Subject Guides and Indexes
The Bentley Historical Library has compiled a number of subject guides and indexes covering variety of topics. Topics chosen for subject guides often represent strengths in the Bentley collections or commonly-researched subjects. Many of these subject guides have been adapted and updated for online access from printed publications produced by Bentley staff.
Many of the subject descriptions highlight details of a collection that focus on that specific subject area. Thus, researchers may find more subject-specific collection descriptions here than what may be described in the MIRLYN library catalog or the finding aids. The subject guides are intended to be used in conjunction with the finding aids, as the finding aids provide a more detailed box listing. If a collection has an online finding aid, links have been provided.
- African-American organizations and leaders
- Anthropology and archaeology
- Arab Americans, Chaldeans, and Muslims
- Architects and architecture
- City directories
- Civil War letters and diaries
- Connectivity on Campus
- Conservation movement and environmentalism
- Detroit, Michigan
- Gay male and lesbian organizations
- Genealogy
- Land ownership maps and atlases
- Local history, especially Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Michigan sheet music
- Native Americans in Michigan
- Newspapers and newspaper history
- Poliomyelitis and the Salk Vaccine
- Politics and government
- Railroads
- Religious history
- Student scrapbooks
- Trade catalogs
- Vertical file
- Visual materials
- Women's history