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Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) -- Faculty

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 128 Collections and/or Records:

W. Nicholas Knight papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 1000-270
Abstract

The William Nicholas Knight typescripts relates to the life of Wesleyan University English Professor and Shakespeare scholar William Nicholas Knight.

Dates: 1967-1972

Oscar Kuhns manuscript of The Peaceful Life

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: 1000-272
Abstract

The Oscar Kuhns manuscript of The Peaceful Life is the typed manuscript of The Peaceful Life: A Study in Spiritual Hygiene (1917), written by Wesleyan Romance Languages Professor and Psi Upsilon brother Oscar Kuhns Class of 1885.

Dates: 1916-1917

Stanley Lebergott papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-200
Abstract

Papers belonging to and created by Stanley Lebergott.

Dates: dates unknown

William P. Lyon papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-152
Abstract

The William P. Lyon papers consists of a photocopied journal, a partial transcript of the journal, two letters, and some biographical information. The manuscript diary is titled "Journal of a Trip to Middletown, Conn., Summer 1841," kept by William P. Lyon, as he surveyed the examinations at Wesleyan University. The diary is 47 pages in length, with a total of 5 entries ranging from June 29, 1841 to July 3, 1841.

Dates: 1840-1841

William Manchester papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-169
Abstract

Correspondence, manuscript drafts, proofs, galleys, extensive research and reference materials, photographs, and other documentation relating to Manchester's professional career, his eighteen books and dozens of articles and other writings, and personal affairs, including his college years, awards, speeches, financial and legal matters, the construction of his Middletown house, and travels. Also includes scrapbooks, audio and video tapes and computer files, and realia.

Dates: 1934-2004

Albert Mann papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 1000-276
Abstract

The papers of Professor Albert Mann during his time at Wesleyan.

Dates: 1924-1956

Masters, Bruce, May 12, 2022

 File
Scope and Contents In this interview, Bruce Master’s discusses his experience as a researcher in the Middle East and explains the intricacies of studying the Arabic language as he has found throughout his scholarship and travels. He mentions frustrations that he felt upon arriving at Wesleyan because of the lack of non-Western histories that were taught here. Following that, he provides his own analysis of how the Wesleyan student body has changed; including the impact of the 2008 recession, the growth of the...
Dates: May 12, 2022

David McAllester papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-018
Abstract

David Park McAllester was professor of Anthropology and Music at Wesleyan University from 1947 to 1986. He studied and wrote about the rites and ceremonies of the Navajo Indians and was a co-founder of the Society for Ethnomusicology.

This collection contains drafts of published and unpublished writings, extensive correspondence, field notes and one nineteenth century family photograph album.

Dates: 1940-1996

Hugh G. McCurdy Wesleyan athletics histories

 Collection — Item 1-3
Identifier: 1000-278
Abstract

The Hugh McCurdy Wesleyan athletic histories is a three-part collection, containing two bound typescripts written by Wesleyan Physical Education Professor and Coach Hugh McCurdy: Swimming At Wesleyan 1917-1971 and History of Soccer At Wesleyan, as well as one envelope containing the typescript of McCurdy’s Reminiscences circa 1976.

Dates: 1900-1976

William E. Mead papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-094
Abstract

William E. Mead was an alumnus of Wesleyan University and served as professor at the school, in addition to teaching and administration at high schools. His wife, Kate Mead Hurd, was a physician and author. The Meads travelled extensively in Europe and other parts of the world. The William E. Mead papers include diaries recording his life and travels, correspondence and other materials removed from the diaries, and journals and a photograph album of a trip to Iceland in 1891.

Dates: 1880-1944