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Beyond These Hallowed Halls
Spring 2023In 1899, Oscar W. Baker Sr. was accepted into the U-M Law School, becoming the 100th African American student to attend U-M. He would make remarkable contributions working for racial and social justice.
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Partnerships to Repair Harm and Shed Light
Spring 2023Collaborations and partnerships enhance the understanding of what the Bentley has in its collections and shed light on how the Library can uncover or repair harm.
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Baseball’s Barrier Breaker
Spring 2023Before Jackie Robinson, there was Moses Fleetwood Walker, a U-M law graduate who would use the racism and discrimination he faced in baseball to fuel an incredible career.
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Tragedy on the Ice
Spring 2023When a faculty member recommends his prize pupil for a daring expedition in Greenland, disaster strikes on multiple fronts.
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The Carillon and the Egyptologist
Spring 2023The carillon bells in Burton Memorial Tower on U-M’s campus are played or their original keyboard thanks to an unlikely savior: a U-M Egyptologist.
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Last Call
Spring 2023A police raid in 1931 brought national attention to drinking on U-M’s campus. Archived records show what the fallout was like.
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Writing in Secret
Spring 2023The Whimsies was an anonymously published literary magazine that became massively popular on U-M’s campus in the early 1920s. But who was behind it?
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