Reference Services

• Reference & Access Services home
• Visiting the library
• Online reference request form
• Genealogy

University Archives

• University Archives home
• Information for university units
• Records policy and procedures manual
• University of Michigan athletics
• UM historical information
• University Web Archives

Michigan Historical Collections

• Michigan Historical Collections home
• Donating materials
• Preservation and Conservation

Access to Collections

• MIRLYN online catalog
• Online finding aids
• Bentley image bank
• Subject guides and indexes
• Digital histories and BHL publications
• (view all research tools...)

Exhibits and Special Projects

• Detroit Observatory
• Polar Bear digital collections
• Historical Tour of Campus
• Decade of Dissent
• Michigan vs Ohio State
• History of Computing at Michigan
• The Bright Sheng Collection
• (view all exhibits and projects...)

What's New?

• Records Management Task Force
• Conservation at the Bentley
• World War I subject guide
• Online Film and Video
• Current Exhibit: " Rally Round the Flag! "
• Current online exhibit: "Rally Round the Flag! Commemorating the Civil War"


• Recently donated collections
• New items added to the library
• About the Bentley
• BHL on Facebook

Academic & International Programs

• Academic programs
• International programs
• Research travel fellowships
• The U-M and China: 1845-2010
  (English version)  (Chinese version)

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About the Bentley Historical Library

The Bentley Historical Library was established in 1935 by the University of Michigan Regents to carry out two functions: to serve as the official archives of the University and to document the history of the state of Michigan and the activities of its people, organizations and voluntary associations. (learn more...)

The library is comprised of four divisions: the Michigan Historical Collections, the University Archives and Records Program, Digital Curation Services, and Access and Reference Services.

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