Archiving the World: The Bentley Library and U-M’s International Aspirations
Archiving the World: The Bentley Library and U-M’s International Aspirations
Archives are often imagined as dusty repositories of a community or country’s history, but building on its work to document Michigan and its oldest University, staff at the Bentley Library have changed that. Join us to hear former Bentley Director Fran Blouin discuss how Bentley archivists forged connections with colleagues in China, Denmark, post-apartheid South Africa, the Vatican, and many more countries and how those ties helped build both the Bentley and U-M’s international fame.
Refreshments will be provided.
Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory
06:00 PM - 07:30 PM on Thu, 2 Apr 2026
Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory
1398 E. Ann Street
Ann Arbor,
Michigan
48109
detroit.observatory@umich.edu