Wesleyan University Collections Advisory Committee records
Scope and Contents
Contents of the collection include meeting minutes, correspondence and working documents (including studies of the collections of the Davison Art Center, musical instruments, Freeman Center for East Asian Studies, and museum/ethnographic collections), and a copy of the final report.
Dates
- Creation: 1997
Creator
- Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) (Organization)
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
Michael Casey was a 1981 graduate of Harvard Univeristy, earning a B.A. in Irish History and literature and spent over 30 years in college advancement.
The Wesleyan Collections Advisory Committee was a task force formed of faculty, administrators, and alumni/ae in the museum fields, who were charged to “oversee an in-depth review of Wesleyan’s collections of art and material culture…” The committee, along with several, consultants, met several times in 1997, created overviews of existing collections, and submitted its final report on November 7, 1997.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 half hollinger box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Documents collected by Michael Casey, University Relations Regional Alumni Director, while serving on the Wesleyan Collections Advisory committee.
Arrangement
The collection is in its original order.
Subject
- Davison Art Center (Organization)
- Title
- Wesleyan University Collections Advisory Committee records, 1997
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Erica Ciallela
- Date
- April 1, 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository