News and updates from the University of Michigan Library in Ann Arbor, MI.

Joined February 2011
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The Birds. Vertigo. Dirty Harry. Harold and Maude. San Francisco has one of the greatest film legacies of any American city. This map shows locations so you can check out the scenes yourself — from dark comedies to classics to horrors. #MapMonday myumi.ch/jV43V
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Not all maps are made for adults! This 1998 map reimagined Chicago for children. Chicago and beyond are illustrated with points of interest, a Loop inset, and an index to everything worth seeing when you're small & the Windy City feels enormous. #MapMonday myumi.ch/rw7Dn
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This declassified D-Day map (1 of 2) was used by the American military to plan the Omaha Beach landings (Normandy, France on June 6, 1944). These remarkable maps include red print detailing intelligence readings. #MapMonday myumi.ch/NrAVG
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Most library locations are closed Saturday, 5/23 through Monday, 5/26 for the Memorial Day holiday. Shapiro Library is open regular hours Saturday and limited hours Sunday. See hours for details: myumi.ch/D8g88
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Joe Veazey, the artist behind the famous Atlanta Rap Map, spent two years eating at 150 barbecue joints to make this map. It charts 180 restaurants, 25 barbecue legends, and the full regional history of American barbecue, all painted by hand. #MapMonday myumi.ch/kVwjV
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In the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room: The People’s Bicentennial. Original artifacts document the work of the Peoples Bicentennial Commission (PBC), which challenged the official, corporate-sponsored commemoration of the 1976 bicentennial. myumi.ch/nVk1V
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Happening NOW in the Clark Library: the opening of "Muted Volumes: Book-objects, patterned papers, and the closed stacks of Buhr," an exhibit of handbound unopenable book-objects as symbolic stand-ins for books languishing in offsite storage. myumi.ch/Mpbk6
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Zooniverse volunteers helped us transcribe and digitize our collection of letters that were sent to Orson Welles’s Mercury Theatre in the aftermath of his War of the Worlds broadcast. Watch "My Dear Mr. Welles: War of the Worlds Fan and Hate Mail": myumi.ch/bDZVy
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100 years ago on May 12, 1926, the first undisputed sighting of the North Pole took place by airplane! Advances in arctic exploration led to the creation of many maps of the top of our globe in the 1920s, including this one from 1929. #MapMonday myumi.ch/G2w8E
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Ella Hall was a Black landlord and cook in Ann Arbor. Her manuscript cookbook (1920-1940ish) resides in our Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive, and a facsimile will be released by U-M Press in June. Read about Hall, her cookbook, and her cornbread! myumi.ch/qw87D
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Fri 5/8, Clark Library, 2pm: Giovanni Scorcioni, owner of Facsimile Finder, a provider and maker of high quality facsimiles based in San Marino, gives a presentation on how ornate facsimiles (of manuscript copies from ca. 700-1600 CE) are made. myumi.ch/VD5Wg
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A yellow submarine, Strawberry Fields, and Penny Lane all on one map! This 1974 pictorial map brings together the birthplaces, homes, schools, and other whimsical imagery associated with each Beatle. #MapMonday myumi.ch/VD5dM
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Thanks for joining us on the Diag to celebrate graduations! We really loved seeing happy grads with their friends and families and dogs. And thanks to President Grasso and his adorable dog for joining in the fun! #GoBlue #MGoGrad
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You made it to the end, grads, and we're honored to have been part of your journey. We're here cheering you on and encouraging you to keep growing, changing, and learning! #MGoGrad #GoBlue
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Bring your camera/phone and your friends/family — we're cold but cheerful and back on the Diag taking photos! Take photos with our giant block M until 6pm today. Free! Congratulations, grads! #GoBlue #MGoGrad
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Bring your camera/phone — we're on the Diag right now taking photos. We're happy to capture just the grad...or your entire happy gang! Congratulations, graduates! #GoBlue #MGoGrad @UMich
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Road trip! A Toledo Museum of Art exhibit features some unique, rarely-seen items from our collection. "Cursed! The Power of Magic in the Ancient World" includes items from our collection of papyri and our Campbell Bonner Collection of Magical Amulets: myumi.ch/RQxJw
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Thursday/Friday, 1-6pm: Memorialize your time @UMich! Bring a camera/phone and we'll help capture photos of you and your friends and family — cap and gown not required. Look for the large block M on the Diag in front of the Hatcher Library. #GoBlue #MGoGrad
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Summer is almost upon us! And where better to visit than Northern Michigan? This 1910 map depicts the “delightful vacation land,” including fishing locations, train routes, and a close-up of Mackinac Island. #MapMonday myumi.ch/QwyAj
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TODAY in Shapiro, 6-8pm: Paws and unwind during this stressful exam time! Pet, play with, and bask in the presence of therapy dogs from Therapaws of Michigan. Also enjoy fun crafts, activities and swag!
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