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The Mystery of the Unidentified Painting
Who painted it? And why does the Bentley have it? One small piece of artwork frames complex issues about what happens when archival collections contain harmful or racist content. Learn more about the Bentley’s role in a campus-wide reparative curation effort.
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Take a Tour Inside the Archive
Detroit news station WDIV recently visited the Bentley to see some of its treasures and to learn more about how the archive is preserving important documents in Michigan history. We invite you to join us for this behind-the-scenes tour!
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Discovering a Forgery
Watch a recent discussion about how the University’s “Galileo Manuscript” came to be known as a 20th-century forgery.
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The Pride of Michigan
A historian and an artist recently teamed up to create a comic book celebrating Michigan’s first-ever Pride celebration in Detroit, in 1972. “It’s my job to bring to life people we wouldn’t know about otherwise,” the author says.
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Bartlett Named Interim Director
Nancy Bartlett, an archivist who has worked in various roles at the Bentley Historical Library for more than three decades, has been named the library’s interim director.
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Strong as Steel
Cornelius L. Henderson was a pioneering steel engineer and architect who helped construct two of the major Great Lakes crossings between the United States and Canada. Read more on the African American Student Project page.
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Search for Next Bentley Director Underway
A nine-member committee of faculty members, staff members and a graduate student is looking for a successor to Terrence McDonald, who has announced that he will step down Aug. 31 to return to the LSA faculty.
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