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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

Additional runs of freshman facebooks can be found in the SC&A reading room and then two sets of duplicates with the first set having one copy and the second set having two copies when available. We do not have multiple copies of all years.

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