Bentley Historical Library records 1935-2013

Bentley Historical Library

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The Bentley Historical Library as a repository of Michigan-based materials has accumulated from different sources a collection of motor truck catalogs. These catalogs are an important source for the study of the development of the truck manufacturing industry in Michigan. From the guide to the Catalogs of Michigan-based motor truck companies, 1900-1946 and undated, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan) The Bentley Historical Library early in its history began ...

Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

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Gerald Rudolph Ford, the 38th President of the United States, was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., the son of Leslie Lynch King and Dorothy Ayer Gardner King, on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents separated two weeks after his birth, and his mother took him to Grand Rapids, Michigan, to live with her parents. On February 1, 1916, approximately two years after her divorce was final, Dorothy King married Gerald R. Ford, a Grand Rapids paint salesman. The Fords began calling her son Gerald ...

University of Michigan.

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Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...

Michigan Historical Collections

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Papers collected in the Netherlands under the auspices of the Immigration Sources Project of the Michigan Historical Collections. From the description of Immigration Sources Project (Netherlands) records, ca. 1850-1933. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422079 Interviews conducted by Sidney Fine. From the description of Detroit Riot Oral History Project transcripts, 1984-1985. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419886 The Frank...

Vander Velde, Lewis G. (Lewis George), 1890-1975

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Professor of history and director of Michigan Historical Collections of University of Michigan. From the description of Lewis George Vander Velde papers, 1855-1975. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418651 Dr. Lewis G. Vander Velde in addition to being a meticulous scholar and an outstanding teacher was a leader in preserving Michigan's historical heritage. His most well known endeavor was the founding in 1935 of the archival agency later known as ...

Catholic Church

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During much of Doctor José Gaspar de Francia's dictatorship (1814-1840), Paraguay was without a bishop and the church was harrassed. From the description of Libro de providencias, ordenes, y autos : por Dn. Juan Antonio Riveras, cura rector de la parrequial de la Villeta : manuscript, 1804-1857. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612746619 An antiphonary is a book containing sacred vocal music, both the antiphons of the breviary, and the musical notes. An antiphon it...

Bald, F. Clever (Frederick Clever), 1897-1970

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Professor of history and director of the Michigan Historical Collections at the University of Michigan. From the description of Frederick Clever Bald papers, 1917-1919 and 1936-1970. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420632 F. Clever Bald, director of the Michigan Historical Collections, professor of history and formerly University War Historian at The University at Michigan, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, August 12, 1897. He received his Bachelo...

Blouin, Francis X.

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Warner, Robert Mark, 1927-2007

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Dr. Robert M. Warner served as sixth Archivist of the United States from July 1980 to April 1985, having been appointed by President Jimmy Carter. During his tenure, Dr. Warner led the agency during one of the most important periods in its history: the transformation from a division of the General Services Administration (GSA) to an independent executive agency. His four-year fight for independence was won on October 19, 1984, when President Ronald Reagan signed legislation that removed the N...

Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies

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For history, see the finding aid for Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies records. From the guide to the Announcements, Bulletins, Handbooks (Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies), 1883-ongoing, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan) While the University of Michigan made its first provisions for graduate study in 1845, throughout most of the nineteenth century there were few graduate students to educate. Control of graduate programs...

Pugh, Mary Jo

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