History
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September 27, 2016
Clements Library acquires rare, hand-drawn map of Detroit
A recently discovered, hand-drawn map providing new information about late-18th-century Detroit is now part of the William L. Clements Library collection.
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September 26, 2016
Reunion
The Medical School’s Class of 1921 poses for a photo in front of the Pretzel Bell Restaurant in downtown Ann Arbor in 1945.
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September 22, 2016
Former U.S. Rep. David Camp donates papers to Bentley Library
David Camp, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991-2015, has donated the collected materials from his 24 years in office to the Bentley Historical Library.
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September 19, 2016
First classes in Ann Arbor
The first classes in Ann Arbor, after the university relocated from Detroit, took place 175 years ago on Sept. 25, 1841. Mason Hall, the first university building devoted to instruction, was known as the University Building upon completion that year, just in time for fall classes.
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September 12, 2016
Pretty good, man
Horace Prettyman never lost a game as a U-M football captain from 1884-86. He was a member of eight varsity teams beginning in 1882, and was part of the university’s first racially integrated team in 1890.
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September 6, 2016
Remembering
Members of the U-M community gather Sept. 11, 2001, on the Diag following terrorist attacks on the United States earlier that day.
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July 11, 2016
Dr. Dock
Dr. George Dock, with percussion hammer, demonstrates proper procedure in an amphitheater-style classroom in 1898, in the Medical School.
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June 20, 2016
Diag scene
A man holds his bicycle next to class of 1862 boulder in the U-M Diag, circa 1890-1910.
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June 6, 2016
Olympic tradition
One of the strongest Michigan Athletics traditions is its Olympic tradition. U-M has had medal winners in every Summer Olympics except 1896 and gold medalists in all but four Summer Olympiads.
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May 23, 2016
Put me in coach
The 1929 U-M baseball team poses for a photo.
