Episode #42 Book & Resource List
Thank you for registering for the Clements Bookworm! Please find below a link to the recording from Friday's program featuring Gregory Dowd discussing his book, "Groundless: Legends, and Hoaxes on the Early American Frontier."
This episode was generously sponsored by the

Clements Library Resources:
  • Thomas Gage papers (1754-1807, bulk 1759-1775) [link]
  • NEH Grant to digitize Gage Papers [link]
  • "Plan of Fort le Quesne, built by the French at the fort of the Ohio and monongahela in 1754" [link]
Other Resources discussed:
  • "Improvised News: A Sociological Study of Rumor," by Tamotsu Shibutani [link]
  • "The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It," by Mark Bloch [link]
Student-Curated Exhibit
The four display cases in this exhibit were curated by members of a combined undergraduate and graduate course on disability history and literature at the University of Michigan to convey what it was like to be disabled in the United States before the modern category of “disability” existed. Together, the artifacts gathered from the Clements Library collections provide a glimpse of the cruelties, triumphs, and intimate acts of care that shaped the lives of people with disabilities in the past. 

Curated By: Dr. Ittai Orr and the Students of English 420, Winter 2022, with Clements staff members Maggie Vanderford and Julie Fremuth.

Navigating Disability in 19th-Century America will be highlighted during in-person guided tours at 4:15 pm ET on 4/29 and 5/6, please register at myumi.ch/Aw9Zb. In-person browsing of the exhibit is available on 4/29 and 5/6 from 5:00-8:00 pm ET. Additional tour and exhibit browsing times will continue to be added through the summer.
An Evening with Paul Erickson
Monday, May 2
5:00-7:30 pm
Please join us at the Ann Arbor City Club for a reception and lecture featuring Paul J. Erickson, the Randolph G. Adams Director of the Clements Library. At 6:00 pm, Erickson will present a talk about the importance of the humanities and the critical role that the Clements Library plays in this discussion.
Next Bookworm Episode - May 20

"The Importance of Companion Animals to
U.S. Civil War Soldiers"
Author Conversation with
Marcy Sacks
Julian S. Rammelkamp Professor and chair of the History Department at Albion College.
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