Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) -- Board of Trustees

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.

This collection contains information about the Ingraham family, many of whom attended Wesleyan in the 19th century. William Murphy Ingraham was a Wesleyan Trustee in 1883. The collection contains a journal he kept upon his graduation from Wesleyan in 1846 until 1856. It also contains 5 essays written by his brother, Henry Cruise Murphy Ingraham, during his final year at Wesleyan (1863-64).

The William John James trustee and financial records concern financial matters brought before the Board of Trustees. Notable subject groupings for these dates include Buildings and Grounds and the Carnegie Foundation accreditations. These records are not a complete collection of Trustee business, but complement other Trustees' holdings in the Wesleyan University Archives.

This collection contains correspondence, writings, personal, and professional papers relating to the long career of Arthur T. Vanderbilt, spanning 1902 to 1957. Types of materials include photographs, scrapbooks, clippings, reports, memos, teaching notes, correspondence, books and pamphlets, and manuscripts. Also included are files related to his planned biography of Lord Mansfield.

The Wesleyan University College of Quantitative Studies records include administrative files for the college, student examinations and evaluations, and files for local projects students conducted during its time of existence fom 1960-1967.

Records created by Robert Kirkpatrick, Vice-President for University Relations, primarily reflecting his service on the Board of Trustees Development Committee (1979-1990).

This is the main record group for the Vice President for University Relations. It coexists administratively with a secondary group: the Vice President for University Relations Board of Trustees Records (collection 1000-063).