Past Stories

For John Kemp, digitizing The Michigan Daily means creating an important resource for preserving Michigan history.

Two archivists at the Bentley write about a new initiative to uncover women's stories at the University of Michigan.

In 1930, U-M tried to ignore African American women when it opened Mosher-Jordan, a new dormitory for female students. Meet the women who refused to accept being invisible.

Director's Notes from Terrence J. McDonald address archiving the history of African American students at the University of Michigan.

The inspiring, pioneering career of Cornelia Kennedy earned her the title of “First Lady of the Michigan Judiciary.” Now, the papers of the first woman appointed to the federal bench in Michigan have come to the Bentley.

The Dan Sicko papers at the Bentley spotlight the battle to reclaim Detroit as a cultural contributor and to reveal the real roots of electronic funk.

Who killed Warren Hooper? One of the biggest unsolved murders in Michigan history starts on a frigid day in 1945, and ends in rows of boxes at the Bentley, where there might still be a clue just waiting to be found.

One class mines Bentley archives to investigate the history of campus protests and the origins of U-M’s Trotter House.

Heads almost rolled when students started performing the wave in Michigan Stadium in the early 1980s. An archived memo at the Bentley shows the fury of then Athletic Director Don Canham’s reaction.

Dave Camp, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 2015, has donated the collected materials from his 24 years in office to the University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library.