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Bentley Director's Strategic Fund ‑ 324577

You can help preserve Michigan history by giving to this fund, which supports initiatives such as repairing collections for future generations of researchers, and digitizing collections to make them available online.

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Leaders & Best

No story left untold: Archiving the Black experience at Michigan

U-M’s Bentley Historical Library is preserving the history and legacy of Black student life at Michigan with the help of donor support.  

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Historical support

When Diane and Glen Tracy bought a $1,000 zero coupon bond in 1982 intending to use it for their son’s future college tuition, they could hardly have imagined their investment would end up... Read more

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U-M historian James Tobin recounts the tragic story of Avery Hopwood, one of U-M’s most remarkable alumni, and how his legacy gift created one of the nation’s most prized writing awards.