspired pins made at last night’s collaboration with the U-M History Club and Turn Up Turnout! Keep an eye out for other student events (like our historic murder mystery later this month 👀👻) on our website: myumi.ch/5JqpA

The 46th Annual Ann Arbor Antiquarian Book Fair has begun! 📍: Michigan Union, Rogel Ballroom 📅: October 11, 2026 🕚: 11 am-5 pm 💸: $5 cash, free for students! #UMEvents #BookFair #RareBooks

Did you know that the Wizard of Oz, Wuthering Heights, and Narnia have faced book bans in the US? In honor of Banned Books Week, explore maps of these books at the Clark Library. #MapMonday https://myumi.ch/jVeyj

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Interested in joining a community of researchers, scholars, artists, creatives, journalists, and musicians? 📚🎶✍️ Join the newest cohort of fellows making use of the Clements archives for their research! We are now welcoming applications for 2027-2028 research fellowships: myumi.ch/ykNzJ

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The William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan welcomes applications for 2027-2028 research fellowships. Interested in joining a community of researchers, scholars, artists, creatives, ...

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We asked four members of the Clements staff to take a picture each hour of the work day, which division would you want to work in? #LibraryWork #Archives #DayInTheLife #HourByHour

Brynne Smith, an undergraduate student here at the University of Michigan, has joined us today for a Q&A to share what her day is like as the Student Library Assistant at the Clements! myumi.ch/111Qy #Archives #Library #LibraryWork #StudentWorker #StudentInternship

POV: You’re a map being paged at the Clements Library by our Curator of Maps and Graphics, Sierra Laddusaw! #LibraryWork #MapsandGraphics #Curator #POV

The Treaty of Greenville was signed on #ThisDayinHistory 231 years ago, bringing an end to the Northwest Indian War and forcing the exchange of money and goods for Northwest Territory land. The territory ceded by Native Americans in the Treaty is identified on this map by dotted lines.

Come spend an afternoon at the Clements Library! Learn about our history and collections, view materials up close, and learn about the dangerous history of ballooning with our exhibit “Up, Up, and Away”! 📅: Thursday, July 30 🕓: 4-5 pm Register today: myumi.ch/zNwAn

Celebrate US@250 with exclusive merch, on sale through August 9! 🎆 👉 myumi.ch/9J6Z9 👈

PhD student Aidan Cosgrove loved our exhibit "Up, Up, and Away: A History of Ballooning" so much that he brought our balloon back to the Narayan Lab! 🎈 He complimented the quality of the balloons and their capacity to hold the gases he works with in his research. 🥼 @umlifesciences.bsky.social

Ballooning, as dangerous as it was, became a crowd pleaser following the Civil War. Many daring aeronauts accepted the risk and offered performances at fairs across the country. Performers offered acts varying from trapeze performances to concurrent parachute jumps by man, woman, and even dog!

When did the staff of the Clements Library get their Masters degrees in Library and Information Science? 🤔📚🎓 #MLIS #LibraryScience #LibraryWork #ArchiveWork

Registration is now open for my "Bookworm" webinar with @clementslibrary.bsky.social on September 18, 10-11:30 AM. I can't wait to discuss "Canal Dreamers" with the good folks at the University of Michigan! Registration is free: events.umich.edu/event/149188 @uncpress.bsky.social #skystorians 🗃️

Bookworm #95 - Author Conversation with Jessica M. Lepler, "Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions" | Happening @ Michigan

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If you're on the @umich.edu campus or can get to it on Wednesday afternoon, you can tour the library that houses Revolutinary War-era documents from 4-5. And President Grasso will read the Declaration on the Diag at 6! Tour registration: clements.umich.edu/event/guided... bsky.app/profile/clem...

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Join us for a public tour of the Clements on Wednesday from 4-5 pm before hearing President Grasso’s reading on the Diag at 6!

Independence Day may have come and gone, but this week you can still find a public reading of the Declaration of Independence at 6 pm on the 8th somewhere near you. And in Michigan a few free tickets remain to see original founding documents on tour: www.thehenryford.org/visit/things...

When work gets us down, we just remember who we’re doing it all for… Mr. Clements! ♥️ #NationalWorkaholicsDay #WorkaholicsDay #LibraryWork #Archivist

Happy 250th Birthday, America! 🦅🎆 On #ThisDayInHistory in 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. We'll be celebrating today by joining the Jaycees Fourth of July Parade!

The Battle of Gettysburg began on #ThisDayInHistory in 1863, the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Join us on July 17 for a discussion with Barbara Franco, historian and author of "Gettysburg Surgeons: Facing a Common Enemy in the Civil War's Deadliest Battle.” Register now: myumi.ch/3QjMV

Pride month may be coming to an end, but the Clements Library knows that everyone deserves sunshine year-round! 📷: Same-Sex Affection and Gender Studies Photograph Collection, ca. 1850s-1940s #Pride #PrideMonth #GayPride #LGBTPride #EarlyPhotography

Last night, on the 250th anniversary of the drafted Declaration of Independence being presented to the Continental Congress, community members performed the final draft of the Declaration live for attendees of the Ann Arbor Summer Festival.