Unprecedented, but Not Unparalleled
Photo caption: Red Cross volunteers inspect equipment for Wesleyan during the 1918 influenza pandemic. The location is the parish house behind Middletown’s Church of the Holy Trinity on Main Street. P…
Historical Row
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
HISTORICAL ROW: “A MORE SIMPLE FARE”: THE PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Wesleyan’s interest in good health goes back to at least 1839. That year, a group of students formed the Physiological S…
HISTORICAL ROW: LOUIS ARMSTRONG AT WESLEYAN
[caption id="attachment_9643" align="alignright" width="1000"] Among those greeting Louis Armstrong (center) at the Downey House reception, following his 1958 concert on campus are Robert Kirkpatrick ’60 (in doorway), al…
HISTORICAL ROW: WESLEYAN AND WORLD WAR I
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In 1914, The Great War—known later as World War I—broke out in Europe. As Unit…
EDGAR BECKHAM: “TURN DIVERSITY INTO AN EDUCATIONAL ASSET”
The College of Letters annual report for 1968–69 notes that Edgar Beckham taught COL 370: The Literature of Black Experience: “It was the first course in black studies offered by a black instructor.“
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