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Throwback to U-M’s most famous commencement speech! 🎉
🚁 In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson arrived by helicopter in Ann Arbor, in order to speak about his dream of a “Great Society” at U-M’s commencement ceremony.
📽️ It was the first such speech at U-M to be televised, and over 70,000 people turned up to watch!
✉️ After the speech was over, U-M’s archives requested the note cards the president had used. They arrived with a letter:
“After a great search of inside suit coat pockets, the cards that the President used for his Ann Arbor speech were found. It was a pleasure for him to sign them and have me send them to you.”
You can find those note cards at the Bentley Historical Library to this day. ⭐
2024 marks the 60th anniversary of this speech!
This clip shows a small portion of the Great Society speech, and more of it can be viewed in the Bentley’s Digital Media Library.
You can also learn more about this speech in the article “The Great Society and Michigan” on the Bentley’s website, and in the Alumni Association’s article “History Lessons: ‘Great Society’ Facts!”
#TBT #PresidentLyndonJohnson #LBJ #GreatSocietySpeech #UMich #Commencement #60thAnniversary
Throwback to U-M’s most famous commencement speech! 🎉
🚁 In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson arrived by helicopter in Ann Arbor, in order to speak about his dream of a “Great Society” at U-M’s commencement ceremony.
📽️ It was the first such speech at U-M to be televised, and over 70,000 people turned up to watch!
✉️ After the speech was over, U-M’s archives requested the note cards the president had used. They arrived with a letter:
“After a great search of inside suit coat pockets, the cards that the President used for his Ann Arbor speech were found. It was a pleasure for him to sign them and have me send them to you.”
You can find those note cards at the Bentley Historical Library to this day. ⭐
2024 marks the 60th anniversary of this speech!
This clip shows a small portion of the Great Society speech, and more of it can be viewed in the Bentley’s Digital Media Library.
You can also learn more about this speech in the article “The Great Society and Michigan” on the Bentley’s website, and in the Alumni Association’s article “History Lessons: ‘Great Society’ Facts!”
#TBT #PresidentLyndonJohnson #LBJ #GreatSocietySpeech #UMich #Commencement #60thAnniversary
Can you guess when these four famous alumni attended U-M? 🔎
⭐ Gerald Ford
⭐ Lucy Liu
⭐ James Earl Jones
⭐ Madonna
Click through to see clues, paired with years when they attended. Find the answers on the final slide! 🎉
Fun fact; Gerald Ford was also granted an honorary law degree from U-M.
We`ve focused on one year for each of these four alumni, but there`s so much more to their stories!
If you`re curious to learn more about what life would have been like when they attended U-M, you`re welcome to visit the Bentley`s reading room, Monday through Friday, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
We are so excited to see all of the wonderful students graduating in the Class of 2024 this week. We can’t wait to see the history you make! 🎓✨
📸: Ivory Photographs, News & Information Photographs, Robert Kalmbach Photographs
#UMich #Alumni #GeraldFord #LucyLiu #JamesEarlJones #Madonna #CanYouGuess #MGoGrad #GoBlue
Can you guess when these four famous alumni attended U-M? 🔎
⭐ Gerald Ford
⭐ Lucy Liu
⭐ James Earl Jones
⭐ Madonna
Click through to see clues, paired with years when they attended. Find the answers on the final slide! 🎉
Fun fact; Gerald Ford was also granted an honorary law degree from U-M.
We`ve focused on one year for each of these four alumni, but there`s so much more to their stories!
If you`re curious to learn more about what life would have been like when they attended U-M, you`re welcome to visit the Bentley`s reading room, Monday through Friday, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
We are so excited to see all of the wonderful students graduating in the Class of 2024 this week. We can’t wait to see the history you make! 🎓✨
📸: Ivory Photographs, News & Information Photographs, Robert Kalmbach Photographs
#UMich #Alumni #GeraldFord #LucyLiu #JamesEarlJones #Madonna #CanYouGuess #MGoGrad #GoBlue
Did you know that Nichols Arboretum was known as “the Glen,” over 110 years ago?
In 1907, the land that would become the Arb was titled "the Glen" by the parks department!
This likely referred to the old “Schoolgirls Glen,” a sloped, green space in the Arb that was historically known as a favorite flower-picking area for a local school. 🌸
You can still view the beauty of that glen today, as part of Nichols Arboretum!
Over the years, the Arb has expanded to include things like the W.E. Upjohn Peony Garden, and hosted theatrical performances, art installations, and more. ⭐
Today, the Arb is managed in combination with Matthaei Botanical Gardens, and several other spaces, preserving and celebrating nature with over 700 acres combined.
Click through to glimpse scenes from the Arb’s past, in honor of Arbor Day! 🌳
📸: Historic images sourced from the Vertical File Photographs, Harlow Olin Whittemore papers, and the Ivory Photographs
#NicholsArboretum #ArborDay #DidYouKnow #TheArb #FlashbackFriday #AnnArbor #Michigan #ParkHistory #CelebrateNature
Did you know that Nichols Arboretum was known as “the Glen,” over 110 years ago?
In 1907, the land that would become the Arb was titled "the Glen" by the parks department!
This likely referred to the old “Schoolgirls Glen,” a sloped, green space in the Arb that was historically known as a favorite flower-picking area for a local school. 🌸
You can still view the beauty of that glen today, as part of Nichols Arboretum!
Over the years, the Arb has expanded to include things like the W.E. Upjohn Peony Garden, and hosted theatrical performances, art installations, and more. ⭐
Today, the Arb is managed in combination with Matthaei Botanical Gardens, and several other spaces, preserving and celebrating nature with over 700 acres combined.
Click through to glimpse scenes from the Arb’s past, in honor of Arbor Day! 🌳
📸: Historic images sourced from the Vertical File Photographs, Harlow Olin Whittemore papers, and the Ivory Photographs
#NicholsArboretum #ArborDay #DidYouKnow #TheArb #FlashbackFriday #AnnArbor #Michigan #ParkHistory #CelebrateNature
Here’s what the Law Quad looked like under construction, on this day exactly 100 years ago! 🕜
Five fun facts about U-M’s Law Quad that you may not know:
🎓 Several Law Quad columns include carvings of former presidents of U-M!
🏒 Carved corbels on the Quad also show the four seasons as U-M sports: “winter” as a hockey player, “fall” as football, “spring” as baseball, and “summer” as tennis!
✨ William Cook, the alum who donated the original four buildings of the Law Quad, actually refused to see them in person, considering them a “dream” that he didn’t want to “spoil.”
⚖️ The Quad was home to the Army`s Judge Advocate General Corps (JAG) program in the 1940s, training lawyers for the army during World War II.
🪟 The Law Library reading room also includes stained glass windows featuring seals from law schools across the world!
You can learn more about the history of the Law Quad by diving into the Law School records, and books like “Giving it all away: the story of William W. Cook & his Michigan Law Quadrangle” by Margaret Leary, in the Bentley’s reading room!
📸: Law School records
#OTD #100YearsAgo #UMich #AnnArbor #LawQuad #HistoricBuildings
Here’s what the Law Quad looked like under construction, on this day exactly 100 years ago! 🕜
Five fun facts about U-M’s Law Quad that you may not know:
🎓 Several Law Quad columns include carvings of former presidents of U-M!
🏒 Carved corbels on the Quad also show the four seasons as U-M sports: “winter” as a hockey player, “fall” as football, “spring” as baseball, and “summer” as tennis!
✨ William Cook, the alum who donated the original four buildings of the Law Quad, actually refused to see them in person, considering them a “dream” that he didn’t want to “spoil.”
⚖️ The Quad was home to the Army`s Judge Advocate General Corps (JAG) program in the 1940s, training lawyers for the army during World War II.
🪟 The Law Library reading room also includes stained glass windows featuring seals from law schools across the world!
You can learn more about the history of the Law Quad by diving into the Law School records, and books like “Giving it all away: the story of William W. Cook & his Michigan Law Quadrangle” by Margaret Leary, in the Bentley’s reading room!
📸: Law School records
#OTD #100YearsAgo #UMich #AnnArbor #LawQuad #HistoricBuildings