Wesleyan University Press Archives records
Scope and Contents
The Press Archives records includes financial records, correspondence, annual reports, and 1959 and 1962 indexes of the contents of the Press Archives. There are also notes about the eventual disposition of the contents of the Press Archives.
Dates
- Creation: 1957-1975
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
The Press Archives began at Wesleyan University in 1952 with a grant from Gannett Foundation. After three years the project lapsed, but was re-started around 1958 by professor Sigmund Neumann. He intended the Press Archives to be a resource for students and faculty in the then-new Public Affairs Center.
In a 1962 index of materials in the Archives, Jane K. Parker, Curator, wrote "The purpose of the Press Archives is to collect and organize material from newspapers into subject headings of primary interest to various departments on campus. These articles, clipped, pasted, and filed, constitute research material for faculty and students who are interested in following contemporary, day by day developments and reactions to current problems and concerns."
According to a 1975 note, the Press Archives ceased operation upon Neumann's death in October 1962, and the contents were eventually transferred to a faculty member at what is now Central Connecticut State University.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 half hollinger box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection includes financial records, correspondence, annual reports, and 1959 and 1962 indexes of the contents of the Press Archives. There are also notes about the eventual disposition of the contents of the Press Archives.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Center for Advanced Studies Records (collection #1000-137) in June 2008. Additional material transferred from Vertical Subject Files in June 2009.
Subject
- Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.). Public Affairs Center (Organization)
- Neumann, Sigmund, 1904-1962 (Person)
- Title
- Wesleyan University Press Archives records, 1957-1975
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Valerie Gillispie, June 2009 Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, June 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository