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Wesleyan University Press Archives records

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-178

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

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.

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

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