Author: Bentley Historical LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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The ... Annual Report of the Bentley Historical Library
Author: Bentley Historical LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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The Bentley Historical Library
Author: Guide to Manuscripts in the Bentley Historical Library
Author: Bentley Historical LibraryPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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Documenting the Arts at the Bentley Historical Library
Author: Annual Report of the Bentley Historical Library
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historical libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Detroit
Author: Bentley Historical LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detroit (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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The Prosecution of Professor Chandler Davis
Author: Steve BattersonPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1685900372
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
Exposes the destruction of academic careers—and the complicity of educational institutions—in McCarthy's America The Prosecution of Professor Chandler Davis tells the true tale of a mathematician who found himself taking an involuntary break from chalking equations to sit opposite a row of self-righteous anti-Communist congressmen at the height of the McCarthy era. Courageously asserting the First Amendment to confront a system rapidly descending into fascism, Davis testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). He became one of a small number of left wingers who served time for contempt of Congress. In this fascinating and disturbing narrative, author Steve Batterson takes a deep dive into extant archival records generated by the FBI, HUAC, the University of Michigan, and repositories holding the papers of former Supreme Court justices. He examines the plights of six faculty and graduate students—including three future members of the National Academy of Sciences—whose careers were disrupted by the anticommunist actions of a wide range of personnel at the University of Michigan. He focuses on the seemingly conflicting Supreme Court decisions on labor leader John Watkins and Vassar College Psychology instructor Lloyd Barenblatt. And he examines the role played in the trial by Felix Frankfurter, a longtime Associate Justice on the Supreme Court, close advisor of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and co-founder of the ACLU. In the process, Batterson exposes the ways that McCarthy’s righteous emissaries relied on all kinds of institutions in 1950s America—from Hollywood studios to universities—to sabotage the careers of anyone with a trace of “Red.”
Detroit
Author: Object Lessons and the Formation of Knowledge
Author: Kerstin BarndtPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472122649
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Object Lessons and the Formation of Knowledge explores the museums, libraries, and special collections of the University of Michigan on its bicentennial. Since its inception, U-M has collected and preserved objects: biological and geological specimens; ethnographic and archaeological artifacts; photographs and artistic works; encyclopedia, textbooks, rare books, and documents; and many other items. These vast collections and libraries testify to an ambitious vision of the research university as a place where knowledge is accumulated, shared, and disseminated through teaching, exhibition, and publication. Today, two hundred years after the university’s founding, museums, libraries, and archives continue to be an important part of U-M, which maintains more than twenty distinct museums, libraries, and collections. Viewed from a historic perspective, they provide a window through which we can explore the transformation of the academy, its public role, and the development of scholarly disciplines over the last two centuries. Even as they speak to important facets of Michigan’s history, many of these collections also remain essential to academic research, knowledge production, and object-based pedagogy. Moreover, the university’s exhibitions and displays attract hundreds of thousands of visitors per year from the campus, regional, and global communities. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs of these world-renowned collections, this book will appeal to readers interested in the history of museums and collections, the formation of academic disciplines, and of course the University of Michigan.
The”Glorious Old Third” A History of the Third Michigan Infantry 1855 to 1927
Author: Steve SoperPublisher: Steve Soper
ISBN: 0978786106
Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 789
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