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The Fault in His Stars
Spring 2016Mark Harrington was a brilliant botanist and meteorologist as well as a lumberjack and boxcar jumper. His tragic battle with mental illness would drive him from positions of prestige, taking him across oceans, to flop houses and sugar plantations, and eventually to an East Coast asylum.
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Here’s the Story of a Lovely Lady
Spring 2016You know Ann B. Davis as Alice the housekeeper, the beloved heart of The Brady Bunch. But you may not know the two-time Emmy winner, author, and comedienne left Hollywood to pursue a life at the center of a different home–one founded on the tenets of the Episcopal faith.
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Students and the Stacks
Fall 2015New courses and initiatives mean more U-M undergrads are getting their hands on history’s primary sources.
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The Evolution of Michigan Football
Fall 2015How the game as we know it formed out of class rivalries, rugby, and one troublesome picket fence.
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A Historian at Heart
Fall 2015Meet Frank Wilhelme, a philanthropist with an affinity for the past who rifled through the Bentley’s archives when it was still in the basement of U-M’s Rackham Building.
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All the World’s a Stage
Fall 2015The daughter of former slaves, Eva Jessye would stand in Washington with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and teach at the University of Michigan. Meet a woman who changed the face of the arts—and America.
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Out of Print
Fall 2015New digitization efforts mean more access to Bentley materials, including videos and audio recordings such as John F. Kennedy’s speech on the Michigan Union steps.
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