Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.). Missionary Lyceum

Abstract The volume is a 131-page manuscript diary kept by Blood from May 17, 1835 to July 28, 1844. All entries are shorter than a full page, apart from a few exceptions. The diary begins with Blood describing his abusive childhood, and he then introduces himself as a freshman at Wesleyan University. During his freshman year, he became a member of the Missionary Lyceum student organization, and he traveled across Connecticut preaching at the Connecticut State Prison in Wethersfield, the American...

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James Oliver Longstreet's personal diary from the year 1856 covers the second semester of his junior year at Wesleyan, as well as the first semester of his senior year. Many events are recorded in the diary, including the 1856 presidential election and the founding of the Middletown chapter of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Longstreet also discusses his work as a teacher in North Guilford, Connecticut and North Branford, Connecticut.

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The Missionary Lyceum at Wesleyan University existed from 1834 until approximately 1878. The purpose of the Lyceum was to promote a missionary zeal among its members by way of debates, addresses, collection of artifacts and literature from foreign missions, and the exchange of correspondence with various missionaries around the world The Missionary Lyceum records include correspondence, financial records, minutes, reports, and membership rosters.