The Clements Bookworm
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From Tracy Payovich
0 likes 27 playsIn this episode of the Clements Bookworm, staff highlight books and articles that shaped their professional approaches to primary sources from early American history.… -
From Tracy Payovich
0 likes 35 playsIn this episode of the Clements Bookworm, Dr. Veronica Pasfield discusses her continuing research to understand the full purpose and force of federal Indian boarding… -
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0 likes 25 playsIn this episode of the Clements Bookworm, our panelists are Ann Arbor Antiquarian Book Fair organizers Jay Platt and Garrett Scott. They will discuss the history of the… -
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0 likes 25 playsIn this episode of the Clements Bookworm, Past Fellows Chet Van Duzer and Danny Zborover discuss their research on the Clements Library's Hacke Atlas—a late… -
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0 likes 23 playsFort Michilimackinac, built by the French in 1715, acquired by the British in 1761 and demolished by them in 1781, has been the site of historical and archaeological… -
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0 likes 33 playsIn this episode of the Clements Bookworm, past Fellow Dr. Karen Marrero talks about her book “Detroit’s Hidden Channels: The Power of French-Indigenous… -
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0 likes 30 playsIn this episode of the Clements Bookworm, Dr. Crystal Webster discusses her book “Beyond the Boundaries of Childhood: African American Children in the Antebellum… -
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0 likes 16 playsIn this episode of the Clements Bookworm, panelists Art Cohn (Seneca Lake Archaeological Survey – New York) and Stacy Daniels (“The Comedy of Crystal… -
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0 likes 12 playsIn this episode of the Clements Bookworm, historian Sarah Swedberg (2019 Peckham Fellow) converses with Jayne Ptolemy (Assistant Curator of Manuscripts) about… -
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0 likes 19 playsIn this episode of the Clements Bookworm, our original panelists from March 2020 (Paul Erickson, Sara Quashnie, and Dick Marsh) return to share what they’re… -
From kmtant
0 likes 36 playsIn this episode of the Clements Bookworm, historian Martin Brückner presents ideas from his book The Social Life of Maps in America, 1750-1860 in conversation with… -
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0 likes 6 playsIn this episode of the Bookworm, past Clements fellow M. Scott Heerman discusses the research behind his book The Alchemy of Slavery: Human Bondage and Emancipation in… -
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0 likes 25 playsIn this episode of the Clements Bookworm, panelists Art Acton and Tom Wagner discuss books focused on battles of the Revolutionary War, and related primary sources from… -
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0 likes 29 playsIn this episode of the Bookworm, panelists discuss books and primary resources supporting the study of soldiers’ experiences during the American Civil War. Books… -
From Tracy Payovich
0 likes 18 playsIn this episode of the Bookworm, Clements Library Associates Board Member Joan Knoertzer highlights favorites from her extensive collection of miniature books and… -
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0 likes 22 playsIn this episode of the Clements Bookworm, panelists highlight takeaways from memorable books they’ve read relating to the theme of Leadership: Doug Johnson… -
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0 likes 28 playsIn this episode of the Clements Bookworm, studies relating to the struggle for equality in American history were shared by our panelists: Rex Hauser (Beyond the River:… -
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0 likes 24 playsIn this episode of the Clements Bookworm, panelists review and share stories from biographical books they have read: Peggy Harrington (Petticoat Surgeon: The… -
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0 likes 15 playsIn this episode of the Clements Bookworm, Clements Library archivists Louis Miller and Jakob Dopp delved into history books and primary sources related to minorities in… -
From Lilian Varner
0 likes 18 playsIn the standard story, the suffrage crusade began in Seneca Falls in 1848 and ended with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. But this overwhelmingly white… -
From Lilian Varner
0 likes 25 playsFew retail sectors have been as thoroughly transformed by the revolution in online commerce as the retail bookstore. The retail storefront dedicated primarily to the… -
From Lilian Varner
0 likes 34 playsIn this episode of the Clements Bookworm, In celebration of Women's History Month, prolific collector Cynthia Motzenbecker shared and discussed historic images of… -
From Lilian Varner
0 likes 22 playsIn this episode of the Bookworm, U-M Professor Gregory Dowd joined us to discuss his book "Groundless: Rumors, Legends, and Hoaxes on the Early American… -
From Lilian Varner
0 likes 27 playsIn this episode of the Clements Bookworm, Historian Marcy S. Sacks discusses her research examining the role of pets and other domesticated animals in helping U.S. Civil…