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Wesleyan University freshman facebooks

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-471

Scope and Contents

These "freshman facebooks," as they are affectionately known, are directories of incoming freshman. They were created by collecting photographs and basic biographical information for all students to give them a sense of who their classmates would be when they arrived and during their first year at Wesleyan.

Dates

  • Creation: class years 1959-2011

Creator

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

Extent

1.5 Linear Feet (3 hollinger boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Run of freshman facebooks given out to incoming frosh.

Arrangement

Organized chronologically.

Existence and Location of Copies

Reference copies available in SC&A reading room in Olin Library. The university archives holds at least three copies of each volume and are organized as follows: Main copy (1); Duplicates box (2 copies); and Extras boxes (any additional copies). If the archives has less than the 3 copies, it will be noted in the item description.

These can also be found as part of the Bulletins in the East Hallway Olin Library for perusal.

Title
Wesleyan University freshman facebooks, class years 1959-2011
Status
Completed
Author
Inventory by Helen Fernandez (class of 2025) and finding aid by Amanda Nelson, 2023.
Date
August 22, 2023
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives Repository

Contact:
Olin Library
252 Church Street
Middletown CT 06459 USA
860-685-3864