Recently Accessioned Manuscript and Archival Collections of the
Bentley Historical Library

All recently accessioned collections now open for research are listed here, with the exception of University of Michigan record groups.

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August 2008

Copley family.

Doud, Andrew.

Ford, Frederica Buhl.

Haugen, B. G.

Rufus family.

Walters, Pauline.

Williams, Alpheus S. (Alpheus Starkey), 1810-1878.

Zorn, Jens C.

July 2008

Churchill, Martha A.

Gepford, William.

Gordon, Ernest B.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Livezey, Edwin.

Maulbetsch, John.

New Harmony Baptist Church (Detroit, Mich.)

Oak Grove Cemetery of Dixboro.

Rorabacher family.

Wenk, Bernice.

June 2008

Aigler, Ralph W. (Ralph William), b.1885.

Kalmbach, Robert.

Repucci, Shirine M.


May 2008

Baker, Deane.

Frank, Richard C.

Fulton, Douglas.

Gibson, Maxine.

Lebovich, William L.

Lesinski, John, 1914-2005.

Lilly, Albert John.

McDonald, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1890-1981.

Pollock, David.

St. George's Episcopal Church (Warren, Mich.)

St. Margaret's Episcopal Church (Hazel Park, Mich.)

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church (Flat Rock, Mich.)

April 2008

Aprill, Theophil.

Faeth, G. M.

Moncrieff, Frederick E.


March 2008

Apple, Edward.

Carrington, Clarence.

Clark, Amy S.

Clement, Hugh B.

Darling, Cyrenus Garritt, 1856-1933.

J.L. Hudson Company.

Kurath, Gertrude Prokosch.

Laing, Joyce A.

McHugh and Hoffman.

Murray, Mary Dunham.

Popovich, Cveta.

Rousseau, Albert J. J., 1886-1931.

Sklar, Leonard.

Tappan family.


February 2008

Ann Arbor High School (Mich.). Washington Club.

Bentley Historical Library. Polar Bear Project.

Breck, Samuel L., 1928-

Delanghe, Gay.

Fosler-Lussier, Danielle, 1969-

Grese, Robert E., 1955- collector.

Halstead, Claribel Baird, 1904-

Horton, Hazen A.

Hutchinson, Betty L.

League of Women Voters of Berrien and Cass Counties.

Lewis, Donald J. (Donald John), 1926-

Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners.

Olson, Gary M.

Pepin, George E.

Responsible Enterprise Association Educational Foundation.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Schneider, Samuel F.

Solomon, Richard H., 1937-

United States. Army. Michigan Sharpshooters Regiment, 1st (1863-1865). Company H.

Waterbury, John C., 1815-1894.

Westhead, Pete.


January 2008

Fisher, Otto Orren, collector.

Gill, Lillian.

Hilbert, Morton S.

Patterson, L. Brooks.

St. Thomas Evangelical Lutheran Church (Ann Arbor, Mich.)


December 2007

Abel, E. Semanthy.

Bowles, Charles, 1884-1957.

Brunk, Thomas W. (Thomas Walter), 1949-

Carver, Jean.

Clark family.

Feldman, Alan.

Gulliver, JoAnne Walton, collector.

Lockett, Harold J., 1924-1994.

Matthews, Stanley M.

Mills, Clark E.

Moore, George William, b. 1847.

Moriarty, Timothy, collector.

NAMI Eastside Support Group.

Osgood, Abraham Lincoln, 1864-1941.

Stewart, T. Selden.

Young, Edward, 1887-1964.


November 2007

Brinkerhoff, Simeon S., d. 1883.

Christ Episcopal Church (Dearborn, Mich.)

Detroit Association of University of Michigan Women.

Green, Harold C., 1889-1976.

Hale, Warren.

Irwin family.

Kausch, Jack.

Levine, Emanuel, 1916-1980.

Michigan Land Use Institute.

Milliken, Herbert A.

Smith, Russell.

Stoner, George W.

Young, Cynthia.


October 2007

Cannell, Charles F.

Dietle, Carroll.

Green, Henry.

Lamey, Arthur Francis.

Orlebeke, Charles J.

Quarterdeck Society (University of Michigan)

Ypsilanti Campaign for Equality.



September 2007

Anonymous University of Michigan photograph album, 1880.

Bath, Michigan, school bombing postcards, 1927.

Butts, Thomas A.

Donahue, Thomas M.

Gladen, Carl F.

Haragely, Julia F.

Hathaway, Albert L.

Hathaway, Mary.

Knoertzer, Joan.

Laing, Richard A.

Makled, Hussein.

McNamara, Edward H.

Riordan, C. E.

Root, Randolph.

St. Martha's Episcopal Church (Detroit, Mich.)

Scott, Leonard J.

Stephens, Alexander.

Zinn, Karl L.


July-August 2007

Alawan, Charles Khalil

Albrecht, Letha McHale

Blackmar, T. S.

Brown, George Everett.

Cogswell, Everett C.

Michigan Garden Clubs.

Mowbray, Carol T.

Perceptions (Organization : Michigan)

  • Perceptions website, 2002-2007 [electronic resource].
  • 1 CD-ROM (22.4 mb, approx. 130 files)
  • Community organization serving the Tri-Cities area of Michigan (Midland, Bay City, Saginaw). Perceptions offers educational, social and networking opportunities and strives to foster positive image of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community.
  • Website of the organization, captured June 13, 2007; include newsletters and other organizational information.
  • Wade, Chauncey C.

  • Chauncey C. Wade papers, 1917-1932
  • 0.5 linear feet, 9 CD-ROMs, and 2 oversize photographs.
  • Captain, Regimental supply officer, 339th Infantry and Expeditionary Supply officer during the American Intervention in North Russia, 1918-1920.
  • Includes Wade's correspondence, mainly to his family, during his service at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, Battle Creek, Michigan, Camp Mills, New York, and Russia (primarily Bakaritsa and Archangel). Wade's papers also include his detailed response to a questionnaire from a student studying the North Russian Expedition and a roster of the Supply Company. Also, photographs and a photograph album.
  • Wickes, Gordon F.

    Williamson, Edward Bruce, 1878-1933.

    Wingrove, Kendall.