Episode #38 Book & Resource List

Thank you for registering for the Clements Bookworm! Please find below a link to the recording from today's program in which Clements staff discussed readings influential to them in their work with primary sources from early American history.

Link to the Recording - 12/17/21

Thank you to Karolyn Tiefenbach for generously sponsoring today's episode.

Paul Erickson Randolph G. Adams Director of the Clements Library Beneath the American Renaissance: The Subversive Imagination in the Age of Emerson and Melville by David S. Reynolds [link]

Jayne Ptolemy Assistant Curator of Manuscripts Mother Is a Verb: An Unconventional History by Sarah Knott [link]

Claire Danna 2021-2023 Joyce Bonk Fellow Neither Snow Nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service by Devin Leonard [link] Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People's Photography by Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh [link]

Clements Library Resources discussed: Jayne Ptolemy's Mother's Day blog posts: https://clements.umich.edu/today-in-history-mothers-day https://clements.umich.edu/celebrating-mothers-day-at-the-clements-library https://clements.umich.edu/interrupted-mothers-letters Bradford family papers (1831-1834) [Finding Aid] Maria Bradford's 1831 letter to her mother - Access a scan with transcript The Quarto No. 54 (Summer-Fall 2021), "Childhood in America" David V. Tinder Collection of Michigan Photography (circa 1845-1980) - Subject Guide and Finding Aid Wanamaker's Illustrated guide to the World's Fair and Chicago [Catalog Record] Louis Prang printing company [Search Results]

Other Resources mentioned: Paul Erickson's other influential book contenders: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber [link] The English Common Reader: A Social History of the Mass Reading Public, 1800-1900 by Richard Altick [link] The Practice of Everyday Life by Michel de Certeau [link] Sensational Designs: The Cultural Work of American Fiction, 1790-1860 by Jane Tompkins [link] The Rise and Fall of the White Republic: Class Politics and Mass Culture in Nineteenth Century America by Alexander Saxton [link] That Noble Dream: The 'Objectivity Question' and the American Historical Profession by Peter Novick [link] Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller [link] All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, A Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles [link]

Next Bookworm Episode - January 21 Author Conversation with Martha Jones Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All

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