Clarke Historical Library Exhibit:
February - September 2019
Clarke Historical Library Speaker Series - Spring 2019
Unless otherwise noted, presentations will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the
Sarah and Daniel Opperman Auditorium located in the Park Library.
A reception will follow each presentation in the Clarke Historical Library.
All events are free and open to the public.
Thursday, February 21, 2019
Exhibit Opening:
The Hemingway Collection at the Clarke
Michael Federspiel, CMU History Professor, Janet Danek, University Libraries
Exhibit Coordinator, and Frank Boles, Director of the Clarke Historical Library
Opening a retrospective exhibit of the Clarke’s Hemingway collection, Mike Federspiel, Janet
Danek, and Frank Boles will share insights about how the collection came to be. Many stories
they tell could be true!
Monday, March 18, 2019
Quita Shier – Native Americans in the Civil War
Author of Warriors in Mr. Lincoln’s Army: Native American Soldiers Who Fought in the Civil War (2018), Shier will discuss Native American Civil War soldiers from Michigan.
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
12pm-6pm
Children’s Books from Around the World:
Readings from the Clarke’s International Children’s Book Collection
In cooperation with the Office of International Affairs, The English Language Institute, and the World Languages Department, the library will sponsor a day-long reading event in the Park Library Baber Room, in which CMU students will read international children’s books from the Clarke’s holdings.
Thursday, April 4 , 2019
Tim Schulz, The Habits of Trout (2018)
Tim Schulz, author of The Habits of Trout, will discuss his own book and the angling books of John Voelker. Writing under the pen name of Robert Traver, Voelker was author of the best-selling book Anatomy of a Murder. He used his royalties and fame to return to his home in the Upper Peninsula and fish. When the weather was bad, he wrote about fishing, including his frequently republished “Testament of a Fisherman.”
Both events are free and open to the public. Those in need of an accommodation
should call (989) 774-1100 or email
clarke@cmich.edu.