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Fall 2024

Records of the Sunrise Cooperative Farm Community, founded during the Great Depression, show a bold experiment in equality. U‑M student John Nakamura had journalistic ambitions that were rerouted by World War II, but his spirit remained. And poet Angela Morgan’s efforts to shift hearts and minds reveal the personal costs of persuasion by pen.

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Selected Stories

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

Could U-M Have Been In Ohio?

by Andrew Rutledge

Bentley historian Andrew Rutledge investigates an Ohio historical marker that claims U-M was once destined to be in the Buckeye State, using historical maps to reveal the truth.

Patriotism at Freeman Field

by Sarah Derouin

Archived records at the Bentley show how, in 1945, a protest led by officers on Indiana’s Freeman Field paved the way for racial desegregation in the military.

Rescuing History

by Amy Probst

A collection of black-and-white photographs sat dormant for a decade. Then, the owner took a closer look, and wondered if those photos belonged at the Bentley.

Frozen Out

by Madeleine Bradford

Forgotten start dates. Varsity status denials. Archived records at the Bentley show how the U-M women’s ice hockey team has repeatedly been iced out.

Michigan’s Anarchist Utopia

by Andrew Rutledge

Founded during the Great Depression, the Sunrise Cooperative Farm Community was created on a dream of equality. But as records reveal, the dream was short-lived.

Up, Lad, Up

by Kim Clarke

John Nakamura was a smart, conscientious U-M student hoping to become a journalist. Then the United States entered World War II. His path was altered, but never his heart.

The Great Ideals Marching Through Her

by Madeleine Bradford

As the United States entered World War I, poet Angela Morgan picked up her pen. Her papers reveal the struggles she endured to change hearts and minds with the written word.