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Collection
Identifier: 2016-ADP
Abstract
The Alpha Delta Phi Records consist of materials related to the Middletown Chapter at Wesleyan University including its alumni groups, the Adelphic Educational Fund (AEF) and the Alumni Literary Society (ALS).
Dates:
1832-2017
Collection
Identifier: 1000-151
Abstract
In January 1982, Wesleyan University eliminated their aid-blind admissions policy. In response, students from a group called the April 29th Coalition protested the University's decision. The organization collected 1,284 signatures of students demanding Wesleyan return to an aid-blind system. They also demanded several changes to the financial aid and admissions system. Later in the semester, students held a 150 hour sit-in on the second floor of North College, one hour for each year that the...
Dates:
1982
Collection
Identifier: 1000-219
Abstract
The Wilbur Olin Atwater papers highlight the scientific research and works of Wesleyan University's chemistry professor, who also established the first agricultural experiment station in the country, served as director of the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station and director of the Office of Experiment Stations for the United States Department of Agriculture. Atwater's research and work focuses on the chemical compositions of soils and fertilizers, the nutritive values of foods and the...
Dates:
1869-1915
Collection
Identifier: 1000-031
Abstract
The William Rhodes Bagnall tutorial record book contains names and dates relating to his tutoring during the 1844-1845 and 1845-1846 school years at Wesleyan University.
Dates:
1844-1846
Collection
Identifier: 2009-032
Abstract
These professional papers contain materials from his undergraduate studies, including materials from Bennet's position as co-president of fraternity Alpha Chi Rho. There are also materials from his graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and at Harvard University. The bulk of the materials cover his professional career, beginning as administrative assistant to Ambassador Chester Bowles in India in the mid 1960s, and continuting through his many years in Washington D.C. He...
Dates:
1940-2004
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: 1000-217
Abstract
This collection consists of a notebook created by Eldon Benjamin Birdsey. The notebook was made for J.W. Hewitt, a classics professor at Wesleyan and friend of Birdsey. The notebook includes various entries dealing with Birdsey's philosophy on life, observances of nature, his own poetry, quoted poetry, and Middletown. The notebook also includes transcribed correspondence from Birdsey to friends of Birdsey. The correspondence ranges in date from 1898 to 1913. The document also includes...
Dates:
1917
Collection
Identifier: 2008-028
Abstract
The Sidera Chase papers consist of three journals ranging in date from 1841 to 1849 and one C.W.L.F. Morrow & Co. Pattern Book (1857-1886).
Dates:
1841-1886
Collection
Identifier: 1000-087
Abstract
The Laban Clark papers contain correspondence, sermons, lectures, and journals by Laban Clark, as well as papers about his life's history, the founding of Wesleyan University, and his finances.
Dates:
1794-1935
Collection
Identifier: 1000-321
Abstract
The Raymond Dodge papers include correspondence, ephemera, and typescripts providing insight into Raymond Dodge's life and work as an American psychologist and professor.
Dates:
1894-1948
Collection
Identifier: 1000-262
Abstract
The collection includes records amassed and created by Pulitzer Prize winning author, Paul Horgan, spanning between the years of 1956 and 1995.
Dates:
1956-1995
