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Frozen Out
Fall 2024Forgotten start dates. Varsity status denials. Archived records at the Bentley show how the U-M women’s ice hockey team has repeatedly been iced out.
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Equal Footing
Fall 2024Once a top athlete in the time before gender equity in sports, Alyce Sigler now volunteers at the Bentley, where a bit of serendipity has her researching Title IX.
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Rescuing History
Fall 2024A collection of black-and-white photographs sat dormant for a decade. Then, the owner took a closer look, and wondered if those photos belonged at the Bentley.
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Patriotism at Freeman Field
Fall 2024Archived records at the Bentley show how, in 1945, a protest led by officers on Indiana’s Freeman Field paved the way for racial desegregation in the military.
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Could U-M Have Been In Ohio?
Fall 2024Bentley historian Andrew Rutledge investigates an Ohio historical marker that claims U-M was once destined to be in the Buckeye State, using historical maps to reveal the truth.
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The Great Ideals Marching Through Her
Fall 2024As the United States entered World War I, poet Angela Morgan picked up her pen. Her papers reveal the struggles she endured to change hearts and minds with the written word.
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Up, Lad, Up
Fall 2024John Nakamura was a smart, conscientious U-M student hoping to become a journalist. Then the United States entered World War II. His path was altered, but never his heart.
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