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Dr. Francis Collins, former head of the Human Genome Project and director of the National Institute of Health, in his U-M lab 30 years ago this month. ⁠
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Dr. Collins was a professor at U-M from 1984 until 1993, when he left to oversee the project to map out the human genome. ⁠
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Yesterday it was reported Collins will step down from as director of the NIH, although he plans to continue his research.⁠
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#HistoryofUM #BioScience #BentleyHistoricalLibrary

"Great game - you should have been here"⁠
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Postcard from the 1905 Michigan- Wisconsin football game, featuring the team captains. ⁠
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#UMFootball #HistoryofUM #BentleyHistoricalLibrary

"September Morn" dance performed in the Huron River by Island Drive park.⁠
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📸: U-M Dept. of Physical Education for Women records⁠

Soaking in the last of the September sunshine, 1983. ⁠
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#TBT #ThrowbackThursday #HistoryofUM #BentleyHistoricalLibrary

Only 14,008 people were at the Big House to see U-M football play Western Michigan on September 25, 1943, but the game must have been quite the entertaining diversion from a world in crisis. ⁠
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Michigan won by a score of 57-6. ⁠
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#HistoryofUM #UMFootball #MGoBlue #FootballHistory #BentleyHistoricalLibrary⁠
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Move-in at Mosher-Jordan Hall, circa 1986.⁠
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#HistoryofUM #TBT #BentleyHistoricalLibrary

A family picnicking on Hammond Bay, 1971.⁠
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This photo comes from the Michigan Bell Telephone collection, which seems an unlikely place for it to be.⁠
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The Michigan Bell Telephone collection contains 93(!) boxes of photographs, most of which seem to only be tangentially related to telephones. ⁠
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#BentleyHistoricalLibrary

#TBT when William DeHart Hubbard became the first American Black athlete to win an individual gold medal when he won the long jump at the 1924 Paris Olympics.⁠
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At U-M, Hubbard was a track phenom, winning three NCAA and seven Big Ten championships.⁠
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#GoBlue #Olympics #HistoryofUM #BentleyHistoricalLibrary

We would like to thank all of our donors that make the work we do at the Bentley possible.⁠
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Sara Fitzgerald, the first female editor of The Michigan Daily, used Bentley collections and the Michigan Daily Digital Database to write her most recent book: Conquering Heroines: How Women Fought Sex Bias at Michigan and Paved the Way for Title IX. ⁠
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The Book tells the story of how a group of determined women demanded accountability and action from U-M at a time when the university was reluctant to admit that gender discrimination was an issue. ⁠
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In her acknowledgments, Sara specifically thanks the donor generosity that created the online Daily and made so much of her research possible.⁠
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Thanks to our donors, the Bentley is able to give researchers more access to history online, making primary sources available anytime, anywhere.⁠
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#BentleyHistoricalLibrary

You've just captured a notorious stagecoach robber and murderer who has wandered into your Upper Peninsula town. What do you do? ⁠
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Dress him up and take some professional photographs, of course!⁠
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That's exactly what Pat Whalen (left) and Sheriff John Glode (right) did on August 30, 1889 when they identified and apprehend Reimund Holzhey, better known as Black Bart. ⁠
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Professional photographer William Whitesides of Ironwood was hired to take the photos. He even used his fancy painted backdrop.⁠
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The full story of Black Bart, his capture, and how these tasteful photos ended up in the Bentley Historical Library archive is told in the latest issue of Collections. ⁠
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You can read it here: https://bentley.umich.edu/news-events/magazine/michigans-black-bart/⁠
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#BentleyHistoricalLibrary

The Ann Arbor Art Fair is back, as is the traditional traffic congestion and rain storms. #NatureIsHealing⁠
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This photo is from the July 1988 Art Fair via the Michigan Daily, but a poncho'd artist battening down their booth in the rain could be from any year, really. ⁠
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#TBT #AnnArborArtFair #BentleyHistoricalLibrary

Photographer Eck Stanger spent his over 50-year career documenting life in Ann Arbor, from U-M football games to epic snow storms. Some of Stanger’s enduring photos captured lost Ann Arbor traditions, like this soap-box derby from July, 1936.⁠
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Stanger’s photos crop up in many collections in the Bentley, including his own. ⁠
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#TBT #AnnArbor #A2History #BentleyHistoricalLibrary⁠

The Pavilion, an extension to the original University hospital built in 1876. ⁠
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The Pavilion also happens to be the name of the new Michigan Medicine hospital slated to open in 2025.⁠
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The names are the same, but the dress codes will be different. Probably. ⁠
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#TBT #MichiganMedicine #HistoryofUM #BentleyHistoricalLibrary

You can now watch over 400 Michigan football games online for free!⁠
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The Bentley has digitized 420 games from 1930 to 1986 and can be seen through the Bentley Digital Media Library. Check it out though the link in our bio!⁠
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#MichiganFootball #HistoryofUM #GoBlue #BentleyHistoricalLibrary

The cover to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission pamphlet, circa 1970.⁠
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In 1969, the federal government accused the University of Michigan of illegal sex discrimination. At first, President Fleming and the all-male administration rejected the evidence. ⁠
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But determined women continued to demand changes, leading U-M to become the first university to establish an affirmative action plan to ensure equity between the sexes.⁠
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Read the story "It Was a Man's World" from the lasted issue of Collections, link in Bio.⁠
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#HistoryofUM #CollectionsMag

Photo of central campus taken by the Aerial Survey Corporation, 1930. ⁠
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Talbert Abrams and his wife Leota Pearl Fry founded Aerial Survey Corporation in 1923 out of Lansing, Michigan.⁠
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Several of Abrams’ images of the University of Michigan campus, commissioned for various units during the late 1920s and early 1930s, have been digitized and are available in the Bentley’s online Image Bank.⁠
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#HistoryofUM #BentleyHistoricalLibrary

"American Eagle" - the bronze sculpture outside of the southwest entrance of Michigan Stadium.⁠
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The inscription reads: ⁠
"In memory of the men and women of the University of Michigan who gave their lives for their country—MCMXLVIII.”⁠
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Michigan artist Marshall Fredericks created the sculpture. It was installed in June, 1950.⁠
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#MemorialDay #UMich #MichiganStadium #BigHouse #HistoryofUM #BentleyHistoricalLibrary

A view of the central campus mall, circa 1945. ⁠
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(📸: via U-M Vertical File collections)⁠
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#HistoryofUM

On March 1, 1954, Michigan Congressman (and our namesake) Alvin Bentley (left) was shot during an attack on the Capital building. ⁠
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After being rushed to the hospital, he was given a 50-50 chance to survive. ⁠
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You can read more about the attack and congressman Bentley here: https://myumi.ch/3qPNQ

The Good Humor ice cream truck visits campus. 🍨

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