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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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The Mystery of the Unidentified Painting
Fall 2022The Bentley is part of a new effort to examine Philippine materials across campus and take the necessary steps to repair damage to Filipino communities and people.
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Love is a Battlefield
Fall 2022Sarah Emma Edmonds disguised herself as a man and enlisted in the Civil War. Things got more complicated when she fell in love with a fellow soldier.
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Arab Liberation Radio
Fall 2022The archives of Radio Tahrir feature 25 years of Arab and Arab American voices on a groundbreaking program hosted by Dr. B. Nimri Aziz.
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“Problem Pregnancies” and Historical Access
Fall 2022Archived papers at the Bentley show how U-M counseled women on their reproductive options in the early 1970s, prior to Roe v. Wade.
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