Twice each year, the Bentley Historical Library produces Collections, a 24-page magazine dedicated to showcasing the very best of the Bentley. We welcome you to browse the full publication through our PDF reader or click through individual stories below. You can also access the magazine’s archives by clicking here. If you are interested in subscribing, please email editor Lara Zielin at laram@umich.edu.
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Out of the Shadows
Fall 2019Alice Chipman Dewey was a philosopher, social reformer, educator, pioneer, and among the earliest women to graduate from U-M. Her incredible legacy has been historically overshadowed by that of her husband, John Dewey, though research and papers at the Bentley are now helping define Alice in her own right.
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Writing Aunt Lulu
Fall 2019During World War II, Lulu Middleton wrote letters to service men and women, sending along advice, cookies, candy and ultimately a connection to home in Michigan.
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A Revolutionary Change
Fall 2019On January 5, 1870, the University Board of Regents passed a resolution that paved the way for coeducation at Michigan. In 2020, we celebrate the 150th anniversary of this remarkable change.
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Voices from the Philippines
Fall 2019A history professor and her undergraduate research fellows bring fresh eyes to the fraught history of American imperialism in the Philippines.
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Three Generations of Michigan Connections
Fall 2019Betty Bishop has trusted the materials of her family’s Michigan legacy, stretching back to the 1800s, to the Bentley Historical Library.
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The Case of the Missing Mastodon
Fall 2019A mastodon was discovered in 1934, and its bones came to the University of Michigan. But what happened to them after that remains a mystery.
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Cropsey Up Close
Fall 2019The earliest paintings of U-M’s campus have been scanned into the 21st century.
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