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Fall 2015

From the groundbreaking career of Eva Jessye—who changed the face of the arts and America —to the controversial legacy of right-to-death advocate Jack Kevorkian, this issue explores art and ethics. It also traces how Michigan Wolverines football evolved from informal beginnings into a defining force in college athletics.

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Selected Stories

A selection of stories of this issue. Please download PDF to read all content.

Students and the Stacks

by Gregory Parker and Lara Zielin

New courses and initiatives mean more U-M undergrads are getting their hands on history’s primary sources.

The Evolution of Michigan Football

by Greg Kinney

How the game as we know it formed out of class rivalries, rugby, and one troublesome picket fence.

A Historian at Heart

by Lara Zielin

Meet Frank Wilhelme, a philanthropist with an affinity for the past who rifled through the Bentley's archives when it was still in the basement of U-M's Rackham Building.

All the World’s a Stage

by Davi Napoleon

The daughter of former slaves, Eva Jessye would stand in Washington with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and teach at the University of Michigan. Meet a woman who changed the face of the arts—and America.

Out of Print

by Melissa Hernandez Duran

New digitization efforts mean more access to Bentley materials, including videos and audio recordings such as John F. Kennedy's speech on the Michigan Union steps.

The Life of Dr. Death

by Katie Vloet

Jack Kevorkian's collection of papers, art, photographs, and more is now at the Bentley, showcasing the controversial life of an artist, a composer, and a person who drastically moved the needle in the right-to-die discussion.

Where Manhood is Drugged and Destroyed

by Robert Havey

In 1902, teetotaler Carrie Nation came to Ann Arbor to further the cause of temperance. Her fight paved the way for Prohibition and the expanded role of women in the political landscape.