Search Results for:
You've searched the site, now search the collections.
-
The Business of the Hour
Belford Lawson’s work as a lawyer and activist changed the course of civil rights in the United States. His incredible story is told, in part, through archived materials at the Bentley.
-
A Riot, a Murder, and a Psychic
After a U-M student was killed in 1890, a psychic visited town claiming to be able to name the murderer.
-
“Archives are for Everyone”
Meet Kate Donovan, the director of the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley. She’s part of our new series about great archivists doing important work in the field.
-
Teaching Black History in the Early 20th Century
An adult-education class brought Black history to life in a Depression-era Ann Arbor classroom.
-
Language Lessons
What do you do when the descriptions of archival collections are outdated, even racist? A new initiative at the Bentley is tackling a strategic, long-term fix.
-
Seeing Stars Through the Clouds
For both astronomers and the public, predicting the weather was long an impossible dream. That is, until U-M’s Detroit Observatory trained a man who created the weather forecast.
-
The Business of the Hour
Belford Lawson’s work as a lawyer and activist changed the course of civil rights in the United States. His incredible story is told, in part, through archived materials at the Bentley.