The William L. Clements Library Lecture Series highlights distinguished scholarship on topics related to American history and culture.
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    Keith R. Widder, author and former curator of history for Mackinac State Historic Parks explores how early alliances among the British and Indians in the Michilimackinac…2013 October 8, Keith Widder, "Beyond… 
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    The William L. Clements Library presents a lecture by Nathaniel Philbrick, a New York Times Bestselling Author, National Book Award winner, and Pulitzer prize finalist.…2014 February 19, Nathaniel Philbrick,… 
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    Clements Library staff honors and celebrates Dave Tinder and his family and friends who have contributed to the David V. Tinder Collection of Michigan Photography.…2014 June 10, Clayton Lewis, "The David V.… 
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    The uniquely American story of college football, why it matters, and what the future looks like.Best-selling author, college instructor, and University of Michigan…2014 November 4, John U. Bacon, "College… 
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    Clements Library's Curator of Maps and Associate Director, Brian L. Dunnigan, and Curator of Manuscripts, Cheney J. Schopieray, discusses the recent acquisition of…2014 October 28, "New Acquisitions: The… 
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    Blanding is an award-winning investigative journalist who tells the true-life story of map-dealer-turned-criminal E. Forbes Smiley III, who stole more than $3 million…2014 September 24, Michael Blanding, "The… 
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    David Hancock, U-M professor of history, talks about the important private collection of books and manuscripts assembled by William Petty-Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of…2015 April 14, David Hancock, "The Body in… 
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    Rebecca Scott, U-M Charles Gibson Distinguished University Professor of History and Professor of Law and co-author of Freedom Papers: An Atlantic Odyssey in the Age of…2015 April 2, Rebecca Scott, "Crossing the… 
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    The University of Michigan Library and the Clements Library celebrated the acquisition of John James Audubon's The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America with a…2015 April 22, "The Birds and The Beasts:… 
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    Francis X. Blouin Jr., U-M Professor of History and Professor in the School of Information talks about The Components of Reputation: Searching for a Bicentennial…2015 January 20, Francis Blouin, "The… 
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    Catherine Cangany, Associate Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, explores the history of Detroit as both a frontier town and seaport city in the 18th…2016 September 27, Catherine Cangany,… 
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    In collaboration with the Detroit School, please join the Clements Library as we celebrate the release of "Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in…2017 December 8 - Tiya Miles "Examining the… 
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    Dr. Graffagnino grew up in Vermont and has undergraduate and graduate degrees in American History. In a 39-year professional career, he’s held curatorial and…2017 February 16, Kevin Graffagnino, "A… 
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    Angelina Grimké, her sister Sarah Grimké, and Angelina's husband Theodore Dwight Weld were renowned abolitionists who knitted together women's…2017 January 17 - Cheney Schopieray "A… 
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    J. Kevin Graffagnino, Clements Library Director and curator of our Pioneer Americanists exhibit, examines early book collecting practices of 16 noteworthy specialists…2018 April 17, Kevin Graffagnino and Clarence… 
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