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The Draper collection features books on the "gentlemanly art" of fi shing. It was a gift from the late Reed Draper (1928-2004), former president of the National Automobile Dealers Association and owner of the Draper auto dealerships in Saginaw. In 2007, Kohrman authored an annotated description of the Reed Draper Collection that was published by the Clarke Library. "The Clarke Library's collection of angling books and ephemera is among the best in the Midwest, rivaling similar holdings at major research universities, " he says. "The acquisition of my personal library will signifi cantly augment this outstanding resource." While a portion of the historic documentation is preserved in electronic formats, Kohrman says there are no substitutes for the original materials. Sometimes the scanning doesn't accurately capture all the words or the collections are incomplete. "We learn from our history," Kohrman says. "Having this information teaches us lessons from the past that are important to our future." • Robert Kohrman displays some of the rare books included in the Reed Draper Collection in Clarke Historical Library. Exposure northern Libraries' Hemingway collection shines at conference Summers in Michigan, clear lakes, warm evenings and picturesque sunsets. Ernest Hemingway enjoyed the beautiful landscapes, great fi shing and the freedom from care for many summers in Michigan. Members of the International Hemingway Society joined in the renowned author's love for the state by spending time this summer in northern Michigan for the 15th Biennial Conference in Petoskey. "The conference was a wonderful opportunity to showcase resources regarding Ernest Hemingway's life in Michigan," says Frank Boles, Clarke Historical Library director. CMU Libraries were among sponsors of the conference, which featured the exhibit "Hemingway in Michigan" in downtown Petoskey and closed with a banquet at the Bay Harbor Yacht Club. This conference provided attendees opportunities to view selections from CMU Libraries' extensive collection of Hemingway materials, including letters, photographs and several unpublished stories. "The conference really helped the Hemingway Society understand Central's resources, " Boles says. The conference also helped the library advance its relationship with the Michigan Hemingway Society. "This provided us another opportunity to work cooperatively to promote Hemingway's life in Michigan," Boles says. In addition to a rich collection that includes materials depicting Hemingway's boyhood adventures in northern Michigan, the Clarke Historical Library also holds one of the state's premier collections of Michigan local history material. This collection documents much about northern Michigan between 1900 and 1920, the years Ernest Hemingway frequented its streams and forests. • 9

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