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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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