Behind the Camera in Detroit and Beyond

Filmmaker Sue Marx has Emmys and an Academy Award to her name, and as her new collection at the Bentley shows, she’s never forgotten her roots in Detroit or the truth about what makes a good story. Read more about Marx’s pioneering career and her incredible contribution to the Bentley.

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Negotiating Angell

Though lauded as one of the most influential presidents ever to helm U-M, James B. Angell was not keen on Michigan at first. It took two years, three offers, and a barrage of letters, telegrams, queries, and concessions to lure the beloved ‘Prexy’ to Ann Arbor. Newly digitized papers at the Bentley tell the story.

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Angell in the 21st Century

The newly digitized papers of U-M President James Angell showcase how he built and strengthened the University—hiring modern research faculty like philosopher John Dewey, economist Henry Carter Adams, and chemist Moses Gomberg—and served as an important adviser to other higher education leaders around the country.

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Spring 2019 Collections Magazine

A pioneering campus activist in the #BBUM movement. Environmentalists who worked to save Michigan before anyone had heard of Earth Day. Photos of the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. A critical moment in Detroit’s history. Read about all this and more in the latest issue of Collections magazine.

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Engaging the Archives

Bentley Director Terry McDonald and Bentley Archivist Cinda Nofziger recently discussed the Bentley program “Engaging the Archives” during a webinar sponsored by the global library cooperative OCLC. The program is a grant-funded, five-year project that trains faculty and archivists to teach better with archival sources.

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Adding to a Campus Icon

The Board of Regents recently approved design plans for a new addition to the 165-year-old Detroit Observatory. The project will add about 7,000 square feet to the second-oldest building on campus, without changing the original 1854 structure. Completion is scheduled for the fall of 2020.

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“Tune In” to the Vault

Brian Williams, a Bentley assistant director and archivist, takes Deborah Holdship from Michigan Today behind the scenes and into the Vault, a restricted and locked area that holds some of U-M’s most precious artifacts. Listen in to the adventure on the podcast.

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