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Secret Histories: Uncovering the Hidden Truths of U-M’s Past

Event Details

date and Time

Monday, June 24, 2024, 7:00pm – 8:30pm

Event Type

In-person

Location

Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory 1398 E. Ann Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Across U-M, fascinating stories in a range of publications are helping us learn more and more about Michigan’s rich and complex history.

But some of U-M’s stories have been hidden, either deliberately or by chance, from both those who lived them and from the world
today. A Regent and Governor whose adopted daughter was in reality his wife. A future serial killer sheltered by the faculty. Japanese-Americans recruited from internment camps to clean dormitories. Join us to learn from three talented writers of Michigan history about these stories and many more. Our panel of Wolverine Writers will include Kim Clarke, director of the Michigan Heritage Project; Deborah Holdship, editor of Michigan Today; and Lara Zielin, editor of the Bentley Historical Library’s Collections magazine.