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Walk-in-the-Water. The first steamer on Lake Erie, Huron, and Michigan, graces the top of the original June 21, 1819 manifest, which is in the Clarke I just had a blog published in the International Journal of Naval History about our significant maritime history primary sources in the Clarke. Here's the link https://www.ijnhonline.org/inside-the-archives-research-worth-diving-into-significant-great-lakes-maritime-primary-source-collections-at-the-clarke-historical-library-central-michigan-university/

 

  Thoughts, prayers, & hugs to the MSU community today and moving forward. 

While watching recently processed 9&10 film Friday for descriptive purposes, we saw Ferris State University's 1977 homecoming parade and part of the game, complete with the bulldog mascot in splendid apparel. Here he is. 

 All of this academic year one of my students, Chase Foster, has been typing a long inventory of the many boxes of School of Music recordings. These included reel-to-reels, cassettes,  DVDs, CDs and some Beta and VHS videotapes of CMU School of Music recitals, performances, concerts, and workshops by CMU faculty, students, various musical groups, Mount Pleasant High School Choirs, and other invited musical guest performers at CMU. Some of the events are annual, while others are rarer. Occasionally, there is a name or title that makes us wonder a bit about it. Yesterday we found one with such an interesting name I had to conduct some research. The Suspicious Cheese Lords. The list of pieces they performed is mostly in Latin. Hmmm. I was intrigued. The choir was formed in 1996 in Washington, DC by Clifton "Skip" West who wanted to sing Thomas Tallis' Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah. I can't imagine forming a group to lament in tune, but  we all have our gifts. Thei...

As of Monday, February 6th researchers using the Clarke’s online finding aids will experience a new look and improved, expanded functionality. The changes result from a new system, ArcLight, at the University of Michigan (UM), which hosts our online finding aids.  Researchers will now enjoy multiple search options, the option to download and print a PDF of each finding aid, links to related or suggested collections of potential interest, and easier access to the finding aids at UM Libraries and Archives of Michigan. To learn more read below. The changes result from a new system, ArcLight, at the University of Michigan (UM), which hosts our online finding aids. ArcLight, an open-source system many academic archives and libraries use to host their finding aids, allows improved functionality and linking between digital finding aids and links to digitized primary source collections. The Clarke is the one of two non-UM partner institution whose finding aids are on the UM site https://...

  The Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections, a department within the J. Robert Van Pelt and John and Ruanne Opie Library, is currently seeking applicants for the Friends of the Michigan Tech Library Graduate Archives Internship for summer 2023.  Under the direct supervision of one of the archivists on staff, the intern will get hands-on experience processing small to medium size archival collections, with an opportunity to broaden their role to include other areas of archival practice, such as accessioning, appraisal, and preservation. The Archival Processing Intern assists with the following duties: Survey and physically process collections, including arrangement and creating catalog records and finding aids. Manage collection records using ArchivesSpace, OCLC, and Ex Libris Alma. Conduct research on subjects, groups, individuals, and events as they relate to collections. Perform basic pr...