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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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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Changing the Question
Spring 2019Why are “those people” so sensitive about their history and identity? It’s a question that is based on a historical myth, namely the belief that group integration into mainstream American society has been, and still is, easy.
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Grand History in the Making
Spring 2019Sandwiched between Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas is a legendary hotel with more than 130 years of memorable moments.
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A Critical Moment in Detroit’s History
Spring 2019Daniel Cherrin was at the epicenter of change in Detroit after Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick resigned. His papers at the Bentley give researchers an inside look at a city and its leaders.
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Written in the Stars
Plans for a new Detroit Observatory renovation bring the campus’s second-oldest building into the 21st century.
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Angell in the 21st Century
Spring 2019The newly digitized papers of U-M President James Angell show his influence in higher education and beyond.
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