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Workers on the Ambassador Bridge, 1928.⁠
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Indoor baseball practice in progress at Waterman Gymnasium, circa 1910.⁠
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#HistoryofUM #BentleyHistoricalLibrary

Join us for a conversation with Willis C. Patterson to celebrate his donation of his papers to the Bentley Historical Library!⁠
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The Zoom link for the event is in our bio. ⁠
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The conversation will be hosted by Bentley Director Terrence McDonald, with greetings from President Mark Schlissel, and remarks from Vice Provost Robert Sellers, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance Dean David Gier, and School of Music, Theatre, and Dance Professor Louise Toppin.

You can work/study from home and still do it with style. Let the vibe from this #UMich class of 1980 photo show you the way.⁠
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#Mood #Weekend #StudyinStyle #HistoryofUM #BentleyHistoricalLibrary

The first week of class can be hard at the best of times. Grabbing a quick nap is sometimes the best solution.⁠
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This photo is from September registration 1978 from the U-M News and Information collection. ⁠
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#ThrowbackThursday #HistoryofUM #Registration #UMWelcomeWeek #BentleyHistoricalLibrary

Go ahead and judge our books by their cover.⁠
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From scrapbooks to ledgers, from canvas to leather, our conservation lab keeps our books looking good.⁠
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#BentleyHistoricalLibrary #BookBinding #Archives #Conservation

A couch convoy makes its way to Mary Markley Hall during the 1986 move-in day.⁠
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This photo is from the U-M News and Information collection.⁠
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#UMich #MoveIn #StudentLife #BentleyHIstoricalLibrary

George Romney arrives in San Fransisco for day 1 of the 1964 Republican Convention. Michigan would pledge its 40 delegates to its governor, but Romney fell well short of Barry Goldwater's count of 883. ⁠
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Romney would make another run at the presidency in 1968, doing well enough for President Nixon to make him the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.⁠
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#RNC2020 #GeorgeRomney #BentleyHistoricalLibrary

Women's suffrage was and is a generational movement. ⁠
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This is Emily Grimes, daughter of Lucia Grimes, suffragist and leader of the Michigan Branch of the National Woman's Party.⁠
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Lucia Grimes ('02 BA, '06 MA) developed a card index filing system that included every Michigan legislator and his attitude toward women's suffrage. In 1916 she was invited to Washington D.C. to implement her system for the US congress. ⁠
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The efforts of suffragettes like Lucia and Emily helped Michigan become one of the first three states to ratify the 19th amendment on June 10, 1919. ⁠
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#WomensSuffrage #History #Suffragette #HistoryofUM #BentleyHistoricalLibrary

Tickets to the Democratic National Convention for 1896, 1912 and 1920.⁠
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#BentleyHistoricalLibrary #DemConvention

No adjustment needed! The "Seater Meter" was a special research device to measure comfort factors in automobile seats. ⁠
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It was created by Walter E. Lay, the authority on seat design during his 50 years as a U-M Professor at the Automotive Engineering Laboratory. ⁠
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#HistoryofUM #BentleyHistoricalLibrary #TBT

Leaps and bounds ahead! Did you know that the University of Michigan won 10 Big10 and 14 national titles in Men's Trampoline before the NCAA discontinued the event for safety reasons?⁠
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This photo is the 1965-66 trampoline team having a great time. ⁠
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#HistoryofUM #Trampoline #BouncyBois #BentleyHistoricalLibrary

This poster was distributed as part of the Grand Rapids Americanization Society's voter registration drive for the 1920 election. ⁠
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If you want to print out a poster of your very own, there is a link in our bio to the Bentley Image Bank. ⁠
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#WomensSuffrage #ArchivesGetsTheVote #ArchivesHashtagParty #BentleyHistoricalLibrary

Put on your Sunday best, we're going to a fish fry!⁠
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Maybe a three-piece suit or a floor-length skirt isn't what we would wear to the beach in August, but this was the style in 1907. ⁠
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This party took place on Coryell Island, one of the Les Cheneaux by the Southeastern tip of the Upper Peninsula. ⁠
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The photo is from the Andrew W. Tanner photograph collection.⁠
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#TBT #LesCheneaux #PureMichigan #BentleyHistoricalLibrary

Election day is here! ⁠
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It's not the presidential election, but many important local races and initiatives are being decided today (including in Ann Arbor City Council Ward 2!). ⁠
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#ElectionDay #AnnArbor #A2CityCouncil #BentleyHistoricalLibrary

John Lewis was just 23 years old in 1963 when he came to Ann Arbor. As national chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, Lewis spoke about the need for voter registration drives as well as social programs in the south. ⁠
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You see the Michigan Daily's coverage of that visit as well as many more moments in John Lewis's life of public service in the Michigan Daily Digital Database (link in bio).⁠
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#RIPJohnLewis #BLM #TBT #BentleyHistoricalLibrary #HistoryofMichigan

Recently, the Bentley digitized the over 3,000 responses to the 1924 Alumnae Survey and made it available online (link in bio). This incredible resource elevates the voices, experiences, and accomplishments of the first generations of women who attended U-M.⁠
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We could not have done this important projects without the support of our donors. ⁠
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Thanks to their support, the Bentley is able to give researchers more access to history online, making primary sources available anytime, anywhere.

Not Fair. ⁠
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The Ann Arbor Art Fair, in some form, has been a part of local life since 1960. Like many events this year, it was canceled due to Covid-19, but there already plans in the works for next year.⁠
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#AnnArbor #AnnArborArtFair #BentleyHistoricalLibrary

The somewhat awkwardly-named Manpower Mobilization Corps enlisted civilian students to perform jobs understaffed because of World War II. ⁠
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The students did many jobs, including harvesting crops from local farms, gathering scrap metal, volunteering at local hospitals, and selling war bonds. ⁠
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#HistoryofUM #WomensHistory #WWII #BentleyHistoricalLibrary

Soap Box Derby down the streets of Ann Arbor, July 1941. ⁠
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#BentleyHistoricalLibrary #AnnArbor #History #SoapBoxDerby

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