Ephemera reveals Michigan rare books and collections
I recently purchased a couple of books dealing with Michigan history. The ephemera angle for this blog post comes into play in two different ways. One book could actually be called ephemera; it's a paper-bound library catalog of rare books pertaining to Michigan's history. Its title is One Hundred Michigan Rarities , published as Bulletin LX (revised from Bulletin XXVII) by the Clements Library in Ann Arbor , 1950. The other is a hardback book about Michigan history in the era of President Grover Cleveland. Inserted inside the book is a promotional piece of ephemera titled Why Michigan and the Cleveland Era was Written . This is of more interest to me than the book because it led me to an interesting site where I learned about the Michigan Historical Collections housed in the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. Here you'll find a treasure trove of historical ephemera--more than 4,500 archival collections, 65,000 printed works, over 10,000 maps, and ne...