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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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Cropsey Up Close
Fall 2019The earliest paintings of U-M’s campus have been scanned into the 21st century.
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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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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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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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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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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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