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Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) -- History -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

Alpha Delta Phi Wesleyan Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-ADP
Abstract

The Alpha Delta Phi Records consist of materials related to the Middletown Chapter at Wesleyan University including its alumni groups, the Adelphic Educational Fund (AEF) and the Alumni Literary Society (ALS).

Dates: 1832-2017

April 29th Coalition records

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-151
Abstract In January 1982, Wesleyan University eliminated their aid-blind admissions policy. In response, students from a group called the April 29th Coalition protested the University's decision. The organization collected 1,284 signatures of students demanding Wesleyan return to an aid-blind system. They also demanded several changes to the financial aid and admissions system. Later in the semester, students held a 150 hour sit-in on the second floor of North College, one hour for each year that the...
Dates: 1982

Stephen K. Bailey mayoral scrapbook

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: 1000-229
Abstract

A scrapbook record of Middletown Mayor Stephen K. Bailey.

Dates: 1952-1954

Frederick Elbert Brewster collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 1000-022
Abstract

The Frederick Elbert Brewster collection pertains to the daily life of Frederick Brewster during his time at Wesleyan University.

Dates: 1925-1929

MacAlister Brown "The Bored Academics" typescript

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: 1000-036
Abstract

Typescript of MacAlister Brown's satirical play.

Dates: 1944

Katherine Geyer Butterfield addition to papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-028
Abstract

Addition to the papers of Katherine Geyer Butterfield, wife of Wesleyan President Victor L. Butterfield.

Dates: circa 1950-2000

Davison Art Center exhibition catalogs

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-021
Abstract

This collection includes catalogs to Davison Art Center exhibitions and a collection of exhibition announcements in the form of cards, postcards, and brochures.

Dates: 1952-1999

Delta Upsilon Fraternity Omega Phi Chapter records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 1999-030
Abstract

This collection contains initiation material and fraternal magazines from the Wesleyan fraternity Omega Phi, which eventually became a chapter of the national Delta Upsilon organization.

Dates: 1914-1925

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

Henry C. Herge papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-124
Abstract

Henry Curtis Herge (1907-2003) was the Commanding Officer of the Navy College Training Program at Wesleyan University, known as the V-12. Materials include items specifically related to Wesleyan's V-12 program as well as writings, research, and published works related to naval wartime training, the Navy V-12 program, naval curricula information, and higher education during wartime in general.

Dates: 1942-1988