Wesleyan University freshman facebooks
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
- 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
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