Publications of the Bentley Historical Library
Over the years the Michigan Historical Collections and the Bentley Historical Library have published a number of short monographs and bibliographies. All of the library's publications are listed here, arranged by broad subjects.
Some of the listed publications are out of print, but all are available for use at the library. Except as noted, copies of publications in print can be obtained from the library. A few publications must be purchased from a bookstore. Shaman Drum Bookshop in Ann Arbor has Bentley Library publications for sale.
Most of the library's publications have been issued in numbered series. A description of each series is available.
- University of Michigan history
- History of Bentley Historical Library and Michigan Historical Collections
- Michigan history and biography
- Archives and history
- Bibliographies and guides to collections
University of Michigan history
- The Anatomy of a Speech: Lyndon Johnson's Great Society Address. Robert M. Warner. Bulletin, no. 28 (December 1978) 15 pages.
- Andrew Dickson White, Teacher of History. Ruth Bordin Bulletin, no. 8 (August 1958) 19 pages.
- Anthropology and archaeology: a guide to selected resources in the
Bentley Historical Library
Christine Di Bella. Guide Series, no. 4 (June 2004)
[available online only] - Athletics, Sports and Games: A Bibliography of Resources in the Michigan Historical Collections, Bentley Historical Library. Leon Sompolinsky. Bibliographical Series, no. 6 (August 1979).
- Biography of an Endowment: The Horace H. Rackham and Mary A. Rackham Fund at the University of Michigan. Marjorie Cahn Brazer. Bulletin, no. 34 (May 1985) 80 pages.
- The Board of Regents of the University of Michigan: a guide to the
resources in the Bentley Historical Library.
Kathleen Koehler, Christine Weideman, and Marjorie Barritt. Guide Series,
no. 1 (April 1996) 36 pages.
[revised and updated version available online] - A Century of Connectivity at the University of Michigan. Nancy Bartlett, Nancy Deromedi, Alice Goff, Christa Lemelin and Brian Williams, editors. Bulletin, no. 55 (December 2007) Available online.
- A creation of his own: Tappan's Detroit Observatory Patricia S.Whitesell. (1998). Sold for $24.95 in bookstores.
- The Early Years of the University of Michigan Medical School: The Upjohn Family Experience. Catherine J. Whitaker. Bulletin, no. 31 (August 1982) 34 pages.
- The Evolving Role of the President's Wife at The University of Michigan. Kathleen Koehler, editor. Bulletin, no. 37 (July 1989) 26 pages. [out of print]
- Frost-bite and Frost-bark: Robert Frost at Michigan.
Robert M. Warner. Bulletin, no. 47 (October 1999) 44 pages.
Sold for $5.95 in bookstores. - Gabriel Richard, Didactor of Ennoeica. F. Clever Bald. Bulletin, no. 2 (June 1948) 8 pages. Reprinted January 1967.
- John Monteith; First President of The University of Michigan. Roscoe O. Bonisteel. Bulletin, no. 15 (January 1967) 23 pages. [out of print]
- The making of the University of Michigan, 1817-1992.
Howard H. Peckham, edited and updated by Margaret L. Steneck and Nicholas
H. Steneck. 175th anniversary ed. (1997). Sold for $16.95 in
bookstores.
[available online] - Michigan on the March: The University of Michigan in World War II. Brian A. Williams. Bulletin, no. 42 (December 1995) 43 pages.
- Michigan--Pioneer in Education. Martha M. Bigelow. Bulletin, no. 7 (June 1955) 20 pages.
- Notes on a Tour. Albert T. Klyberg. Bulletin, no. 16 (January 1967) 20 pages. [out of print]
- Pleasant Walks and Drives about Ann Arbor.
Noah Cheever; edited by John Knott. Bulletin, no. 46 (May 1999) 32
pages. [available online]
Sold for $5.95 in bookstores. - Poliomyelitis and the Salk vaccine: a guide to the resources in the
Bentley Historical Library.
Thomas E. Powers and Brian A. Williams. Guide Series, no. 2 (April 1996)
19 pages.
[revised and updated version available online] - President as Poet: A Note on the Life of Henry Philip Tappan, D.D. Carl E. Burklund. Bulletin, no. 5 (December 1952) 14 pages.
- A presidential library comes to Ann Arbor. Robert M. Warner. Bulletin, no. 53 (January 2007) 24 pages.
- Social Science in the Public Interest: A Fiftieth Year History of the
Institute for Social Research.
Anne Frantilla. Bulletin, no. 45 (September 1998) 95 pages.
[available online] - Thought and Action: John Dewey at the University of Michigan. Brian A. Williams. Bulletin, no. 44 (July 1998) 36 pages.
- Toward Camelot; The Admission of Women to the University of Michigan. John Parker Huber. Bulletin, no. 18 (May 1970) 27 pages. [out of print]
- The University of Michigan and China: 1845-2006. Nancy Bartlett, editor. Bulletin, no. 52 (April 2006) 18 p.
- The University of Michigan and China: 1845-2008. Nancy Bartlett, editor. Bulletin, no. 54 (September 2007) 18 p.
- The University of Michigan on the Air: the Audio-Visual Education Center, the Television Center, and Michigan Media. Marjorie Barritt, Doris Attaway, and Gregory Kinney. Bulletin, no. 39 (1992) 23 pages.
- Women's Voices: Early Years at the University of Michigan.
Doris E. Attaway and Marjorie Rabe Barritt, editors. Bulletin, no. 49
(October 2000) 136 pages.
[misnumbered as 47]
Sold for $12.95 in bookstores.
[available online]
History of Bentley Historical Library and Michigan Historical Collections
- The Bentley Historical Library : its history and purpose Bentley Historical Library staff. (2004)
- A decade of sponsored research: the Research Fellowship Program for Study of Modern Archives Francis X. Blouin and William K. Wallach. (1994)
- An Enduring Gift. The Bentley Historical Library. Keeper of Michigan's History Bentley Library Staff. Bulletin, no. 32 (October 1983) 20 pages.
- The History and Purpose of the Michigan Historical Collections. Francis X. Blouin & William K. Wallach. Bulletin, no. 33 (December 1983) 26 pages.
- History of the Michigan Historical Collections. Robert M. Warner. Bulletin, no. 22 (May 1974) 19 pages. [out of print]
- Local History is Alive and Well. Ray Allen Billington. Bulletin, no. 23 (May 1974) 11 pages.
- The Michigan Historical Collections of the University of Michigan. F. Clever Bald. Bulletin, no. 3 (December 1948) 15 pages. Revised August 1951 and June 1956. [out of print]
- The Michigan Historical Collections of the University of Michigan. Robert M. Warner. Bulletin, no. 13 (January 1964) 12 pages. [out of print]
- Michigan Historical Collections: The Vander Velde Years. Ruth Bordin. Bulletin, no. 11 (June 1961) 16 pages.
- Not Perfect, but Just Right: A Tour of the Conservation Area, Bentley Historical Library. James W. Craven. Bulletin, no. 50 (April 2004) 20 pages.
Michigan history and biography
- Ann Arbor's first lady: events in the life of Ann I. Allen
Russell E. Bidlack. (1998). Sold for $12.95 in bookstores.
[available online] - Andrew Dickson White, Teacher of History. Ruth Bordin Bulletin, no. 8 (August 1958) 19 pages.
- Arthur H. Vandenberg: His Career and Legacy. Thomas Powers & Francis Blouin. Bulletin, no. 25 (May 1975) 32 pages.
- A Brief History of the Detroit Urban League. John Chavis & William McNitt. Bulletin, no. 20 (July 1971) 22 pages. [out of print]
- Chase Salmon Osborn 1860-1949. Robert M. Warner. Bulletin, no. 10 (January 1960) 31 pages.
- Civil Rights and the Michigan Constitution of 1963. Sidney Fine. Bulletin, no. 43 (April 1996) 27 pages. [available online]
- Detroit and the Great Migration 1916-1929. Elizabeth Anne Martin. Bulletin, no. 40 (1993) 60 pages. [available online]
- The Early Years of the University of Michigan Medical School: The Upjohn Family Experience. Catherine J. Whitaker. Bulletin, no. 31 (August 1982) 34 pages.
- The Finns in the United States: The Project on Finnish Immigration of the Michigan Historical Collections. Keijo Virtanen. Bulletin, no. 26 (June 1976) 25 pages. [out of print]
- Frank Murphy in World War I. Sidney Fine. Bulletin, no. 17 (November 1968) 44 pages.
- Frost-bite and Frost-bark: Robert Frost at Michigan.
Robert M. Warner. Bulletin, no. 47 (October 1999) 44 pages.
Sold for $5.95 in bookstores. - A Furniture Family: The Slighs of Michigan. Francis X. Blouin & Thomas E. Powers. Bulletin, no. 29 (May 1980) 26 pages.
- Gabriel Richard, Didactor of Ennoeica. F. Clever Bald. Bulletin, no. 2 (June 1948) 8 pages. Reprinted January 1967.
- Glimpses of the Early Dutch Settlements in Michigan. Lewis G. Vander Velde. Bulletin, no. 1 (November 1947) 11 pages. [out of print]
- Intellectual Life on the Michigan Frontier: The Libraries of Gabriel Richard and John Monteith. Leonard A. Coombs and Francis X. Blouin, Jr., editors. (1985). $20.00 each (inquire at the library).
- James Kerr Pollock. Dennis Anderson. Bulletin, no. 21 (March 1972) 34 pages.
- John Allen and the Founding of Ann Arbor.
Russell E. Bidlack. Bulletin, no. 12 (December 1962) 34 pages. [out of
print]
[available online] - John Harris Forster Field Notes of a Surveyor in Panama and California 1849. Christine H. Weideman, editor. Bulletin, no. 38 (July 1989) 45 pages.
- John Monteith; First President of The University of Michigan. Roscoe O. Bonisteel. Bulletin, no. 15 (January 1967) 23 pages. [out of print]
- John Sinclair and the Culture of the Sixties. Karen L. Jania, editor. Bulletin, no. 51 (October 2004) 35 pages and 1 compact disc.
- Last Days of the Toledo Steamer. Wirt M. Covert. Bulletin, no. 6, supplement (June 1954) 3 pages. [out of print]
- Michigan's Polar Bears; The American Expedition to North Russia 1918-1919. Richard M. Doolen. Bulletin, no. 14 (September 1965) 28 pages.
- Native Americans in Michigan: A Bibliography of Resources in the
Michigan Historical Collections, Bentley Historical Library.
Mary Jo Pugh. Bibliographical Series, no. 7 (November 1979).
[Revised and updated version available online] - Neil Staebler: His Career and Legacy. Christine Weideman. Bulletin, no. 35 (November 1987) 27 pages.
- President as Poet: A Note on the Life of Henry Philip Tappan, D.D. Carl E. Burklund. Bulletin, no. 5 (December 1952) 14 pages.
- Promise and Performance. The Political Record of a Michigan Governor -- Chase S. Osborn. Vernon L. Beal. Bulletin, no. 4 (September 1950) 19 pages. Reprinted January 1960.
- Sources for the Study of Migration and Ethnicity Francis X. Blouin and Robert Warner, editors. (1979). $6.50 each (inquire at the library).
- The Staebler Papers. F. Clever Bald, editor. Bulletin, no. 6 (December 1953) 21 pages.
- Telltale Photographs: The Stoner Railroad Collection. May Davis Hill. Bulletin, no. 30 (June 1981) 32 pages. [out of print]
- Thought and Action: John Dewey at the University of Michigan. Brian A. Williams. Bulletin, no. 44 (July 1998) 36 pages.
- Wilber M. Brucker 1894-1968. Thomas Powers. Bulletin, no. 24 (October 1974) 7 pages.
- Women's Voices: Early Years at the University of Michigan.
Doris E. Attaway and Marjorie Rabe Barritt, editors. Bulletin, no. 49
(October 2000) 136 pages.
[misnumbered as 47]
Sold for $12.95 in bookstores.
[available online]
Archives and history
- Archives, Documentation, & the Institutions of Social Memory. Bulletin, no. 48 (August, 2000) 24 pages.
- A decade of sponsored research: the Research Fellowship Program for Study of Modern Archives Francis X. Blouin and William K. Wallach. (1994)
- Local History is Alive and Well. Ray Allen Billington. Bulletin, no. 23 (May 1974) 11 pages.
- Not Perfect, but Just Right: A Tour of the Conservation Area, Bentley Historical Library. James W. Craven. Bulletin, no. 50 (April 2004) 20 pages.
- A presidential library comes to Ann Arbor. Robert M. Warner. Bulletin, no. 53 (January 2007) 24 pages.
- Some Centennials of the American Constitution and Others. Robert R. Palmer. Bulletin, no. 36 (November 1987) 20 pages.
Bibliographies and guides to collections
- American Intervention in Northern Russia, 1918-1919 The Polar Bear
Expedition.
Leonard A. Coombs. Bibliographical Series, no. 11 (February 1988)
[Revised and updated version available online] - American-Philippine Relations: A Guide to the Resources in the
Michigan Historical Collections.
Marjorie Barritt. Bibliographical Series, no. 10 (July 1982)
[Revised and updated version available online] - Anthropology and archaeology: a guide to selected resources in the
Bentley Historical Library
Christine Di Bella. Guide Series, no. 4 (June 2004)
[available online only] - Athletics, Sports and Games: A Bibliography of Resources in the Michigan Historical Collections, Bentley Historical Library. Leon Sompolinsky. Bibliographical Series, no. 6 (August 1979).
- Bibliography of Resources on Conservation and Natural Resources in the Michigan Historical Collections. J. Fraser Cocks, III. Bibliographical Series, no. 2 (January 1970). [out of print]
- Bibliography of Resources on Temperance and Prohibition in the Michigan Historical Collections. William H. McNitt and Kenneth P. Scheffel. Bibliographical Series, no. 4 (March 1974). [out of print]
- Bibliography of Resources on the Protestant Episcopal Church in Michigan in the Michigan Historical Collections. J. Fraser Cocks, III. Bibliographical Series, no. 3 (March 1970). [out of print]
- Bibliography of Unpublished Resources on the History of Mass Communication in the Michigan Historical Collections. John D. Stevens. Bibliographical Series, no. 5 (April 1975). [out of print]
- The Board of Regents of the University of Michigan: a guide to the
resources in the Bentley Historical Library.
Kathleen Koehler, Christine Weideman, and Marjorie Barritt. Guide Series,
no. 1 (April 1996) 36 pages.
[revised and updated version available online] - The Clergy of Michigan: A Bibliography of Resources in the Michigan Historical Collections, Bentley Historical Library. Thomas E. Powers. Bibliographical Series, no. 8 (December 1980).
- Detroit: a guide to the resources in the Bentley Historical
Library.
Thomas E. Powers and Leonard A. Coombs. Guide Series, no. 3 (September
2001) 98 pages.
[revised and updated version available online] - The Governors of Michigan 1835-1991: A Brief Guide to Papers of
Governors of the State of Michigan Held by the Bentley Historical Library of
the University of Michigan.
Bentley Library Staff. Bulletin, no. 41 (1994) 28 pages.
[revised and updated version available online] - Guide to Manuscripts in the Bentley Historical Library Thomas Powers and William McNitt (1976). Out of print.
- Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Temperance and Prohibition Papers Randall C. Jimerson, Francis X. Blouin, and Charles A. Isetts, editors (1977). $8.00 each (inquire at the library).
- Intellectual Life on the Michigan Frontier: The Libraries of Gabriel Richard and John Monteith. Leonard A. Coombs and Francis X. Blouin, Jr., editors. (1985). $20.00 each (inquire at the library).
- Michigan Men in the Civil War.
Ida C. Brown. Bulletin, no. 9 (January 1959) 32 pages. [out of
print]
Supplement I. (October 1960) 26 pages.
Supplement II. (August 1966) 31 pages.
[revised and updated version available online] - Michigan Men in the Civil War.
Ida C. Brown. Bulletin, no. 27 (September 1977) 138 pages.
[revised and updated version available online] - Native Americans in Michigan: A Bibliography of Resources in the
Michigan Historical Collections, Bentley Historical Library.
Mary Jo Pugh. Bibliographical Series, no. 7 (November 1979).
[Revised and updated version available online] - News From Manila.
Thomas Powers. (Bulletin, no. 19 February 1971) 40 pages. [out of
print]
[revised and updated version available online] - Poliomyelitis and the Salk vaccine: a guide to the resources in the
Bentley Historical Library.
Thomas E. Powers and Brian A. Williams. Guide Series, no. 2 (April 1996)
19 pages.
[revised and updated version available online] - A Preliminary Bibliography of Resources on the History of Pacifism and Conscientious Objection in the Michigan Historical Collections. William H. McNitt. Bibliographical Series, no. 1 (December 1973) Revised October 1976. [out of print]
- Sources for the Study of Migration and Ethnicity Francis X. Blouin and Robert Warner, editors. (1979). $6.50 each (inquire at the library).
- The Underground Press in Michigan: A Bibliography Based on Resources of the Michigan Historical Collections, Bentley Historical Library. Leonard A. Coombs. Bibliographical Series, no. 9 (April 1982).