The Audio-Visual Material series (1967-2011, circa 6 linear feet) contains five subseries: Bentley Publication Production Files, Works of Art: Inventory and Object Files, Photographs, Audiotapes and Videotapes, DVDs, Digital Media and Films.
Bentley Publication Production Files [series]
The Bentley Publication Production Files series (1988-2007, 1 linear foot) consists of early drafts and electronic final drafts of a number of Bentley Library publications including Bentley Bulletins. One particularly well-documented publication is The Book of Days which was both a publication and an exhibit. There is a separate finding aid for the Bentley's publications, which should be consulted for the complete run of printed materials
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Bentley Library Annual Report 2004-2005
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Bentley Library Annual Report 2004-2005
Bentley Library History
Online
The Bentley Historical Library: Its History and Purpose October 2004[access item]
Map of the Territories of Michigan and Ouisconsin Photograph Identifications undated[access item]
Book of Days
(see also photographs in Box 10)
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Exhibit 1988
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Readings at Exhibit Opening 1988
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Hamer/Kegan Award 1988
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Notes and Correspondence
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Photographic Prints and Labels Not Used
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Photocopies
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Publicity 1988
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Century of Connectivity at the University of Michigan publication 2007
Not Perfect, But Just Right: Craven Captions, Forward, Tour and pictures
(Includes a publication and its forward and captions. The publication was written by James W. Craven about the conservation lab at the Bentley Historical Library.)
Online
Bulletin and Documents 2003
(Includes a publication and its forward and captions. The publication was written by James W. Craven about the conservation lab at the Bentley Historical Library.)
The Works of Art: Inventory and Object Files, 1962-2014, bulk 1975-1987 (1 linear foot) are a set of inventory files describing Bentley art objects. Documentation includes Painting Report Forms, catalogue sheet, notes on the piece of artwork and its acquisition, appraisal, artist biography notes and articles, some photographs of the artwork, and some correspondence about the art work. These files were initially created by archivist May Davis Hill and were not maintained after her departure. One file from 2014 details the framed artwork displayed at the Bentley as of that date.
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Bicentennial Inventory of American Paintings Executive before 1914 National Collection of Fine Arts 1976
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Guide to the Works of Art in Public Areas, Bentley Library January 1976
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Inventory of Framed Art at the Bentley 2011-2014
Object Files
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African Mask (Egung Mask) 19-20th Century
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African Torso (female) 19th Century
American, Unknown Artist
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Portrait of Dr. Ephraim Adams, 19th Century
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Portrait of John Allen (1796-1851)
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Portrait of Abel Bingham, 19th Century
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Portrait of Henry Crapo, 19th Century
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Governors of Michigan 1805-1873
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Jackson Wagon Sunflower Band, 19th Century
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John Monteith and Family
(ambrotype)
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Medical Building, University of Michigan (photograph), 19th century
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Portrait of Steven T. Mason
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Portrait of Polly Palmer Root, 19th Century
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Portrait of Erastus Root, 19th Century
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Portrait of James Fairbairn Smith (negatives)
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View of New Baltimore, 19th Century
Decorative Arts
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Bandolier (Native American), 19th Century
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Bonisteel--Sofa and Chairs, 19th Century
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Ch'ing Pai Bowl, Sung Dynasty (960-1280 A.D.)
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Dutch, Tiles (tulip design), 18-19th Century
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Kendi Spouted Vase, 19th Century
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Ladle, Tiffany & Co., 20th Century
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Rugs (general)
(2 folders)
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Rug (Persian), 19th Century
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Rug (Yazd), 20th Century
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Rug (Caucasus), 19th Century
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Tapestry (French or Flemish) circa 1500
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Tea Service (Silver) 1976
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Vase with Masonic symbols, 20th Century
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Vase, Royal Copenhagen 1976
Artist Name (Known)
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Bates, Marston, drawings
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Bainbridge, P.J. 1817-1881
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Balch (after Goodwin), Vistus James G. Birney
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Bradish, Alvah, Portraits of Douglas Houghton
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Bradish, Alvah, Portraits of Abraham Lincoln
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Brown, E., Jr.
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Burger, R. (Lithograph)
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Clark School Diploma
Cropsey, J.F.
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General
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Leggett after View of Ann Arbor
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Object File, Detroit Observatory
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Object File, University of Michigan campus
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Sketchbook
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View of University of Michigan campus (pencil)
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Cushing, George (Glass Discs)
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de Lery, J.G.C. (after de Lery) Map of Detroit
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Dolan, Cartoons (P.A. Hart Collection)
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Edwards, W.J. (Lewis Cass Portrait)
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Gentilly, Head of F.M. Casto (bronze)
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Goodrich, Osman Dewey 1808-1887
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Graf, Fred, cartoon, (P.A. Hart collection)
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Hansen, Ralph, portrait of R.W. Fleming
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Haynie, Hugh, cartoon (P.A. Hart collection)
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Hickham after de Lery map (carte de la riviere du Detroit)
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Hinschelwood, Robert, City of Detroit A.C. Warren 1872
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Hunt, Richard, Historical Circle Peregrine Section
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Ives, Lewis Tomas, Portrait of Aaron Burr Maynard
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Keesee, Vincent, Oil painting of Stellanova Osborn at Duck Island
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Kent, Rockwell, Vulcan
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Kidjel, M., Portrait of Frank Murphy
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Krumbien, JR
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Lorch, Emil 1870-1963
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Maniscalco, Portrait of Arthur H. Vandenberg
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Maniscalco, Portrait of Louis G. VanderVelde
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Mason, Stevens T. Portrait (posthumous copy)
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Mead, Adeline B., View of the Michigan University from the NE
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Melchers, Gary, Portrait of Chase S. Osborn
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Moore, S., Portrait of Thomas McIntyre Cooley
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Norman, DoLoria Work from Kahlil Gibran's "The Prophet"
Exhibit Catalog Louis Sullivan: The Function of Ornament, Chicago Historical Society (items lent for exhibit) 1986-1987
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General
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Tarbell
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Tenny, Mark Wayland
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Thom, Robert Freemasonry's Role in the Founding of the University of Michigan 1967
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Tiede, M., Astronomical Clock circa 1853-1854
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Valzman, School of Music Building
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Von Kann, Kitty, Portrait of Wilber M. Brucker (oil)
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Walsh, P. Detroit from the Straits, (reproduction)
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Walk-in-the Water (lithograph)
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Williams, G. Mennen (Drawings from the Collection of G. Mennen Williams)
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Woodware, Bechthold
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Wenner, Violet B., Portrait of Floyd Starr
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Whipple, S.A. Champion (chromolithograph)
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Yost, Eunice F., Portrait of Frank Murphy
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Young, Portrait of Gerald R. Ford
Photographs 1967-1998 [series]
Included in the Photographs series are images documenting the construction of the BHL and various ceremonies and dedications commemorating the building in the early 1970s, including several interior and exterior views by Balthazar Korab. There are also a number of files of photographs of major exhibits mounted by BHL staff, copy prints and negatives of images used in BHL publications, and informal snapshots of events, visitors and staff. The Audiotapes and Videotapes, Films, DVD's, and Digital Media series document dedications, important meetings and events, and the laying of the cornerstone for the Bentley Library. There are two accessions of Photographs (1967-1998) and (1995-2009) and two accessions of Audiotapes and Videotapes (1971-1991) and 1987-1999).
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Bentley Library
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Architectural Drawings and Site Photographs (includes North Campus views)
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Construction
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Courtyard (Peter Yates images) 1998
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Exteriors
(includes Balthazar Korab images)
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Interiors
(includes Balthazar Korab images)
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Transparencies 1987-1988
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William L. Clements Library
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Horace H. Rackham Building
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Willow Run Storage
Ceremonies, Dedications, etc.
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Opening of Bids 1972
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Masonic Check Presentation March 16, 1972
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Friends Meeting May 4, 1972
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Groundbreaking Ceremony August 2, 1972
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President's Club Meeting September 29, 1972
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Cornerstone Laying November 17, 1972
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Dedication Luncheon and Reception May 2, 1974
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Reading Room Dedication May 3, 1974
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Development Council Meeting May 23, 1974
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Dedications: Delta Sigma Delta Room October 1974 and Vander Velde Portrait, April 1975 1974-1975
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Vander Velde Memorial Services November 6, 1975
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Starr Room Dedication September 17, 1977
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Stella Osborn Honorary Degree Reception August 18, 1978
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Ford Library Groundbreaking Tea 1979 GRF Visits, 1974, 1977 1974-1979
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Friends Tea September 20, 1984
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Pugh, Mary Jo, Farewell Party (includes photographs) December 1984
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50th Anniversary of the MHC 1985
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Roscoe Bonisteel Portrait Unveiling January 9, 1987
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Robert M. Warner Portrait Unveiling 1989
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Collections arriving at the Library (Copeland, Ford, etc.)
Exhibit Photographs
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Sesquicentennial Exhibit (Rackham) 1967
(copy prints separately cataloged as University of Michigan Sesquicentennial Celebration Exhibition photograph collection)
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Gerald R. Ford Exhibit 1979
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University President's Exhibit 1980
(copy prints separately cataloged as University President's Exhibition photograph collection)
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Black Detroit and the Great Migration 1991
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Football 1994
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General Prints and Negatives 1988-1999
(5 folders)
The Audiotapes and Videotapes, and Films series document dedications, important meetings and events, and the laying of the cornerstone for the Bentley Library.
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Roger Heyns, Friends Meeting November 17, 1971
(1 audiocassettes)
G. M. Williams Room Dedication 1975
(1 audiotape (reel-to-reel, 7 in., 3 3/4 ips))
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Lewis G. Vander Velde Memorial Service November 6, 1975
(1 audiocassettes)
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Chase S. Osborn Room Dedication October 3, 1976
(1 audiocassettes)
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Robben Fleming and Robert Warner, WUOM re: Ford Library 1976 December 14
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 5 inch, 7 1/2 ips)
Online
[Part 1] ([87245-SR-1-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(Robben Fleming and Robert Warner regarding the announcement of the Ford Library coming to the University of Michigan.)
[access item]
Prentiss M. Brown Room Dedication October 16, 1977
(1 reel: 7 in., 3 3/4ips)
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Fritz Crisler, Friends of the Michigan Historical Collections 1979 November 13
(Audio Reel-to-Reel, 7 inch, 7 1/2 ips)
Online
[Part 1] ([87245-SR-2-1]) [Digitized audio files are only available in the Bentley Historical Library reading room on designated Bentley Library computers.]
(To Friends of the Michigan Historical Collections at Bentley Library, November 13, 1979. Introduction by Harlan Hatcher, Moderator Robert M. Warner)
[access item]
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History of Michigan Seminar and Tea with the Presidents' Wives at the Bentley Historical Library
(2 audiocassettes)
(A tea and conversation with the wives of two former University of Michigan Presidents and the current President (at the time of recording), including Anne Hatcher, Sally Fleming, and Vivian Shapiro, as part of the Seminars on Michigan History series hosted by the Bentley Historical Library. They discuss their lives and roles leading up to and during their husbands' presidencies.)
Kathy Koehler, WJR re: Student Life Exhibit "Talegate Party" November 21, 1987
(1 audiocassettes)
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Tom Hemingway, Narration of "Moving Archives," 1991
(1 audiocassettes)
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Margot Halsted, Band Carillon 1990
(1 audiocassettes)
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2nd European Conference on Archives 1989
(12 audiocassettes)
(includes Conference program)
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Provenance and Hierarchy: Archival Principles of Organization and Description featuring Mary Jo Pugh.
(2 videotapes (U-matic))
Tape 1 ([87245-30])
Tape 2 ([87245-31])
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Michigan Media Panel Discussion November 8, 1990 ([87245-32])
(2 videotapes (VHS (TM)))
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70th Anniversary Commemoration of Michigan Greenland Expeditions March 26, 1996 ([87245-34])
(1 videotape (VHS (TM)))
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Jim Craven, Fran Blouin, C-Span Book Notes 1998 ([87245-35])
(1 videotape (VHS (TM)))
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Edited Video Prepared by Chinese Delegation, (VHS) Summer 1999 ([87245-51])
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Providing a Future for the Past, by UMI (VHS) (13 minutes) [An accompanying note indicates that it features Bentley Director Francis Blouin and relates to preservation microfilming] 1990 ([87245-52])
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C-SPAN -- Tour of the Bentley Library (VHS) undated ([87245-53])
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WJR "Night Time Detroit" featuring Hal Youngblood and Francis X. Blouin (audiocassette) 1987
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Radio interview with Ruth Bordin re: Washtenaw County: An Illustrated History, (audiocassette) 1988
Digital Materials [series]
Online
Alice Greenwald, Passion on All Sides: Planning a Memorial Museum at Ground Zero March 15, 2007[Access to this material is restricted to the reading room of the Bentley Historical Library]
(Contains a video recording of a Whitesell Lecture from the Museum Studies 2007 Colloquium "Exhibiting Controversy.")
Scientific Club-Azazels Dinner December 2008[Access to this material is restricted to the reading room of the Bentley Historical Library]
(Contains a video recording of James Duderstadt presenting to the Scientific and Azazel faculty clubs regarding the University of Michigan Bicentennial. Additionally, Francis Blouin speaks related to the biographical information in the Faculty Database Heritage Project.)
Episode 306: Peace Corps, Bentley Historical Library, and Dust Storms – Nilton Renno [Access to this material is restricted to the reading room of the Bentley Historical Library][access item]
Online
Episode 308: Green Brewery, North Quad, and Jim Craven [Access to this material is restricted to the reading room of the Bentley Historical Library][access item]
Online
Reception in Honor of Milo Radulovich December 14, 2008[Access to this material is restricted to the reading room of the Bentley Historical Library][access item]
Online
State Archives Administration of China-Bentley Historical Library 2010 Joint Seminar on Archival Methods October 2010[access item]
Online
China 2011
(Digital photographs taken by Laura and Rex Patterson relating to Bentley delegation's trip to China.)
