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Unboxing the Unexpected: The Notable and the Infamous in U-M’s archives

Event Details

Date

Thursday, May 15, 2025

Time

7:00 – 9:00 pm

Location

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

Event Type

In-person

Many think they know the stories of the famous and the infamous who have called U-M home, but campus archives reveal their hidden sides.

And now writers are sharing insights into some of U-M’s most notable figures. Ted Kaczynski’s letters from prison. Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s private papers. Robben Fleming’s traumatizing wartime trials. Three writers of Michigan history will share these stories and explore a number of questions: How were these archives created? What do they reveal about these men? And how do we reconcile our public image of notable people with their hidden, personal selves?