Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) -- History -- 19th century

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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Photocopied journal of James Colder's trip to China in 1851.

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The Willbur Fisk papers consist of two large series, Correspondence and Papers. The Papers feature items related to Wesleyan University, including his acquisition of scientific equipment. They also contain Fisk's own writings and sermons, on topics ranging from abolitionism to Methodist issues. A subset of the Papers are items written by or belonging to Ruth Peck Fisk, the wife of Willbur Fisk.

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Materials from James Sayre Griffing, class of 1852.

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Lecture notes of William J. James, a Wesleyan student in the 1880s.

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The John Johnston papers include correspondence, biographical information, materials about the study of science at Wesleyan University, and a scrapbook of programs from 19th century Wesleyan events.

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The records of the Kappa Gamma Fraternity at Wesleyan University.

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The journal of Wesleyan graduate Sheldon Gaylord Kellogg written during his senior year.

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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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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.