Harold Brodhead Flagler papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 2004-032

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Included in this collection are: Diaries (5 volumes) 1922-1926, with content covering most of his time at Wesleyan, including clippings and photos; 1 annotated student handbook (1922-1923); grade report cards (1923-1926); WTIC (Hartford) radio response cards from listeners to 1925 syndicated Wesleyan broadcasts by the Glee Club and other Wesleyan groups; 1921 silver Exeter fob.

Dates

Creation: 1921-1926

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

University records - Copyright held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the creator - In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted

Biographical / Historical

Harold Brodhead Flagler (1903-1957), Wesleyan class of 1926, primarily concerning his undergraduate years. Flagler was a member of the 1926 Glee Club which in March 1926, it won the National Intercollegiate Glee Club Championship at Carnegie Hall.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 hollinger box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The papers of Harold Broadhead Flagler class of 1926.

Arrangement

Collection is arranged in the order it was received.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Flagler’s son, Philip Brodhead Flager, Wesleyan class of 1954, and included some of his Wesleyan publications.

Separated Materials

Items removed from the collection To object case: Silver Wesleyan pocket knife, ca. 1920s Tiny pearl-encrusted “W” pin, ca. 1920 Mother-of-pearl pocket knife with chain and attached Atwater Club, Glee Club, and Pre-Medical Club fobs belonging to Harold Flagler

To broadside case: Panoramic photo of the Wesleyan student body, 1922-23 To ’92 Theater Collection: Annotated typescript of William Saroyan’s Hello Out There, ca. 1951-54 Annotated actor’s edition of Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock, ca. 1951-54

To Vertical Files and duplicates collections: Olla Podrida, 1923, 1925-26, 1951-54 Wesleyan Songbook, 5th and 7th editions Songs of Beta Theta Pi, 1949 Single issues of the Argus, Cardinal, and Class of ’26 printed ephemera