William L. Clements Library

Upcoming Exhibits and Events

Exhibits:

Main Room:

Murder Most Foul: Homicide in Early America
June 11 - October 5, 2012

The Geometry of War: Fortification Plans from 18th Century America
October 15, 2012 - February 15, 2013

At the University of Michigan Museum of Art:

The death of General Wolfe

Benjamin West: General Wolfe and the Art of Empire
September 22, 2012 - January 13, 2013

Visualizing 18th-Century America: Seldom-Seen Treasures from the Clements Library
September 22, 2012 - January 13, 2013

At the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library:

An Imaginary Arctic: Speculative Cartography in the Search for the Northwest Passage
April 30 - July 27, 2012

Proclaiming Emancipation: Slavery and Freedom in the Era of the Civil War
October 15, 2012 - February 18, 2013

Events:

Ann Arbor Antiquarian Book Fair
May 20, 2012, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Ballroom, Michigan Union, 530 S. State St.

Come see some 40 booksellers, map and print dealers gathered in one location. You will be able to find first editions, old and collectible books, literature, children’s books, Americana, prints and more. Your $5 admission fee benefits the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan.

Proclaiming Emancipation: Conference
October 26, 2012
Great Hall, Clements Library and Room 100, Graduate Library.

The Keynote address by Pulitzer Prize winner Eric Foner, of Columbia University, will be at the Great Hall of the Clements. Sponsored by the Program in Race, Law & History and the William L. Clements Library, in cooperation with the Hatcher Graduate Library. Martha S. Jones and Clayton Lewis, curators. The objective is to develop a critical analysis of this complex moment in the history of slavery and emancipation in the United States and the world.

For more information, please contact the Library at (734)764-2347 or visit the Clements Library Chronicles.