William L. Clements Library

Ann Arbor, United States

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.

Opening hours: Mo-We 09:00-04:45; Th 09:00-07:45

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The William L. Clements Library, designed by architect Albert Kahn and completed in 1923, is a rare book and manuscript repository on the University of Michigan's central campus in Ann Arbor. Specializing in North American history prior to the twentieth century, the library holds an expansive collection of primary source materials organized into four categories: Books, Manuscripts, Graphics, and Maps. The holdings include 80,000 rare books, pamphlets, broadsides, and periodicals; approximately 30,000 maps and 600 atlases; 99,400 prints and photographs; 2,600 manuscript collections; and additional materials ranging from sheet music to ephemera. The collection is particularly rich in social history, the American Revolution, and the colonization of North America, and has attracted scholars worldwide, including Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough, who consulted its collections for his book *1776*. The building is listed as a contributing property on the National Register of Historic Places.