The Bentley Historical Library will be closed on Friday, July 3, 2026 and Saturday, July 4, 2026 in observance of Independence Day.

 

“Audio, Video, or Images” Resources

Audio, video, or still image content.


  • Start your historical journey into U-M sports! The Bentley is the official archive for the U-M Athletic Department, and our Athletic Archivist has created searchable rosters and other online exhibits about U-M sports.

    Go to Athletics History

  • Deep Blue is the University’s institutional repository. It is digital storage for material such as articles, conference posters, theses, video, and audio recordings. U-M faculty, staff, students, departments, or units can deposit materials here, and anyone can search the database, which includes some Bentley digital collections.

    Go to Deep Blue


  • The Bentley has digitized some full collections or large segments of collections and made them available here. Examples include early records of the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and a survey of early female graduates of the University. Check the “online content” tag for digital material dealing with more specific subjects – like our Civil War collections.

    Go to Digitized Collections

  • Many Bentley collections include photographs, maps, drawings, or other items with a strong visual element. We’ve scanned a selection of these items and shared the digital images here for online searching and download.

    Go to Image Bank