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Please Forgive Me. – Jerry
Fall 2017Provocative, offensive, and often hilarious, the Detroit-based magazines Orbit, Fun, and White Noise recently found a home at the Bentley. As it turns out, there’s a lot more going on in those pages than raunchy jokes.
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An Unwritten Law
Spring 2017In 1930, U-M tried to ignore African American women when it opened Mosher-Jordan, a new dormitory for female students. Meet the women who refused to accept being invisible.
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Renewing Our Vows
Spring 2017As U-M celebrates 200 years, Bentley Director Terrence McDonald reflects on the “vows” that the University has made since its inception.
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Five Moments that Shaped Michigan
Spring 2017A meeting in fire-razed Detroit. Two physicists on an Ann Arbor lawn. A lone woman in a Greek class in 1866. In honor of U-M’s Bicentennial, we look at some of the moments and movements that altered the course of Michigan history forever.
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Hidden Collections
Spring 2017Two archivists at the Bentley write about a new initiative to uncover women’s stories at the University of Michigan.
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In Living Color
Spring 2017What do maize and blue look like? The answer has historically depended on whom you ask — and when.
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Accessing History
Spring 2017For John Kemp, digitizing The Michigan Daily means creating an important resource for preserving Michigan history.
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