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"When Japanese Americans were willing to wash dishes and stock shelves, the University of Michigan opened its doors. When they applied as students, the doors closed." A new Heritage Project article tells the story.
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In 1957, the University of Michigan campus sported a fully functional nuclear reactor, complete with a 55,000-gallon glowing reactor pool. Bentley collections help tell the story of why the reactor was built—and what happened to it.
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Art inspired by the archives! 🎨🖌️
Using history as inspiration, and plenty of glue, participants at last night’s "Art + Archives" event made collages with copies of photos from the Bentley’s own collections!
🎨 Renowned multimedia artist Avery Williamson provided encouragement and advice...
📸 Bentley archivists talked about how to find archival photographs...
⭐ And the historic Detroit Observatory became a hub of creativity!
It was incredible to see history transform into art. We had so much fun seeing what everyone made!
If you share your art from this workshop, feel free to tag us. We’d love to see your creations!
Also, shoutout to Detroit Observatory student worker Sophia for putting “Go Blue” in her collage. 😄
Click through to see more photos of the event!
📸: Photos taken by Detroit Observatory Assistant Director Austin Edmister
#History #Archives #Collages #ArtWorkshop #InspiredByHistory #GoBlue
Art inspired by the archives! 🎨🖌️
Using history as inspiration, and plenty of glue, participants at last night’s "Art + Archives" event made collages with copies of photos from the Bentley’s own collections!
🎨 Renowned multimedia artist Avery Williamson provided encouragement and advice...
📸 Bentley archivists talked about how to find archival photographs...
⭐ And the historic Detroit Observatory became a hub of creativity!
It was incredible to see history transform into art. We had so much fun seeing what everyone made!
If you share your art from this workshop, feel free to tag us. We’d love to see your creations!
Also, shoutout to Detroit Observatory student worker Sophia for putting “Go Blue” in her collage. 😄
Click through to see more photos of the event!
📸: Photos taken by Detroit Observatory Assistant Director Austin Edmister
#History #Archives #Collages #ArtWorkshop #InspiredByHistory #GoBlue
When was U-M’s first Homecoming game?
Well, it depends who you ask!
As early as 1897, U-M alumni were coming back to Ann Arbor for “alumni games,” in which the “old grad” team would go up against varsity players. 🏈
"Impromptu speeches" were given, they were led to Regents Field by a cheerful band procession, and special buttons were worn by the returning Wolverines!
Some consider these alumni games to be the first Homecoming games of the University of Michigan, because they were games that alumni specifically returned to watch.
Others believe that it’s all in the name: they argue that only the games actually called “Homecoming” games should be counted.
What’s your opinion? Does the first alumni game count as a “Homecoming?”
Happy Homecoming Week!
Sources:
📰 Michigan Daily Digital Archives
🏆 Athletic Department Records
🙂 Athletics Archivist Greg Kinney
#HomecomingGame #TBT #FootballHistory #UMich #Alumni #GoBlue
When was U-M’s first Homecoming game?
Well, it depends who you ask!
As early as 1897, U-M alumni were coming back to Ann Arbor for “alumni games,” in which the “old grad” team would go up against varsity players. 🏈
"Impromptu speeches" were given, they were led to Regents Field by a cheerful band procession, and special buttons were worn by the returning Wolverines!
Some consider these alumni games to be the first Homecoming games of the University of Michigan, because they were games that alumni specifically returned to watch.
Others believe that it’s all in the name: they argue that only the games actually called “Homecoming” games should be counted.
What’s your opinion? Does the first alumni game count as a “Homecoming?”
Happy Homecoming Week!
Sources:
📰 Michigan Daily Digital Archives
🏆 Athletic Department Records
🙂 Athletics Archivist Greg Kinney
#HomecomingGame #TBT #FootballHistory #UMich #Alumni #GoBlue
Meet Emma Rooney! ✨
One of our newest student assistants, Emma’s journey to graduate school actually began at the Bentley!
“When I was an undergrad at U-M, I was in a history class where our final project was doing research with a student scrapbook at Bentley,” Emma says.
“I got to use the scrapbook, the Alumni Files, and more, to learn about a student who went to Michigan in the early 1900s, who was the same age as me!
I felt so connected to the past and the place I was going to school.”
“That project was part of the reason I considered going to library school in the first place,” she says.
Emma is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Information, with a focus on Digital Curation.
Click through to learn what advice she’d give to new researchers, and what she hopes to do in the future!
#StudentLife #Archives #LibraryScience #LibraryAssistant #UMSI #UMich #OurStaffIsAwesome
Meet Emma Rooney! ✨
One of our newest student assistants, Emma’s journey to graduate school actually began at the Bentley!
“When I was an undergrad at U-M, I was in a history class where our final project was doing research with a student scrapbook at Bentley,” Emma says.
“I got to use the scrapbook, the Alumni Files, and more, to learn about a student who went to Michigan in the early 1900s, who was the same age as me!
I felt so connected to the past and the place I was going to school.”
“That project was part of the reason I considered going to library school in the first place,” she says.
Emma is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Information, with a focus on Digital Curation.
Click through to learn what advice she’d give to new researchers, and what she hopes to do in the future!
#StudentLife #Archives #LibraryScience #LibraryAssistant #UMSI #UMich #OurStaffIsAwesome
This is what Michigan Stadium looked like in September of 1926!
Did you know that Michigan Stadium was built on what was once a farm?
Using horse-drawn wagons, trucks, and steam shovels like this one, workers reportedly moved as much as 2,000 cubic yards of dirt per day in the early excavation. 🤯
Soon enough, workers hit water, and with it, problems: the area was full of underground springs!
Legend has it that a steam shovel, like the one shown here, fell into one of those springs, and was buried under the stadium.
(It’s worth noting that there doesn’t appear to be evidence to back this up.)
Click through to see more photos of early stadium construction!
You can find even more pictures like these ones in the following collections:
📚 The Michigan Alumnus Magazine
📖 The 1926 Michiganensian yearbook
🏈 The Athletic Department records
🎓 The Alumni Association records
📷 The Oscar Buss photographs
#MichiganStadium #AnnArbor #UMich #Wolverines #StadiumHistory #GoBlue
This is what Michigan Stadium looked like in September of 1926!
Did you know that Michigan Stadium was built on what was once a farm?
Using horse-drawn wagons, trucks, and steam shovels like this one, workers reportedly moved as much as 2,000 cubic yards of dirt per day in the early excavation. 🤯
Soon enough, workers hit water, and with it, problems: the area was full of underground springs!
Legend has it that a steam shovel, like the one shown here, fell into one of those springs, and was buried under the stadium.
(It’s worth noting that there doesn’t appear to be evidence to back this up.)
Click through to see more photos of early stadium construction!
You can find even more pictures like these ones in the following collections:
📚 The Michigan Alumnus Magazine
📖 The 1926 Michiganensian yearbook
🏈 The Athletic Department records
🎓 The Alumni Association records
📷 The Oscar Buss photographs
#MichiganStadium #AnnArbor #UMich #Wolverines #StadiumHistory #GoBlue