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The Man in the Middle of the American Century
Fall 2017Michigan Senator Arthur Vandenberg moves from footnote to spotlight in a new, first-of-its-kind biography by Hank Meijer.
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The Union that Should be
Fall 2017Bentley Director Terrence McDonald discusses how archives help us remember the past, especially when not everyone agrees on what should be commemorated.
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Frauds in the Field
Fall 2017The papers of U-M Professor Francis Kelsey reveal his efforts to unmask a hoax involving “ancient” artifacts and a state-wide scam.
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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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Segregated Service
Fall 2017A rare set of photographs captures the working life of two African American Civilian Conservation Corps camps during the Great Depression. But who are these men and what was life in the camps like?
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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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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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