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The Pond Brothers and Democratic Architecture
Spring 2020The newly renovated Michigan Union highlights the remarkable lives of the building’s architects, Irving and Allen Pond. But their vision for democratic architecture wasn’t fully realized until long after they were gone.
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All Aboard!
Spring 2020Michigan’s railroad history comes to life as we choo-choo-choose images from an extraordinary collection.
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“Our Handsomest Girls are Men”
Spring 2020A class at the University of Michigan uses Bentley materials to teach students about U-M’s history of female impersonators.
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Food at U-M: Then and Now
Spring 2020A U-M class uses Bentley archival materials to give students a first-hand look — and taste — of what meals were like on campus 100 years ago.
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Diary of a Prisoner
Spring 2020A rare Civil War journal documents a Union soldier’s capture by Confederates and his struggle to survive notorious prisoner of war camps.
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Out With the Mold, in With the New
Spring 2020Bentley conservators have unique quarantining methods for mold. Learn how they fight its spread and keep collections safe.
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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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