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Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) -- Alumni and alumnae

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 109 Collections and/or Records:

Laurel Daen collection on Ralza Morse Manly

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2004-095
Abstract

Copy of student Laurel Daen's [class of 2005] paper on Ralza M. Manly [class of 1848].

Dates: 2005

William B. Davis papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-150
Abstract The William B. Davis papers consist mostly of sheet music hand-written by William Butler Davis, Wesleyan class of 1894 and composer of the Wesleyan alma mater, "Come Raise the Song." Davis composed what he referred to as a "light opera" called "The Girl and the Graduate." The piano, vocal, and orchestral sheet music is included in this collection, as well as some other pieces Davis composed. He was a member of the Glee Club while at Wesleyan and he kept a scrapbook of Glee Club programs and...
Dates: 1892-1940

George W. Davison collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1000-239
Abstract

The George W. Davison collection contains materials created by and about Davison and his life.

Dates: 1929-1953

Holden Dwight journal

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: 1000-154
Abstract The volume is a 135-page, handwritten diary kept by Dwight from August 18, 1837 to November 18, 1843. Diary entries range from a short paragraph to upwards of six pages. The main topics of Dwight's diary are his troubles finding employment in the Methodist religion, his self-afflicted inadequacies of his faith, as well as important issues of his time, which he contemplates. This diary encompasses many areas of the U.S., though most distinctively Georgia, Louisiana, and Ohio. Dwight mainly...
Dates: 1837-1843

Harold Brodhead Flagler papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2004-032
Abstract

The papers of Harold Broadhead Flagler class of 1926.

Dates: 1921-1926

Jib Fowles papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-005
Abstract

The papers of Jib Fowles included research work for his books as well as correspondence and drafts.

Dates: 1974-1996

George S. Godard papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-383
Abstract

George Seymour Godard, Wesleyan class of 1892, was Connecticut's third State Librarian, a position he held for 35 years. He was also a Trustee of Wesleyan. This small collection is mostly composed of materials from his time as an undergraduate but also contains notes for speeches, photographs, diplomas and certificates, and realia.

Dates: 1883-1934

Jackson L. Goodhue collection on the Douglas cannon

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-203
Abstract

This collection is on the 1957 Douglas cannon heist and history of the cannon as recollected by Jackson L. Goodhue, class of 1957.

Dates: 1957-2007

John Gowdy collection of Chinese watercolors

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 1000-060
Abstract

Collection of 4 Chinese opaque watercolors (gouache), late 19th/early 20th century, given to Wesleyan by John Gowdy (Wesleyan class of 1897) and his wife Elizabeth Thompson Gowdy (Wesleyan class of 1898).

Dates: Majority of material found within dates unknown

James Sayre Griffing papers

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: 2002-048
Abstract

Materials from James Sayre Griffing, class of 1852.

Dates: 1849-1876