Historical Row: Clara Van Vleck, Champion for Coeducation

2022 Spring IssueJuly 12, 2022July 15, 2022

Historical Row: Clara Van Vleck, Champion for Coeducation

We are approaching the 50th anniversary of coeducation at Wesleyan— but did you know that Wesleyan first attempted a coeducation model as early as 1872? This year’s anniversary inspired us to look bac…

2021-2022 Winter IssueJanuary 18, 2022January 18, 2022

Historical Row: Capturing Pandemic Experiences through Postcards

Over the past 18 months, the Wesleyan University Archives has been working hard to collect materials and records related…

2021 Issue 1May 28, 2021May 28, 2021

Historical Row: Student Groups as Signs of the Times

Special Collections & Archives maintains a selection of various student group publications, including The Ankh, Foco…

2020-2021 Winter IssueFebruary 6, 2021February 6, 2021

Historical Row: Colin Campbell: In His Own Words

“After 15 years as a university president, I have finally learned what is expected of you. You should have the wisdom of…

2020 Issue 2September 17, 2020September 24, 2020

Unprecedented, but Not Unparalleled

Photo caption: Red Cross volunteers inspect equipment for Wesleyan during the 1918 influenza pandemic. The location is t…

2020 Issue 1May 1, 2020July 13, 2022

Student Artists’ Books: Advocacy Through Creativity

Each year, our Special Collections & Archives (SC&A) staff work with Wesleyan faculty to teach between 80 and 12…

2019 Issue 2September 17, 2019

Historical Row: Preserving Student Voices

One of the most complex aspects of working in any archives is preserving our unique materials. This is especially important for our audiovisual holdings, which run the gamut from 8 and 16mm films, ¼- and ½-inch audio r…

2019 Issue 1May 20, 2019May 31, 2019

Historical Row: Butterfield’s Bygone College of Quantitative Studies, by University Archivist Amanda Nelson

[caption id="attachment_13161" align="aligncenter" width="1920"] From 1963: Attending a College of Quantitative Studies tutorial group (L-R), Director of Projects Robert Singleton; Thornton Page, Hon.’ 59; and Robe…

2018 Issue 3December 5, 2018January 2, 2019

Historical Row: The WESt Coast

The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the best-known landmarks in American history, at once an engineering marvel and an aest…

2018 Issue 2September 7, 2018May 21, 2019

Historical Row: The First Argus Editors

Editorial Triumvirate Editors (l. to r.) Freeman B. Hamblin, Martin A. Knapp, and Albert J. Nast, all of the class of 1…