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In the Footsteps of Hobbs
Winter 2021A U-M research team travels to Greenland to study global warming and follow the pioneering footsteps of U-M Professor William Hobbs.
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Challenging the Interpretations of the Past
Winter 2021When the name of a building or statue is challenged, some worry that the past will be hidden, changed, or damaged, but this is not true. What is being challenged is only an interpretation of the past.
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A Good American Family
Fall 2019Author David Maraniss was just three years old, too young to understand what was happening when his father was
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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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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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“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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