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The Athletic Teams' Records contain a number of volumes that document personal and team records for Wesleyan teams including both Wesleyan records and intercollegiate athletic records set during athletic contests. Some volumes contain detailed scoring information and statistics from teams including baseball and football. Other sports represented in the collection include golf, hockey, lacrosse, basketball, swimming, boating, softball, and tennis.

Osmon Cleander Baker attended the Wesleyan Academy (now Wilbraham Academy) and Wesleyan University. Active in the Methodist Episcopal church, he taught and administered at the Newbury Seminary in Vermont and the Methodist General Biblical Institute, in Concord, New Hampshire. In 1852, he was elected a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Wesleyan University exams reflect the changing curriculum between 1868 and 1970. The nineteenth century Wesleyan curriculum allowed students to major in general areas of knowledge, while the twentieth century curriculum saw the rise of numerous departments. The use of entrance examinations, a standard in the 1800s, were eliminated.

The Financial Planning Committee (FPC), a faculty-student body created under faculty by-laws, was formed in about 1968. It was composed of 6 faculty members, 4 undergraduate students, and 4 ex-officio administrators. The role of the group was to evaluate administrative proposals related to budgets and allocations, and provide suggestions and recommendations.

This collection of printed ephemera and subject files about fine presses has been accumulated by Olin Library throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Willbur Fisk (1792-1839) was a Methodist minister and the first president of Wesleyan University.

Willbur Fisk (1792-1839) was a Methodist minister and the first president of Wesleyan University.

Willbur Fisk (1792-1839) was a Methodist minister and the first president of Wesleyan University.

Willbur Fisk (1792-1839) was a Methodist minister and the first president of Wesleyan University.

The Wesleyan football team has been in existence since 1883.

The Wesleyan Glee Club formed in 1846 and frequently traveled and performed from the mid-19th century through the mid-20th century. The Glee Club, along with the Chapel Choir and Concert Choir, performed at the annual Christmas Candlelight Concerts beginning in 1930.

In 1969, Peter Budryk opened the Great Hollow Wilderness School (GHWS) to provide disadvantaged children and teenagers with a wilderness experience. In 1985, the GHWS offered a Wesleyan Orientation in the Wilderness (WOW) program for incoming freshmen at Wesleyan University.

Samuel Proal Hatfield was a non-graduate of Wesleyan in the class of 1862. He enlisted as private, 4th Conn. Infantry in 1861. He then served as First Lieutenant, 1st Conn. Heavy Artillery from 1862-64, and later served as major of the same.

Henry Curtis Herge (1907-2003) was the Commanding Officer of the Navy College Training Program at Wesleyan University, known as the V-12.

The Hewlett Fellows were students at Wesleyan University who investigated and documented the history of racial diversity on campus.

The Dean of the College is responsible for addressing campus issues related to students, including academics, activities, diversity, health, and on-campus residences.

Reverend Holden Dwight (August 28, 1810-November 24, 1846), Wesleyan University class of 1835, taught at the College of Louisiana and the Norwalk Seminary. Dwight also worked for the Methodist Church in Louisiana and Mississippi, and as principal of the Baldwin Institute in Berea, Ohio. Dwight also unsuccessfully opened private schools in Columbus, Georgia; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Clinton, Mississippi.

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

Daniel Curtis Rand, a Charleston, New Hampshire native, attended Wesleyan University from 1839 to 1843, when he graduated. He later ran powder mills in Connecticut and New York.

William North Rice (1845-1928) was a graduate and long-time faculty member and administrator at Wesleyan University. As a student, he was a member of Phi Nu Theta. He was known as a scientist, minister, and educational expert.