Wesleyan University Remembers World War ll
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a complete copy of the final publication, administrative documentation on the project, and all alumni responses received by University Relations that were edited for publication. This latter group of documents includes correspondence and additional information, including some lengthy unpublished alumni memoirs, that will be of interest to anyone researching the experiences of Wesleyan alumni during World War II, the activity of writing about warfare, and memoir-writing in general.
Dates
- Creation: 2002
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
For a Reunion 2002 event that involved all alumni from the war years, Wesleyan’s University Relations office initiated a project to collect information about the war experiences of surviving alumni. Coordinated by George Morrill ’42 and John Maynard ’45, a questionairre was sent to all alumni identified as participants in the war. The resulting document: Wesleyan Remembers World War II was created and distributed.
Extent
0.75 Linear Feet (1 hollinger box and 1 half hollinger box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Wesleyan Remembers World War II alumni project publication and materials.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged in the order it was received.
- Title
- Wesleyan University Remembers World War ll, 2002
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Erica Ciallela
- Date
- June 11, 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository