A Regent and Governor whose adopted daughter was in reality his wife. A future serial killer sheltered by the faculty. Japanese-Americans recruited from internment camps to clean dormitories.

Join us for the next Making Michigan to learn about these stories and to explore a number of questions around writing about the University’s history: How were these stories hidden in plain sight? How do they uncover them? What are the ethics of revealing private lives from the past? And ultimately, how do we know what we know?

Three talented writers of Michigan history from publications across campus will explain more about these stories and their own unique experiences writing about the University’s history: Kim Clarke, director and chief editor of the Michigan Heritage Project; Deborah Holdship, editor of Michigan Today; and Lara Zielin, editor of the Bentley Historical Library’s own Collections magazine.