The Martha Cook Building's First 100 Years: The Story of a Women's Residence Hall and Its Community at the University of Michigan

The Martha Cook Building's First 100 Years: The Story of a Women's Residence Hall and Its Community at the University of Michigan

Coauthors Kathy Graneggen Moberg and Catherine Walsh Davis relate the history of a unique woman's residence hall at the University of Michigan. The book spans more than a century from 1911 when the Martha Cook Building was first envisioned by U-M alumnus and donor William W. Cook, to its grand opening in 1915 to the eve of its 100th anniversary. Generously illustrated with photographs and drawings, the book details the architecture, art, and the people that turned this Collegiate Gothic structure into a home to more than 4400 women over the last 100 years. The authors are alumnae of the University of Michigan and the Martha Cook Building. The amount of information within this book is a reflection of their detailed research. Having served as Governors of the Building and actively participated in its historic preservation and fundraising efforts, the two women are well qualified to write of the Building's history.