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Joined October 2014
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“The perfect snowman doesn’t exi—” ⛄📖 This tiny snowman visited the archives today! Can you guess who his favorite poet is? (We'll give you a hint: U-M's very first poet-in-residence!)
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⭐ Voting at the Michigan League in 1968! ⭐ Make your own mark on history by voting! Learn more: michigan.gov/vote 📸: News and Information Photos #ElectionDay
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Happy Halloween from the Clements Library! Our staff is split - are the women in the middle flowers, or lions?!
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Happy #AskAnArchivist Day! ⭐ Your chance to ask things like: What is an archive? When was Michigan Stadium built? Do you have old squirrel photos? 🐿️ Share your questions about the archives with us @umichBentley!
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65 years ago this Saturday, the University of Michigan-Dearborn officially opened its doors, welcoming an initial class of 34 students. Today, @UM_Dearborn has 8,104 students and ranks as the No. 1 regional public university in the state of Michigan: myumi.ch/7PM76
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#TBT to this Homecoming display, featuring a large dragon with a football player on its head, circa 1953! 🐲 What's your favorite U-M Homecoming Game memory? #GoBlue
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A Michigan icon. Rest in peace, James Earl Jones.
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Move-In starts tomorrow! ⭐ We can’t wait to welcome you back to campus, Wolverines! 📸: Students walking across the Diag in 1947, News & Info Photos
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#OTD over 100 years ago, this photo was snapped of the Detroit Observatory and the old University Hospital, as seen from above! ⭐ 📸: U-M Photograph Vertical File, Ann Arbor, 1922
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#OTD in 1940, this photo was snapped of the historic University Museums building (and its puma statues!) ⭐ Today, you might know this space better as the Alexander Ruthven building! 📸: Ivory Photographs
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#DidYouKnow that 100 years ago, the last time the #Olympics were held in Paris, there were regional Olympic tryouts held right here, at Ferry Field in Ann Arbor? ⭐ 📸: Yearbook photo of Ann Arbor’s 1924 regional Olympic tryouts for track & field
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#TBT to William DeHart Hubbard, a U-M athlete, becoming the first African American to win an individual ⭐ Olympic gold medal ⭐ at the last Paris Olympics with his long jump, 100 years ago! 🥇 📸: Michigan Daily & Rentschler's Photo Collection
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Always happy to see the work of @cseeman celebrated. Anyone who loves #UMich squirrels deserves the spotlight. 🐿️ record.umich.edu/articles/ca…
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The First African-American to play in the Major Leagues! Today we celebrate, Moses Fleetwood Walker who played for the Wolverines in 1882 before joining the Toledo Blue Stockings. #GoBlue
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IT’S GREAT TO BE A MICHIGAN WOLVERINE! #GoBlue
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Throwback to this Rose Bowl sign from the 1960s! 🌹 Happy New Year, Wolverines!📸: News & Info Photographs
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The first #RoseBowl game was played Jan. 1, 1902, with a decisive @umich victory. #GoBlue
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From everyone here at the Bentley, happy holidays! ❄ 📸: U-M students sledding in 1928
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