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Light Years
Fall 2025U-M’s Lantern Night was a chance for the women of the senior class to symbolically pass the torch to younger students. Over time, it evolved to include a dance pageant, and more.
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War is a Colossal Mistake
Spring 2025U-M’s ninth president opposed the U.S. war in Vietnam. His papers at the Bentley reveal how his experiences in an earlier conflict showed him firsthand the tragic loss of young people.
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A Dangerous Lady
Spring 2025Records show how Lucinda Hinsdale Stone’s tireless advocacy for women’s education, even in the face of adversity, changed women’s lives at U-M and across the state of Michigan.
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Atomic Connections
Spring 2025When Walt Di Mantova visited the archives to investigate a possible family connection to the Manhattan Project, he found more than he bargained for regarding J. Robert Oppenheimer.
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Ford on the Field
Spring 20252024 marked the 50th anniversary of Gerald R. Ford’s presidency. His accomplishments on a national scale make it easy to forget he was also an exceptional U-M football player.
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An Ill-Fated Voyage
Spring 2025Fifty years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald freighter sank in Lake Superior. Ric Mixter’s research into the wreck is archived at the Bentley, ready to help future shipwreck researchers.
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The Gutenberg Bible and Beyond
Spring 2025Meet Thomas Hyry of the Houghton Library at Harvard University. He’s part of our new series about archivists who trained at the Bentley, and are doing important work in the field.
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