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Identifier: 1000-110
Abstract
William D. "Bro" Adams was executive assistant to the President from 1988-1993, and Vice President and Secretary of the University from 1993-1995. Topics of note include files on the institution's interests in South Africa, University councils and committees and the 1992 reaccreditation.
Dates:
1988-1995
Collection
Identifier: 2005-005
Abstract
Wesleyan University restarted its dormant chapter in the American Association of University Professors with a new constitution on October 9, 1974. Over the following two decades, the chapter took part in negotiations with the administration, including University President Colin Campbell. Beginning in 1977, Nathanael Greene, Vice President for Academic Affairs, would serve as Campbell’s liaison to the AAUP. The activities of the group appear to have dropped off around 1990.This...
Dates:
1973-1987
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: 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
Identifier: 2018-038
Abstract
The Allan Berlind papers consist of materials created and collected by Berlind while he was a faculty member at Wesleyan University.
Dates:
1973-2006
Collection
Identifier: 1000-089
Abstract
The collection is comprised of Wesleyan University annual reports and Joseph Cummings' correspondence.
Dates:
1851-1899
Collection
Identifier: 1000-384
Abstract
Burton C. Hallowell received his undergraduate and masters degrees from Wesleyan, ('36 and '38). He served in the Army during WWII where he rose to the rank of Captain. After the war he was hired as full professor in the Economics department at Wesleyan beginning in 1946. He received his PhD in Economics from Princeton in 1949. Hallowell eventually became head of the Economics department at Wesleyan, then Vice-president of the University in 1961 and Executive VP a few years later. He left...
Dates:
1961-1967
Collection
Identifier: 1000-117
Abstract
The Karl Pomeroy Harrington papers include correspondence, writings, studies in Latin, diaries, scrapbooks, and music programs. Topics in the correspondence include faculty and administrative issues at Wesleyan, Harrington's publications, and his family. Other topics include Harrington's interests in Latin poetry, Wesleyan history, Middletown history, railroads, and the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Dates:
1856-1981
Collection
Identifier: 1000-124
Abstract
Henry Curtis Herge (1907-2003) was the Commanding Officer of the Navy College Training Program at Wesleyan University, known as the V-12. Materials include items specifically related to Wesleyan's V-12 program as well as writings, research, and published works related to naval wartime training, the Navy V-12 program, naval curricula information, and higher education during wartime in general.
Dates:
1942-1988
Collection
Identifier: 1979-001
Abstract
The William John James trustee and financial records concern financial matters brought before the Board of Trustees. Notable subject groupings for these dates include Buildings and Grounds and the Carnegie Foundation accreditations. These records are not a complete collection of Trustee business, but complement other Trustees' holdings in the Wesleyan University Archives.
Dates:
1870-1939
