The Clements Library Collections and Buying Books in Nineteenth-Century America

Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington

We are delighted that Paul Erickson, Director of the Clements Library at the University of Michigan, can join us in Seattle to make a presentation at Folio in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. Co-hosted by the Book Club of Washington and the U-M Club of Seattle, the event will also be live streamed on Zoom.  After covering the history and importance of the Clements Library, which houses one of the nation’s leading collections of early American history and culture, Paul will explain how books were bought in nineteenth-century America, the subject of his well-received presentation to the Book Club of Detroit. 

Paul Erickson is a scholar of nineteenth-century popular fiction and print culture and holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. From 2007-2016 he served as Director of Academic Programs at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, MA. For the next 3+ years, he was Program Director for Humanities, Arts & Culture and American Institutions at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in Cambridge. Since January 2020, he has been the Randolph G. Adams Director of the William Clements Library at the University of Michigan. Located in the heart of the UM campus, the Clements Library is  a beautiful classical building designed by Albert Kahn.

To register for the online program, click here: https://www.bookclubofwashington.org/events-1/the-clements-library-collections-and-buying-books-in-nineteenth-century-america?cid=1291030c-f5cd-4f28-ac2a-0f1daf7824dd&utm_campaign=4c8e16e4-1c60-44f6-8d31-908867b3cfc8&utm_medium=mail&utm_source=so