Your Gift Will Make History
To preserve the past and create a better future, we need your help.
Bentley volunteer and donor Alyce Sigler looks at historical papers. Photo by Lon Horwedel.
Every Gift Matters
Your support strengthens our ability to collect, preserve, and share the University’s and the state’s most meaningful records, ensuring that Michigan’s history continues to inform, inspire, and lead. Join us in safeguarding the past to better inform the future. Thank you for supporting our work!
Ways to Give
There are many ways you can support the Library.
Manuel Quezon Papers Now Online
The Bentley Historical Library has made the papers of this vitally important Philippine leader available to researchers worldwide.
A Grand Scan Plan
Generous donors during the most recent Giving Blueday made it possible for the Bentley Library to purchase a new scanner for patrons in the reading room.
Equal Footing
Once a top athlete whose options were limited in the time before gender equity in sports, Alyce Sigler now volunteers at the Bentley, where a bit of serendipity has her researching Title IX.
Learn more
By The Numbers
Look what we’ve done together!
Donor support helps make history. Here are some recent milestones.
451.4
of physical material processed and made available to researchers.
144
were digitized and made available online.
62,933
digitized for library patrons to support primary-source research.
1,400
form 60 different courses came to the Bentley for class instruction.
6,100
received the Bentley email Newsletter once a month.
6,904
followed the Bentley across all social media platforms.
Your Gift Can Leave a Legacy
Learn more about the ways you can become part of an active, engaged archive that celebrates and shares its rich collections.
Contact:
Natalie Giannos
ngiannos@umich.edu
734-647-3534