Collections : [Wesleyan University -Special Collections and Archives]

The Parents' Information Collections includes handbooks and other information sent to parents of incoming and transfer students at Wesleyan University.

On February 24, 1845 a vote was passed by the Connecticut Alpha of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, establishing its ninth chapter at Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.

Philip Levy (1909-1970), was a government official in several capacities, serving on the legal staff of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and as counsel to Senator Robert F. Wagner, and practiced private law during a career that spanned 1934-1970. He was directly involved with the development of national labor policy in the United States in the 1930s and 1940s, and maintained a continued interest in labor policy throughout his long career.

Phyllis Rose (born 1942) was a professor of English at Wesleyan University from 1969 until her retirement in 2005.

The Physiological Society of Wesleyan University was established in 1839. It was based on the teachings of Sylvester Graham, who advocated a vegetarian diet and temperate lifestyle. The Society appears to have disbanded in April 1844.

The Honors College, housed in Russell House, was a program for distinguished students in the Wesleyan community. In addition to informal lectures by young men and women, the Honors College hosted a series of music concerts and poetry readings by distinguished, young American poets. The poetry series at the Honors College also came to include an opportunity for Wesleyan students to share their own work for an audience. The Connecticut Poetry Circuit is a non-profit organization that provides three poetry reading programs for colleges and some preparatory schools. The intention of the circuit was to bring established yet unpublished poets to colleges and universities, as well as a competition among students throughout Connecticut to travel the circuit as student poets. The winners of the competition are chosen by a selection committee to tour the state reading their poetry. The connection between the Connecticut Poetry Circuit and Wesleyan University is that Jean Maynard, the assistant director of the Honors College, was the director of the Connecticut Poetry Circuit.

The Press Archives began at Wesleyan University in 1952, but after three years the project lapsed. It was re-started around 1958 by professor Sigmund Neumann. He intended the Press Archives to be a resource for students and faculty in the then-new Public Affairs Center.

The Public Relations Office, which was later called Office of Public Information and Publications, was responsible for communicating news and achievements at Wesleyan University to the local, state, and national media. This office was later folded into the University Relations department.

The Queer Periodicals Collection contains over 490 different gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender periodicals published between 1966 and 1998. The bulk consists of English-language titles from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, though examples from the European continent, Russia, and Israel are also present. The extent of each title may vary from a single issue to several complete (or near-complete) volumes. The collection is arranged into three separate series by size, and alphabetically by title thereunder

Born in Atchison, Kansas, Ray P. Holland was interested in the outdoors beginning in his youth. He became a noted sportsman and writer, was dedicated to the management of wildlife and, as a United States Game Warden during World War I, became a key figure in the Supreme Court case of Missouri v. Holland, decided in 1920, a landmark case in constitutional and conservation law. Active in conservation groups such as the American Game Protective Association and the International Association of Game, Fish and Conservation Commissioners, Holland was editor of the magazine Field & Stream during its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s.