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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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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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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In Defense of Nature
Spring 2019Collections at the Bentley reveal how Michigan went from overwhelming natural abundance to an environmental wasteland — and how some unlikely people helped bring it back.
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Being Black at U-M
Spring 2019The Austin McCoy collection reveals the origins of the Being Black at Michigan (#BBUM) movement and tells a story of activism and social justice that is still ongoing.
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