Diaries

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The Atwater family addition to papers contain correspondence, photographs, financial and estate papers, research and student notes, and other materials from four generations of the family.

Abstract This collection consists of a notebook created by Eldon Benjamin Birdsey. The notebook was made for J.W. Hewitt, a classics professor at Wesleyan and friend of Birdsey. The notebook includes various entries dealing with Birdsey's philosophy on life, observances of nature, his own poetry, quoted poetry, and Middletown. The notebook also includes transcribed correspondence from Birdsey to friends of Birdsey. The correspondence ranges in date from 1898 to 1913. The document also includes...

Abstract The volume is a 131-page manuscript diary kept by Blood from May 17, 1835 to July 28, 1844. All entries are shorter than a full page, apart from a few exceptions. The diary begins with Blood describing his abusive childhood, and he then introduces himself as a freshman at Wesleyan University. During his freshman year, he became a member of the Missionary Lyceum student organization, and he traveled across Connecticut preaching at the Connecticut State Prison in Wethersfield, the American...

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The Sidera Chase papers consist of three journals ranging in date from 1841 to 1849 and one C.W.L.F. Morrow & Co. Pattern Book (1857-1886).

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The Karl Pomeroy Harrington papers include correspondence, writings, studies in Latin, diaries, scrapbooks, and music programs. Topics in the correspondence include faculty and administrative issues at Wesleyan, Harrington's publications, and his family. Other topics include Harrington's interests in Latin poetry, Wesleyan history, Middletown history, railroads, and the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Abstract The Bertha Drew Hartzell papers consist primarily of diaries, which she kept most of her life. Included are her travel journals, which record her journeys through Europe, and brief accounts of her daily activities from 1897 to 1950. The collection also includes clippings about the life of Artur Rubinstein, letters between Rubinstein and members of Bertha's family, photos, and other memoranda. One diary was kept by husband, Morton, and two others were apparently kept by Bertha's father,...

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The Harriet Stewart Judd Travel diary is a 176 page manuscript kept by Harriet Judd from October 30, 1872 through December 25, 1873.

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James Oliver Longstreet's personal diary from the year 1856 covers the second semester of his junior year at Wesleyan, as well as the first semester of his senior year. Many events are recorded in the diary, including the 1856 presidential election and the founding of the Middletown chapter of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Longstreet also discusses his work as a teacher in North Guilford, Connecticut and North Branford, Connecticut.

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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.

Abstract The William North Rice papers contain diaries, correspondence, account books, teaching materials, writings, lectures, and sermons related to Rice's interests in Wesleyan University, science, religion, and education in general. Specific topics include coeducation at Wesleyan University, campus politics and activities, and issues related to students, faculty, and trustees. Rice's interests in geology, botany, mineralogy, crystallography, and zoology are represented, as is his interest in the...