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Like a traditional library catalog, this will help you find published materials such as books or maps. Learn More.

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Classes and Sessions

Collaborate with archivists to design a hands-on experience that builds research skills and supports your course goals.

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Teaching

The Bentley Historical Library welcomes classes and groups who want to learn more about archives and how to use them.

Archivists work with you to design hands-on sessions that teach critical thinking, historical empathy, and more.

Together, we can:

  • Develop active learning sessions using the Bentley’s collections.
  • Design a custom experience using curated selections of material to deepen participants’ understandings of a subject, period, or document format.
  • Highlight archival search strategies and research methods.
  • Arrange a session in your classroom (without original documents) on navigating the archives or on topics related to our collections, such as University of Michigan history.

To arrange a session:

Contact Sarah McLusky, Archivist for Instruction, at smclusky@umich.edu. We ask that you contact us a month in advance, if possible.