Wesleyan University nineteenth century administrative records
Scope and Contents
The Nineteenth Century administrative records consists of the original charter for Wesleyan University, early Trustee, University Secretary, and faculty records, and financial records related to donors, students, and the university itself. The financial items consist of correspondence, statements, accounts, bills, receipts, inventories, tuition, and housing information. There is also information about student admittance, attendence, absences, and demerits.
Dates
- Creation: 1830-1929
Creator
- Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
In public domain - No Copyright - United States
Biographical / Historical
Wesleyan University was founded in 1831 in Middletown, Conn. Originally a small Methodist institution for men, with a student body of 48, it had by the end of the 19th century admitted both male and female students for a population of 339.
Extent
10.5 Linear Feet (15 hollinger boxes and 3 flat hollinger boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Nineteenth Century administrative records consists of the original charter for Wesleyan University, early Trustee, University Secretary, and faculty records, and financial records related to donors, students, and the university itself. The financial items consist of correspondence, statements, accounts, bills, receipts, inventories, tuition, and housing information. There is also information about student admittance, attendence, absences, and demerits.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into the following series: General records; Financial records: General; Financial records: donors; Student records: financial and general; Alumni and visitor records, and Oversize.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was assembled through transfers from various University departments prior to 1982.
Subject
- Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.). Board of Trustees (Organization)
Topical
- Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) -- Administration
- Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) -- Finance
- Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) -- Students
- Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) -- Faculty
- Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) -- History -- 19th century
Uniform Title
- Title
- Wesleyan University nineteenth century administrative records, 1830-1929
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Elizabeth Swaim, University Archives Staff, 1982 Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, December 2006 Migrated to ArchivesSpace by Amanda Nelson, September 2020
- Date
- September 11, 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository