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William L. Clements Library
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<p>The William L. Clements Library is a rare book and <a href="/facts/Manuscript/A6XNmrTd">manuscript</a> repository located on the <a href="/facts/University_of_Michigan/6e1Ea5xh">University of Michigan</a>'s central campus in <a href="/facts/Ann_Arbor%2c_Michigan/hs3CBRJy">Ann Arbor, Michigan</a>. Specializing in <a href="/facts/Americana_(culture)/cj6FxW0n">Americana</a> and particularly North American history prior to the twentieth century, the holdings of the Clements Library are grouped into four categories: Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Maps. The library's collection of <a href="/facts/Primary_source/t1l9U3Sm">primary source</a> materials is expansive and particularly rich in the areas of <a href="/facts/Social_history/w9XG1WV2">social history</a>, the <a href="/facts/American_Revolution/zy1F0LxK">American Revolution</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Colonization_of_North_America/1HImQual">colonization of North America</a>. The Book collection includes 80,000 rare books, <a href="/facts/Pamphlets/DCvTBN5G">pamphlets</a>, <a href="/facts/Broadside_(printing)/q2s3D8UY">broadsides</a>, and <a href="/facts/Periodicals/1Ep96WIt">periodicals</a>. Within the other divisions, the library holds 600 atlases, approximately 30,000 maps, 99,400 prints and photographs, 134 culinary periodicals, 20,000 pieces of <a href="/facts/Ephemera/vK5IzKbE">ephemera</a>, 2,600 manuscript collections, 150 pieces of artwork, 100 pieces of <a href="/facts/Realia_(library_science)/FzUNVGqY">realia</a>, and 15,000 pieces of sheet music. </p><p>The Clements Library is visited by over 450 researchers yearly. Patrons include undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and scholars from around the world, such as <a href="/facts/Pulitzer_Prize/wD4PN6Xs">Pulitzer Prize</a>-winning author and historian, <a href="/facts/David_McCullough/KSdSesDk">David McCullough</a>, who used the library's collections for the book <a href="/facts/1776_(book)/2mqdKWma"><i>1776</i></a>. The library building was designed by architect <a href="/facts/Albert_Kahn_(architect)/ht7kTS2a">Albert Kahn</a>. </p>