Our Donors Make History
Generous donors like you help preserve and share invaluable records that document the state of Michigan and the University of Michigan.
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Explore the many ways you can support the Bentley Historical Library!
The Director’s Priorities
You can help preserve Michigan history by giving to this fund, which supports initiatives such as repairing collections for future generations of researchers, and digitizing collections to make them available online.
Michigan Sports History
Help us maintain and enrich U-M’s athletics history. This fund supports the historical archives of all men’s and women’s U-M varsity sports including photo galleries, digital recordings, sports programs, rosters, statistics and more.
Digital Strategic Fund
In a Google world, library users want and need their materials to be accessible online, and the Bentley is working tirelessly toward this end. With your help, we can continue to digitize our collections and make our materials available 24/7.
Public Outreach
The fund will support the Bentley Historical Library and the Detroit Observatory public outreach programs, including presentations, exhibits, classes, and any activity that is made available to the general public.
Student Engagement
Support both undergraduate and graduate students who are interested the archival field by employing them in meaningful work that furthers their interests and pays a higher wage so they can pursue this line of work with less financial struggle.
Detroit Observatory
Help us preserve and update this campus treasure, which was built in 1854 and launched U-M as a premier research university. Gifts to this fund will increase access to the building and will expand its role as a teaching facility.
Digital Technologies and New Media
Honor the legacy of founding Computing Center Director Dr. Robert Bartels with a gift to this endowment for the study & curation of digital technologies & new media.
A Grand Scan Plan
Generous donors during the most recent Giving Blueday made it possible for the Bentley Library to purchase a new scanner for patrons in the reading room.
New Fund for Student Support
Bentley Director Alexis Antracoli has launched a new fund supporting students who want to gain hands-on experience in the archival profession with less financial stress.
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Equal Footing
Once a top athlete whose options were limited in the time before gender equity in sports, Alyce Sigler now volunteers at the Bentley, where a bit of serendipity has her researching Title IX.
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